General Electric selected to build the largest commercial biomass-fired plant
General Electric (GE) has been selected by Mechelen-based Belgian Eco Energy (BEE) to build the largest greenfield, 100 percent [...]
February 6, 2016
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Energy / ...North America
Siempelkamp to supply particleboard plant in Russia
Siempelkamp received four orders from the Russian market in 2015. At the end of December the company of the "SOUZ [...]
January 26, 2016
Companies in the timber industry / Woodworking Machinery / ...Europe / Russia
Lentex buys wood flooring manufacturer Baltic Wood
Through its subisidiary Lentex, the Polish construction materlials producer Gamrat has acquired the wood flooring manufacturer Baltic Wood. [...]
January 18, 2016
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
Metsä Wood relocates wooden elements production in Finland
The manufacture of Metsä Wood's Kerto-Ripa® wooden elements is moving from Heinola to Pälkäne in February [...]
January 15, 2016
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
Weyerhaeuser buys Plum Creek
Weyerhaeuser is buying Plum Creek for US$8.44 billion to form the world's biggest timberland and forest products [...]
November 26, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
EPAL warns over fake Ukrainian Euro pallets
The European Pallet Association e.V. is warning against counterfeit EPAL Euro pallets from Ukraine, which have been in circulation [...]
November 13, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Europe
China’s Fenglin to build massive wood-processing plant in New Zealand
A Chinese company plans to invest US$250 million to build a massive wood-processing plant in New Zealand. Fenglin [...]
September 3, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Australia and Pacific Region / China
FedEx to increase use of wood biofuels
Global logistics giant FedEx Express has reinforced its commitment to increase use of renewable biofuel by signing a supply deal [...]
August 16, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Energy / North America
Moelven to close sawmill in Sweden
Norwegian wood-products company Moelven will shut down Nössemark Trä AB sawmill in Nössemark, Sweden, impacting 40 jobs [...]
July 16, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Europe
IKEA to invest € 1 billion in renewable energy
In an interview for Reuters, IKEA's CEO Peter Agnefjall said the the company will spend 1 billion euros on [...]
June 13, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Energy / Wood Furniture
