Japan’s Sumitomo buys interest in US housing company
Sumitomo Forestry has acquired a 60% equity interest in the United States Mark III Properties. The [...]
August 30, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Construction / ...Asia & Middle East / North America
Drax completes conversion of 4th coal unit to biomass
Drax has switched on its fourth biomass generating unit—taking the power station in North Yorkshire [...]
August 30, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Energy / Europe
European and North American sawmills registered record profits in H1/2018
Sawlog costs, the largest cost component when manufacturing lumber, have gone up much more slowly than lumber prices in many [...]
August 23, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling
Top wood pellets producers in Russia
Analysts estimate that currently 10 large wood pellet producers manufacture more than 60 percent of total Russian wood pellet production [...]
August 21, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood Energy / Russia
New wood pellet plant in Vietnam
Biomass Fuel Vietnam Co placed an order with Hekotek for a new complete plant of wooden pellets. According the announcement [...]
August 21, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Energy / ...Asia & Middle East
Sharp fall in Italian woodworking machinery exports
The orders for Italian woodworking machines and tools in Q2 2018 decreased 9.9% y-o [...]
August 21, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Woodworking Machinery / Europe
Metsä Group bioproduct mill reaches nominal pulp capacity
Metsä Group has announced that its next-generation, bioproduct mill in Aanekoski, Finland, has reached its nominal capacity in August [...]
August 21, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe
Homag Group’s incoming orders decrease, as Chinese demand drops
In the first half of 2018 (1H-2018), the Homag Group recorded an increase in sales over the previous year [...]
August 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / China / Europe
Kährs Group bought Swedish flooring distributor Ehrenborg
Kährs Group has acquired Swedish flooring distributor Ehrenborg & Co. The takeover has been carried out with immediate effect [...]
August 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
Russia: Sawnwood exports drop sharply due to low Chinese demand
In the first quarter of 2018, the supply of sawn softwood from Russia increased by 1.8% (YoY) to 6 [...]
August 16, 2018
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