Wood starts to gradually replace concrete, as wooden skycrapers spread across the world
For more than a century, countries have raced to build the world’s tallest buildings with concrete and steel. Now [...]
August 22, 2019
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Germany: June prices for wood products continued descending trend
Producer prices for commercial wood products in Germany continued to decline in June. While there is a split [...]
August 21, 2019
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The 10 most important factors affecting the Chinese timber market today
China’s economic downturn is impacting sales of wood products and under present market conditions there is growing over-capacity [...]
August 20, 2019
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Sweden: Derome to acquire construction trade Woody Anderstorp
Derome, Sweden’s largest family owned wood industry focused company, acquires Woody Anderstorp and joins the construction trade on January [...]
August 19, 2019
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EU countries to benefit from the US-China trade war
The additional tariffs on US imports from China threatened by US President Donald Trump would damage China, while giving the [...]
August 14, 2019
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Major boom in prefabricated wooden houses in Czechia
The market with prefabricated wooden houses in the Czech Republic is experiencing a major boom. While ten years ago, there [...]
August 7, 2019
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EU construction market a mixed picture; hardwood sector still strong
According to latest Eurostat figures, building construction contracted by 0.2% in May over April 2019, while civil engineering output [...]
August 2, 2019
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Growth in the European construction sector to slow down in the next three years, says Euroconstruct
European construction output is forecasted to increase by less than 2% in 2019, and by less than 1.5 percentage [...]
July 22, 2019
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Stora Enso plans major investments in its Wood products segment
Stora Enso has initiated feasibility studies for a possible cross laminated timber (CLT) unit in connection with its Ždírec [...]
July 19, 2019
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Södra’s results decreased in the first half
Södra’s operating profit for the first half-year totalled SEK 2,009 million, compared with SEK 2,257 [...]
July 17, 2019
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