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In February 2020, new home construction in Japan decreased by 12.3% YoY to 63,1 thousand units
March 12, 2021 ` 11:43
Wooden housing construction decreased by 10.4% YoY to 35,8 thousand units.
The Russian Government to permit mortgages for wooden houses
March 9, 2021 ` 12:56
Victoria Abramchenko, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, announced this in her interview with NTV channel. The Deputy Prime Minister said that there are in total 65 enterprises in Russia that are engaged in the industrialized production of wooden...
Segezha Group launched the first industrial production line for CLT panels in Russia
March 1, 2021 ` 15:07
On 25 February, Mikhail Shamolin, the president of Segezha Group, visited Sokol in Vologda region to oversee the grand launch of the Sokol CLT plant (Segezha Group is a subsidiary of Sistema JSFC). The plant is the first...
U.S. housing starts fall in January 2021
February 20, 2021 ` 19:08
After reporting a sharp increase in new residential construction in the U.S. in the previous month, the US Commerce Department released a report on Thursday showing housing starts pulled back by much more than expected in the month...
Dmitry Rudenko, Vice President of Segezha Group: demand for wooden houses currently exceeds the productive capacity
February 19, 2021 ` 11:09
The share of wooden houses in the total low-rise housing construction in the USA, Canada, and Finland is over 80%. The share of total wooden housing construction reaches 50% in many countries, while in Russia it is only...
Russian Timber Journal 01-2021: Dmitry Rudenko, Vice President of Segezha Group: demand for wooden houses currently exceeds the productive capacity; the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia held the IV LPK 360° Timber Industry Forum themed A New Era of Development as part of the measures for the development of the timber industry; the Government approved the RF Forest Sector Development Strategy until 2030; how soon will Russia become the world’s largest wood pellet supplier?
February 11, 2021 ` 16:14
Russian Timber Journal 01-2021: WhatWood Agency interviewed Dmitry Rudenko, Vice President of Segezha Group, about the expectations for wooden housing construction and the CLT construction technology that is relatively new for Russia; WhatWood Agency summarizes key theses of the plenary...
Existing-home sales in US reach highest level in 14 years
February 8, 2021 ` 20:38
Sales of previously owned homes in the US rose in 2020 to the highest level since 2006, as ultra-low interest rates and remote work during the pandemic increased homebuying demand. Existing-home sales rose 0.7% in December from November...
The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes to develop the mechanism of preferential mortgages for wooden housing construction
February 3, 2021 ` 20:54
Vera Khmyrova, Head of the Department of Light Industry and Forestry Complex of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said on Tuesday that it is necessary to develop a mechanism of preferential loans for the construction of wooden...
U.S. Housing starts rose to fastest pace since 2006 in December
February 1, 2021 ` 16:45
U.S. home construction starts rose in December 2020 to the best pace since late 2006 as builders responded to the robust demand for single-family housing. Residential starts climbed by 5.8% to a 1.67 million annualized rate, according to...
Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, on the implications of the roundwood export ban being introduced from 2022 onwards; Luzales plans to build an MDF plant worth 5 billion rubles; the Ministry of Industry and Trade may introduce a temporary ban on the export of particleboards from Russia; analysis of the current situation in the particleboard, laminated particleboard, MDF market
January 21, 2021 ` 16:19
Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: WhatWood interviewed Mr. Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, about the ban on the export of unprocessed timber to be introduced from 2022; Luzales agreed on the conditions for the construction of an MDF...
Hasslacherles’s investment project is included in the federal priority list
January 15, 2021 ` 13:47
The investment project of Hasslacherles LLC formulated as “Modernization of woodworking facilities and organization of production of components for wooden housing construction” obtained the status of a priority investment project of the Russian Federation in the forest sector....
Södra to divest Trivselhus to Svensk Husproduktion
December 22, 2020 ` 19:06
Södra is divesting Trivselhus AB to housing supplier Svensk Husproduktion. The takeover date is 1 March 2021. Södra’s subsidiary, Trivselhus, is one of the largest house manufacturers in Sweden and sells housing under the Trivselhus brand, and Nordic...
