On May 13, a solemn opening of a plywood workshop took place at the Ratniv State Forestry and Hunting Enterprise. According to the press service of "Volynlis," this production facility is "the most modern in the system of the State Forestry Committee of Ukraine." \nFrom now on, the most valuable parts of alder and oak trunks — plywood assortments — at the Ratniv State Forestry Enterprise will be processed into products that are in high demand both in Ukraine and abroad. \nThus, Volyn foresters have taken another step toward putting an end to the centuries-old tradition of exporting timber from Volyn as raw material. \nThis is a joint project of the state forestry association "Volynlis" and a foreign investor who contributed 16 percent of the necessary funds to the project's implementation. The production facility will consume 30 thousand cubic meters of timber annually and will return it to consumers in the form of 12 thousand cubic meters of glued water-resistant plywood. Its thickness, depending on the buyer's preferences, can vary — from 3 to 30 millimeters. \n "The implementation of this project will not only increase the volume of sales of our products by almost a third compared to last year's level, but also allowed for the creation of seventy new jobs," — reported Bohdan Kolisnyk, general director of "Volynlis." \nIn the priorities of this state association, after timely and high-quality reforestation, increasing the efficiency of timber use ranks second. The implemented project will pay for itself in just two and a half years. \nA significant portion of the funds earned from plywood production will again be invested in the development of the region's forestry. \n