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Signing ceremony between Tang Jinsong, chairman of Wuxi C&D group (left), Bruce St.John, president of Canada Wood Group (Right), and witnessed by Fei Shaoyun, Party Secretary of Jiangsu Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (middle)As of 8 Sep 2023, Canada Wood Group and Wuxi Urban Construction Development Group have...
Image: gryffyn m/UnsplashThe first meeting of the Indonesia, Malaysia, EU Ad Hoc Joint Task Force (JTF) on the European Union Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) was convened in early August.The meeting was co-chaired by Deputy Minister for Food and Agribusiness at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs of Indonesia, Musdhalifah...
IBEW will take place at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, from 6-8 Sep 2023 (Image: BuildSG)The tentpole event at International Built Environment Week (IBEW) presents the Built Environment Leaders’ Summit. On 6 Sep 2023 the summit will embrace a format designed to foster interdisciplinary conversations within the dynamic built...
Wood-based panels can be considered as a green materialAccording to the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO), the Chinese government will support home furnishing manufacturing enterprises to implement green manufacturing, encourage conditional areas to introduce targeted policies and measures for green manufacturing demonstration enterprises, and promote enterprises to increase R&D...
Michael Bock, the new managing director of Weinig Vertrieb und ServiceMichael Bock has been appointed as the new managing director of Weinig Vertrieb und Service with effect from 1 Apr 2023.He now represents the company together with Gregor Baumbusch, who, in addition to his role as CEO, is also...
From left: Dr Christian Terfloth, Ralf Nitschke, Klaus Kullmann, the Board of Directors of Jowat (Image: Jowat)Jowat has been awarded the Best Managed Companies Award sponsored by Deloitte Private, the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the Federation of German Industries (BDI).For the family-owned enterprise, the Gold Standard validates...
Autonomous Manufacturing AI-powered software to bring autonomy to press lines and increase productivityIsraeli-based SMARTECH presents their Manewfacturing Technologies at LIGNA 2023, which aim to boost profitability by reducing raw material inputs and improving production efficiency for wood-based panel manufacturing by integrating production-line experience with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine...
Image: PEFC/SFIThe Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) has teamed up with Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) to bring the PEFC Week / SFI Conference from 14-18 May 2023 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.According to SFI, the conference will discuss opportunities on the most-pressing issues and challenges facing...
Modvion's 30m-tall in Björkö, Sweden (Image: Modvion)Swedish wood technology company Modvion and supplier of renewables RWE Renewables Sweden are entering a partnership to supply wooden towers to RWE’s future onshore wind farms.RWE has plans to increase its production capacity while reducing its carbon footprint. The partnership aims to verify...
Image: Steven Kamenar/UnsplashThe Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has announced the withdrawal of the remaining forest management certificates in Russia by the respective certification bodies.This is due to the decision by Assurance Services International (ASI) to terminate its FSC assurance activities in Russia. ASI’s decision will enter into force...
