900,000 tons
Total annual output
4,200
employees
90%
of pulp is exported to China and Southeast Asia

History

1970
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1972

The member countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance sign an Agreement on Construction of the Ust-Ilimsk Mill.  

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1974

Start of construction of the Ust-Ilimsk Mill.

1979

First pulp cooking at the Mill.

1980
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1980

Acceptance of the first line of the Ust-Ilimsk Mill with a capacity of 25 thousand tons of bleached sulphate pulp per year.

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1988

The Ust-Ilimsk Mill ramps up to produce 546 thousand tons of market pulp.

2000
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2002

ZAO Ilim Pulp Enterprises acquires the Ust-Ilimsk Mill.

2004

Start of the Project 630 aimed to increase bleached SW market pulp output.

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2005

The Ust-Ilimsk Mill is named the Best Russian Exporter and awarded a diploma

2007

Project-630 reaches target performance indicators. The Ust-Ilimsk Mill and Forest become the Branches of Ilim Group Open Joint Stock Company, in Ust-Ilimsk and the Ust-Ilimsk district respectively.

2010
2015

The Mill cooks its 20-millionth ton of pulp.

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2017

Start of construction of a new woodyard. The co-generation power plant generates 8 million megawatt-hours of electricity.

2020

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