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Publicerad: Thursday, 15 November, 2018 - 10:46
Category: Forestry
Södra is acquiring Bergvik Skog AB’s forest holding in Latvia. The total area is 111,100 hectares, of which 80,300 comprise forest land. / Södra
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Publicerad: Wednesday, 14 November, 2018 - 10:49
Category: The pulp and paper industry
Arranged for the third time, the New Wood competition looked for new products made of wood fibre. The winner was Woodly, a wood-based wrapping material for packaging fresh food, for example, developed by the company Welmu International. / Finnish Forest Federation
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Publicerad: Tuesday, 13 November, 2018 - 10:04
Category: Forestry
The notified area of final felling increased by 24 percent in October in the region South of Sweden, compared to the same month last year, according to the latest monthly statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency. It is the highest monthly recorded data since 2009 in the region South of Sweden. / Swedish Forest Agency
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Publicerad: Tuesday, 13 November, 2018 - 08:40
Category: Wood
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has developed a new forest certification standard specifically for Australia to support the sustainable management of forests across the country. / Timberbiz
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Publicerad: Monday, 12 November, 2018 - 11:00
Category: Woodfuels
Svebio has joined the international initiative Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition as a strategic partner. CPLC promotes the pricing of carbon dioxide emissions in countries, regions and companies internationally. Svebio encourages other Swedish actors to participate in the global work to put a price on climate-harmful emissions by introducting carbon taxes or emission trading. / Svebio
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Publicerad: Friday, 9 November, 2018 - 08:17
Category: Wood
Timber harvests in Russia were close to 190 million m3 in 2017, as estimated by WRI based on forest industry production, log usage and net exports of logs. The derived timber harvest was up approximately 6.2% from 2016 primarily due to higher log consumption by the softwood sawmilling sector and the pellet industry. / Wood Resources International
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Publicerad: Thursday, 8 November, 2018 - 13:47
Category: The pulp and paper industry
Australian Paper is forging ahead with its $7.5 million feasibility study into building a $600 million energy from waste plant at the Maryvale paper mill in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, according to the company’s 2017-18 Sustainability Report. / Timberbiz
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Publicerad: Thursday, 8 November, 2018 - 13:32
Category: Massa- och pappersindustrin
Ahlstrom-Munksjö strengthens its global leading position in parchment products for sustainable everyday applications by inaugurating a new parchmentizer line at the Saint-Séverin plant in France. With the new line the company meets the growing demand for sustainable alternatives for cooking and baking, pan liners, trays and molds. / Ahlstrom-Munksjö
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Publicerad: Wednesday, 7 November, 2018 - 14:02
Category: Wood
Quarterly surveys on stocks of coniferous sawlogs, pulpwood and chips are conducted by Swedish Forest Agency in collaboration with Swedish Forest Industries Federation since 2013. / Swedish Forest Agency
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Publicerad: Wednesday, 7 November, 2018 - 13:54
Category: The pulp and paper industry
Ahlstrom-Munksjö has partnered with five companies to develop a new flexible paper-based packaging solution. The objective is to develop a renewable, biodegradable and recyclable flexible paper‐based packaging material, by replacing current materials by more sustainable ones, leading to a reduced amount of plastic films. There is a significant market potential, as the size of the flexible plastic packaging market for dry food applications is evaluated at around EUR 3.7 billion a year in Europe. / Ahlstrom-Munksjö
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