Metso will supply a new bleached chemi-mechanical pulping (CTMPc) line to Chenzhou Yunong Paper Co. Ltd in Hunan province, China. The line will have a capacity of 500 tonnes a day and is to be commissioned in the second quarter of 2011. The order value is below EUR 10 million. The order is included in Paper and Fiber Technology's Q2 orders received.
The delivery from Metso involves a conical disc high consistency refiner, low consistency refiners, screens in the screen…
Softwood lumber prices continue to rise. While sawmills reported a slowdown in price increases, the figures of the German Federal Statistical Office Destatis in Wiesbaden for the month of June show further gaining prices.
Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 586,000. This is 2.1
percent (±2.1%) above the revised May rate of 574,000, but is 2.3 percent (±2.0%) below the June 2009 estimate of 600,000.
Single-family authorizations in June were at a rate of 421,000; this is 3.4 percent (±1.8%) below the revised May figure of…
Log prices in Estonia have continued their upward trend in June. Compared with May 2010 a slight price increase of € 1-2 per m³ was noted. Overall log prices were up between 13 and 80% from a year earlier.
For the third quarter the state-owned forest operation of North Rhine-Westphalia reported Spruce log prices of € 87-88 per m³ in the leading assortment.
Dieffenbacher is presenting its comprehensive portfolio of production systems for wood panels at this year's International Woodworking Fair
– IWF 2010 – in Atlanta, Georgia between August 25 and 28. The focus is on the topic "Return on invest". Here Dieffenbacher can offer in-house innovations that enable plant operators to…
Production costs of wood processing companies are rising. This fact applies to both the production of oriented strand boards (OSB) and of medium density fibreboards (MDF). Even for raw particle boards price increases are inevitable.
The Hornbach Group can afford to be satisfied with its start to the new 2010/2011 financial year. Its earnings performance in the first quarter of 2010/2011 (March 1 to May 31, 2010) latched seamlessly onto the successful performance in the previous year's period. At € 59.6 million, operating earnings (EBIT) at the overall Hornbach Holding AG Group matched the previous year's figure. The Group's net income for the period rose 2.0% to € 37.8 million, resulting in earnings per preference share of…
In the future consumers will more and more often see the label of the Pan European Forest Certification PEFC, when buying furniture, paper and other wood-based products.
