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ODEK 1881_UKRAINE: PRODUCTION OF QUALITY PLYWOOD WITH LONG EXPERIENCE
In the Year 1881: – foundation of “Society of Technical Research of Forestry Products” sawmill in the village of Orzhiv in Volyn province. – Beginning of the ХХ century – parquet and plywood production started, followed by furniture production. Around two hundreds of workers are busy in production of high-quality parquet, plywood and sawn timber from oak and coniferous species.
– Year 1905 – foundation of trade union, which was transformed into trade union department of wood-working industry workers in 1923. – Year 1915 – wood processing factories in Orzhiv were closed due to World War I. Total number of workers before closure amounted 633. – Production was renewed after the war and over 300 of workers were employed in year 1937. – Factory was partly ruined during World War II. Reconstruction was started in 1944; in 1946 the factory with 231 employees dispatched its first products. – Year 1970 – rebuilding of plywood factory with capacity increase to 25 thousands m3 of plywood per year. – Year 1987 – new plywood factory, equipped with finish machinery «Raute», has started operation; production capacities during years of crisis in 90th of the ХХ century amounted five to fifteen thousand m3 of plywood per year. – Year 1998 – Ukrainian-Dutch joint venture “ODEK” founded. Dutch investments allowed to increase the production capacities to projected 50 thousands m3 of plywood in year 2004. – Year 2016 – additional investments increased plywood output capacities to 90,000 m3/year. For more information contact:
ODEK LLC, Mr. Dmytro Sementsov, Export Manager 9 Zavodska Str. UA-35313 ORZHIV, Rivne Region / Ukraine Tel.+38 0362 693608 / Fax +38 0362 693610 / E-mail: odek@odek.eu / E-mail: k4r@odek.eu
