The Belgian company Korlam NV, a member of the Groep Terryn, has invested in a compact finger jointing line, model CF 300/10 for the production of glulam. Processed will be spruce, fir, larch and douglas fir; the average…
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.
The year 2009 for the German machinery and plant engineering had been one of the worst since decades. Especially the producers of woodworking machinery had to face a dramatic decline of sales. Their turnover in 2009 was reduced by 42 percent compared with the previous year.
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.
