Global Trends Review, April 15-21, 2013: New products for the recovering...
The spring forecast by the Pellervo Economic Research Institute (PTT) in Finland predicts rising softwood lumber exports and higher selling prices for 2013, EUWID Wood reported. The profitability of...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, April 29 – May 05, 2013: Canadian quarterly reports:...
Major Canadian and North-West U.S. companies posted first-quarter results last week. Mercer International Inc., operating in Canada and Germany, reported net loss of €0.4 million compared to net income...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, September 02-08, 2013: EU published biofuel report; US...
The European Union recently published its annual biofuels report for 2013 with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network. The report identifies the UK, Denmark,...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, October 14-20, 2013: European glulam consumption fell;...
Data from the UNECE Timber Committee indicates that European glulam consumption fell 2.6% to 2.83 million m3 in 2012, ITTO reported. Germany and Austria have traditionally been the largest markets for...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, November 04-10, 2013: panel capacities return to...
Pollmeier is expected to start up its new beech LVL factory in Germany in February 2014. The launch of sales is scheduled for March, says Holzkurier journal quoting company CEO Ralf Pollmeier. Major...
View ArticleLesPromInform journal and Infobio agency held conferences at Woodex 2013
On 27-28 November 2013, LesPromInform business journal held two conferences dedicated to the markets of OSB and new glued timber products. These events were part of the exhibition Woodex 2013. Poyry...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, March 10-23, 2014: CLT and other engineered products...
Idaho Forest Group (US) and Johann Offner Group (Austria) have announced plans to introduce CLT technology to the United States together, Holzkurier reported. The new company will primarily market a...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, March 24 – April 06, 2014: The year in Europe starts...
In January 2014 compared with January 2013, seasonally adjusted production in the construction sector increased by 8.8% in the euro area (EU18) and by 7.3% in the EU28, as Fordaq said quoting Eurostat....
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, May 19 – June 01, 2014: China’s domestic timber output...
China’s domestic timber production rose 2% to 83.67 million m3 in 2013, ITTO reported. Timber imports (logs and sawnwood) rose 18% to 79.16 million m3 log equivalent, and the value of China’s timber...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, June 16-29, 2014: New acquisitions and projects in the...
RWE Innogy is selling the largest operating US pellet factory, Georgia Biomass in Texas, as Holzkurier reported. The company is going to dispose of biomass assets as non-core business. The mill was...
View ArticleGlobal timber market review #13-2015
– A new £100 million (€140.33 million) biomass terminal planned for the Port of Liverpool will handle up to three million tonnes of wood pellets per year as part of the decarbonisation of Drax power...
View ArticleGlobal timber market review #6-2016
- A new deal is being negotiated for sawn softwood exports from Canada to the US market, after the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement expired last October, ITTO reported. The US president and Canadian...
View ArticleGlobal timber market review #14-15-2016
- The global engineered wood products market will be driven by demand for cost-effective and environmentally friendly wood products all through 2020 and will grow at a CAGR of more than 26%, as said in...
View ArticleOver 15 years of experience, Ugra timber holding has provided jobs to more...
JSC “Ugra timber holding” is in Russia, 19th place in terms of production, the 13th largest lumber and 12th place for the production of chipboard, as one of the largest exporters in the timber industry...
View ArticleRussian Timber Journal 03-2019: volume of timber in Russia has exceeded in...
Russian Timber Journal No. 03-2019: the volume of logging in Russia exceeded its historical maximum in 2018; WhatWood Agency conducted a study on the pellet market in Russia; the downward trend in the...
View ArticleRaute receives orders from VMG Group
Raute Corporation has received orders worth approximately € 30 million from VMG Group in Lithuania. The orders consist of production machinery for a complete laminated veneer lumber (LVL) process, and...
View Article
