Europe

Drax drops 17% in earnings, but its renewable energy generation booms

UK's power giant Drax dropped 17% in earnings, reaching £140 million. Yet, the renewable energy amount it has generated [...]

Plywood industry in Finland is declining

The production volumes of the Finnish plywood industry declined y-o-y by 1.1%, reaching 1,140 million m3 [...]
February 20, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe

Innovative wood chips drying technology developed in Finland

Finnish researchers are currently studying a more efficient means of drying wood chips, one that is said to be efficient [...]
February 17, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe

The tallest timber building in the world (80m) to be build in Norway

Mjøstårnet is the name of the next key project in timber construction. The over 80m high building arises [...]
February 15, 2017 Latest Trends / Wood Construction / ...Europe

Rougier closes contract with Gabon for logs supply

Rougier and Gabon Special Economic Zone (GSEZ) announced signing of a major partnership contract to supply logs for the processing [...]
February 11, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

The global engineered wood market is set to rise by 2020

The global engineered wood market is estimated to reach $41,273 million by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 24 [...]

Belarus softwood timber exports to the EU jump by 35% due to log export ban

As Belarus decided to ban exports of unprocessed wood starting January 1st, 2016, logs deliveries to Europe have stopped.  [...]
January 19, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Hadleigh Timber in UK has bought Timbmet

Timbmet, the timber supplier and processor, has been recently acquired by Hadleigh Timber, owner of Meyer Timber.    [...]

Sawmills sales in Germany declined during November

The turnover of the German sawmills fell in November 2013 as compared to October. The decrease of the total turnover [...]
January 15, 2017 Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...Europe

Average prices for standing timber in Belgium, autumn-winter 2016

List of prices for standing timber set by National Federation of Forestry Experts A.S.B.L.    [...]
January 15, 2017 Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / ...Europe