Siempelkamp to deliver another MDF plant to Asia
Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) ordered a complete MDF plant including a high-end 4' ContiRoll® press from Siempelkamp in April [...]
June 16, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East / Europe
Masisa Tricoya Super MDF will be launched in Latin America
Masisa, a panel producer in Latin America, has agreed to carry out evaluation of Tricoya including market testing, production testing [...]
June 10, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...South America
Schweighofer, Egger and Kronospan have most of the control over the Romanian timber market
Schweighofer, Kronospan and Egger are three Austrian companies with wood processing operations in Romania. Their cumulated business exceeded EUR 1 [...]
May 8, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Europe
Metsä invests EUR 1,1 billion in bioproduct sawmill
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has launched an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure related to a bioproduct mill planned [...]
April 21, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Europe
Kronospan believes that biomass expansion is causing higher timber prices
Austrian wood panel company, Kronospan, has launched a warning over the future of its business in the United Kingdom, with [...]
April 15, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe
Sonae sells two plants from France to Kronospan
Sonae Indústria informed that, further to the announcement of 17 March, its indirect affiliate, Isoroy SAS, has today completed [...]
April 1, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Europe
IKEA shows important market growth in China, Russia and US
The 2013 financial report for the Ikea Group, the world's largest furniture retailer, provides insights into the outlook for [...]
March 23, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Furniture / ...China / Europe / North America / Russia
Interfor reported record lumber production and sales in 2013
Interfor reported net earnings of $11.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to net losses of $0 [...]
February 24, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
Eneco inaugurates huge biomass plant in the Netherlands
At the beginning of February the Dutch Utility company Eneco has inaugurated its Bio Golden Raand biomass power plant, located [...]
February 13, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Energy / ...Europe
Stora Enso plans to improve production and efficiency in Central European sawmills
Stora Enso is planning to invest EUR 28 million in modernising and developing Murow sawmill in Poland to increase its [...]
February 12, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Europe