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$2.4tn worth Expo 2020 Dubai construction projects to drive ..

The wood industry in the UAE is expected to boom over the next two years as the country ramps up construction activities ahead of the Expo 2020 Dubai. The wood and woodworking machinery industry will be impacted from the massive construction projects being executed as part of the ...

January 8, 2019

Cairo WoodShow: 110 exhibitors from 24 participating countri..

Cairo WoodShow will be hugely supported by at least 110 exhibitors from 24 participating countries as it holds its fourth edition on November 30-December 3, 2018 at Cairo International Exhibition Centre in Nasr City, Egypt. This year will have the biggest participation of major w ...

November 22, 2018

Global Birch Wood Products Market

QY Research offers a comprehensive analysis of key elements of the Birch Wood Products market such as potential top players along with their weaknesses and strengths. The Birch Wood Products report also comprises some useful strategies for the new players in the market. While for ...

November 20, 2018

EGGER has broken ground at its $700 million Davidson County ..

Austria-based EGGER, a wood-based materials suppliers for the furniture, construction and flooring industry, has broken ground at its $700 million Davidson County facility - where the company will potentially create 770 jobs over 15 years. The company announced Monday that phase- ...

November 19, 2018

Sawlog prices fell on all continents except North America in..

Sawlog prices fell on all continents except North America in the 2Q of 2018, resulting in the first decline of the GSPI sawlog price index since early 2016, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Lower sawlog prices in Russia, Brazil and Eastern Europe in the 2Q/18 contributed in a ...

November 17, 2018

Canada will continue to be a major supplier of softwood lumb..

The softwood sawmilling sector in Eastern Canada will play an increasingly important role as a key supplier to the growing US lumber market in the future, according to a new study. The increasing lumber consumption in the US will also likely result in increased investments in pro ...

November 16, 2018

Vancouver Invitation on Forest Products for a Better Future

Government officials and representatives from the wood products and construction sectors and civil society have supported the "Vancouver Invitation on Forest Products for a Better Future". The Vancouver Invitation is a statement of intent that aims to create a larger co ...

November 15, 2018

The British government wants to minimise the costs to the ti..

The British government wants to minimise the costs to the timber industry of Brexit, which is planned for March 2019. This was stated by Environment Secretary David Rutley in his speech to Parliament on Wednesday in response to demands by Martin Whitfield, Chairman of the All Par ...

November 6, 2018

The Wood Stove Design Challenge

The Wood Stove Design Challenge, an international competition to showcase innovative and clean-burning wood stoves, will begin on Nov. 9 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The goal is to demonstrate how improved designs including sensors and computer controls can make wood ...

November 4, 2018

Italian prime minister have met Italian manufacturers of woo..

Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte have met Italian manufacturers of wood machinery at Lesdrevmash trade fair in Russia. "Definitely a period of great excitement and satisfaction: in the long history of our industry, this is the first time a Prime Minister has visited us at an ...

November 3, 2018