Holzindustrie Schweighofer becomes HS Timber Group
The Holzindustrie Schweighofer Group is getting a new name and look with a soft relaunch of its brand appearance: the [...]
December 3, 2019
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Schweighofer claims that the high price of logs in Romania makes the company uncompetitive
Today we pay 86 euros (per cubic meter of logs used to make the highest quality timber), while in Austria [...]
October 10, 2019
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Holzindustrie Schweighofer completed EUTR inspection in Romania
Holzindustrie Schweighofer (HS), one of Europe’s leading timber processing companies, informed that the company passed in Romania 16th inspection [...]
May 10, 2019
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Romania: Cartel forming accusations over Schweighofer, Kronospan and Egger
The Romanian Competition Council has extended again the investigation on the local timber market over 35 more companies operating in [...]
April 11, 2019
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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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New accusations for Holzindustrie Schweighofer of purchasing illegal wood in Romania
A new investigation takes a look behind the scenes to detail how the Austrian timber giant Holzindustrie Schweighofer, one of [...]
July 18, 2018
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New investigation accuses EU sawmills of importing illegally logged wood from Ukraine
An investigation released by Earthsight revealed results of the organization’s two years work called Complicit in Corruption. According to [...]
July 16, 2018
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Romanian authorities investigate Holzindustrie Schweighofer in organized illegal logging ring
On Wednesday, the 30th of May 2018, Romanian prosecutors executed 23 search warrants across the country related to a criminal [...]
June 4, 2018
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Schweighofer Group tied to illegal logging in Romanian National Park, EIA finds
In a recent field investigation in Romania, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) found evidence of illegal logging in Romania’s [...]
December 7, 2017
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Holzindustrie Schweighofer might build a sawmill in Belarus
Holzindustrie Schweighofer might start the construction of a wood processing plant in Grodno Oblast, Belarus. The [...]
November 27, 2017
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