The volume of marketable output of Kyivsky cardboard paper mill (Obukhiv, Kyiv region), a leader in Ukraine’s pulp and paper industry in terms of production and sales, increased by 14.4% in January and February 2021, year-over-year, to UAH 958.24 million.
According to UkrPapir data provided to Interfax-Ukraine, in particular, the factory increased the output of corrugated packaging by 4.1%, to 36.04 million square meters, but it was not enough to retain the leadership (won back in January), which was returned by Rubizhne cardboard and packaging mill (along with its subsidiary Trypilsky packing plant).
The production of base paper for sanitary and hygienic products increased by 3%, to 14,100 tonnes, and the production of toilet paper in rolls remained at the 2020 level with 72.7 million pieces.
The highest growth rate (but slowed down by 11 p.p. compared to January 2021) was shown by the production of cardboard, increasing by 27.3%, to 36,400 tonnes, including boxboard by 56.2%, to 13,700 tonnes, container (including paper for corrugation) by 14.5%, to 22,700 tonnes.
According to the association, in general, enterprises in the industry in January and February increased the production of corrugated packaging by 1%, to 103.9 million square meters of paper and cardboard by 11.4%, to 136,900 tonnes, toilet paper in rolls by 6.4%, to 118.9 million pieces.
Kyivsky cardboard paper mill is one of the largest enterprises in Europe for the production of cardboard and paper products with a staff of about 2,200 people. The products are sold to almost 700 companies in Ukraine, a number of CIS countries and far abroad.
