Since 1st May 2019, EPAL has had its first licensee for producing CP pallets on the Indian subcontinent. The producer of wooden pallets and box pallets applied to also assemble CP pallets as well as to produce and repair EPAL Euro pallets. EPAL’s newest licensee is located in the state…
Romania plans to suspend timber, log and firewood exports until August 31, according to a draft Emergency Ordinance which the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests launched for public debate. The Government will adopt it this week during the Wednesday meeting, said Prime Minister Victor Ponta. Until then, it’s trying…
Cascades inaugurated its newest and most modern containerboard packaging plant, a US$76 million investment in state-of-the-art equipment. Located in Piscataway, New Jersey, the new plant is 450,000 sq. ft. With 170 employees, the facility has an annual production capacity of 2.4 billion square feet. The operation will allow Cascades to…
In the first quarter of 2019, the prices for packaging timber dropped significantly in Germany. This is shown by the HPE index of the Federal Association of Wood Packaging, Pallets, Export Packaging eV (HPE). The index values for wood-based materials fell much more sharply than those for solid wood. Solid wood for…
Economic growth in the euro area will be weak this year. After 0.2% in the first quarter of 2019, it will only reach 0.3% in the following quarters. This is stated by the three institutes Ifo from Munich, KOF from Zurich and the Istat from Rome. Industrial production will stagnate in the…
Having increased its sales by 26% and multiplied its profits by several times over in 2018, Lithuanian wood processing company UAB Juodeliai launched the construction of the world-class packing elements plant with capacities twice as high as those of the currently operating company. The new packing elements plant is to…
In 2018, German producer prices for industrial wood products followed only one direction: upwards. Around the turn of the year, this trend has stalled. For the first time in February, there is a clear downward trend in the month-on-month comparison. Compared to the same month last year, the upward trend is still…
The European Pallet Association eV (EPAL) reports 121.8 million produced and repaired EPAL pallets in 2018. Compared to the previous year, this represents an increase of 5.2% (2017: 115.8 million units). Looking at production and repair separately, a total of 93.9 million EPAL pallets were produced in 2018, 6.3% more than in…
Заместитель Губернатора Михаил Глазков сегодня посетил с рабочим визитом предприятие «Вологодский лес», которое занимается реализацией крупного инвестиционного проекта. Вместе с руководством и представителями компании он осмотрел площадку, на которой будет запущено производство фанеры объемом до 40 тысяч м3 в год. «Новое производство по выпуску клееной фанеры будет располагаться на площадке…
In January 2019, the German producer prices for wood products show two different trends. Compared to the same month last year, there is still a clear upward trend. Compared to December, only half of the values increased, for the most part only minimally. Compared to January 2018, some there are some falling…
