17.05.2019 − The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide financial support for the construction of the pellet plant planned by the Italian Florian Legno Group in Croatia. » more

16.05.2019 − With a total of around 650,000 tonnes, the German pellet industry increased its production in the first quarter by 11.0 % and also reached a new record value for the first three months.» more

09.05.2019 − The Swedish wood industry group Bergs Timber wants to take over the pellet and planed goods manufacturer Fågelfors Hyvleri. » more

08.05.2019 − Södra is planning to build a second cross-laminated timber (CLT) works in Värö. » more

03.05.2019 − The energy trading company Wilhelm Hoyer will shortly put a pellet storage and loading terminal into operation at its headquarters in Visselhövede. » more

26.04.2019 − The start-up of the world’s first Tricoya plant for producing acetylated woodchips in Hull, England, will probably not occur until the beginning of 2020. » more

25.04.2019 − The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a €15m loan agreement with Keitele Timber to finance the company's planned investments. » more

18.04.2019 − SCA will take over the entire pellet production of the future 80,000 t plant of Moelven Pellets A/S in Sokna from Norwegian Moelven Industrier in autumn. » more

12.04.2019 − Austrian Pfeifer Group on 8 April published details of the investment measures of around € 10m announced at Pfeifer Holz Lauterbach in August 2018. » more

11.04.2019 − French Tonnellerie François Frères (TFF) Group has concluded the takeover of barrel manufacturer Darnajou as per 01 March.» more

08.04.2019 − The trading and services group BayWa sold a total of 464,070 tonnes of pellets in the 2018 financial year, around 1.4 % more than in the previous year.» more

04.04.2019 − The unusually high demand for bagged pellets in Italy in the second half of 2018 was reflected in a significant increase in German pellet exports last year. » more

02.04.2019 − The cross laminated timber (CLT) plant planned by the Russian Segezha Group at the Sokol/Oblast Vologda site is scheduled to start production in spring 2021. » more

02.04.2019 − Almost seven weeks after the fire at the Entwistle pellet plant, the Canadian Pinnacle Renewable Energy Group resumed production at the plant last Friday. » more

29.03.2019 − In mid-2018 Baltic Block concluded extensive expansion and modernisation investments. » more

28.03.2019 − Stora Enso recently started cross laminated timber (CLT) production at its Guvrön site in Sweden.» more

26.03.2019 − The commissioning of the world's first Tricoya plant for the production of acetylated wood chips is not expected until the beginning of 2020.» more

21.03.2019 − US-American Vaagen Timber is investing around US$17m in the construction of a combined cross- laminated timber (CLT) and gluelam plant in Colville, Washington. » more

20.03.2019 − The machine geared to an annual production capacity of 60,000 m³ of mabashira in two shifts at the Bratsk facility of the Siberian timber industry company Angara Plus commenced operation in September 2018. » more

20.03.2019 − German timber-construction companies and carpentry businesses generated 5.5 % more sales revenue in December than they did a year earlier. » more

13.03.2019 − The number of load carriers produced and repaired under the license of the European Pallet Association (EPAL) increased by a further 5.2% year-on-year to 121.8m units in 2018. » more

11.03.2019 − The Italian machine and plant manufacturer Imal-Pal will supply the main plant components for a 320,000 t pellet plant to the Korean Hanwaha.» more

08.03.2019 − In the fourth quarter Pinnacle Renewable Energy Group achieved increases in turnover and results. » more

08.03.2019 − Due to the low level of capacity utilisation, the modular buildings area within the building systems business division of Norwegian Moelven Industrier is making job cuts. » more

01.03.2019 − Germany’s pellet consumption rose by 30,000 t or 1.4 % last year to 2.13m t. » more

26.02.2019 − Rettenmeier, part of the Cordes group, wants to start building a total of four pellet works with a combined annual production capacity of 360,000 t by 2021. » more

22.02.2019 − According to current figures from the Swedish Pellet Federation, a total of 1.423m tonnes of pellets were produced in Sweden in 2017, around 8% less than in the previous year. » more

18.02.2019 − The US-based Sterling Lumber Company plans to commission another cross laminated timber (CLT) production facility before the end of this year. » more

15.02.2019 − With the commissioning of the two finger jointing lines supplied by Ledinek planned for the first half of 2020, the production capacity at the Sokol site will increase to 100,000 m³ glulam.» more

14.02.2019 − Canadian pellet producer Pacific Bioenergy (PacBio) and Canadian Skeena Sawmills have agreed the conditions for a future long-term offtake agreement regarding the pellets produced by Skeena Sawmills.» more