Schweighofer, Egger and Kronospan reign over the Romanian timber market
Schweighofer, Kronospan and Egger are three Austrian companies with wood processing operations in Romania. Their cumulated business exceeded EUR 1 [...]
May 29, 2014
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Doubling in US wood pellet exports due to high European demand
Wood pellet exports from the United States nearly doubled last year, from 1.6 million short tons (approximately 22 trillion [...]
May 28, 2014
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Sonae closes laminate flooring plant in Spain
Sonae Industria, SGPS, SA announces that its subsidiary company, Tafisa - Tableros de Fibras SA, has announced its intention to enter [...]
May 22, 2014
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German softwood lumber exports up 21%
In the first months of 2014, Germany's softwood lumber exports rose in volume by 21% against the same period [...]
May 20, 2014
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Booming Chinese particleboard market
Currently, production of particleboard in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong, Hebei, Jilin, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces. There [...]
May 19, 2014
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German wood pellets cheaper due to the mild winter
In May, the price of wood pellets in Germany has decreased on average by EUR 7/tonne, as the German [...]
May 18, 2014
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Metsä plans an EUR 1,1 billion bioproduct mill
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has launched an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure related to a bioproduct mill planned [...]
May 17, 2014
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Canadian company reaches 1,5 mil. tons wood pellet capacity
The Canadian company Pinnacle Renewable Energy has begun construction of its seventh pellet plant in British Columbia, as the Biomass [...]
May 16, 2014
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Investments in the Finnish forest industry on the rise
In the first quarter of the year, the Finnish forest industry exports and production showed signs of recovery, according to [...]
May 15, 2014
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Boost in British softwood lumber imports
British imports of sawn and planed lumber have increased in value by 33% or almost EUR 50 million in the [...]
May 12, 2014
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