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Timber construction turnover to exceed €10bn in 2022

01 June 2022

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Published in issue 22/2022

In 2022, turnover generated by German carpentry and timber construction companies is expected to increase by 5.5% vis à vis the preceding year to €10.246bn. For 2021, according to the mix model used by the Federal Statistical...

Isenring investing CHF5.5m in new production facilities

19 July 2021

The Swiss timber-construction company Isenring Holzbau is making its debut in manufacturing solid timber construction elements. Work on building a new production hall began on 29 June. The hall is 80 m long and 26 m wide. Isenring...

Timber-construction sector examines stops

29 April 2021

Timber-construction and carpentry businesses in Germany currently find themselves unable to fully cover their ongoing requirement of construction timber, such as finger-jointed carcassing (KVH), gluelam timber, and CE battens, and...

Timber-construction sector examining stoppages due to dearth of timber and OSB

Higher procurement costs increasingly causing costing problems

28 April 2021

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Published in issue 17/2021

Timber-construction and carpentry businesses in Germany currently find themselves unable to fully cover their ongoing requirement of construction timber, such as finger-jointed carcassing (KVH), gluelam timber, and CE battens, and...

BMI advocating use of more wood in building industry

Action group “Sustainable solid construction” rejects timber-building quota

30 September 2020

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Published in issue 40/2020

Higher demands on the ecological impact of buildings can be achieved above all by greater use of building products made of sustainable raw materials such as wood. This is the result arrived at by a non-public report by the Federal...

Austria: government supports timber construction with €60m

16 September 2020

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Published in issue 38/2020

In its current programme, the Austrian government provides subsidies for the expansion of timber construction. Within the scope of the forest fund, which totals €350m, some €60m is available for a timber construction campaign as...

Minister conference decides on easing for timber construction

09 October 2019

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Published in issue 41/2019

At their autumn conference in Norderstedt on 26 and 27 September 2019, the building ministers of Germany’s states discussed and agreed issues such as decisions for adjusting the 2002 model building code (MBO) for timber...

Marcus Wallenberg Prize for Schickhofer in 2019

25 April 2019

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Published in issue 17/2019

The 2019 Marcus Wallenberg Prize, which is worth €200,000 in prize money, has been awarded to head of the Institute of Timber Engineering and Wood Technology at Graz University of Technology, Gerhard Schickhofer, in recognition of...

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