With an anticipated annual output of 100,000 cubic meters of finished CLT products, the facility will integrate automated processes and is expected to create 100 manufacturing jobs at full capacity – becoming one of the largest facilities in the U.S.
Investments
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Drewsen Spezialpapiere to invest Euro 4.5 million for expansion of warehouse capacity. Construction is due to commence in autumn 2024.
In partnership with DB Cargo, the first deliveries of wood have now been made to Leuna by rail, establishing and testing the direct rail link to the Leuna operations’ wood yard.
Equipped with MiCROTEC Ai, the Goldeneye scanner in use at Theurl is one of the most state-of-the-art scanner solutions in Europe. Using a large amount of correct data sets, the artificial intelligence learns how to assess certain characteristics, such as knots, resin galls, blue stain or compression wood, which leads ...
The project is estimated to be completed in 2025.
The government of Canada announced in Thorold, Ontario, a federal investment of $15 million to support six clean fuels projects across Canada, including $10 million for two projects in the Niagara region.
New and expanded products and services will include modular construction, prefabricated mass timber and light frame components, and custom installation-ready products to meet customers’ needs.
The additional equipment will increase the production of facial tissue by 25%.
The new turbine will be placed in a new turbine hall on Södra’s industrial site and is scheduled for operation by mid-2026.
The woodyard project, which is anticipated to reach completion in 2025, will employ an additional 150 skilled workers from 26 local contractor companies.
CSAA Insurance Group announced a $25 million commitment to the California Wildfire Innovation Fund, a climate-solutions strategy that aims to decrease the severity and frequency of catastrophic wildfire by supporting forest restoration-related economic development.
Commissioning of the new stock preparation plant is due early in 2026.
Everwood has invested in F&W Forestry Services, Inc. It also announced a major geographic expansion of its U.S. operations into the Inland Empire region with the acquisition of Idaho-based Inland Forest Management.
The investment of Euro 30 million will make the current process for the production of this product more flexible special paste for absorbent hygiene products, reaching the replacement of up to 125,000 current tons of standard pulp per fluff cellulose.
The Company plans to continue accelerating its transition to higher value products with approximately $35 million of investments for two additional continuous dry kilns at the Duke Point sawmill in Nanaimo and Value-Added Division in Chemainus, British Columbia.
These funds bring the total investment in this comprehensive strategy to an historic $2.4 billion.
The investment will increase DS Smith's production in Austria by 20%.
The new machinery and equipment, slated for delivery between the end of 2024 and the start of 2025, will be sourced from Raute.
The construction is being carried out in two stages. The first part, the pick-up facility and accompanying branch is now inaugurated and open to customers. Stage two, the logistics facility, is expected to be completed by December 2024.