Accsys’ Tricoya plant to start operation in early 2021
02.07.2020 − Owing to the current corona crisis, completion of the Tricoya plant planned by Accsys Technologies for producing on acetylated woodchips in Hull is further delayed. » more
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Trex posts another double-digit rise in revenues
29.06.2020 − The US WPC decking and building product manufacturer Trex generated consolidated revenues of US$200.4m in the first three months. » more
Eurozink plant up and running at Sokol works
24.06.2020 − Segezha Group has put a Eurozink H12-300 K finger-jointing line made by Ledinek Engineering into operation at its gluelam-timber works in Sokol. » more
EPC anticipating over 13m t of ENplus pellets in 2020
22.06.2020 − According to provisional estimates by the European Pellet Council (EPC) and Bioenergy Europe association, the worldwide output of ENplus-certified pellets is going to rise to 13.132m t this year. » more
Timber-construction sales revenue up by 25 % in March
19.06.2020 − Germany carpentry and timber-construction companies generated 25 % more sales revenue in March than they did in the same month of last year.» more
German pallet imports down by more than 15 % in 2019
12.06.2020 − At 62.5m units, the number of flat wood pallets imported by Germany in 2019 was 15.3 % lower than a year earlier. » more
Ledinek supplying equipment for Ante-Holz CLT works
05.06.2020 − Ante Holding has awarded the contract for supplying a cross-laminated timber (CLT) line for its Berga facility to Ledinek Engineering. » more
Further decline for Pinnacle in first quarter
01.06.2020 − In the first quarter higher costs for production and logistics as well as an increase in the volume of pellets additionally purchased once again imposed a burden on the results of Canadian pellet producer.» more
HPE says crate producers hit hard by corona crisis
29.05.2020 − 51 % of the crate manufacturers in the German federation of wooden packaging, pallets, and export packaging (HPE) say they are heavily affected by the corona crisis.» more
Prefabricated building sector expecting drop in sales
28.05.2020 − Owing to the corona crisis, the German prefabricated building federation (BDF) is anticipating a reduction of 4-5 % in the sector’s sales revenue this year.» more
Spain: Pellet production to increase further in 2019
27.05.2020 − At 714,000 tonnes, Spain produced around 20% more pellets in 2019 than in the previous year.» more
Kibsgaard appointed as new CEO of Katerra
25.05.2020 − Paal Kibsgaard has been appointed as the new CEO of the US general contractor Katerra.» more
Pinnacle pellet plant damaged by explosion
15.05.2020 − Just under a year after the fire damage at the Entwistle pellet plant, the Pinnacle Renewable Energy Group suffered an explosion and subsequent fire at the Lavington plant earlier this week.» more
EBITDA of Enviva Partners up by 35%
14.05.2020 − In the first quarter of 2020 US pellet manufacturer Enviva Partners achieved increases in its turnover as well as results figures.» more
German pallet output held at over 110m units in 2019
14.05.2020 − At a total of 110.61m units, the German output of box and flat pallets in 2019 reached almost exactly the same level as the year before. » more
Enviva: Pellet sales volume remained at over 1 m tonnes
30.04.2020 − The US pellet producer Enviva Partners achieved higher sales and earnings figures in the first quarter compared to the previous year.» more
Germany: Pellet production in the first quarter +14 %
22.04.2020 − With a total of 741,000 tonnes, German pellet production in the first quarter was up 14 % on the previous year.» more
Södra awards contract for BSP line again to Ledinek
17.04.2020 − Södra of Sweden awarded the contract for the supply of equipment for the second cross laminated timber (BSP) plant planned at the Värö site to Ledinek Engineering.» more
Finnish pellet production has decreased by 5.7%
09.04.2020 − In 2019, a total of 363,000 tonnes of pellets were produced in Finland, 5.7% less than the year before.» more
Büttner supplies equipment for new Pinnacle pellet plant
27.03.2020 − The Canadian pellet producer Pinnacle has ordered a grate firing plant with a capacity of about 50 MW in combination with a drum dryer of type 5.6 x 28 R from Büttner Energie- und Trocknungstechnik.» more
US pellet production growth has slowed a little bit
23.03.2020 − With an increase of 11.9% to 2.455 million tonnes, US pellet production in the fourth quarter did not increase as strongly as in the three preceding quarters compared to the previous year. » more
Trex achieves double-figure growth in results
23.03.2020 − Total sales revenue generated by the US WPC decking and construction-element manufacturer Trex rose by 17.7 % in the fourth quarter of 2019 to 164.8m US$.» more
German Pellets: Pele Holding and IPBG in liquidation
20.03.2020 − Bankruptcy proceedings were instituted against Pele Holding and its subsidiary IPBG Pellets (IPBG) and controlled by the Leibold family before the Handelsgericht (commercial court) of Vienna on 5 March. » more
Pellet industry launches first sales campaigns
19.03.2020 − In the central European pellet industry, the first stock clearance sales and warehousing campaigns have been launched in commercial business in the last few days.» more
James Jones & Sons doubles I-joist capacity
18.03.2020 − By putting a new production line for I-joists into service at its Forres facility ,James Jones & Sons (JJ) has more than doubled its production capacity from 10m lineal metres to 20m lineal metres. » more