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 [...]
September 4, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Energy / ...Europe
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 [...]
September 4, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Furniture / ...Europe / South America
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.  [...]
September 4, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East
Austrian pellets prices stable in August
In August, the price of wood pellets in Austria kept stable as compared to July. The [...]
September 3, 2018
Latest Trends / Wood Industry Prices / ...Wood Energy / Europe
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 [...]
September 3, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
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 [...]
September 3, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
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.   [...]
September 3, 2018
Latest Trends / Sawmilling / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe / North America
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 [...]
September 3, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
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 [...]
September 3, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Africa / Asia & Middle East / China / Europe
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 [...]
September 3, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Russia