07.07.2003 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
So far, reports indicate the New Zealand timber and forestry sector has been badly affected, with a number of companies have reported having to downsize or even close.
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics is expected to account for the effects of a 13 per cent gain...Metso Paper will rebuild a pulp and paper mill of the Slovakian pulp and paper producer.....
03.07.2003 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Metso Paper will rebuild a pulp and paper mill of the Slovakian pulp and paper producer, Severoslovenske Celulozky a Papierne a.s. in Ruzomberok. The rebuild targets production increase and process improvements, which will enable the mill to lower its environmental impact. The modernizations...US-Home Sales Hit New Record In May
01.07.2003 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
In the midst of the lowest long-term mortgage rates in almost half a century, the Commerce Department today reported that sales of new single-family homes rose for the third consecutive month in May to a record-high seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.16 million units. This was 12.5 percent...Difficult Wood Market in Japan
01.07.2003 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Wood transactions have been extremely worse since the beginning of the new fiscal year started April, and no sign of recovery at all during May and June. The plywood business in May was worst ever and the industry stays in the depression.
IHB Internationale Holzboerse GmbHForest Industry optimistic about EU enlargement.
20.06.2003 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
On the whole, enlargement of the European Union to Eastern Europe is a welcome development for the forest industry. As new countries join the Union, their standard of living will rise and demand for forest industry products increase, also boosting prospects for Finnish exports. The new member...China: Domestic timber production continues to fall.
18.06.2003 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
According to revised
statistics from the State Forestry Administration (SFA), domestic timber
production continues to fall as the targets of the Natural Forest Protection
Program (NFPP) begin to bite. In 2002 annual cumulative timber production of
logs was 44.4 million cubic metres, a...China: Imports of sawn timber
18.06.2003 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
China imports
sawnwood mainly through Guangdong Province and Shanghai City and most is
hardwood sawnwood. Last year's sawnwood imports through Shenzhen City in
Guangdong Province ranked first at 1.018 million cubic metres or 19% of national
imports; Dong Guan City was...European plywood market: the overall European plywood and blockboard production during 2002 according to the final FEIC statistics for 2002 amounted to 3.4 million m3.
18.06.2003 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Reporting on the FEIC General Assembly on Friday 13 June 2003 in La Rochelle,
France, FEIC President Mr Nicola RENI (Reni Ettore SpA, Italy) announced that
the overall European plywood and blockboard production during 2002 according to
the final FEIC statistics for 2002 amounted to 3.4...Consumption of cartonboards in Russia will increase from 445,000 tons in 2002 to 715,000 tons in 2003
12.06.2003 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Growth has been driven by investment in cigarette,
confectionery and fruit juice production in the last few years, but prepared
foods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics are now becoming more important as
consumers of cartons. Carton producers are responding to rapid market growth,
with...Production of corrugated board in Russia will reach 3.3 million m2 by 2007, according to Pyrabelisk. Multi-national investors in the Russian corrugated industry account for only 15% of capacity, the rest being Russian owned.
12.06.2003 | WORLD INDUSTRY NEWS | views
Production of corrugating materials in Russia has more than
doubled since 1998 to nearly 1.8 million tons and is forecast to increase to
nearly 2.8 million tons by 2007. Production of presentation liners has increased
from virtually zero in 1997 to nearly 250,000 tons in 2002. Initially...
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