MARKUS PIBER RETIRES FROM WINTERSTEIGER : After four successful years as Managing Director of Sales and Marketing at WINTERSTEIGER, Markus Piber will be retiring from the company on 16 March 2012 for personal reasons. Read More
CONFEMADERA APPROVED THE INCORPORATION OF UNEMAC AND AEMMCE: The Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Spanish Confederation of Wood (CONFEMADERA) approved the incorporation CONFEMADERA-Andalusia of only two associations of wood and furniture of the Andalusian region that were directly associated with CONFEMADERA: Businessmen Union Timber Cordoba (UNEMAC) and the Association of Wood and Furniture of the Shire of Ecija (AEMMCE). Read More
FLEGT AIDS EU TIMBER REGULATION: March 2013 sees the introduction of an EU Timber Regulation prohibiting the placement of illegally sourced wood and wood based products onto the European market. Read More
ZOW 2012 PROVED ITS OUTSTANDING CAPABILITY: The call for entries for the 2012 A' Design Award and Competitions is open. This annual competition is organised and awarded for a wide range of categories. Read More
HETTICH ON KITCHEN SECTOR: The furniture manufacturing sector is brimming with hope for fruitful times in the New Year. Kitchen furnishings sector, which trends an inevitable popularity with change in concepts of the modern day living area, shows an optimistic picture too. Read More
HACKWELL'S REPORT ON WPC: According to a recent report by the Hackwell Group, production of wood plastics composites in Europe is forecast to grow by an average 13% annually up to 2015, when it will reach almost 360,000 t, produced predominantly through profile extrusion. Read More
SANDVIK PROPOSES ADDITIONAL CUSTOMER SERICE TRAINING PROGRAM: Sandvik Group at its 150th anniversary announced enhancement of its service support with an additional customer service training programs throughout 2012. The enhancements of its service tools range are in the pipeline. Read More
FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY IS THE FUTURE OF FOREST: According to the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), a vibrant and economically viable forest products sector capable of competing with agriculture for land resources, will keep forests standing. Read More
WOOD RESOURCE QUARTERLY REPORTS GLOBAL SAWLOG PRICES FALL IN LATE 2011: Weakening lumber markets in Asia and Europe reduced demand for sawlogs in many countries late last year. As a result, log prices in a number of the major lumber producing countries in the world fell during the second half of 2011, according to the market report the Wood Resource Quarterly. Read More
BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT URGED FOR VETO TO CHANGE THE COUNTRY'S FORESTRY CODE: Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has been urged by environmentalists and small farmers to veto changes to the country's forestry code they fear will accelerate deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. Read More
2012 WOOD WORKS ROCKS!: Leadership and innovation in wood use was celebrated at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, as more than 350 distinguished design and building professionals, including architects, engineers, project teams and industry sponsors and guests gathered to honor the nominees and winners of the 2012 Wood WORKS! BC Wood Design Awards. Read More
CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS ACQUIRED COMMON SHARES: To disclosure requirements of applicable securities laws, Canadian Forest Products acquired on March 2, 35,776,483 common shares of Canfor Pulp Products Inc. in exchange for 35,776,483 Class B Exchangeable LP Units of Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership . Read More