UAE’s wood products demand forecast to rise sharply due to $2.4 trillion worth of construction projects
The wood industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to boom over the next two years as the [...]
January 10, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Asia & Middle East
Global construction boom is most likely to have reached its peak in 2018
After ten years of growth (2008-2018), the peak has been reached in the global construction growth cycle: 2018 will [...]
December 21, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
UK to limit the use of CLT in construction
The UK government is banning combustible materials on new high-rise homes, revealing that it will limit the use of [...]
December 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Europe
European construction sector becomes more interested in hardwood
The UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) released their Annual Market Review 2017-2018, together with several [...]
October 30, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
ISC 2018: Flourishing construction in Europe drives solid financial performance in the sawmill industry
On the 11th and 12th October 2018 the 66th edition of the International Softwood Conference was held in Riga in [...]
October 22, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
Denmark expects rising trends in its timber industry
According to the Danish Timber Trade Federation, Denmark is enjoying 2% annual GDP growth and its construction sector is optimistic [...]
July 18, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
European construction growth expected to slow
The construction industry in Europe is losing some momentum. The rise is expected to increase by 2.7% this year [...]
July 16, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Europe
Segezha Group searches for CLT production equipment supply in Europe
Segezha Group (affiliated to Sistema JSFC) and Sokol Timber Company JSC, Russian leader of housebuilding, have recently visited major European [...]
July 5, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Construction / Russia
Housing starts in the US hit highest level since 2007
New residential construction in the US reported a significant rise in May, according to data released by the US Commerce [...]
July 3, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / North America
Australia might permit 8-storeys high timber construction
The Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) insisted to make some changes in the National Construction Code (NCC) as to [...]
February 15, 2018
Market Analysis / Wood Construction / ...Australia and Pacific Region
