Nordwood placed an order with RemaSawco for supply of delivery and commissioning of a complete RS-BoardScannerQ system for the new dry sorter at the Viiratsi Saeveski sawmill in Estonia. Delivery is scheduled for September/October of 2018. According to the announcement, the order for RS-BoardScanner

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled on December 1 that China dumped subsidized hardwood plywood in the US market and that as a consequence, the domestic industry is materially injured, or threatened with material injury.US imports of Chinese hardwood plywood increased 22% from 2014 to

The construction product manufacturing industry in the UK is expected to slow this year, the State of Trade Survey for the fourth quarter of 2017 by the UK’s Construction Products Association (CPA) has forecast.The CPA said the survey results for the £56.5 billion (€63.92 billion) sector showed acti

The Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya, has pointed out that as Indonesian wood products come with proof of legality through the domestic legality verification scheme (SVLK) the competitiveness of Indonesian wood products has been enhanced.She said that, compared to last year, produc

In a post event review of MumbaiWood, a leading trade show for the furniture sector, it has been reported that the event attracted more than 6,000 trade visitors, a significant increase on the 2015 show. This biennial event attracted participation from woodworking machinery and tool suppliers, fitti

China intends to increase its forest coverage to 23%, by 2020, the State Forestry Administration said. The Chinese Government plans to plant 6.6 million hectares of forest – an area the size of Ireland – in 2018, a China Daily report stated."Companies, organizations and talent that specialize in gre

Between January and October last year Brazil’s pulp exports grew by almost 3% year on year reaching about 16 million tonnes. Exports of woodbased panels increased around 30% to 1.1 million cubic metres while paper exports increased modestly to 1.7 million tonnes.Due to this positive performance expo

Stora Enso invests into a new shredder and a metal separator at its mill in Ostrołęka, Poland. Start-up of the new shredder, which will process around 60 tons of rejects per day, is scheduled for January 2018.According to the announcement, the company placed an order for the FRX shredder and a meta

Despite severe wintry weather that disrupted markets across much of the continent, framing lumber prices opened the year with a firm to stronger tone. Distribution and dealer sales were adversely affected in the Northeast, the Midwest, and along the Atlantic Seaboard as far south as Florida. But mil

Huhtamaki has completed the sale of the vacated manufacturing facility and related land usage rights in Guangzhou, China, as announced on April 21, 2017. Further, to conclude the consolidation of its foodservice packaging operations in South China, Huhtamaki closed down the manufacturing unit in Sha