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  • Pulp and Paper
  • April 29, 2016 09:56

Valmet AB to deliver brown washing plant to Södra Cell Mörrum

In February 2016, Södra's Board of Directors decided to invest SEK 1 billion in a new evaporator and modernisation of the brown washing plant in the dissolving pulp line, where textile pulp is produced. Södra has now awarded Valmet AB the contract to supply ... [more...]

  • Panels
  • April 28, 2016 15:15

CenturyPly to build large MDF plant in India

Century Plyboards Ltd, the largest Indian manufacturer that sells plywood and decorative veneers, has recently announced that they will set up a medium density fibreboards manufacturing unit in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. This will be Century Ply’s first attempt into the MDF industry... [more...]

  • Interior
  • April 28, 2016 13:14

Salone del Mobile Milano 2016: more than 372,000 visitors

With an unprecedented 372,151 total attendees, up 4% since the 2014 edition – when the biennial Kitchen and Bathroom exhibitions last took place – the 55th edition of the Salone del Mobile Milano has drawn to a close. 41,372 people visited on the Saturday and Sunday, when the fair was open to the public... [more...]

  • Pulp and Paper
  • April 28, 2016 12:51

Stora Enso considers expansion of mill in Poland

Stora Enso has decided to commence a feasibility study with the aim of expanding containerboard production at Ostrołęka mill in Poland by 500 000 tonnes annually. The findings of a recently completed pre-feasibility study supported continuation of the process. The feasibility study, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2016, will evaluate the profitability of the possible expansion... [more...]

  • Market Prices
  • April 28, 2016 10:20

Finnish forestry on the verge of new resurgence

This year and next year roundwood trade and removals in Finland are growing towards a new level needed to satisfy the use of roundwood shifted by new forest industry investments. However, the full amount will not still be fully achieved in the forecast period. Trade and removal volumes have been quite large already in recent years so that in the coming years millennium record levels will be approached... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • April 28, 2016 08:23

West Fraser reports first quarter results

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has reported Q1/2016 net earnings of C$42 million, down from the C$49 million in the same 2015 quarter. The integrated company whose products include lumber, plywood, pulp and newsprint among others, reported that the revenues on sales advanced to C$1.077 billion from C$1.014 million in the Q1/2015... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • April 28, 2016 07:05

A new Softwood Lumber Agreement won't be agreed this year

A new Softwood Lumber Agreement won't be agreed in 2016, Carl Grenier, lecturer at Canada’s National School of Public Administration (ENAP) and Université Laval, told participants at this year's Montreal Wood Convention... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • April 27, 2016 16:03

Increasing EU sawn hardwood imports from Eastern Europe

A key trend in the EU sawn hardwood trade in recent years has been increased dependence on imports of lower value product from Eastern Europe, notably Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Bosnia and Serbia... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • April 27, 2016 14:49

Vida invested in Valutec's drying kilns for its Vislanda site

The Swedish Vida invested in modernisation of its Vislanda site (Sweden) by means of purchasing drying equipment from Valutec. The scope of supply includes progressive kilns. The investment will help to raise the site's annual capacity up to 48,000 m3 of sawn timber... [more...]

  • Market Prices
  • April 27, 2016 13:26

Dropping roundwood prices in Latvia

In the second half of 2015, the average roundwood purchase prices in Latvia have continued their downward trend. According to data compiled by Latvia’s Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), the sharpest fall in the softwood segment was recorded in purchase prices for spruce logs (diameter up to 14 cm), while in the hardwood segment– in the purchase prices of black alder logs (with a diameter over 24 cm)... [more...]

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