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Stora Enso to build granulated lignin plant

07 December 2020
Stora Enso is investing Euro 14 million to build a granulation and packing plant for lignin, allowing easier packing and handling of lignin compared to powder and wet form. The granulation plant will be located at Stora Enso’s Sunila Mill in Finland. Source: Timberbiz The construction
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Waratah puts parts online

07 December 2020
Waratah Forestry Equipment recently unveiled its new online parts catalogue. The system enables Waratah customers with online access to quickly find the genuine parts they need to keep their machines up and running. Source: Timberbiz “Our new online catalogue is a great way to ensure
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FSC new MIX label supporting responsible forestry

07 December 2020
FSC’s MIX label text is changing from ‘[Product type] from responsible sources’ to ‘[Product type] Supporting responsible forestry’. The other elements of the label stay the same. Source: Timberbiz Based on a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder process involving FSC International´s Board
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Building from the basement up in wood

04 December 2020
In Thun, Switzerland, the first apartment building with a basement made of wood is currently under construction. The construction industry has a responsibility and must significantly reduce its CO₂ emissions to comply with the Paris Climate Change Convention. This can only be achieved
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Policy brief on impacts of COVID on wood value chains

04 December 2020
Wood value chains have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the side effects of the crisis have not all been negative for the sector, according to a new FAO policy brief. Source: Timberbiz Impacts of COVID-19 on wood value chains and forest sector response summarizes the findin
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Wood-based wound care product with exceptional benefits

01 December 2020
FibDex is a new wound care product created by UPM in collaboration with researchers from the University of Helsinki and surgeons and nursing staff from the Helsinki Burn Centre. It is the third biomedical product based on renewable and responsible wood-based raw materials to be commer
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Tough terrain shovel logger

01 December 2020
John Deere has released its new 953ML shovel logger that is a purpose-built solution for loggers operating in wetland and swamp conditions. The 953ML is equipped to help loggers out manoeuvre the muck; tackling challenging job sites with a powerful live heel boom, durable track system
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Environmentally friendly fire-fighting chemical developed

01 December 2020
Kiilto and PPO-Elektroniikka Oy have combined their expertise and developed an environmentally friendly fire-fighting chemical for extinguishing forest fires and wildfires. Source: Timberbiz Kiilto’s 100-year expertise in the chemical industry and PPO-Elektroniikka’s experience in fir
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Christmas tree with film star looks

30 November 2020
A very special Christmas tree that is one in a million is destined to become the most famous in Britain. A 43-foot-tall Sitka spruce with “film star” looks has been selected from the 155 million trees growing in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, to stand at the foot of Big Ben in London
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Next gen automated panel repair station

30 November 2020
Raute has launched a new and unique panel repair station and next-generation panel repairing line. Automatic panel repairing increases the cost efficiency of plywood production, ensures that the final quality of the panels is more uniform and makes it easier to control the various pan
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