New wood pellet plant in Vietnam
Biomass Fuel Vietnam Co placed an order with Hekotek for a new complete plant of wooden pellets. According the announcement [...]
August 21, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Energy / ...Asia & Middle East
Sharp fall in Italian woodworking machinery exports
The orders for Italian woodworking machines and tools in Q2 2018 decreased 9.9% y-o [...]
August 21, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Woodworking Machinery / Europe
Metsä Group bioproduct mill reaches nominal pulp capacity
Metsä Group has announced that its next-generation, bioproduct mill in Aanekoski, Finland, has reached its nominal capacity in August [...]
August 21, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe
Timber backlogs increase at the Douala Port
One factor in the contraction in Cameroon’s EU exports, which started in 2016, cited by [...]
August 20, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa
Indonesian and Brazilian wood products exports affected by the changes in the US GSP
In a recent statement the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) said it believes the wood products export target for [...]
August 20, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East / North America / South America
Prices for wood products in Germany on the rise
In July, a slightly upward trend for the German wood products price index could be noticed [...]
August 20, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Energy / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Europe
Homag Group’s incoming orders decrease, as Chinese demand drops
In the first half of 2018 (1H-2018), the Homag Group recorded an increase in sales over the previous year [...]
August 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / China / Europe
Kährs Group bought Swedish flooring distributor Ehrenborg
Kährs Group has acquired Swedish flooring distributor Ehrenborg & Co. The takeover has been carried out with immediate effect [...]
August 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
Softwood lumber production in the US increases, while output in Canada goes down
U.S. sawmills produced 14.752 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first [...]
August 20, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Latvian softwood lumber exports on a downward trend
Sawn and planed sawn softwood exports from Latvia went down by 15% during the Q1/2018, to 603,000 m3 [...]
August 16, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
