Talk to just about anyone in the forest products industry long enough, and it's a good bet the subject will land on the importance of education.Timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries helps put on an annual education day for elementary school students in the woods each spring, and it sends...
The alternative energy sources cause more and more interest both
among consumers and producers. The updates in technologies allow to
raise the priority of a relatively new industry in the economy.
Russia boasts powerful units that specialize in the production of
pellets from sunflower...
„German soft wood lumber products, even on domestic markets are not
competitive any more“. The participants to the first softwood conference
„Forum Nadelholz“ in Frankfurt deemed the situation of the sector as
absolutely dissatisfactory. Thereby, the participants consider the
demand...
UPM sells its packaging paper production to the Swedish packaging paper
company Billerud. The transaction includes two packaging paper machines;
one in Pietarsaari and one in Tervasaari, Finland. The enterprise value
of the transaction is EUR 130 million. The transaction is subject to...
Starting from 2013, some of Lithuanian furniture producers may have to compete with the Swedish furniture giant Ikea; therefore, furniture retailers and manufacturers have started considerations on prospects after the large competitor enters the market, The Lithuania Tribune reports referring...
In Ukraine, the prices of construction works
for 10 months of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010 advanced by
19.7%, the State Statistics Service said in a statement.
The prices of residential
buildings rose by 17.5%, non-residential — 18.3%. The prices for other
constructions...
As chairman of the agency, Viktor Sivets told a
meeting with representatives of Poland\'s General Directorate of State
Forests, the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine is preparing to
let private companies, including foreign, to the logging market.
\"Gradually, we move towards...
15 thousand raids were held throughout Ukraine in the New Year period, during which only 5 thousand illegally felled conifers were foundThis year, Ukrainian foresters prepared for sale over 734 thousand pines and firs, UkrInform reported.As the press service of the State Agency of Forest...
According to the expert, Ukraine also has two industrial enterprises for the production of biofuels with a total capacity of about 30 tons per yearIn 2011, Ukraine\'s renewable energy companies generated 360 kW-hours of \'green\' energy; next year, this result must be increased threefold,...
The single deal concluded in the public sector in 2011 was the largest to date project in the field of renewable energy – a EUR 200 million loan of Ukrhydroenergo for modernization of hydroelectric power stations on the DnieperKYIV, January 13, 2012 (UBO) – The European Bank for...
