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    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 

     

    • 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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    • Labor rejects ABC’s allegations on improper harvesting

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 27 November, 2018 - 13:35
      Etiketter: Wood
      The Andrews Government – senior ministers and relevant departments – has strongly rejected allegations made on the ABC that VicForests has illegally harvested native forest timber on a massive scale. / Timberbiz
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    • Open Source Wood winner: ClipHut structural building system

      Publicerad: Wednesday, 21 November, 2018 - 11:36
      Etiketter: Wood
      ClipHut is a parametrically generated structural construction system that can be adapted to regional building regulations. The system was designed by an interdisciplinary team at Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences in Germany. The ClipHut team’s vision was to develop new solutions in construction to make building more accessible and affordable. / Metsä Wood
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    • FSC forest certification standard made for Australia

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 13 November, 2018 - 08:40
      Etiketter: 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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    • Investments in the forest industry in Eastern Russia have resulted in higher timber harvests

      Publicerad: Friday, 9 November, 2018 - 08:17
      Etiketter: 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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    • Stocks of coniferous sawlogs, pulpwood and chips

      Publicerad: Wednesday, 7 November, 2018 - 14:02
      Etiketter: 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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    • Log exports rose 26% in September – prices stable

      Publicerad: Tuesday, 6 November, 2018 - 07:58
      Etiketter: Wood
      Australia’s total log exports rose 25.6% in September, falling just 19m3 short of the 500,000m3 mark for the month. Compared with the prior month prices were stable at an average $153.10/m3 measured on a free-on-board basis. / Timberbiz
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    • New showcase building demonstrates benefits of structural timber

      Publicerad: Monday, 5 November, 2018 - 11:48
      Etiketter: Wood
      A showcase midrise timber building launched this week will benefit Australia’s construction and forestry industries by demonstrating the extraordinary capacity of timber as a sustainable, renewable and versatile building resource. / Timberbiz
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