25.12.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The Forestry Agency made public of its short-term estimate on major timber supply and demand for the fourth quarter of 2002 and the first quarter of 2003 in Japan. With a downward expectation of new home building, supply and demand of timber from most of the sources to Japan will decline,...U.S. — FORECAST ON U.S LUMBER DEMAND FOR 2003
25.12.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
According to Western Wood Products Association's 2003 lumber forecast, demand for U.S. lumber to reach record levels in 2003. The Portland-based trade association said that U.S. lumber consumption should reach an all-time high of 54.7 billion board feet in 2003, eclipsing the previous mark of...Malaysia's timber-based exports expected to improve on better demand
24.12.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Malaysians export of timber and timber-based products is expected to improve 2.8 per cent to RM14.7 billion this year from RM14.3 billion in 2001 due to better demand.
The sector recorded its highest ever export performance of RM17.7 billion in 2000. It shed 19 per cent to RM14.3...India: Time to chop off the dead wood
24.12.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
There are less than two months for the World Cup to kick off in South Africa and most of the countries have already announced their probables so that the players can start preparing for the great event. However, it seems that our selection committee was waiting for the 1st Test in New...Growth of output of wood-working enterprises accounted for 12-15% over 11m02 in Komi repulbi
17.12.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Growth of output of Komi repulbic wood-working enterprises accounted for 12-15% over 11 months 2002. Most of wood-working enterprises of Komi republic managed to step up output, despite reduction of logging in the republic. According to the republican Ministry of industry, over 11 months 2002...Pulp prices may head even lower — Analysts see springtime recovery
17.12.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
North American pulp prices, which have fallen about 6 per cent since August, could be in for a bit more softening in the next couple of months before staging a modest recovery, analysts say.
Forecasts of lower prices in the near term were reinforced Friday by news of another rise in North...Canadian Lumber Prices
09.12.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Winnipeg, MB, Nov 29, 2002 (Resource News International via COMTEX) — The following information details prices for a variety of Canadian lumber supplies as of Nov. 29. All figures are FOB mill prices in US dollars per 1,000 board feet.
2x4 SPF R/L $190 $180 $190 $210
2x6 SPF R/L 200...Logging enterprise ZAO «National Timber Industrial Company » (ZAO « NLK ») increased volume
09.12.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Logging enterprise ZAO "National Timber Industrial Company " (ZAO " NLK ") increased volume of timber removal by 77% to 687.5 thous cu m in Jan.-Oct. 2002.
Logging enterprise ZAO "National Timber Industrial Company " (ZAO " NLK ") increased volume of timber removal by 77% to 687.5...Jaakko Pöyry Group awarded mill engineering for Metso Paper's board making line delivery to China
02.12.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
JP Engineering Ltd, which belongs to the Jaakko Pöyry Group's Forest Industry business group, has been awarded a mill engineering assignment for the board making line to be delivered to Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, by Metso Paper. The total contract value is about EUR 6 million.
The...USA: imports of furniture will rise, analyst says
27.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Imports of foreign furniture will continue to increase and U.S. manufacturers need to adapt to that reality, furniture analyst Jerry Epperson said yesterday.
Speaking at a forum about the international furniture market, Epperson said that 43 percent of all wood products sold in the United...Critics of Forestry lashed by Rolley
27.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
FORESTRY Tasmania yesterday announced a 31 per cent jump in operating profit to $10.6 million -— and hit back at critics of its bottom line.
Managing director Evan Rolley said Southwood must proceed if the Government-owned forestry company was to return more dollars to state coffers....New Zealand: Timber industry rejects arsenic report
25.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The Timber Industry Federation has rejected research published today which claimed to show arsenic-treated timber could increase the risk of cancer in infants by more than 500 per cent.
The Dominion Post newspaper reported today that a study by American scientist Rick Maas of the...U.S.-Canadian timber deal sought
21.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Weyerhaeuser Co. is asking the United States to end duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports, asking Canada to levy a new export tax — and asking the two sides to work with timber companies in negotiating an end to their decades-old lumber dispute.
