Lenzing AG, listed on the benchmark index ATX of the Vienna Stock Exchange and global market leader for man-made cellulose fibers, has now acquired a 100% shareholding of the Czech pulp producer Biocel Paskov A.S. Up until now Lenzing has ...
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HIGH POINT—Retailer and mixed-source supplier Ethan Allen has completed registration of the American Home Furnishings Alliance's EFEC environmental program at all of its domestic manufacturing facilities. EFEC-Enhancing Furniture's ...
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German Pellets has invested a total of ?m in building a stationary log preparation plant at its headquarters. The company will be using the plant, which is being put into service over the next few days, to put its supply of raw material for ...
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At the beginning of September, the Finnish company Polkky took over business at the Kajaani sawmill from UPM-Kymmene, and thereby increased its total production capacity to roughly 650, 000 m³/year. The two companies had already agreed ...
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The sawmill Holzindustrie Lenzing will be terminating production of soft-wood lumber, planed products, finger-jointed structural timber, and solid wooden boards at the facility in Upper Austria. Lumber production is to end on 30 September ...
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Latvian sawmill Sia Vika Wood is stopping production for a period of five weeks as from 29 August 2012, in order to conclude construction work on the existing sawmill. At the beginning of October production is to be relaunched in the ...
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The American Home Furnishings Alliance announced that Ethan Allen has completed EFEC registration at all of its domestic manufacturing facilities, including five manufacturing plants and one sawmill. EFEC – or Enhancing Furniture's ...
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Investment activity in the Russian sawmill industry has increased significantly since last year, after prior years had mainly seen isolated new and expansion investments. Production capacity in the Russian sawmill industry is expected to ...
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Seattle -- Prices for woody biomass in the US, whether sawmill by-products, forestresidues or urban wood waste, have been sliding for most of the past three years, but werestill higher late in 2011 in most regions than they were five years ...
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Austrian softwood lumber producers believe business activity on the European sales markets has scarcely improved at all in the last six weeks. Producers are still talking of a rather sluggish influx of orders for the time of year. In some ...
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Although the surplus that had built up in supply on the German sawmill-residue markets in the first half-year was reduced again slightly by the middle of the year, supply and demand are still out of balance in a variety of regions in ...
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Canadian Western Forst Products intends to invest $16m by the middle of 2013 in the modernisation of its Saltair sawmill in Ladysmith. The most important improvements will be the cutting line and the trimming facilities. Furthermore ...
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Does the export of raw logs to China hurt or help British Columbia's economy? NDP leader Adrian Dix is rallying for export tariffs on logs, which would put a hard stop on the export of raw logs from B. C. That are being shipped and ...
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A limited availability of logs, high log purchase prices, and negative effects on sales of softwood lumber by the general economic and financial crisis have been hampering the business activity of softwood lumber producers in the European ...
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Following what had already been a mainly weak trend in 2011, lumber activities among Scandinavian concerns have shown virtually no recovery in the first quarter of 2012. Growth in turnover and results in classic lumber business from January ...
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