Archives: May 2018

EU tropical wooden furniture sales increase, while market share drops

There was plenty of tropical wood furniture to be found at the first two big European furniture exhibitions of 2018 [...]

Latest prices of Chinese imported sawn timber

    This index contains the most update prices of logs and lumbers from the Guangdong Yuzhu Timber [...]

Plywood manufacturers in India increase prices

    Indian plywood manufacturers are reporting that prices for peeler logs are trending higher as are chemical [...]

BioPower Corporation buys former Rentech Atitokan wood pellet plant

BioPower Sustainable Energy Corporation (BioPower) has announced the acquisition of the assets of the former Rentech pellet plant in Atikokan [...]

ULK Group invests in Archangelsk sawmill capacity

    ULK Group will receive 8 pcs of high capacity HFB 2-zone progressive kilns at its [...]

New CLT mill construction by Stora Enso will be finished by 2019 in Sweden

Stora Enso’s new cross laminated timber (CLT) factory in Gruvön, Sweden, is proceeding as planned. The company announced [...]

Wood pellets prices in Austria higher than in 2017

The average price for Austrian wood pellets amounted to 236,8 € per tonne of wood pellets or 4.83 Cent [...]

Wood products prices in Germany increased over 2017

    In February, the German producer price index for wood products has registered a high degree of [...]

EU furniture sector productivity might increase due to advanced computer-controlled manufacturing

    Increasingly advanced computer-controlled and automated manufacturing has also benefited European producers, boosting their productivity, cutting [...]

Chinese Hengan International acquires biggest stake in world’s largest pulp mill project in Finland

Chinese Hengan International has bought the largest share in Finnpulp, a Finnish company that is going to build a EUR [...]