Sweden searches for new opportunities in the rising Japanese wooden house building
New opportunities arise in the Japanese construction sector for the Swedish lumber. Swedish Forest Industry President, Carina Håkansson (in [...]
March 26, 2016
Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...Wood Construction / Asia & Middle East / Europe
Lumber prices in the US recover during March
Amid some mixed sentiment, framing lumber prices increased last week in U.S. Weather clouded the views of traders in [...]
March 20, 2016
Market Analysis / Wood Industry Prices / ...Industry Prices / Sawmilling / North America
Paris improves wood pellets use for urban heating; US to supply the demand
Paris plans to improve the use of renewable energy in the urban heating system by importing thousands of tonnes of [...]
March 19, 2016
Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe / North America
Binderholz expands production in Finland
Binderholz Group, one of the largest manufacturers of solid wood products in Europe, has now expanded its production in Northern [...]
March 17, 2016
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Europe
EPAL Euro pallets sets new record for production last year
With an increase of almost 11%, and a total of 73.6 million EPAL Euro pallets produced around the globe [...]
March 16, 2016
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
IKEA opens its first store in Morocco
After months of diplomatic difficulties between Morocco and the Swedish government, IKEA will finally open its first store in the [...]
March 15, 2016
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Furniture / ...Asia & Middle East / Europe
Trudeau-Obama meeting might solve lumber trade dispute
Justin Trudeau’s visit to the Washington helped developing a closer connection in the solving of the ongoing Softwood Lumber [...]
March 14, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Lumber production in Canada increased by 8% in 2015
The Canadian lumber production increased by 8% in 2015, compared to 2014. Thus, production summed 26.7 billion board feet [...]
March 11, 2016
Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Wood biomass is a main source of renewable energy in UNECE region
Wood energy accounts for 3.5% of the total primary energy supply (TPES) and 38.2% of the renewable energy [...]
March 8, 2016
Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe
Softwood lumber global trade reaches 10-year high in 2015
A majority of the 20 largest softwood lumber-consuming countries in the world increased their importation of lumber in 2015 [...]
March 5, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
