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Wooden batteries facility starts up

26 July 2021
Stora Enso’s pilot facility for producing bio-based carbon materials from lignin has started operations. This follows the company’s EUR 10 million investment announced in 2019. Pilot production of Lignode, wood-based carbon for batteries, is currently being ramped up. Source: Timberbi
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Sending orchard-origin stands to seed

26 July 2021
Forestry England is converting orchard-origin stands of 12,000 Scots pine in Kings Forest, Suffolk, to secure high-quality seeds to meet tree planting targets over the coming years. The stands of thirteen-year-old trees cover 10 hectares and have been grown from original orchard seed
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Pulp paper bottle production a step closer with new collaboration

23 July 2021
Solenis, a global producer of specialty chemicals, is joining forces with Pulpex Limited and its global consortium partners to collaborate on the ongoing evolution of the Pulpex eco-friendly paper bottle. Source: Timberbiz Pulpex is a new sustainable packaging technology company estab
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Sumitomo Forestry joins with IHI to form forest consulting business

23 July 2021
Sumitomo Forestry and IHI Corporation announced that they have agreed on a business alliance for a “Forest Management Consulting Business” and for “the development of a sustainable business that maximizes the value of natural capital”. Source: Timberbiz The two companies have started
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US lumber prices crash

23 July 2021
US lumber prices have crashed in a short time span, taking only eight weeks to tumble 70% from record highs as the party ends for forestry companies. Source: the globe and mail The price sawmills charged wholesalers – known as the cash price – was US$485 for 1,000 board feet this week
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FSC statement on Earthsight Russian logging issues

21 July 2021
In Monday’s issue of Daily Timber News, we reported on claims by Earthsight that Russian forests were illegally logged and that confidence in FSC certification was “wildly misplaced”. FSC has made a statement to address the issues that were brought up. Source: Timbebiz FSC has stated
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Sustainability roadmap for ASEAN furniture industry

21 July 2021
PEFC is embarking on a four-year journey with the ASEAN Furniture Industry Council (AFIC) to improve sustainability outcomes throughout the furniture supply chain in the ASEAN region. Source: Timberbiz As consumers worldwide demand sustainable products across a variety of fields, ever
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European Commission acknowledges impact of wood industry on climate strategy

21 July 2021
The European woodworking industries have been advocating for a long time for an increased recognition of the role of wood-based products to decarbonize key sectors of the economy, such as construction and renovation. Source: Timberbiz The carbon absorbed from the atmosphere is stored
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New Forests purchases 63,000ha in US

21 July 2021
New Forests has acquired the 156,000-acre (63,000 ha) Hilt-Siskiyou Forest, a mixed-conifer forest along the California and Oregon border, from the Fruit Growers Supply Company (“FGS”) alongside an institutional investor client. Source: Timberbiz The Hilt-Siskiyou Forest is the latest
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Ikea accused of using illegally logged Russian wood

19 July 2021
Ikea has for years sold children’s furniture made from wood linked to vast illegal logging in protected Russian forests, environmental activists claim. The retail giant is accused of sourcing pine from a group of companies that over the past decade axed 4 million trees in Siberia, sai
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