Modern construction materials plant to be built near Perm

PERM. The Perm territorial authorities have signed an agreement with Swiss Krono Group, a leading European manufacturer of wood-based materials, on building a construction materials plant.The €200mn plant in the Krasnokamsk Region is to become operational in the summer of 2015.The plant will manufacture OSB (oriented strand board) panels at a rate of 1,800 cu m per day or over 600,000 cu m per year. It will market its output in Russia and will also export it to Japan.