Last year brought increased fortune to the Estonian prefabricated wooden house industry, with exports totaling 170 million euros, an increase of nearly 24 percent from the year prior. The lion's share of the export ended up in Norway, which accounted for... [more...]
The Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau is looking back on a successful business year 2011. The company increased its sales to 350 million EUR compared to the previous year.2012 is expected to become the most successful business year of the Dieffenbacher Group with a record turnover to the amount of... [more...]
The value of forest industry production grew to €20.8 billion in 2011, up about 2% from the previous year. The value of the forest industry's exports increased by 4%.
Advance data indicates that the volume of wood products industry exports was up 4%, while exports of pulp and paper industry products remained on the previous year's level. [more...]
In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production rose by 0.3% in the euro area (EA17) and fell by 0.4% in the EU27 in December 2011, compared with the previous month... [more...]
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for January 2012: [more...]
Wood fiber costs for pulp manufacturers declined in the 4Q/11 as pulp
prices fell – with Global Wood Fiber Price Indices dropping 3.5%,
reports the Wood Resource Quarterly [more...]
British Columbia (B.C.)'s softwood lumber exports to China jumped 60.8 percent in 2011, topping the one billion Canadian dollar mark (1.004 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time, according to the provincial government's statistics. With 1.07 billion Canadian dollars (1.077 billion U.S. dollars) in lumber sales last year, China surpassed... [more...]
Deere & Company is making another investment in its Joensuu factory as work has begun to expand the manufacturing capacity of the plant as well as modernize various components and processes. Deere will invest USD $8.5 million in the project. Deere said the investments will allow the factory to produce... [more...]
The furniture market operates in close call with the housing industry which was severely affected by the economic downturn. Despite the recovery, growth remains unstable as customer confidence continues to waver in view of the volatile economic environment in Europe, soaring gasoline costs and subdued... [more...]
German plywood importers expect for 2012 considerable increases in plywood prices, firstly due to higher cargo rates on imported plywood, secondly due to higher raw material prices.
Already in March, different shipping companies announced an almost doubling of cargo rates from Asia to Europe. Considering the historical low cargo rates, this should not come as a surprise, commented an importer. The cargo rates are...[ more...]
