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In Krasnoyarsk, furniture production was restarted (video)

May 30 15:39

In Krasnoyarsk, a new production of furniture was launched at the site of the former Mekran plant.

The governor of the region Mikhail Kotyukov visited the factory, which is now called the “furniture manufactory of Krasnoyarsk.” There he was shown the first samples of products: tables, beds, chests of drawers and cabinets, bathroom furniture.

Director of Lesinvest LLC Konstantin Danilov said that the presented party is test, production personnel were taught to work on it.

“There was a difficult situation with the staff: many had to retrain, many are studying now. During the year, we already want to establish stream production of several collections of furniture. By August-September, they should complete and see how the market will react to what we are doing, ”Konstantin Danilov shared his plans.

The governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Mikhail Kotyukov noted that the prospects for the resumption of furniture production in Krasnoyarsk were discussed 2 years ago with the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Reshetnikov.

During this time, a large system work was carried out, the return of the enterprise was supported by the state corporation VEB.rf.

“I am pleased that the team, which leads this project, found a solution to complex production issues that the raw materials from which our furniture is produced, ours, Siberian. For the region, the issue of processing forest raw materials is fundamentally important. It will ensure the loading of forestry and procurers in the regions of the region. Furniture production in Krasnoyarsk will create a full production chain. I am sure this will allow you to produce a product that will be focused on the buyer with different requests and capabilities. I see the prospects of this area of ​​both the individual housing construction and the implementation of the tourism development program in the region, ”the head of the region said.

Now the company is completing repair and construction work and debugging of technological equipment, the administrative building is being modernized. More than 150 people from Krasnoyarsk, Zheleznogorsk, Sosnovoborsk and Berezovka are working at the plant. The manufactory plans to reach the serial production of furniture by mid -2026. At the disposal of the enterprise, there is no analogues for the Urals of the Urals of the Complex of modern high -tech equipment, on which it is possible to perform a full production cycle – from the processing of round forest to the production of furniture.

Recall your own The Mekran wood processing plant opened in Krasnoyarsk in 2013. The project of the region helped to implement the project. The Prime Minister of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Viktor Tomenko then promised that the factory would become the largest production of the full cycle of deep wood processing in Russia. They planned to supply furniture to the largest hotels in the country, but already in 2015 the plant was asked to declare bankrupt due to 100 million debt and the arbitration court requirements Satisfied. In 2017, investigators reported that Mekran hid 217 million rubles so as not to pay taxes.

Kotyukov Mikhail Mikhailovich

Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory