Paper and cardboard mill “Papir-Mal” (Malyn, Zhytomyr region) at the end of 2022 increased production of paper and cardboard by 3% compared with 2021 – up to 42.31 thousand tons, according to statistics from the association “UkrPapir”.
According to statistics provided by “Interfax-Ukraine”, in January-November last year Papir-Mal showed negative dynamics in terms of production volumes of these products to the same period in 2021 – the decline was 4.5% up to 35.93 tons.
However, in December the factory increased the output of these products by 85%, to 6.4 thousand tons, and was able to reach a positive trend for the year.
In the total volume of paper and paperboard output increased by 10.4% to 38.28 thousand tons, while the production of base paper for sanitary products decreased by 37% to 4.03 thousand tons.
In monetary terms, the production volume of the company decreased by 4.7% to UAH 247 mln by 2021.
As reported with reference to the association “Ukrpapir” data collected from industry companies, last year the production of paper and paperboard in Ukraine decreased by 44.2% compared to 2021 – up to 500.6 thousand tons.
According to the information on the website of the company, with the beginning of a full-scale military aggression of Russia against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the factory has completely stopped production, but in March it resumed production.
In addition, as reported, Papir-Mal, having incurred losses, was forced to stop the production and shipment of paper napkins and towels under the trademark “Zetka” registered back in 2014 due to the use of the Latin Z as a symbol of the aggressor state army.
To date, the factory has two cardboard machines (the second was put into operation last year). Also at the enterprise since 2019 there is a line for recycling of Tetra Pak packages.
In 2021 “Papir-Mal” produced 259,14 mln UAH – 5% more than the year before.
