Ilim Group
Paper and Forest Product ManufacturingSaint Petersburg, Russia501-1000 Employees
Ilim Group is Russia’s largest producer of pulp and paper, with production and forestry assets distributed across Koryazhma in the Arkhangelsk Region, Bratsk, and Ust Ilimsk in the Irkutsk Region, and facilities in the Leningrad and Moscow Regions. The company outputs about 3 million tonnes of pulp and paper annually and is headquartered in Saint Petersburg, with International Paper holding 50% of its shares as a strategic partner. The arrangement positions Ilim Group within a global industrial context while maintaining a major role in Russia’s forest products sector. Under its development plan, Ilim Group intends to raise annual production by more than 500,000 tonnes over the next five years, signaling an emphasis on expanding capacity. In a recent development, Andritz Hydro signed an agreement in 2019 to supply equipment for a wood processing plant at the Koryazhma mill, including debarking and chipping lines and an advanced control system, reflecting ongoing modernization of its production facilities.