16.05.2012 − At the beginning of this year, German industrial packaging suppliers are still benefitting from a brisk pace of export activity, especially in the domestic machine-engineering and electrical sectors.» more

09.05.2012 − The Finnish company Stora Enso has started production of cross-laminated elements in the neighbourhood of its large sawmill at its Austrian site in Ybbs.» more

26.04.2012 − Since the middle of March and on a wave of general growth in demand, the majority of central European gluelam beam manufacturers have started to give their customers notification of forthcoming price increases.» more

05.04.2012 − Retail prices for high-quality ENplus pellets (A1 products) in German-speaking Europe in March were largely identical with those of February 2012. » more

04.04.2012 − With retrospective effect from 1 January German Pellets has taken over the Austrian Glechner group of companies. » more

22.03.2012 − From the point of view of Central European manufacturers of standard pallets, the period from the beginning of February to mid-March 2012 showed a slight revival in demand again. » more

21.03.2012 − The Austrian company Johann Offner has acquired a 74.9% holding in the cross laminated timber producer KLH Massivholz. » more

01.03.2012 − In the early weeks of 2012, timber wholesalers and producers have been registering slightly higher demand for hardwood gluelam boards in Germany and Switzerland than they did a year ago. » more

21.02.2012 − Worldwide pellet production has increased sharply in the last few years and amounted to 14.4m t in 2010, roughly 13.5m t of which has been consumed. » more

20.02.2012 − J. u. A. Frischeis started thermally modified timber production at its subsidiary J.F. Furnir in Romania in December.» more

10.02.2012 − Arktos Group decided to file for bankruptcy during an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on 24 January. The lawyer Veikko Almgren was appointed to represent Arktos.» more

09.02.2012 − A high rate of returned pallets in Germany, a greater supply of used pallets from Poland, and intensive settlement of pallet accounts at the end of last year have led to a temporary turnaround on the » more

08.02.2012 − Viridis Energy is about to take over the pellet producer Enligna, which has been insolvent since August 2011» more

06.02.2012 − The sales opportunities for ENplus and DINplus pellets (A1 products) on the central European markets are largely exhausted at the beginning of the year.» more

30.01.2012 − Comparatively stable business activity on the central European gluelam beam markets until the middle/end of November 2011 was followed by noticeably slacker demand in December.» more

15.01.2012 − During the course of 2011, more extensive investment measures were announced for the first time again within the European laminated-wood industry following a period of quiet investment activity.» more

12.01.2012 − German Pellets intends to construct and operate several CHP plants for the generation of electricity and heat from wood pellets, primarily in northern Italy during the course of the next few years. » more

11.12.2011 − A number of chemical wood modification technologies developed in recent years have now reached market maturity and are now increasingly being » more

07.12.2011 − According to Christoph Zimmermann, CEO at the timber-construction company Finnforest Merk the insolvency application submitted » more

05.12.2011 − The general slight flattening in economic activity has also been reflected in slightly slacker demand for load carriers in the past few weeks.» more

02.12.2011 − During the course of 2012, the Rubner Group will extend its existing glulam-timber line at Nordlam by a second production line. In contrast to that for the existing line, production focus on the new line will » more

27.11.2011 − In contrast to last year, there had not yet been any significant slowing in the pace of business activity on central European finger-jointed carcassing (KVH) markets by the middle of November. » more

07.11.2011 − Westervelt Renewable Energy has awarded Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau a contract to provide all components for a new pellet plant. » more

31.10.2011 − German Pellets has now dropped plans presented in summer 2010 to build a pellet plant in the Aquitaine region of southwest France. » more

19.10.2011 − Vapo has disclosed plans to close three Finnish pellet mills, sell its port facilities in Riga, Latvia, and curb output at its remaining pellet plants.» more

07.10.2011 − Precious Woods has made a downward correction to its results forecast (EBITDA without special factors) for the whole year 2011 to between US$2m and US$4m. In April, after taking into account the recategorisation of the...» more

12.09.2011 − Prices for new pallets have come increasingly under pressure in Germany in recent weeks. There are repeated reports of low-price offers, especially for new EUR pallets, though price pressure on chemicals pallet» more

02.09.2011 − German manufacturers of window scantlings have continued to enjoy a high level of order receipts in recent weeks. The positive run of business seen so far this year has therefore continued in the summer months.» more

22.08.2011 − The holiday period in the main sales markets for gluelam beams has so far been reflected in an anticipated slow pace of business in August. » more

11.08.2011 − Full storage silos at Central European pellet producers and dealers and undiminished sluggishness of pellet sales have caused numerous manufacturers to significantly cut production in recent days. » more