Chinese wood products companies are facing considerable challenges in the US market
Data from China Customs shows that in 2017 total value of China’s wood products trade (imports and exports) rose [...]
August 2, 2018
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US imposes additional 25% tariffs on imports of Chinese woodworking machinery
As of July 6 machinery and related tools for wood processing as well as presses for the production of wooden [...]
July 24, 2018
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Trump administration to extend list of products subject to tariffs
Many wood products and furniture items from China are on the latest list by the Trump administration that may be [...]
July 18, 2018
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LIGNA 2019: More than 80 % of the exhibition space booked
While opening day is still about a year away, exhibition space at the world's leading trade fair for machinery [...]
July 17, 2018
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Valutec enters US market
Pleasant River Lumber of Maine, USA, is the first company in North America to invest in TC continuous kilns from [...]
July 12, 2018
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Bergs Timber’s Vika Wood to expand production capacity at sawmill in Latvia
The Latvian wood-processing company Vika Wood has been recently granted a long-term loan of EUR 7.5 million [...]
June 29, 2018
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Homag to boost production capacity in Germany
The Homag Group has expanded the production capacity of the Schopfloch, Germany site by commissioning a hall in neighboring Horb [...]
June 26, 2018
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British companies interested in buying timber from Belarus
British companies are interested in buying Belarusian timber via commodity exchange. The possibility was discussed as a delegation of British [...]
June 21, 2018
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Turkish Starwood invests in a new particleboard production mill
Starwood Orman Ürünleri Sanayi A.S., a Turkish particleboard producer, announced an investment in a new particleboard plant in [...]
June 21, 2018
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Junnikkala Ltd. to expand production at Kalajoki and Oulainen sawmills in Finland
Junnikkala Ltd. is growing its sawn wood production in Kalajoki, Finland, and increasing the drying capacity by acquiring the first [...]
June 20, 2018
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