At a news conference in New York City,...Sting's forest lobby attacks 'green' timber trade
21.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The Rainforest Foundation, which was set up by Sting and his wife, Trudi Styler, fell foul of other environmental groups yesterday by declaring that a scheme to promote ecologically sound timber was deceiving consumers.
The foundation claimed in a report that the Forest Stewardship Council...Environmentalists, unions challenge B.C. raw log export program
21.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Environmentalists have teamed up with two forestry unions in a legal bid to stop the export of raw logs from B.C. Crown lands.
The Sierra Legal Defence Fund argues a three-year permit to export 1.3 million cubic metres of timber annually from northwestern British Columbia should never...Ilim Restructuring
21.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
ST. PETERSBURG (Prime-Tass) -— St. Petersburg-based timber holding Ilim Pulp Enterprise plans to present completed reorganization plans to shareholders by April 2003, the holding's chief managing director, Mikhail Moshaishvili, said Wednesday.
The reorganization, uniting all the holding's...Small furniture firms battle to keep doors open
18.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Three more companies post liquidation notices in an industry that is seeing falling sales amid the economic downturn
Small furniture firms battle to keep doors open
Three more companies post liquidation notices in an industry that is seeing falling sales amid the economic downturn...DREMA 2002: International Trade Fair of Woodworking Machines and Tools
18.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
A comprehensive offer of goods necessary to furnish a house or a flat was presented at the MEBLE, KUCHNIA and DOMEXPO fairs held on the Poznañ International Fair grounds on 7 — 10 May 2002. The International Trade Fair of Woodworking Machines and Tools DREMA was held simultaneously. In total...Chinese visits `crucial
15.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Foundations of a potential billion-dollar industry will be laid this month with the arrival in New Zealand of two high-level delegations from China. With its recent rise to the World Trade Organiation after two decades of economic reforms, China is experiencing rapid development which...Croatia certifies all 2 million hectares of state-owned forests
15.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Zaghreb, Croatia — Croatia now has one of the largest Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified forests in Europe. It is the third after the UK and Estonia to certify all its state-owned forests, amounting to 2 million hectares and accounting for 80 per cent of the country’s forested area....Illegal Settlers On Timber Estates Defiant
13.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
KILLIAN Mupingo, the provincial administrator for Manicaland, said last Friday that the government was facing serious difficulties in evicting some of the illegal settlers on estates belonging to Border Timbers Limited (BTL) and the Forestry Company of Zimbabwe (FCZ) in Chimanimani.
Last...Vlahovic opens 40th furniture fair
13.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Serbian Minister of Economy and Privatisation Aleksandar Vlahovic opened the 40th International Fair of Furniture, Equipment and Interior Decoration, which will gather more than 400 exhibitors, including 100 foreign exhibitors. Vlahovic said that this is one of the four largest fairs in...Timber sales down in Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
13.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
During the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the Wallowa-Whitman, at 2.3 million acres, offered for sale 16 million board-feet of timber.
The previous low was in 1993, when the forest offered 23 million board-feet, said Carla Monismith, the Wallowa-Whitman's timber sale officer. The...Chinese Lumber Carrier Sinks Off Okinawa — 2 Injured-Kyodo
11.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
A Chinese-registered lumber carrier sank Sunday morning in the Pacific Ocean south of Naha, Okinawa, with all of its 28 Chinese crew members rescued but two injured, Japan Coast Guard officials said, the Kyodo news agency reported.
The JCG received a report from the operating company of...West Fraser announces the proposed sale of its interest in Alberta Newsprint's mill to a new
11.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
West Fraser announced today that a preliminary prospectus has been filed with securities regulatory authorities in Canada for an initial public offering in Canada of units of the newly-created Alberta Newsprint Fund. The proceeds of the offering are to be used by the Fund to acquire a 74...B.C. forest policy reforms likely to be tabled next spring, sources say
11.11.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
VANCOUVER (CP) — After applauding B.C. government reforms streamlining environmental rules for logging, the province's forest industry can't wait for policy changes affecting what it pays for timber, how much is cut and where it's milled.
