There have been major delays in commissioning of the MDF/HDF system set up by Wood Technology Co. (Wotech) at the company’s site in Idku, situated some 40 km east of the Egyptian port city of ...

In July, Norwegian upholstered furniture manufacturer Ekornes QM Holding signed a memorandum of understanding with two separate buyers for its two factories in ...

The volume of timber felled in the forest of Switzerland in 2023 was 5.6% lower than a year earlier at 4.890m m³.... You can only use this article with a valid subscription and registration.

Martin van Dam, CFO of Inter Ikea Group (Delft, Netherlands) since November 2015, has been appointed CEO of Interogo Holding AG (Pfäffikon, Switzerland) with effect from 1 September 2024. He thus ...

The ongoing slump in residential construction continued to have a negative impact on business at TABS Holland in the first half of ...

In three decisions issued on 11 September, the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU General Court) rejected appeals that three Russian plywood manufacturers filed against anti-dumping duties ...

South American timber industry group Urufor S.A. (Montevideo, Uruguay) plans to significantly expand its production capacity for lumber. Initial orders, which include the sawline, have already been ...

Hof ehf of Reykjavik, Iceland, is selling its Ikea retail activities in the Baltic States to the Inter Ikea Group.

After almost eight weeks, Canadian particleboard manufacturer Tafisa Canada of Lac-Mégantic, Québec, has completed the repair work on production line 2, which was damaged in an explosion on 14 June.

In the second quarter of 2024, Finland exported a total softwood plywood volume of 112,861 m³ (April-June 2023: 85,631 m³), corresponding to a year-on-year increase of almost one-third. Prior to this ...

Metsä Group was able to conclude negotiations with workers’ representatives on possible temporary layoffs in the sawmilling ...

A surprisingly strong slump in production in the first seven months of 2024 and the fact that capacity utilisation continues to fall well short of expectations has prompted VDMA to revise its ...