At the state-owned forestry operation Hesse-Forst the requests for storm-fallen timber volumes after the hurricane Xynthia are still running. Even though the highlands haven't been surveyed yet, the headquarters of the operation in Kassel expects, that 1.1 million cubic meters of softwood and 100.000 cubic meters of hardwood fell victim to Xynthia.
In its business year 2009 the state-owned forestry administration of Thuringia lumbered over one million cubic meters. This amount is significantly lower than in the years before the hurricane Kyrill, when the total cutting volume was at 1.4 million cubic meters.
According to present results the hurricane Xynthia, raging in Germany last Sunday, cut down 1.7 million cubic meters of wood in Rhineland-Palatinate. A first overview shows that the damages are concentrated in the northern part, especially in the submountainous areas of Hunsrück and Eifel.
La seconda edizione di Technodomus/Salone dell'Industria del Legno per l'Edilizia e il Mobile di Rimini Fiera sta sollevando un notevole interesse sui mercati esteri, dall’Europa all’Africa, dall’Asia alle Americhe...
On October 13, the Commercial Court of Colmar/France announced that the Swiss company Schilliger Holz AG , Küssnacht (Zurich) took over the sawmill of Klenk in Volgelsheim. After the bankruptcy of Klenk SAS in the spring of 2009, four companies have submitted offers: both leaders in the French softwood business, SIAT Braun and…
Metso has commenced personnel negotiations regarding the reduction of about 400 out of the 1,200 employees in their Fiber business line (FBL) operations in Sweden and Finland.
New orders in the German woodworking industry in the first half of 2009 decreased by 63% with respect to the previous year. The Woodworking Machinery Association shared with VDMA the fact that domestic orders fell by 32% and foreign ones by 69%.
Siempelkamp received a “notice to proceed” for the contract with Sumatera Prima Fibreboard (SPF), Indonesia, for a thin-MDF line. Recently, another contract was signed with Metro Particle Co. Ltd., Thailand, to supply a complete particleboard plant..
