Europe

Sharp fall in orders of the Italian woodworking machinery industry

According to a quarterly survey conducted by the Studies office of Acimall – the Confindustria member association of wood-furniture technology [...]

Mercer makes an offer to buy Klausner Lumber One

Canadian Mercer International submitted an offer in the ongoing bidding process for the Klausner Lumber One sawmill.    [...]

Asian buyers of African tropical timber slowly returning; prices for EU market up

    It has been reported that buyers for the Chinese and other Asian markets are slowly returning [...]

EU-Vietnam free trade agreement enters into force; wood industry to benefit

    EU exports to Vietnam are taxed less as of 1 August. This is the immediate effect [...]

Forestry crisis in Ireland deepens as mills seek new supply

The owners of the Ireland's major sawmills have begun warning trade union officials of imminent extensive job losses because [...]

Germany gains market shares in China log imports

China Customs data shows that in the first half of this year China’s log imports totalled 19.68 million [...]

Global pellet producers negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

75% of certified producers have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.    A survey conducted [...]

EGGER invested EUR 300 million in the first half of the year

    The EGGER Group, with headquarters in St. Johann in Tirol, Austria, has completed the first half [...]

Record wood pellet production in Germany

Despite the corona crisis, in the first half of 2020, Germany produced 1.502 million tonnes of wood pellets, thus [...]

Siempelkamp delivers four new drum dryers to Highland Pellets

Büttner, the energy and drying systems subsidiary of Siempelkamp, will deliver four new drum dryers to the American pellet [...]