Germany has become the second country to successfully achieve PEFC re-endorsement of its national forest certification system for a third time. The Malaysian Criteria and Indicators (MC&I) for Forest Plantations standard has also received PEFC re-endorsement.   This endorsement not …

At a total of around 1.35m m³, German sawmills exported roughly 7% more rough-sawn softwood lumber in the first quarter than they did a year earlier. Pro-visional figures from Destatis.   The German statistics office, in Wiesbaden, shows that in …

For the 9th year running, the participants of the International Conference on Bio-based Materials (“Biowerkstoff-Kongress”), April 5 to 6, 2016 in Cologne, Germany, will choose the winner of the prestigious Innovation Award “Bio-based Material of the Year 2016.   The …

From May 3 to 4, 2016, Deutsche Messe and the German Woodworking Machinery Association within the VDMA are co-staging the international LIGNA Conference at the Robotation Academy in Hannover, Germany. The conference title is “Integrated manufacturing in the woodworking industries …

The world’s finest designer carpets and rugs have just been awarded well-deserved prizes at the 2016 Carpet Design Awards, held at DOMOTEX in Hannover, Germany. The award ceremony took place on 17 January, with winners announced in eight categories. These …

DOMOTEX 2016 opens and it is set to start on a high note with an exceptionally strong and international exhibitor lineup. Staged in Hannover, Germany, from 16 to 19 January, the world’s leading trade show for carpets and floor coverings …