The European Green Deal creates new opportunities for timber
The Green Deal, published on 11 December 2019 by the new European Commission and adopted by [...]
February 18, 2020
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Warm winter is disrupting logging activity in Estonia
Logging activity in Estonia is currently disrupted, due to the unusual warm and snowless winter; [...]
February 18, 2020
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Coronavirus: IKEA to close its stores in China
In the response to the Chinese government's call for strict and effective disease control of coronavirus outbreak, IKEA Retail [...]
February 18, 2020
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Coronavirus starts to shake to wood industry
There is industry concern that if the virus were to infect more people in coastal towns [...]
February 17, 2020
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Stora Enso’s sales drop in 2019
Despite achieving a turnover in excess of €10bn, each of Stora Enso’s group operations – packaging [...]
February 17, 2020
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UPM invests more than 500 million euros into a biorefinery in Germany
UPM plans to enter the biochemicals business by investing in a biorefinery at Leuna, Germany. The [...]
February 17, 2020
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European trade shows in opening weeks of 2020 the ”Greta effect”
As usual in January, the IMM furniture fair in Cologne and the Domotex flooring show in Hamburg were key events [...]
February 17, 2020
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Upward trend in Swedish roundwood prices in 2019
Delivery prices on roundwood has increased two years in a row. The increase of 2019 was however less than the [...]
February 12, 2020
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Buildings could avoid greenhouse gas emissions if wood replaces cement, steel
Replacing cement and steel in urban construction by wood could avoid greenhouse gas emissions from cement and steel production and [...]
February 12, 2020
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Bark beetle infestation hasn’t impacted the Baltic states
In contrast to large parts of Central Europe with a focus on Germany and Austria, the bark beetle calamity in [...]
February 12, 2020
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