Wood Construction

European companies boost investments in CLT

The global cross-laminated timber market experiences continuous growth, due to market advances from mechanical properties, which make the product [...]

The tallest timber building in the world (80m) to be build in Norway

Mjøstårnet is the name of the next key project in timber construction. The over 80m high building arises [...]
February 15, 2017 Latest Trends / Wood Construction / ...Europe

Sweden searches for new opportunities in the rising Japanese wooden house building

New opportunities arise in the Japanese construction sector for the Swedish lumber. Swedish Forest Industry President, Carina Håkansson (in [...]

Wooden building materials receive more promotion in China

China's Ministries of Industry and Housing have developed an action plan to promote the production and use of green [...]
November 16, 2015 Latest Trends / Wood Construction / ...China

Europe and Russia report large increases in LVL capacity

LVL capacity in the EU is expected to rise from the current level of 410,000 m3 to 590,000 [...]

Canadian lumber giants to be affected by slow US housing market

The US housing market is stumbling, which makes two of Canada’s top lumber producers, West Fraser Timber Co. and [...]

The global particleboard market forecast to boom in the next 3 years

The recovery in U.S. housing construction, an expanding global furniture industry, and strong growth in housing construction in rapidly [...]