Europe

ENplus confirms leading role in wood pellet certification

      The European Pellet Council (EPC) in charge of ENplus management, announced a record year [...]
October 20, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe

Egger starts operations in Argentina

    The acquisition of the Masisa industrial unit by the Egger Group took place on 29 September [...]

Overview of this year’s International Softwood Conference

    On the 5th and 6th October 2017 the 65th edition of the International Softwood Conference was [...]

FSC and global companies launch the Vancouver Declaration

      The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) this week launched an ambitious new initiative to increase [...]

Egger receives permit for new particleboard plant in Poland

Austrian company Egger wants to invest near Biskupec, Poland, in the Warmia and Mazury Economic Zone in a large particleboard [...]

Finnish sawn timber production forecast to rise steady in 2017

    Finland’s sawn timber production is projected to reach 12.4 million m3 in 2017 (compared [...]
September 27, 2017 Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...Europe

This year’s International Hardwood Conference to be organized in Venice

After the success of the last edition, the International Hardwood Conference 2017 will be organized from 15 to 17 November [...]

Production of wood pellets in the EU reaches 14.8 mmt in 2016

The EU is the world’s largest wood pellet market, with consumption of about 22.2 MMT of pellets in [...]
September 5, 2017 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

India: Plywood industry hopes for GST recess

The plywood, MDF and particleboard industry in India hopes to reduce the GST rate to 18% from the current 28 [...]

Hekotek supplies equipment for Segezha Group’s new wood pellet mill in Russia

Ksilotek-Sibir LLC (Segezha Group, part of the joint-stock financial corporation Sistema) and SORB LLC (represents AS Hekotek in [...]