Made from nanofibrillar cellulose origined in Finnish birch trees, FibDex wound dressing is supposed to be UPM Biomedicals’ door opener to the medical device market. It’s the first clinical product of the company UPM and shows promising signs for future developments, such as cell therapy. The product was developed in collaboration…
Annual imports of wood raw materials from Russia and Ukraine used to be quite modest at around US$20 million, mainly sawnwood and plywood and accounted for less than 1% of the total imports from some 100 sources. However, imports of raw material from Russia increased sharply in 2018 and 2019….
A signing ceremony launching work on the China-ASEAN International Timber Industry Zone project was recently held in Teng County, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province. This will involve an investment of about RMB20 billion. Construction is expected to take five years and will be done in three phases. The construction of the…
Indonesian Ambassador to Germany, Arif Havas Oegroseno, has said that since the Indonesian Timber Legality Verification System (SVLK) was implemented in 2013 and recognised by the European Union in 2016, exports of Indonesian forest products to Europe increased sharply and reached US$1.1 billion in 2019 of which just US$156 million…
It has been reported that a forest rights trading centre had been established in Qintang District, Guigang City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Guigang City and the Guangxi Forest Rights Trading Center will operate the trading centre which is expected to inject new life into the wood processing industries in Guigang…
The National Environment Council (CONAMA) recently approved two measures for the forest sector. First Resolution N° 411/2009: was amended. This covers standardisation of the nomenclature system and integration of the National System for the Control of the Origin of Forest Products (SINAFLOR) with state electronic systems and secondly an extension…
During the 2Q 2020, Conifex Timber incurred a net loss from continuing operations of $2.7 million, or $0.05 per share, compared to a net loss from continuing operations of $8.2 million or $0.18 per share in the previous quarter and $1.1 million or $0.02 per share in the 2Q 2019….
The UK imported 40,000 cu.m of tropical hardwood faced plywood from China in the first five months of this year, 60% less than the same period last year. UK imports of this commodity from China were at unusually high levels in the first half of 2019 after a period of…
Zhuangzhai Town, Cao County, Heze City in Shandong Province is one of the important wood-based panel production bases in the country and the largest candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus or moluccana) processing, trading and distribution centre for candlenut wood products. Wood processing is the leading industry in Zhuangzhai Town. There are more…
Timber exports from Cameroon have fallen sharply by as much as 45% and reports indicate some 60% of sawmills in the country have stopped operations. The government is preparing a package of support for industries in the country but support will only be provided once companies can show their licenses…
