Archives: 2018

Moelven to build a new wood pellet factory

Moelven is building a new pellet factory and a new bioenergy plant in a small village Sokna located between H [...]

IKEA to enter Mexican market?

Last week, the main media of the Aztec country took for granted the arrival of IKEA, more specifically to Guadalajara [...]

Korea’s Dongwha enters Thailand’s MDF market

Dongwha Enterprise, Korea's top wood materials manufacturer has extended its reach by acquiring a manufacturing unit in Thailand.  [...]

Austrian pellets prices stable in August

In August, the price of wood pellets in Austria kept stable as compared to July.     The [...]

Metsä to start production at its birch plywood mill in Pärnu, Estonia

Metsä Wood officially started up its birch plywood mill in Pärnu, Estonia. Currently there are around 65 blue-collars [...]

Weyerhaeuser’s CEO to resign in 2019

Weyerhaeuser announced that its current CEO Doyle R. Simons has elected to retire, and its board of directors has appointed [...]

Turkey to impose tariffs on imports of US wood products

With its publication in the Official Journal on 15 August, Turkey imposed additional duties on US imports.    [...]

Rising US lumber prices in August

Framing lumber trading opened the 20-24 August week with a head of steam following a strong round of purchasing [...]

Asian timber operators in Africa better placed than their European counter-parts

    A major structural change is underway in the African timber industry as operations are reoriented away [...]

Russian woodworking industry one of the most dynamically growing sectors in the country

In 2017, the Russian economy came out from a two-year recession. In 2016, the country's GDP fell by [...]