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Netherlands, Jan 24, 2011 - AkzoNobel has signaled its strategic intent to accelerate growth by investing close to €90 million in a new facility being built in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company’s Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, will supply the world’s largest pulp mill.

Russian Federation has always been a leader in export of raw material, especially timber. Though government is trying to reduce round timber export and support timber processing, Russia still remains major exporter of round timber and one of the leading suppliers of sawn timber and woodchip. One...

The London Court of International Arbitration tribunal has ruled that Canada breached its obligations under the anti-circumvention provisions of the Softwood Lumber Agreement and determined compensatory export measures to remedy the breach. At issue are provincial assistance programs put in...

IF you hear the term sustainable forestry, you may well associate it with tree plantations. It is fairly common knowledge that environmental groups want to put a stop to old-growth logging, with large plantations seen as the main alternative. (An old-growth forest is one that has never been...

18 January 2011, London, UK – Two Sides has achieved measurable success from its national campaign to educate major UK corporate companies such as Banks & Building Societies, Utilities and Telecoms about using misleading or factually incorrect environmental claims in their marketing message...

From today, Nijpels Meubelen B.V., the largest producer of ready-to-assemble furniture in The Netherlands, will be using the PEFC label on its products. On 12 January it was issued with a PEFC chain of custody certificate, enabling Nijpels Meubelen to demonstrate that their products have been...

UPM has selected Rauma as the possible location for a biorefinery in Finland. Rauma was chosen ahead of Kuusankoski for two key reasons: more efficient energy utilisation, and lower investment costs e.g. in foundation work. UPM has not yet made an investment decision on building a biorefinery.

Production is set to start at Braviken Sawmill, the largest in Scandinavia according to a pressrelease from the company. The first log for a customer order was cut up in the sawmill on 12 January 2011. Production focuses on spruce construction timber that is sold to customers primarily in...

Stora Enso is strengthening its leading position in corrugated packaging in the growth markets of Central and Eastern Europe by renewing containerboard capacity at its Ostrołęka Mill in Poland. The EUR 285 million investment project is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2013. “...