But it will have to wait, probably until next...Rangers injured confiscating illegal timber
31.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Villagers in central Vietnam have injured five forest rangers who were trying to confiscate illegally cut timber.
The incident came after seven rangers in Dak Rlap district of Daklak province found 350 cubic feet of the logs.
They called in trucks but were surrounded by more than 30...Weak newsprint, lumber markets blamed for loss
31.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Montreal. Bowater Inc., hit by weak newsprint, fine-paper and lumber markets, yesterday reported a heavy third-quarter loss and said it cut its workforce by 3% in a new wave of cost-cutting. And Arnold Nemirow, the company's chief executive, warned the fourth quarter will show a heavier-than...The Finnish company International Paper considers placement of timber processing capacities
31.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The Finnish company International Paper considers placement of timber processing capacities in Irkutsk region, the spokesmen of the company declared at the meeting with Vice-governor of the region A. Rudik on 30 October 2002.
Now the company is going to study potential of the region as...World Bank predicts russian economic growth of 4%
31.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The World Bank is "inclined to agree" with the forecast of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry regarding the growth of Russian GDP in 2002 (4%). The World Bank states this in its report about Russia's economy published in October. According to experts of the bank, in accordance...Timber giant weighs response
31.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Timber giant Gunns Ltd yesterday refused to comment on the Kingborough Council decision to prosecute the company for illegally clearfelling a coupe at Middleton. In a brief statement, Gunns executive chairman John Gay said he "was not yet fully informed about the council's resolution"....Forest groups dip but signal better outlook
28.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Weaker lumber prices and US duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports took their toll on forest product companies Weyerhaeuser and Abitibi-Consolidated in the third quarter. However, both companies signalled a better outlook for some paper products. Weyerhaeuser — based in the US but...Lumber firm (Canada) off 86% on low prices, duties — US$13M US$91M
24.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Weyerhaeuser Co., the world's leading lumber producer, yesterday posted a 86% drop in third-quarter earnings and warned of more hard times ahead for its wood products business as a result of low prices and the impact of U.S. softwood duties. "The fourth-quarter earnings outlook remains very...Slump in wood industry dampens Weyerhaeuser profit
24.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The forest products giant Weyerhaeuser said yesterday that third-quarter earnings fell 86 percent because of low wood prices, duties on imports of Canadian softwood lumber and merger-related charges. The company, based in Federal Way, Wash., reported a profit including one-time items of $13...Bankruptcy hangs over Estonian wood processing plant
18.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The town administration in Paldiski, Estonia, is threatening to bankrupt a wood-processing plant owned by the TKE Group after it pays 1 million kroons (63,900 euros) in back wages to the plant's workers.
Jaan Molder, acting mayor of Paldiski, said that the town would start bankruptcy...Timber owners sue IP, claim price fixing
14.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Timber landowners from North and South Carolina filed a class action lawsuit in federal court Thursday against International Paper and one of its suppliers, charging widespread price fixing of pulpwood timber that they say has cost them and other landowners millions of dollars.
The lawsuit...ROK to Set Up Industrial Complex in Dandong
10.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
An exclusive industrial complex for Korean companies will be set up in Dandong, China, just across the Yalu River from North Korea newly designated Shinuiju Special Administrative Region.
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) said yesterday that the Korea Industrial...Germany: self-assembly furniture
03.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The negative trends in all of the furniture sector, which has been in regressing continually in Germany from
1996 to 2001, have also been the same for the self-assembly furniture sector, with a drop in 2001 of 1.5%, coming down to €5.810 million. The forecast does not show any positive...The 9th anniversary International Specialized Exhibition "WOODWORKING— 2 0 0 2" started in Minsk
03.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The 9th anniversary International Specialized Exhibition "WOODWORKING— 2 0 0 2" will be organized in Minsk, at the Exhibition Pavilion on Masherov ave.from the 1st till the 4th of October.
