Woodworking

In late November, Solombala LDK plans to resume operations of the sawmill line, as said in the message of Arkhangelsk region administration. On 17 October, monitoring procedure was introduced at the mill. Currently the work of the sawmilling...

The value of imports of softwood lumber to China in January-September 2013 increased by 25.9% year-on-year to reach $2.64 billion. After the slowdown in 2012, the rise of the housing market in the country triggered a boom for...

The German company specialized in production of automobile oils Sudheimer Car Technik Vertriebs became the new owner of Novovyatsky ski mill, reports Kirov web portal Newsler. Rumours about possible change of shareholders circulated at the end of July....

In August, Japan imported 333,756 m3 of softwood lumber from Europe, up 42.2% from a year ago, according to figures published by the Japan Lumber Journal and quoted by Holzkurier. Major suppliers were Finland (115,825 m3), Austria (40,295...

By 2020, the European leaders by the share of biofuels in the energy industry will be Sweden (49%), Latvia (40%) and Finland (38%), such predictions were given at the XV International Forestry Forum held on 8-9 October in...

The scientists of a research institute in Irkutsk (NI IrGTU) have developed a new wood concrete production technology, an improved version of the so-called “dyurizol”, a building material from wood chips and cement. Scientists add magnesium astringent (caustic...

What makes wood material and wood handling processes so special in terms of explosion hazards? This question can be answered quite simply, considering requirements of dust explosion phenomenon: combustible dust, air/oxygen and effective ignitions sources. Nearly all wood...

The Polish furniture exports to Russia are expected to exceed €200 million in 2013, as Fordaq reported quoting Polish media. In 2009, Poland delivered to Russia furniture worth €90 million, while in 2012 this value reached €166 million....

In 2012, joint net sales of the 100 largest Russian forest industry companies that participated in the WhatWood rating declined by 0.87% to RUR 279.68 billion. Joint net profit of 94 companies of the rating who disclosed this...

The final draft of the “Fundamentals of State Policy in the field of use, protection and reproduction of forests” was adopted by the Russian government at the session of September 23, as the Minister of natural resources and...

According to the Analytic centre of EIG Engineering, construction of power plants working on solid biofuels in Ukraine can attract over €6 billion of investments. Calculations are based on the fact that already available amount of unclaimed solid...

According to the analytic centre of EIG Engineering, wood resources for bioenergy power plants in Ukraine amount to about 4 million tonnes annually. In terms of calorific value of coal, this resource is estimated at 1.9 million tonnes...