German RWE to convert coal plant in the Netherlands to wood pellets this year
German utilities company, RWE AG, expects to start co-firing biomass at its 600 MW coal [...]
February 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe
Norbord reports strong results for 2017, due to strong wood-based panels market
Nordbord has released financial results for full year 2017, with record earning for its business worldwide [...]
February 12, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...North America
Valutec receives order for two kilns from Finnish Versowood
Versowood, Finland’s largest privately-owned sawmill group, ordered two Valutec OTC kilns for its sawmill in Vierumäki. [...]
February 12, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Woodworking Machinery / Europe
Companies in Japan changed to wood pellets to clean-up coal power
Companies in Japan are currently developing some biofuels which can be burned together with coal, as [...]
February 12, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood Energy / Asia & Middle East
Other suppliers benefit from the US duties on Chinese plywood
US hardwood plywood imports grew strongly in October before declining again in November. Not surprisingly imports from China were significantly [...]
February 12, 2018
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...China / North America
The US turns to the European softwood lumber market
The US has imported 67% more softwood lumber from the European Union countries in 2017, as compared to 2016, as [...]
February 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe / North America
Weyerhaeuser reports growing net sales for Q4/2017
Weyerhaeuser reported fourth quarter net earnings of $271 million on net sales of $1.8 billion. This compares with net [...]
February 12, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Laminate flooring is losing market share to non-wood alternatives
Much of the competitive pressure on real-wood flooring comes from the laminate flooring industry, which is large with sales [...]
February 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
Kastamonu raises wood-based panels production at Alabuga plant in Russia
Turkish Kastamonu increased its output in 2017 at the Alabuga plant in Russia. Production of wood-based panels and laminate [...]
February 12, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe / Russia
Tarkett invests EUR 70 million in LVT production capacity
Tarkett announced it will invest EUR 70 million during the next three years, for expanding its luxury vinyl tiles (LVT [...]
February 8, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe / North America
