30.11.2020 − Higher acquisition and integration costs, depreciation, amortisation, and interest payments caused the net profit of Enviva Partners to fall sharply in the third quarter. » more

27.11.2020 − The Estonian wood-industry company Barrus is adding a second production line with an annual production capacity of 40,000 m³ to the existing works at its headquarters in Vöru. » more

27.11.2020 − Financiera Maderera (Finsa) is set to add cross-laminated timber (CLT) to its portfolio of wood-based panel products for use in construction at the beginning of 2021. » more

23.11.2020 − In 2019, pellet production within the EU28 increased by approximately 5% vis à vis the preceding year to 17.841m t, and in other European countries the rate of increase was 17% to a volume of 4.164m t. » more

19.11.2020 − During the third quarter, the USA exported a total volume of 1.838m t pellets, approximately 1% more than in the comparative period of the preceding year. » more

17.11.2020 − Ziegler Group is planning to start building a prefabricated-house production plant in Tirschenreuth in 2022. » more

16.11.2020 − Pfeifer Group is currently examining the possibility of adding a pellet works to its sawmilling facility in Uelzen in Lower Saxony. » more

13.11.2020 − In the second quarter, Russian exports of pellets increased by 11% to 523,423t. According to the Russian customs authority, 211,471t of this figure were sold to customers in Denmark.» more

06.11.2020 − Segezha Group commenced trial operation of the new cross-laminated timber (CLT) works in Sokol, Vologda oblast, on 22 October. » more

05.11.2020 − Approximately 792,000 t of pellets were produced in the third quarter, 4.2 % or 32,000 t more than in the preceding quarter. » more

02.11.2020 − In July turnover generated by carpentry and timber construction businesses in Germany increased by 6.2% vis à vis the comparative quarter of the preceding year.» more

29.10.2020 − FEFPEB is pressing hard for differentiation to be made between the different categories of wooden packaging products within the scope of the upcoming review of the EU packaging directive. » more

23.10.2020 − Over the course of the second quarter of 2020, a total volume of 2.201m t pellets was produced in the USA. » more

22.10.2020 − Producers of window scantlings in central Europe have been largely satisfied with autumn business so far.» more

22.10.2020 − Karelian Russian Wood Alliance recently completed its expansion of the existing pellet works at the Petrosawodsk facility. » more

13.10.2020 − Pinnacle Renewable Energy Group is moving its pellet-handling operations for its export business to the company’s own Westview terminal in Prince Rupert until further notice. » more

08.10.2020 − Ziegler Holding (Ziegler Group) wants to build a pellet plant on the Döllnitz industrial estate in Pressath by the middle of 2021. » more

05.10.2020 − British pallet manufacturers and producers of wooden packaging are currently expressing concern that a shortage could arise in the supply of sawnwood in the coming weeks along with further increases in prices.» more

02.10.2020 − Seven months after the announcement of the investment decision, the Timberlink Australia awarded a turn-key contract to Kallesoe Machinery for its planned cross-laminated timber and gluelam works.» more

01.10.2020 − Faber Halbertsma Group is selling its Dutch and Belgian pallet production companies to Foresco Group within the scope of an asset deal. » more

28.09.2020 − HPE chief executive Marcus Kirschner believes the survey performed by the German association of wooden packaging, pallets, and export packaging (HPE) reveals initial grounds for cautious optimism.» more

25.09.2020 − Russian Segezha Group is to invest RUB1bn (equivalent to approximately €12m) in the construction of a pellet plant at its Sokol location. » more

24.09.2020 − A total of 29.702m flat and box pallets in the first quarter, an increase of 5 %. » more

22.09.2020 − US WPC manufacturer Trex, which specialises in decking, railing systems and platforms, closed the second quarter with a 6.9% increase in turnover, to US$220.7m. » more

18.09.2020 − Stora Enso announced on 7 September its final decision to build its fourth CLT works in Ždírec, Czech Republic.» more

16.09.2020 − The latest announcements of the construction of new CLT works will perpetuate for a number of years to come the noticeable trend in the last few years towards enlargement of the CLT production capacity.» more

11.09.2020 − Richd. Anders Polska is expected to resume production at full capacity in mid-September. » more

07.09.2020 − In the first half year, a total of 11,344 pre-fabricated detached and semi-detached houses were approved in Germany. » more

02.09.2020 − The pellet plants of Drax Biomass in the south of the USA, which had been shut down as a precautionary measure before Hurricane "Laura" came ashore, have meanwhile been restarted.» more

28.08.2020 − In the border traffic between Europe and Great Britain, wood packaging will have to be treated and marked in accordance with the ISPM standard from January 1, 2021.» more