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Metsä Group to sell log supply business in Estonia

Metsäliitto Cooperative, parent company of Metsä Group, plans to sell the log supply business in Estonia from Metsä Forest Eesti AS to Combiwood Forest OÜ. ... [more...]

Japanese housing starts keep on falling

Total Japanese housing starts fell 4.0% in December to finish at 64,586 units. Owner occupied starts fell 13.8%, registering the 25th consecutive monthly decline. Rental housing trailed year prior levels by 3.6%.... [more...]

Brazilian wood product exports rise in January

The value of Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) increased 13.0% year-over-year in January, from US$266.6 million in January 2023 to US$300.3 million in January 2024.... [more...]

Södra to invest in green electricity generation at Mörrum pulp mill

Södra has decided to invest in a new condensing turbine in the pulp mill at Mörrum, which will increase the county of Blekinge’s electricity generation by 20%.... [more...]

Launch of new wood and woodworking trade show at Hanoi, Vietnam

Wood and woodworking players looking to break into the furniture market in Hanoi, Vietnam can finally do so at the upcoming Hanoi Wood Expo exhibition from 29 May to 1 June 2024.... [more...]

Sharp drop in Finnish wood-products industry exports in December 2023

The value of Finland's forest industry exports was EUR 0.94 billion in December 2023. Of the export value, 22% came from paper and 25% from paperboard.... [more...]

Wood industry calls for a differentiated packaging regulation

In Brussels, negotiations on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) are in the final stretch. These are also keeping the wood industry on tenterhooks, even though wood packaging does not generally reach the consumer.... [more...]

Huhtamaki to close two production sites in China

Huhtamaki is planning to consolidate the production footprint in China in the Fiber Foodservice Europe-Asia-Oceania segment and will close its production sites in Tianjin and Shanghai by the end of Q2 2024.... [more...]

Arauco reports 15.4% drop in sales for 2023

Arauco recorded a decline in sales revenue in 2023, totaling USD 6,011.8 million, representing a 15.4% decrease compared to the same period in 2022 (USD 7,102.1).... [more...]

ISC 2024 comes to Sicily this year

The Italian Association of the Wood Trader Industries (Fedecomlegno of FederlegnoArredo) together with the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) and the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS), invite you into the Region of Sicily to the wonderful place of Taormina for the International Softwood Conference 2024 ... [more...]

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Special Reports

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The European Woodworking Industries express great concern about EUDR

The European Woodworking Industries are greatly concerned regarding information disclosed about the EU Deforestation-Free Products Regulation (EUDR)...... [ more...]

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German sawmill association reacts to EUDR

After the completion of the test phase for the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) last week and the renewed postponement of the vote on the EU Supply Chain Directive, the German Sawmill and Wood Industry Association (DeSH) reiterates its criticism of the projects and warns of distortions for forest and wood industry.... [ more...]

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ETIC steps up to remind the European Timber Industry is undoubtedly part of the solution to achieve a carbon-neutral economy

ETIC, the European Timber Industries Confederation, replies to recent false and biased allegations on negative effects of use of wood.... [ more...]


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