Holzwerke Weinzierl to upgrade mill in Germany
Holzwerke Weinzierl installs a new chain-less step feeder at its mill in Germany. The commissioning of the system is [...]
December 11, 2018
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Current trends in the Chinese plywood market
There are around 5,500 major enterprises manufacturing plywood in China. The total production capacity of plywood by these enterprises [...]
December 11, 2018
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Russia: Lumber exports keep on growing, while logs exports fall
In January-October 2018, Russia increased its lumber exports, both in value and in volume terms, indicate the statistics published [...]
December 11, 2018
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Holzindustrie Schweighofer plans to build a biomass plant in Germany
Holzindustrie Schweighofer plans to construct a biomass cogeneration plant at its site in Kodersdorf, Germany. The plant is expected to [...]
December 11, 2018
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US softwood lumber prices fall at the beginning of December
Demand for framing lumber was light last week. Buyers held back amid seasonal slowness, weather, and concerns about the broader [...]
December 11, 2018
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Kronospan to expand its business in Russia
Kronospan announced plans to build a furniture materials plant in the Moscow region. This was announced by David Brenner, Commercial [...]
December 11, 2018
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Finland: Strong lumber production this year; pulp industry booming
Sawmill lumber production volumes in Finland rose to 2.7 million cubic meters in July-September, up by 3.8 [...]
December 11, 2018
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A new market segment for Swedish sawmills in China
China does not have a well-developed quality system with third-party controls like the Nordic quality system NTR, which [...]
December 6, 2018
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9% rise in EU imports of tropical sawnwood
Despite a slow start to the year, EU imports of tropical sawnwood were 539,000 MT in the first nine [...]
December 6, 2018
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Norske Skog to double wood pellets capacity at facility in New Zealand
The Norske Skog group has decided to invest about A$ 7 million ($5 million) to upgrade the Nature’s Flame [...]
December 6, 2018
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