Turkey becomes the largest MDF producer in the EU
After Turkey strengthened its export markets in the last two decades, they have now become the largest medium-density fiberboard [...]
February 9, 2016
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
General Electric selected to build the largest commercial biomass-fired plant
General Electric (GE) has been selected by Mechelen-based Belgian Eco Energy (BEE) to build the largest greenfield, 100 percent [...]
February 6, 2016
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Energy / ...North America
Siempelkamp to supply particleboard plant in Russia
Siempelkamp received four orders from the Russian market in 2015. At the end of December the company of the "SOUZ [...]
January 26, 2016
Companies in the timber industry / Woodworking Machinery / ...Europe / Russia
Dubai WoodShow 2016 forecast to be a promising event
Organisers of the Dubai WoodShow, the largest exhibition in the Middle East for timber, machineries and tools, have revealed that [...]
January 20, 2016
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Woodworking Machinery / Asia & Middle East
Lentex buys wood flooring manufacturer Baltic Wood
Through its subisidiary Lentex, the Polish construction materlials producer Gamrat has acquired the wood flooring manufacturer Baltic Wood. [...]
January 18, 2016
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
Metsä Wood relocates wooden elements production in Finland
The manufacture of Metsä Wood's Kerto-Ripa® wooden elements is moving from Heinola to Pälkäne in February [...]
January 15, 2016
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
Softwood lumber exports from Sweden on an upward trend
In the first ten months of 2015, Sweden has exported about 10,7 million cubic meters of sawn and planed [...]
January 12, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Europe
Wood-based panels and timber imports strongly increase in the UK
UK’s demand for imported timber and wood-based panel imports jumped 15% to 9.66 million m3 in 2014 [...]
January 8, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
The EU analyzes VPA progress on legal timber imports with Liberia
Representatives of Liberia and the EU have met to review progress towards implementation of their Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), which [...]
January 5, 2016
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Africa / Europe
Solid biofuel market in the EU forecast to grow significantly by 2020
Current indices show that the amount of consumption of wood pellets and briquettes might grow approximately one and a half [...]
January 3, 2016
Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe
