UK pledges to retain FLEGT commitment after Brexit
In relation to policy initiatives like FLEGT, the decline in the relative significance of the EU as an importer of [...]
March 5, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Sawmills in Finland aim to reach the market in India
IndiaWood 2018 will receive several Finnish companies to the 10th edition of the show, through "Wood from Finland", a national [...]
March 5, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East / Europe
Gällö Timber upgrades log sorter at sawmill in Sweden
Gällö Timber upgrades the log sorter at its sawmill in Gällö, Sweden. The company placed a SEK 2 [...]
March 5, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Europe
Tropical imports from the EU declined in 2017
European timber businesses suggest a range of factors that may explain the apparent dichotomy between good [...]
March 5, 2018
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
Swedish pine is explored as a great material for the future
Pine appears to be the material of the future and is a wood species that can be expressed in many [...]
March 5, 2018
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Wood Construction / Europe
Dieffenbacher expects record-setting wood-based panel plants in 2018
Dieffenbacher anticipates 2018 as one of its busiest and most significant years ever based on the completion of record-setting [...]
February 28, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / Europe
Overview of tropical species availability on the EU market
Looking at individual species and products, importers in several EU countries, report particularly good demand for sapele in 2017, with [...]
February 28, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Europe
Finnish electricity company opens 92MW wood pellet plant
Finnish electricity company Helen, has opened a new 92MW biomass plant in Helsinki. The plant is the largest pellet-fired [...]
February 28, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Energy / ...Europe
EU imports of sawn temperate hardwood decline 7%
EU imports of sawn temperate hardwoods also declined in 2017, although less dramatically than imports of sawn tropical hardwoods. Total [...]
February 28, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Europe / North America
Woodworking machinery company in China acquires 75% of Italian Masterwood
Guangzhou KDT Machinery Co. will buy 75 percent of Masterwood, a recognized Italian brand of machinery for wood processing, for [...]
February 27, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Market Analysis / ...Woodworking Machinery / China / Europe