Fully automated progressive kiln for Poujoulat Group’s BF70 plant now in successful operation. The Poujoulat Group has been producing high-quality wood fuels (pellets, firewood …) at 6 locations across Europe (3 of them in France) since 2008. At the new Bois Factory 70 in Demangevelle, the company is now using a Mühlböck progressive kiln with[…]
WoodTECH21 – 3-4 August 2021, Rotorua, NEW ZEALAND Virtual Online, AUSTRALIA & INTERNATIONAL Two years ago – over two weeks – the FIEA WoodTECH technology series achieved a record turnout of local sawmilling companies. Over 350 delegates from all major sawmilling companies in addition to leading tech providers from throughout Australasia, North America and Europe[…]
AFRY has acquired MosaicMill Oy, a leading, Finland-based company that applies drone and satellite image data for forest inventory services. Through this acquisition, AFRY takes a significant step to become the global leader in Smart Forestry digital services and solutions. ”We warmly welcome MosaicMill as part of AFRY. Their competence and technology for accurate inventory[…]
EACOM Timber Corporation recently announced an investment of $8.9M to equip its Elk Lake sawmill with a new, state-of-the art continuous dry kiln (CDK). Expected to be fully operational by early fall, the CDK will allow for continuous drying of lumber, reducing production bottlenecks and energy consumption. This will be the second such installation for[…]
EACOM Timber Corporation recently announced an investment of $7.7M to equip its Matagami sawmill with a new state-of-the-art continuous kiln (CDK). The kiln, which is expected to be fully operational by October 2021, will allow lumber to be dried 24 hours a day, without interruption, directly at the facility. “The City of Matagami is thrilled[…]
Metsä Fibre’s Rauma sawmill, part of Metsä Group, has concluded a service agreement with Euroports Finland on port operations for sawn timber in Rauma. The agreement is for four years and will take effect in the summer of 2022. Automated conveyors will transfer the timber produced at the sawmill from packaging directly to the transport[…]
Roof Profiles has invested in a Hundegger Turbo saw and, according to company directory Johnny Fellingham, it is allowing the company to produce more volume of timber, to the highest quality standard. “This saw is becoming widely known as the best saw of its generation for cutting truss and timber frame material,” said Mr Fellingham.[…]
Wood processing technology supplier USNR has signed a number of major contracts in the last few months. At the end of 2020, USNR signed a €13m contract with Tschopp Holzindustrie AG in Switzerland, for a new sawline. The sawline will be a fully equipped premium production line, custom designed to cut a maximum volume of[…]
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has announced a new expansion to Hankins Lumber in Grenada, MS. Hankins Lumber is adding new sawmill operations, Hankins Timbers, to their existing business enterprise. The project is a $12.5 million corporate investment and will create 43 jobs. “Mississippi’s agriculture industry is our state’s top economic driver, employing tens of thousands of[…]
Roughly half (50.6%) of the total 12.7 million cubic metres exported were sent to China Producer prices of raw timber far below the level of previous years: -27.3% in February 2021 compared with 2015 Amount of timber logged reached record high in 2020 Mills for sawing, planing and impregnating wood saw increases in turnover: +18.3%[…]