Progroup is investing more than Euro 90 million in a new corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, that will be part of a sustainable packaging park. Production of corrugated board is set to begin in 2023.
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Arbor Renewable Gas LLC is evaluating West Baton Rouge Parish for a planned $800 million manufacturing and distribution facility employing carbon capture and sequestration emissions-reduction technology. Operating as Magnolia Renewable Fuels LLC, the new facility would produce renewable gasoline from wood waste biomass...
Canfor Southern Pine (Canfor) is investing $25 million to modernize its Hampton County facility in South Carolina. Canfor’s investment is modernizing the facility with cutting-edge technology and equipment to position the company to meet growing global demand for its wood products.
Enviva announces the signing of a 60,000 metric ton per year, 12-year, take-or-pay off-take contract with an existing customer, a large European utility, for industrial heat generation, with deliveries expected to commence during 2026.
Currently, company continue to make only a minimum amount of sales sufficient to generate enough local currency to pay employees in Russia.
Natural Resources Canada announced that NRCan’s program partners succeeded in planting 97% of the 30 million trees planned for the 2021 planting season: approximately 29 million trees from over 150 different species were planted at over 500 sites across Canada.
Uniboard announces an investment of $250 million in a new state-of-the-art particleboard press line at its Val-d'Or plant in Canada. The new continuous press will feature the latest in particleboard production technologies. Construction will begin in the summer of 2022 and start-up is targeted for 2025.
As a leading trade fair, INTERFORST 2022, being held in Munich from July 17 to 20, offers a host of solutions for each individual step in forest management right up to wood recycling for a forward-looking approach to forest management.
The management of Art-Market considers the CIS countries as the most comfortable in terms of logistics.
Kruger Products officially inaugurated its Sherbrooke tissue plant, which was commissioned in 2021, and also broke ground at its expansion project where another tissue plant will be built on a site adjacent to the Sherbrooke Plant by 2024.
Following the ownership reorganization of its Decor business, estimated to be completed by the end of the 3Q 2022, Ahlstrom-Munksjö plans to change its business name to Ahlstrom.
To reduce wildfires in higher-risk communities, the British Columbia government is providing $25 million in new funding to the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC).
The USDA Forest Service recently announced in Fiscal Year 2022 it will invest more than $36 million into 49 projects addressing deferred maintenance in the Southern Region. These investments are made from the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) established by the Great American Outdoors Act.
The Weinig Group announced the launch of a comprehensive, large-scale investment project of more than Euro 120 million. The Tauberbischofsheim site alone, the headquarters of the company with its 117-year track record, accounts for around Euro 70 million of the total investment.
Ponsse has decided to divest its operations in Russia. The divestment of all shares in OOO Ponsse, Ponsse Group’s subsidiary providing PONSSE services in Russia and Belarus, is currently being negotiated.
The Swedish retailer IKEA plans to sell its plants in Russia. Earlier, IKEA has paused operations of its stores and three woodworking factories in Russia.
Roseburg is exploring the feasibility of locating a second MDF panel plant or bioenergy production facility within its current Western operating footprint. The proposed facility would use up to 300,000 bone-dry tons of wood residuals each year.
In May, Florida Сourt’s permanent injunction suspended sale of Brazilian plywood in the U.S.
At Elmia Wood trade fair in Sweden, Malwa Forest AB introduced Malwa Electric Combi, the world's first 100% electric harvester.
Problems with food packaging arose after the adoption of the fifth package of sanctions by the EU, which entered into force on April 9. Up to 50% of the laminated cardboard used for the food industry was imported into the country.