German wood packaging industry hits the timber supply alarm

Wood packaging industry is alarmed: German export industry and domestic supply in danger.    Marcus Kirschner, Managing Director of the Federal Association of Wood Packaging, Pallets, Export Packaging (HPE) recently warned of the increasingly stagnant supply of sawn timber and the associated delivery bottlenecks for pallets and export packaging.    Not only the domestic, but also the export industry is being slowed down considerably by the widening shortage of pallets and export packaging. Even now, the industry can no longer fully supply companies in the automotive industry, mechanical and plant engineering, the electrical industry ...