Canadian sawmills continue to expand in the U.S.
Canadian and U.S. softwood lumber producers reported modest gains in 2014 as lumber demand continues to rise slowly (but [...]
March 9, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / North America
Cross-laminated timber arrives to America
A super-strong engineered wood product popular in Europe, known as cross-laminated timber (CLT), is coming to America under [...]
March 9, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...North America
Lumber Liquidators faces criminal charges for importing illegally harvested wood
Lumber Liquidators on Wednesday revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice is contemplating criminal charges under the Lacey Act [...]
February 22, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...North America
Södra to expand sawn timber deliveries to the United States
Södra seeks to increase deliveries to the United States in the spring of 2015, as demand for wood products [...]
February 15, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Europe / North America
Global innovations showcase for forestry and wood industries at LIGNA 2015
In the first ten months of 2014, the volume of tropical wood product imports into Belgium fell very slightly (-0 [...]
February 15, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Woodworking Machinery / ...Europe
Siempelkamp sells complete MDF plant for Asperbras
Brazilian company Asperbras ordered for its Água Clara location a complete MDF plant from Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH with [...]
February 15, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Woodworking Machinery / Europe / South America
Chinese wood products industry continues to expand in 2014
In 2014, China's forest products industry output value and trade value reached US$ 848 billion and US$ 138 billion [...]
February 5, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China
Japan to run wood biomass in power generation facilities
In Japan, after FIT (feed in tariff) system was introduced in July 2012, many plans of wood biomass power generation [...]
January 19, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy
China ends commercial logging in natural forests
President Xi Jinping has signalled that all natural forests should be protected. According to Zhao Shucong, Head of the State [...]
January 15, 2015
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / China
Redwood imports in China rise by 92%
According to China Customs, between January and October 2014 China's redwood imports totalled 1.85 million cubic metres valued [...]
January 15, 2015
Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...China
