Greenpeace spots alleged illegal cargo of precious tropical timber in the port of Antwerp
A cargo of precious sawn tropical timber (padoek) from Africa is was blocked this month in the Belgian port of [...]
July 23, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Africa / Europe
Enviva to start production at new Hamlet pellet plant
A few days ago, the US pellet producer Enviva Partners started pellet production in the newly [...]
July 19, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Energy / North America
Pinnacle and Tolko to build a wood pellet plant
The facility is expected to have a run-rate production capacity of 170,000 to 200,000 metric tons per [...]
July 18, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Energy / North America
Large merger in the Swedish sawmill industry
The owners of Bergkvist-Insjön AB and Siljan Group AB have decided to create a strong joint sawmill group [...]
July 17, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends
Danzer to close veneer plant in France
International hardwood specialist Danzer closes his plant in Souvans / France. The production site, which specializes in sliced oak wear layers [...]
July 17, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Sawmilling / Europe
Egger to start production at new chipboard plant in Poland
On June 28, 2019, Egger Biskupiec began to operate its state-of-the-art chipboard production [...]
July 17, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
Binderholz to double sales to the US market
Austrian Binderholz is planning to boost its US business through a holding company established specifically for this purpose [...]
July 17, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Sawmilling / Europe / North America
Biesse’s outlook for 2019 goes down, while the woodworking industry is affected by weaker demand
Despite the more than EUR 40 million of signed orders achieved during the Ligna fair in May, the Biesse Group [...]
July 15, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / Europe
West Fraser announced operations curtailment in Alberta, US
On the 1st of July, West Fraser announced a temporary, two-week suspension of production at its Alberta Plywood operations [...]
July 10, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Segezha Group launches 250,000 m2/yr CLT plant construction
Segezha Group launched construction of the CLT manufacturing plant. The modern engineered material for wooden construction to be produced in [...]
July 10, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Russia
