Japan to open 33 biomass power plants
Japan has witnessed a surge in biomass power plants after FIT (feed in tariff) system was introduced in July 2012 [...]
May 7, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Asia & Middle East
Lumber Liquidators stops selling of Chinese laminate flooring
Lumber Liquidators on Thursday announced that it has suspended the sale of laminate flooring coming from Chinese manufacturers. The decision [...]
May 7, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...North America
Valutec to delivers two kilns for Austrian Hasslacher
Austrian company Hasslacher, has recently invested in Swedish company Valutec’s two progressive kilns, for its laminated wood plant in [...]
April 28, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Woodworking Machinery / Europe
Insolvent German Pellets has several prospective buyers
The insolvent wood pellet manufacturer German Pellets GmbH may well continue its operations, according to the German media, as there [...]
April 23, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Energy / ...Europe
Bergs Timber to acquires Norvik’s Jarl Timber
Bergs Timber AB signed a letter of intent to acquire all of Jarl Timber’s shares, a subsidiary of Norvik [...]
April 19, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Europe
Global furniture trade hits US$128 billion
The Italy-based furniture industry research association CSIL analysis of world furniture trade, which draws on data from the world [...]
April 17, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood Furniture / ...Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Canadian lumber giants to be affected by slow US housing market
The US housing market is stumbling, which makes two of Canada’s top lumber producers, West Fraser Timber Co. and [...]
April 15, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood Construction / North America
Nippon Paper to start production of wood pellets
Nippon Paper Industries, Tokyo, plans to produce heavy efficient-burning wood pellets as to use them as biomass fuel for [...]
April 8, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Pulp & Paper / Wood Energy / Asia & Middle East
Softwood lumber prices drop in major global markets
Global trade of softwood lumber has continued to trend upward ever since the global financial crises in 2008. In 2014 [...]
March 19, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America / Russia / South America
Changing plywood market shares in EU imports
EU plywood import trade have varied very widely between different products types over the last four years. Tropical hardwood plywood [...]
March 15, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...China / Europe
