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Vietnam and the EU break new ground at the 6th VPA negotiation session
Vietnam and the EU have reached an agreement on timber export and domestic market control at the sixth Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) negotiation session held in Hanoi from 12...
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Slovakia to invest in timber industry in Gomel Oblast
Slovakia has announced plans to invest in an advanced woodworking enterprise in Gomel Oblast.
“The Slovak company is ready to invest in the project to create a modern company to...
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Increase in revenue for Forest Enterprise England
The lateset results from Forest Enterprise England showed that its income was up 4% to £36.5m for its 2015/16 harvesting programme.“Despite challenging wet and windy weather conditions through the...
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Lumber Liquidators Q1/2016 sales fall 10.2%
Lumber Liquidators' net sales in the first quarter of this year fell 10.2% YoY to $233.5 million. Store net sales declined 13.9% due to a 13.8% decrease in the...
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Increase in Timber & Joinery Products boost Builders Merchants Federation sales
As reported by the Builders Merchants Building Index, Timber & Joinery Products along with Heavy Building Materials were the key drivers of builders' merchants sales rise in Q1 2016.
The Builders Merchants Federation is...
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Weinig appoints Stefan Buchmüller as head of Profiling and Automation
Stefan Buchmüller, the new head of the Product Unit Profiling at Weinig AG
Stefan Buchmüller has joined Weinig as head of Profiling and Automation in Tauberbischofsheim. Mr Buchmüller succeeds Wolfgang...
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Sweden’s stocks of roundwood and wood chips fall 6% in 1Q/2016
Wooden bridge over Nätraån in Bjästa, Sweden. Photo: Kristofer Lönnå/ Swedish WoodSweden's stocks of coniferous saw logs, pulpwood and wood chips fell 6% to 9.6 million m³ (solid volume...
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Meet the wood experts at Sylva Wood 2016
Sylva Wood 2015American hardwood grading class
Sylva Wood, held this year in Shanghai from 27 to 29 June, will feature a stellar line-up of keynote speakers. These topics will enable...
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Japan’s declining population to affect annual housing starts
Japan’s housing and construction sector will continue to contract in the medium term, with national annual housing starts estimated to be around 600,000 by 2025. Building activity will mostly...
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Raute’s 1Q net sales up 7%
Raute Corporation's net sales for the first quarter of 2016 was EUR26.4 million, up 7% from the same period in 2015. Europe accounted for 61%, North America for 16%,...
