| | Forestry and timber news - April, 3, 2010New Forestry Law Risks Devastating City Woods
- The Legislative Assembly passed a law on forestry in mid-March that grants any local citizen the right to cut down 15 cubic meters of timber from the city woods annually for heating needs, causing an outcry in the country's environmental circles.
- April, 3, 2010Sawmill blasts Port over logs
- Warrenton company says log competition with exporter puts facility at risk
- March, 12, 2010Forest industry products generated ˆ8.6 billion in export revenues in 2009
- The economic downturn cut demand for forest industry products in the main markets in 2009 and this reduced the industry’s exports from Finland. The forest industry’s share of Finland’s aggregate goods exports increased, however.
- March, 12, 2010Housing demand foretells solid growth for MDF
- BIS Shrapnel’s Medium Density Fibreboard in the Pacific Rim and Europe, 2009 – 2013 report forecasts strong growth in the key end-use sectors for MDF – housing construction and furniture manufacturing.
- March, 10, 2010Global lumber markets improved in late 2009 with prices moving upward
- Softwood lumber prices were up in both North America and Europe in the 4Q, but it was more the result of lower inventory levels and reduced production rather than an increase in demand, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The hot market for lumber last yer was China, which increased imports by 75% thereby passing Japan as the largest importer in Asia.
- March, 5, 2010Key Business Event in Kyiv
- Ukrainian Biofuel Forum, key business event for the Ukrainian industry of solid biofuels and biomass, will take place in April, 22-23, in Kyiv.
- March, 1, 2010Xylexpo 2010: The Goal Has Been Reached!
- The Biennial Exhibition “Resists” Also In This Difficult Period
- February, 27, 2010Russian Sawnwood in China
- Statistics from Shuifenhe Customs show that a total of over 0.3 million cubic metres of sawnwood were imported in first ten months of 2009, valued at US$62.2 million, up 201 percent and 162 percent respectively over the same period of last year.
- February, 27, 2010Russian timber news
- The arrival of logs including hardwood in 2009 was 693,100 cubic meters, less than 40% of the 1,866,800 cubic meters received in 2008.
- February, 24, 2010LUMINOSO: Wood with the power to shine
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Litwork Produktions GmbH from Dornbirn has been producing LUMINOSO - light-transmissive composite wood panels with maximum design appeal - since the end of 2008.
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