Archives: September 2017

Finnish sawn timber production forecast to rise steady in 2017

    Finland’s sawn timber production is projected to reach 12.4 million m3 in 2017 (compared [...]
September 27, 2017 Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...Europe

This year’s International Hardwood Conference to be organized in Venice

After the success of the last edition, the International Hardwood Conference 2017 will be organized from 15 to 17 November [...]

Japanese wood pellets imports up by almost 50% in 2016

In 2016, Japan’s imports of wood pellets increased 49 percent from the previous year to 347 thousand MT.  [...]

Production of wood pellets in the EU reaches 14.8 mmt in 2016

The EU is the world’s largest wood pellet market, with consumption of about 22.2 MMT of pellets in [...]
September 5, 2017 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

India: Plywood industry hopes for GST recess

The plywood, MDF and particleboard industry in India hopes to reduce the GST rate to 18% from the current 28 [...]

Hekotek supplies equipment for Segezha Group’s new wood pellet mill in Russia

Ksilotek-Sibir LLC (Segezha Group, part of the joint-stock financial corporation Sistema) and SORB LLC (represents AS Hekotek in [...]