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Dynamic wood markets and energy policy essential for bioforest

Miércoles, 14 de Octubre de 2009 11:04

14.10.09. UPM's CEO Jussi Pesonen highlighted the Finnish forest industry's competitiveness and future possibilities at Finnish Chamber of Commerce Forum 2009 event held today in Helsinki, Finland.

"Profitability of the forest industry is important for Finland now and in the future. The geography of the industry is changing and the adjustment to the current competition environment is a fact for us."

Pesonen highlighted two factors affecting the competitiveness of operational environment, crucial to the industry's success in Finland: dynamic wood markets and energy policy.

"The Finnish wood prices are the highest in Europe. I'm totally convinced that the dynamics of the Finnish wood markets can be improved essentially to serve both forest owners' and forest industries' interests. However, we need new measures and mechanisms from the authorities to promote the systematic use of forest resources and coordinate the work flow between forest centres and forest associations".

"The versatile processing of biomass is very important for the future of the forest industry. The biomass value chain is offering many growth opportunities that can be destroyed with feed tariffs".

Pesonen emphasised the forest industry's role in the world concerned about climate change. "Our industry's carbon footprint is small compared with that of many competing industries. We use renewable raw material and our products are recyclable. UPM is also a very significant producer of renewable energy. This foundation offers good strategic growth opportunities."

"We see that the new bioforest industry is more focused and more profitable than our industry today. In the new forest industry the wood biomass is processed and refined on a significantly broader scale and the use of biomass is more versatile and more efficient than today. New, more demanding and further processed products will be developed to support the old ones: smart packaging, different composites, biofuels and biochemicals", Pesonen says.

Fuente: PULP&PAPER

FSC Russia launches its first awareness campaign

Lunes, 12 de Octubre de 2009 23:00

13.10.09. he FSC Russia National Office in collaboration with WWF Russia and several other partners have launched a campaign to increase recognition of FSC in Russia. The campaign is the first of its kind to promote responsible timber production and consumption in the country, as Forest Stewardship Council.

The campaign is targeting focus grou...

Walki invests in new sheeter for its Steinfurt plant in Germany

Lunes, 12 de Octubre de 2009 23:00

13.10.09. Walki Group announced that they are investing in a new 2.56m wide SheetPro sheeter from MarquipWardUnited. It will be installed in their Steinfurt plant in Germany and be operational from the beginning of 2010. The new SheetPro sheeter incorporates the latest technology allowing Walki to improve upon current product quality and opera...

Fibria vai retomar investimentos

Viernes, 09 de Octubre de 2009 11:47

09.10.09. Com a venda da planta de Guaíba da Aracruz, a maior fabricante de celulose do mundo planeja começar 2010 dando continuidade a projetos que hoje estão congelados – entre eles, o Losango, no Rio Grande do Sul.

Se fosse um trabalhador celetista, não seria nenhum exagero dizer que a Fibria vai receb...

Global trade of wood chips down 26% in 2009

Jueves, 08 de Octubre de 2009 23:00

09.10.09. Global trade of wood chips has increased on average 4% per year from 2004 to 2008 reaching a record 32 million tons last year, according to Wood Resources International.

However, this upward trend was broken in 2009 with trade being down 26% during the first half of the year as compared to 2008. The drop in shipments was the direct r...