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Asian market sees high wood pellet production levels and booming prices

Increases in Vietnam’s wood pellet spot prices accelerated during the third quarter of 2017, boosted by strengthening Japanese and [...]

US South sawmills the most profitable in the world

The US South was the highest margin sawmill region in North America – a place it has held since 2008 – as [...]

Price of Austrian pellets going up this month

The average price of wood pellets in Austria has reached of 232.9 € per tonne of wood pellets or 4 [...]

Largest cross-laminated timber building in the US to be build in Chicago

Hines, the international real estate firm, in a joint venture with Diversified Real Estate Capital and Big Bay Realty, announced [...]

Italy: SICAM 2017 confirms the upward trend of the furniture industry

Once more, SICAM did not fail to meet expectations this year, with more exhibitors and more visitors compared to the [...]

Chinese demand drives up New Zealand’s log prices

Increased demand for New Zealand logs coming from China leads the foresters to take advantage of the strong log prices [...]

Greenpeace: Indonesia’s forests still under threat from palm oil industry

A new report by Greenpeace International reveals that suppliers to the world’s biggest consumer brands still cannot guarantee their [...]

Dieffenbacher increases manufacturing capacities at its production site in the Czech Republic

Dieffenbacher, manufacturer of press and production systems for the wood industry, has increased the manufacturing capacities at its production site [...]

Arauco and the European Panel Federation joined PEFC as Stakeholders members

Chilean Arauco, the European Panel Federation (EPF) and the European Pulp Industry Sector Association AISBL (EPIS) have recently joined PEFC [...]

Mohawk agrees to buy largest flooring company in Australia and New Zealand

Mohawk Industries has agreed to acquire Godfrey Hirst Group, a leading flooring company in Australia and New Zealand.   [...]