Vyborgskaya Cellulose has appointed swedish company Ekman & Co to be its exclusive sales agent. In addition to,sales, Ekman & Co will also assist Vyborgskaya Cellulose with services in finance, risk management, logistics and administration.,
,”We are very pleased that through our new Bioenergy business area, we were able,to enter into this collaboration with a range of Ekman's skills,” says Jan Svensson,,President of Ekman & Co in a press release.,p>,The raw material for pellets consists primarily of logs from Russia and Belarus, which is partly FSC-certified. The timber will be supplied to the plant by rail.
, The main port for export will be the nearby Port of Vyborg and pellets will be transported from the factory by rail and truck.,
,End users of the pellets will mainly be power and cogeneration plants across Europe.,”The market for wood pellets and other bioenergy products is growing in line with the increasingly stringent political requirements to reduce carbon dioxide emissions,” says,Johan Granath, Head of Bioenergy division at Ekman & Co.,
,Ivar Palo,www.skogssverige.se