Wood Construction

Södra chooses Ledinek for building equipment at CLT facility in Värö

Södra has selected Ledinek as supplier of the equipment for the cross-laminated timber (CLT) facility that Södra [...]

World’s tallest timber building to be constructed in Norway

The world's tallest timber building is to be built in Norway. Mjøstårnet will be more than 80 [...]

Sweden, the most important market for prefabricated timber buildings

    Sweden has started to use its natural forests for prefabricating timber buildings of all types and [...]

European construction sector set to grow in 2017

Construction volume in the Euroconstruct area is expected to grow by 3.5% in 2017. The strongest stimuli will once [...]
December 6, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood Construction / ...Europe

Housing market boom to drive Middle East’s wood market growth

Once that over 25,000 homes have been added to the UAE’s residential market this year, the wood and [...]

“Building with wood” Conference in Brussels outlines the importance of wood as construction product

On 21 November the conference "Building with wood" was organised by CEI-Bois (European Confederation of Woodworking Industries), FIEC (European [...]

Södra invests into a pilot cross-laminated timber plant in Sweden

Södra decided to invest in a small cross-laminated timber (CLT) facility adjacent to its sawmill in Vär [...]

Largest cross-laminated timber building in the US to be build in Chicago

Hines, the international real estate firm, in a joint venture with Diversified Real Estate Capital and Big Bay Realty, announced [...]

Metsä Wood to build new Kerto LVL line in Finland

    Metsä Wood is considering the construction of a new, 65,000 m3 Kerto LVL line to [...]

Ikea wants to access the housing market in Europe

Ikea plans to enter the housing market in Europe by building around 10,000 units a year of hybrid multi [...]