UK housing developers discontinue CLT for high residential units
Swan is the latest housing developer to join the list of developers evaluating concrete and steel [...]
February 7, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Europe
European woodworking industry ‘lies at the heart of the circular bioeconomy’
The European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (CEI-Bois), the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) and the European Panel [...]
January 24, 2020
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Forecast: Tempered growth in European construction by 2022
Construction research network Euroconstruct anticipates building work to increase only slightly in the 19 member states up to 2022. According [...]
January 23, 2020
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Stora Enso sells KVH mill in Germany
Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest its sawn construction timber (KVH) mill at Pfarrkirchen in Germany, to the [...]
January 21, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
Worldwide output of wood products is at 70-year high
The global production and trade of major wood products such as industrial roundwood, sawnwood and wood [...]
January 16, 2020
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Moody’s 2020 forecast for the global wood products market
-For the wood products and timberland sub sector, Moody’s says operating earnings will [...]
January 8, 2020
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John Deere expects sales of the construction and forestry equipment to drop by 15%; starts to cut jobs
Deere & Co. is laying off 57 workers at its Davenport manufacturing plant, saying reduced building [...]
December 20, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Wood Construction / Woodworking Machinery / North America
U.S. housing starts forecast to increase 1.3% annually by 2023
U.S. housing starts are forecast to increase 1.3% annually in unit terms through 2023 [...]
December 17, 2019
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Latvia: IKTK builds new glulam plant
The Latvian timber building structures producer IKTK has invested about two million euro in large-sized [...]
December 17, 2019
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Wooden buildings could help revitalize the suffering Canadian forest industry
Changes to Canada's national building code could prove promising for an ailing forestry industry. Starting [...]
December 16, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / North America