The Exhibition is organized by the Exhibition Company "MinskExpo" under the auspices of...World of Wood 2003
01.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The Annual Convention of International Wood Products Association (IWPA) will take place March 26-28, 2003 at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. For the last 46 years, IWPA's Annual Conventions have been an indispensable, cost-effective meeting point for companies involved...AHEC Convention
01.10.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The AHEC European will celebrate its 10th anniversary, in Lisbon, Portugal in October 24th & 25th 2002. The convention brings together many of the major US exporters and European importers and agents of American hardwoods.
In the 10 years since its foundation, there has been a tremendous...The 26th International Chair Exhibition
27.09.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Design, production and culture — the Promosedia trade fair, in Udine, Italy, where the visitor will discover the historic background and the new trends from the "world of chairs". The spotlight will be on Progetto Bestseller, an internationally renowned event
Everything is ready to go for...Sumob 2002
27.09.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Woodworking machinery and “high specialisation” will take a starring role at this edition of the fair, which will take place in Pesaro, Italy from the 12th to 14th of September
There are approximately 2,400 companies active in the wood production and furniture manufacturing in the Pesaro...Hardwood used for the New German Parliment
27.09.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Hardwood used for the New German Parliment
Architects who designed the new building choose this type of wood, creating an atmosphere of warmth and comfort
The new German Parliment was inaugerated in January of this year culminating in over seven years of work. The new offices are...German company to build sawmill near the Baikal-Amur highway
27.09.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
//BLAGOVESHCHENSK, SEPTEMBER 16, 2002 /FROM RIA NOVOSTI CORRESPONDENT OLEG KULGIN/ -— The German company EBD will build a modern sawmill near the Baikal-Amur highway, BAM. The construction was commissioned by the joint stock company Lesopromyshlenny complex Tyndales, based in the city...Forest industry issues excluded from today's government meeting agenda
10.09.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The government of the Russian Federation will consider key parameters of the forecast of social and economic development of Russia on year 2003 and for the period up to year 2005 and the basic characteristics of the project of the federal budget 2003-2005 on today's regular meeting....Trade fair "Furniture China 2002"
10.09.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The Italian Foreign Trade Comission (ICE), as part of its promotional program for 2002 and in collaboration with Federlegno Arredo, the Italian wood and furniture association are organising a collective participation at the "Furniture China 2002" trade fair. The fair takes place in Shanghai...Imports of cut logs to China increased in 2001
02.09.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Imports of cut logs to China increased in 2001, a marked increase of 24% compared to the previous year, amounting to 16.9 million m³. China has become one of the world's biggest importers of cut logs (added to the cut log imports are also goods made of wood, which together exceeded 4 million...Association (IWPA) will take place March 26-28, 2003 at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana.
02.09.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
World of Wood 2003
The Annual Convention of International Wood Products Association (IWPA) will take place March 26-28, 2003 at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. For the last 46 years, IWPA's Annual Conventions have been an indispensable, cost-effective meeting point...Lombardia has become the leading Italian region in wood and furniture sector
02.09.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Lombardia has become the leading Italian region in wood and furniture sector, thanks to +0.9% in export and more than ˆ 348 millions turnover. According to a survey by Csil, Milan, especially Brianza cluster is a leader in export, taking into consideration its turnover. In the middle of...AHEC Convention will celebrate in Lisbon, Portugal in October 24th & 25th 2002.
02.09.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
The AHEC European will celebrate its 10th anniversary, in Lisbon, Portugal in October 24th & 25th 2002. The convention brings together many of the major US exporters and European importers and agents of American hardwoods.
In the 10 years since its foundation, there has been a tremendous...Coordinators of European wood program WWF consider, that management of a forestry of Russia demands the big attention
02.09.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Coordinators of the European wood program of the WWF consider, that management of a forestry of Russia demands the big attention.
As Business News Agency in the press-service of fund have informed, the meeting of coordinators passed within 5 days in territory of the project " the Pskov...293 forest fires are currently raging in Russia
02.09.2002 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
293 forest fires are currently raging in Russia, 85 of them appeared during the previous day.
Last day fire covered 1,298 hectares, said Lev Krylov, chief of the National Agency "Natural resources" to RIA Novosti. More than 2,000 people, large numbers of ground units and aviation are...
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