The Austrian Pfeifer Group has announced extensive investment measures in its sites at Imst and Lauterbach. From January 2013, Pfeifer intends to carry out a thorough modernisation of its existing glulam plant at its headquarters in Imst. ...
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UPM’s forest and timber division has recorded €2m second-quarter operating profits excluding special items. The result becomes a loss if special costs of €43m - relating to the restructuring of UPM's sawn timber and further ...
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Timber build specialist B&K Structures has supplied cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels for the construction of a London school gym and three classroom blocks. The modernisation work at Preston Manor School was undertaken by Kier ...
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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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The Canadian timber concern Canfor started a total investment in May 2012 of roughly Can$40m in the modernisation of the Radium and Canal Flats sawmills in British Columbia. Most of the investment sum will go to the Radium sawmill which was ...
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UK cities and urban areas are being asked by the government to demonstrate how they could become the city of tomorrow in using technology to integrate infrastructure. The future cities demonstrator project will see 20 local governments ...
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A cement plant in the United States has awarded FLSmidth a US$ 136 million contract for the modernisation of its cement production facility. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project aims to convert one of the plant s ...
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The Maryland Board of Public Works in the US has allocated $37m in financing for the modernisation of wastewater treatment plants in the state. The grants will help reduce water pollution and improve water quality by funding the upgrade of ...
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Holz Schiller has since August 2011 invested a total of roughly .5m in the modernisation and expansion of production at its window-scantlings plant specialising in the manufacture of pine scantlings at its site in Cheb in the Czech ...
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During the course of 2011, more extensive investment measures were announced for the first time again within the European laminated-wood industry following a period of quiet investment activity. The regional focus of the announced measures ...
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Oman Cement is weighing moves to boost its cement grinding capacity to keep pace with escalating demand for a commodity deemed vital for the nation s continuing infrastructure modernisation. Towards this end, the company has floated a ...
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