Gelo Holzwerk invests in a new sawmill in Germany
Gelo Holzwerk announced EUR 38.5 million greenfield investment in a completely new sawmill location at the Wunsiedel energy park [...]
January 24, 2020
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Biesse Group to refocus its strategy in China
The Biesse Board of Directors meeting - held on December 20th in the corporate offices in Pesaro - analyzed the Chinese demand [...]
January 7, 2020
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China and U.S. reach trade agreement- tariffs on wood products stay in place
Chinese wood products will continue to face 25% tariffs, according to a phase one trade agreement reached Friday between China [...]
December 16, 2019
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John Deere starts to cut jobs as it expects sales of the construction and forestry equipment to drop by 15%
Deere & Co. is laying off 57 workers at its Davenport manufacturing plant, saying reduced building activity is expected to [...]
December 10, 2019
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Dieffenbacher sees continued high demand from wood-based panel industry
Wood recycling plants for the wood-based panels industry were the main driver of Dieffenbacher’s recycling business in 2019 [...]
December 9, 2019
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Russian Segezha Group to start construction of a new plywood plant soon
Russian Segezha Group plans to commence construction of its new birch plywood plant at the location in Galich (Kostroma Oblast [...]
December 4, 2019
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SCA to double output at Bollsta sawmill in Bollstabruk, Sweden
Peab, in partnership with SCA, is going to build an extension the Bollsta sawmill in Bollstabruk, Kramfors Municipality, Sweden. The [...]
December 3, 2019
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Asia’s largest continuous press production line starts production in China
On November 23, 2019, the signing ceremony of Shouguang Luli Wood Industry Co., Ltd. with an annual output of 600 [...]
November 27, 2019
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Homag Group shuts down Hemmoor plant in Germany
Homag Group’s Supervisory Board approved shutting down production at its Hemmoor site, Germany, effective December 31, 2020. Homag has [...]
November 8, 2019
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Prefabricated wood construction to make new leap in Chile
The Chilean company E2E is a joint venture between Arauco and the Belgian company Etex. Its factory, which has been [...]
October 21, 2019
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