Wednesday, 06 April 2016 05:27
Södra acquires Crown Timber
On 31 March, Södra acquired the remaining shares in Crown Timber Group Plc (Crown Timber). Södra previously held approximately 20 percent of the shares in the company. "The UK is our principal export market. This acquisition gives us valuable control…
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Tuesday, 29 March 2016 07:37
Innovation and business development increasingly on forest industry’s agenda – new study reveals
IT barometer 2016 of forest industry, an annual report that studies how the Swedish forest industry assesses developments and trends within the business and IT has been published. The report has been conducted by Imano, a Swedish consulting company which…
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Tuesday, 29 March 2016 07:30
Forest Products Society to Gather Wood Products Industry to Discuss Technology Advances and Market Opportunities
Wood remains one of the most important renewable resources that contribute to the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of our planet. Under the theme “New Horizons for the Forest Products Industry,” the Forest Products Society (FPS), the global network for…
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Wednesday, 23 March 2016 10:22
UPM joins WWF Earth Hour: concrete actions and long term responsibility targets
UPM joined WWF's Global Earth Hour 2016 climate event by turning off the lights at the Biofore House in Helsinki, Finland, on 19 March 2016 from 20:30 to 21:30 local time. "WWF's Earth Hour reminds us all of the importance…
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Friday, 26 February 2016 08:42
Brazils new forest code: guide 2016
The Forest Code in Brazil is a piece of legislation on land management that legally requires that landowners in the Brazilian Amazon should permanently maintain a proportion of the land (80%) as forest. It was passed in 1965 but with…
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Monday, 22 February 2016 08:22
Exported jobs, illegal timber
EUTR implementation report fails to tackle loophole on printed products The implementation report of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) published yesterday is a missed opportunity. It does not recommend the inclusion of printed products strongly enough in the regulation’s scope.…
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Monday, 22 February 2016 08:13
RusForest Provides Update on Operations and Financial Position
RusForest AB (publ) (“RusForest” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ OMX: RUSF), a Swedish forestry company with operations in Russia, announces preliminary Q4 2015 production and sales results for its Magistralny and Ust-Ilimsk units. Management Comments“RusForest finished the year on a strong…
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Thursday, 18 February 2016 21:30
Illegal timber can still reach Europe 2 years after EU Timber Regulation created
Following a report published by the European Commission today, which shows that the EU Timber Regulation is still not being enforced effectively in several EU countries a full two and a half years after it was introduced, WWF is calling…
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Wednesday, 10 February 2016 08:52
Molpus Woodlands Group Announces the Acquisition of 87,225 Acres of Timberland in Northern Florida and Southern Georgia
The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC (Molpus), a timberland investment management organization headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, has just announced, on behalf of clients, the successful purchase of approximately 87,225 acres of timberland in northern Florida and southern Georgia from affiliates of…
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Tuesday, 09 February 2016 07:33
Participate in the Revision of PEFC's Core Standards
Stakeholders globally are invited to nominate candidates to participate in the revision of some of the core standards of PEFC, the world's largest forest certification system. The standards include PEFC's global requirements for sustainable forest management, forest certification procedures, standard…
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Monday, 08 February 2016 09:32
New log sorting line improves the overall production of UPM Seikku sawmill
The new high capacity log sorting line in Seikku sawmill in Pori is now in full operation. The new investment improves the overall production efficiency of the sawmill significantly because the previous bottle neck is completely renewed. With the new…
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Monday, 08 February 2016 09:22
Aquila Capital makes first investment in Scottish timberland
Aquila Capital has acquired 3,100 hectares of forest in three locations in Scotland for institutional investors. This is Aquila Capital’s first investment in the Scottish timber market. The forests consist of a mix of sitka spruce, lodgepole pine and other…
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Thursday, 04 February 2016 07:19
The fossil-free car of the future is in the forest
The lightweight, fuel-efficient cars of the future can be made using materials from our Swedish forests. The raw material can also be used in batteries, which reduces the use of fossil-based materials and fuel. A research team from Innventia, Swerea…
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Monday, 25 January 2016 07:41
Corporate Knights ranks UPM on the 25th place in the list of 100 most sustainable corporations in the world
UPM has been ranked on the 25th place in the list of 100 most sustainable corporations by Corporate Knights, the Canadian-based media and research company. UPM is the only company in the Paper and Forest Products category. The Global 100…
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Thursday, 21 January 2016 08:02
The Recarbonisation Revolution: Pöyry report details 40 billion Euros opportunity for the forest industry
Pöyry report calls for a recarbonisation revolution of global material flows by increasing biomass materials over non-renewable ones in the movement of global trade. A new Point of View by Pöyry calls for a recarbonisation revolution of global material flows,…
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