Wood

    Wood – a sustainable material

    Being renewable, recyclable, resource-efficient, and carbon-neutral, wood as a material has a given place in a sustainable society. When managed sustainably, forests are able to provide society with an inexhaustible source of renewable raw material. At the same time, growing forests sequester carbon dioxide, thus reducing the content of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Once a wood-based product, this product store carbon during its life-time, and at the end of its life, it can often be re-used or recycled and made into new wood-based products or for energy purposes.

    Wood is also a resource-efficient material. Very little waste is generated during the manufacturing of timber and wood-based products, as almost all by-products (such as bark, sawdust, and cut-offs) are used, whether as a raw material for the pulp and paper industry, for the production of particleboards, or as a source of energy for heating. 

     

    The Swedish woodworking industry

    Today, the largest share of the Swedish production of wood products is exported. World-wide, Sweden is the third largest exporter of sawn timber. In Europe, the Swedish sawmilling industry holds a prominent position as the second-largest producer and the largest exporter of sawn softwood. As construction material, wood has a long tradition in Sweden. During the last decade, building with wood has experienced an upswing thanks to developments in modern building techniques.  

     

    Read more:
    Swedish Wood – facts, information, and inspiration relating to wood, wood products and wood construction
    Swedish Federation of Forest Industries – facts and figures on Swedish forest industry  
    Swedish Statistical Yearbook of Forestry – with statistics on Swedish forest industry production 

     

    • Bergs Timber consolidates the sawmill production and increase efforts in further processing

      Publicerad: Thursday, 28 February, 2019 - 09:08
      Etiketter: Wood
      The sawmilling in Broakulla will provisionally cease before the summer and the plant will then be developed into further processing and logistics. The unit will be a part of Bitus, the Group's Swedish part of our new business area Further Processing, focusing on processing and wood protection. / Bergs Timber
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    • Huon Valley fires update – extent of damage still to be assessed

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 12 February, 2019 - 09:44
      Etiketter: Wood
      The Ta Ann Mill at Southwood and its surrounding plantations were a high priority for firefighters following widespread fire in the Huon Valley last week. There was some superficial damage to buildings as an ember attack in the wake of the fire front damaged a skylight and entered the building, which was fortunately extinguished by fire crews. / Timberbiz
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    • A wooden Metsä pavilion in Tokyo during the 2020 Olympic Games

      Publicerad: Wednesday, 6 February, 2019 - 09:32
      Etiketter: Wood
      Metsä Group and Business Finland are joining forces in building a wooden Metsä pavilion to be used in Tokyo during the Olympic games. The pavilion will be built on the grounds of the Finnish Embassy in the centre of Tokyo, Japan./ MetsäWood
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    • Vietnam logs record year of timber and wood exports

      Publicerad: Monday, 4 February, 2019 - 10:38
      Etiketter: Wood
      Vietnam’s exports of wood and timber products reached a record high of about US$8.85 billion in 2018, with the United States its biggest market, emboldening the forestry sector to target exports of US$10.5 billion in 2019. / VEN.vn
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    • Fast roofing for Metsä Wood’s Pärnu mill with wooden elements

      Publicerad: Friday, 1 February, 2019 - 15:13
      Etiketter: Wood
      Metsä Wood’s new birch plywood mill was inaugurated in Pärnu, Estonia in October 2018. With a tight construction schedule, the use of prefabricated elements was the best option. The advantages of using Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) beams and wooden roof elements combined with other materials were clearly visible in the speed and cost of the construction. / Metsä Wood
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    • Private Native Forestry – An Open letter to Queensland Government

      Publicerad: Thursday, 31 January, 2019 - 08:48
      Etiketter: Wood
      The Queensland Hardwood Timber Industry is coming under increasing pressure from many directions. Demand for timber products is increasing at a rapid rate and Queensland has the potential to become a significant supplier and processor of world-class, sustainable and durable wood. / Timberbiz
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    • National Farmers’ drive to encourage tree planting

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 22 January, 2019 - 10:43
      Etiketter: Wood
      The National Farmers Federation has a forestry expert running the government and industry drive to encourage farmers to plant more trees to alleviate Australia’s plantation shortage. Warwick Ragg, the NFF’s general manager of natural resource management, was the chief executive of Australian Forest Growers in the decade up to 2013. / Timberbiz
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    • Continued strength in the Brazilian lumber export market

      Publicerad: Thursday, 17 January, 2019 - 10:49
      Etiketter: Wood
      Sawlog prices have increased in the local currency in Brazil in 2018 thanks to higher demand for lumber from the overseas markets, reports the WRQ. Prices for pulplogs have also gone up slightly this year despite regional oversupplies of logs. With alternative land-uses becoming more attractive, future available of pulplogs might be restricted in some regions of Brazil in the future. / Wood Resources International
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    • Economically driven industrial production is revolutionising construction

      Publicerad: Wednesday, 19 December, 2018 - 16:46
      Etiketter: Wood
      Metsä Wood’s customer Lehto Group is a Finnish company specialising in economically driven construction. It aims to replace traditional on-site construction with industrial production, which is more cost-effective and ensures higher quality. Homes will increasingly be built in factories, where it is easier to control the quality and costs of production. / Metsä Wood
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    • Bergs Timber conducts organizational change

      Publicerad: Friday, 14 December, 2018 - 08:36
      Etiketter: Wood
      Jan Liljegren will January 1, 2019 take the position as CEO for Bergs Timber Production AB, and will be responsible for the Swedish operations. In the autumn, Jan held the position as Production Director and now stands up as CEO. / Bergs Timber
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