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Metsä Group press release 16 September 2021 at 10 a.m. Metsä Group is planning to build a new Kerto® LVL plant in its expanding factory area in Äänekoski. The actual investment decision requires the completion of the town plan for the area. The value of the investment would be approximately EUR 200 million. The annual[…]

There are massive pay offs when you think outside of the box By adding PolyCom Stabilising Aid, TPMS cut the metal requirements by a massive 54.2% over their standard pavement design, decreasing the build costs of this 3.2km by 15.9% and saving three days of standard construction time. Last year (May 2020), TAML Forestry of[…]

The Kemi bioproduct mill project of Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, is progressing according to plan and the mill’s foundation stone was laid on 13 September 2021. The foundation stone was laid to the area of fibre line of the new mill by Ismo Nousiainen, CEO of Metsä Fibre, Jari-Pekka Johansson, Project Director of the Kemi[…]

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and the construction company Lehto Group have entered into an agreement to build an ecological operating office from wood for the Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland. The operating office will have a high degree of Finnish origin, approximately 80%, Finnish wood and high-quality products made from it will play[…]

The extension of Enviva pellet plant in Greenwood (SC) will add an extra production of 14 tons per hour to the 70 tons hour existing line, which PRODESA also implemented. PRODESA is responsible for the design, development and construction of the project. The Company will ensure the performance of the additional equipment providing technical assistance[…]

PRODESA commissioned a new pellet production plant in Georgia (USA) with a capacity of 70,000 industrial pellet I1. Not only PRODESA carried out the engineering, manufacturing, construction and commissioning of the grinding and milling line, but also they have been responsible for the development of the dry storage and feeding system, pellet storage and train loading system. This success confirms the quality and competitiveness[…]

Neiman Enterprises is continuing its investments in Gilchrist Forest Products to bring it up to world-class standards, in line with Neiman’s other mills in Hulett, WY, Spearfish, SD, and Montrose, CO. In March it was announced about the investments the company was making to its mill at Gilchrist, OR that included trimmer optimization with BioLuma[…]

Production will be cut back to approximately 80% at all of Canfor’s mills across B.C., starting last week, impacting over 200 workers in the East Kootenay. According to Canfor, the reduction in hours is in response to an unstable lumber market. “Due to challenging market conditions, we are implementing reduced operating schedules at our B.C.[…]

A further 12 white-tailed eagles have been released on the Isle of Wight in the next stage of one of England’s landmark conservation projects. Begun in 2019 the project, led by Forestry England and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, is closely monitoring these iconic birds as they successfully return to the English landscape. The project,[…]

A provenance trial studying Norway spruce trees growing from seeds sourced from 16 different European locations has got underway in a long-term project to identify trees likely to be resilient to climate conditions 50 years from now. Forestry England, a partner in the Conifer Breeding Co-operative, has recently planted 2,300 trees in Delamere Forest, Cheshire,[…]