Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu, has announced a revision to his original memorandum of […]
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Shenzhen Relaxes Regulations for Builders to Counteract Plummeting Home Sales
The Housing and Construction Bureau in Shenzhen allowed showrooms to reopen and relaxed financing requirements for developers to help home […]
Singapore Invests Heavily into Modular and Digital Construction
The Republic of Singapore, a sovereign city-state and island country has announced that they are making a major investment in […]
Finland’s Koskisen plywood and chipboard has received an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
Finland’s Koskisen plywood and chipboard has received an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). The EPD, is a certified document that communicates […]
World Leaders Approach to COVID-19 Varies Widely
World leaders, their economic advisers and policymakers are taking a wide and varied approach to the COVID-19 (aka- the coronavirus) […]
Plywood Imports into Japan Drop in December
According to an International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) report, the volume of plywood being imported into Japan, year-over-year was unchanged. […]
COVID-19 Has Potential to Slow U.S. Construction and Disrupt Building Materials Supply Chain
According to Richard Branch, chief economist at Dodge Data & Analytics, (DD&A) nearly 30% of products used in U.S. building […]
Brazilian Plywood and Lumber Exports Decline in January 2020
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) is reporting that Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except for pulp and paper) declined […]
Central European Forest Damaged by the Spruce Bark Beetle Greater than Anticipated
Data supplied by the Ministry of Agriculture in Germany indicates that more forests have been destroyed in both countries than […]
Prolonged Finnish Sawmill and Plywood Workers Strike Comes to an End
A strike that started in January by nearly 10,000 Finnish workers, mainly in the sawmill and plywood plants in Finland, […]