Archives: August 2019

Proteak reports record MDF production

The MDF producer Pro MDF, which belongs to the Mexican Proteak Uno, produced a total of 57,400 m³ of [...]

New Zealand: New sawmill planned on former Waverley Sawmills site

While Waverley Sawmills is closed for business its new owner has been working towards a modern state-of-the-art [...]

Sudima to split planned US$200M wood processing complex in Russia’s Far East due to lack of timber

Singapore's Sudima International, which announced earlier that it would build a wood-processing complex in the Primorye Territory worth [...]

Risk of US anti-dumping investigations of Vietnamese wood products exports

In the first 6 months of 2019 the US continued as Vietnam’s top export market for wood products with [...]

Czechia: Major aid for forest owners to mitigate beetle calamity

    The Czech Ministry of Agriculture is planning to promote non-state forest owners with up to [...]
August 8, 2019 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

EU hardwood trade steady despite many challenges

    While uncertainty surrounding Brexit may be casting a shadow over the UK market the wider EU [...]

Germany boosts softwood lumber deliveries to China

  Following a -32% drop in exports last year, European softwood lumber deliveries to China have recovered in the [...]

FSC to sanction Korean-Indonesian company

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has sanctioned Korean-Indonesian conglomerate Korindo for clearing tropical forests in Indonesia to produce palm [...]

EGGER reports stable financial year and record investments

The wood-based panels giant recorded sales of EUR 2.84 billion and adjusted EBITDA of EUR 425.0 million [...]

Prospects for American Softwoods on the European market

American Softwoods Consultant, Charles Trevor, was interviewed by AEIM (Spanish Association of Wood Trade and Industry) and the article appeared [...]