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  • Panels
  • August 31, 2016 15:16

Pervanovo acquires Croatian oak veneer producer Tehnodrvo

Pervanovo Invest AB, the majority owner of Välinge, has acquired all shares of the Croatian wood processing company Tehnodrvo d.o.o... [more...]

  • Market Prices
  • August 31, 2016 12:16

The price of New Zealand's log exports at lowest of level this year in August

The export log prices in New Zealand reached 8-month low in August. The average wharf gate price for New Zealand A-grade logs dropped to $110 a tonne in August, from $114 a tonne in July.... [more...]

  • Wood Construction
  • August 31, 2016 11:01

Japanese housing starts recover in July

Japan's housing starts rebounded in July, while construction orders logged a double-digit contraction, data from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism showed Wednesday.... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • August 31, 2016 10:22

Moelven reports good results for Q2/2016

Norwegian group Moelven recently released financial results for the first half of 2016. The operating profit rose to NOK 175 million compared with 48 million for the same period in 2015. It is the group's best quarterly result since 2007... [more...]

  • Pulp and Paper
  • August 31, 2016 09:05

Valmet rebuilt paper machine PM6 at VPK Paper's Oudegem mill in Belgium

After a comprehensive rebuild supplied by Valmet the rebuilt paper machine PM6 at VPK Paper's Oudegem mill in Belgium has been successfully started... [more...]

Wood energy
  • Wood energy
  • August 31, 2016 08:47

Sunshine Kaidi: Wood energy developing fast in China

Wood energy is one of the main ways of using forest resources. With the growth of demand for forest products, global forest resources are facing an increasing pressure. Data shows that by 2030, the demand of fiber raw material of new Asian / bio energy raw material will account for 70-90% in the world, which mainly concentrates in India and China... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • August 30, 2016 14:05

Share of UK hardwood imports from European countries on a downward trend

In the first five month to May 2016, 49% of the hardwood imports to the UK came from the European Union countries. This represents a decrease from the 53% registered in the same period of 2015... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • August 30, 2016 11:20

Canfor Southern Pine moves headquarters to Alabama

Canfor Corp.'s U.S. subsidiary Canfor Southern Pine, Inc. is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to Mobile, Alabama... [more...]

  • Pulp and Paper
  • August 30, 2016 10:57

Stora Enso invests in the Swedish corrugated packaging business

Stora Enso is investing a total of EUR 6.6 million in the corrugated packaging business in Sweden. The aim is to strengthen competitiveness and to improve printing quality and service to customers... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • August 30, 2016 09:40

Binderholz builds its 3rd CLT plant in Germany

Binderholz builds its 3rd cross laminated timber plant to extend its large-format capacity at its Burgbernheim site in Germany... [more...]

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