world news - 01.06.2005

Lithuania: New particleboard plant

Giriu Bizonas builds a new particleboard plant in Kaslu Ruda in Lithuania. The core of the plant is an 8‘ x 38 m long ContiRoll from Siempelkamp press which will produce 1,400 m3 of particleboard per day. Production start is planed for spring 2006.

IHB Internationale Holzboerse

• — UK Timber Price Indices - 01.06.2005
• — Russia: Exports 2004 - 01.06.2005
• — The cost of imports of Swedish timber-processing goods to Russia equals to the cost of Russian timber exports to Sweden - 21.04.2005
• — Bulgaria timber export falls 50% in 2004 - 19.04.2005
• — Russian timber sector production growth to reach 5.5% by 2008: Ministry of economic development and trade - 11.04.2005