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  • Wood Construction
  • March 31, 2014 17:05

Japan's housing starts stagnate in February

Japan's housing starts growth slowed down more than expected in February...... [more...]

Sawmilling
  • Sawmilling
  • March 31, 2014 15:30

HOLZ-HANDWERK & fensterbau/frontale 2014: success

The exhibition duo HOLZ-HANDWERK and fensterbau/frontale ended on Saturday, 29 March 2014, with a new record result. Over 108,000 trade visitors, some ten per cent more than at the previous event in 2012, found their way to Nürnberg during the four days of the exhibitions. Completely undaunted by token strikes in the German air traffic sector, more than 37,000 visitors from all over the world poured into the halls on the second day of the event alone–a top figure that has never been achieved on a single day by any other event in the history of the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg. Altogether 1,320 exhibitors from 39 countries presented current know-how and lots of innovations from the sectors concerned...... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • March 31, 2014 13:29

Romania aims to reduce illegal logging by 70%

The Romanian Minister of Waters, Forests and Fisheries, Doina Pana, said last week that the Government will soon approve a forest tracking system that will also include intervention teams formed by policemen, gendarmes and forest officers...... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • March 31, 2014 13:02

RusForest reports decline in revenues

RusForest AB, a Swedish forestry company with operations in Russia, today released its year end report 2013...... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • March 31, 2014 12:25

Vietnam: wood exports up 20% in the first quarter

Vietnam's wood exports are estimated to reach US$ 490 million in March 2014, bringing the total for the first three months of 2014 up to US$ 1,4 billion...... [more...]

  • Pulp and Paper
  • March 31, 2014 12:07

Stora Enso shuts down paper machine in Finland

Back in January 2014, Stora Enso announced that it planned to permanently shut down paper machine 1 (PM 1) at Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland, due to structural weakening of magazine paper demand in Europe. PM 1 has an annual capacity of 190 000 tonnes of coated magazine paper...... [more...]

Special Reports
  • Special Reports
  • March 31, 2014 10:13

France: auctions reveal record sale volumes of hardwood; prices on the rise

The conclusion is clear. The first quarter of 2014 has just ended and tensions of wood purchases in France remain alive. In a large region of north-east France, the auctions registered record levels of timber trade volumes: 'Never seen in many years', as a buyer said...... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • March 31, 2014 07:00

Pollmeier's LVL plant scheduled to start in April

The launch of the new LVL plant in Creuzburg of the company Pollmeier has been delayed several times. Extensive tests and adjustments had already pushed the start date...... [more...]

  • Wood energy
  • March 31, 2014 06:15

€ 250 million loan to France's biomass sector development

The European Investment Bank (EIB), BPCE Group and Crédit Agricole's Caisses régionales, as well as Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring, will be lending Euro 250 million to develop biomass-fed energy schemes and enhanced waste recycling and recovery in France...... [more...]

Forestry
  • Forestry
  • March 28, 2014 16:06

Komatsu Europe launches WA320-7 wheel loader

Komatsu Europe International n.v. announces the introduction of the WA320-7 wheel loader to the European market. With a net horsepower of 123 kW (165 hp), the WA320-7 is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D107E-2 engine and is EU Stage 3B emission certified...... [more...]

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