September 28, 2021 Can China reverse the increasing freight cost? All of us are aware of rising sea freight costs. In most cases, they spiked…
August 23, 2021 There is lots of daily news about the Covid pandemic situation worldwide, including lots of misinformation. Here you can read a more…
July 7, 2021 Who has it right? These are headlines of recent articles which appeared in a well know media platform for our wood industry;…
June 12, 2021 “Indonesia furniture-makers fear losing ground as IKEA expands” This was the header of an article that appeared in The Jakarta Post earlier…
May 17, 2021 Is Artificial Intelligence suitable for the Malaysian woodworking industry? The export value of Malaysian timber-related products is about U$5.4 billion in 2020,…
May 17, 2021 Beech – the underappreciated resource for furniture manufacturing We are all well aware of the strongly increased prices of various rough sawn…
April 28, 2021 Russian Proposed Export Ban of Logs In October last year, Russia’s president Mr Putin announced that Russia intends to ban the export…
April 14, 2021 Vital Shipping Canals I originate from the Netherlands (also known as “Holland”), and the Dutch are well known as skilled seafarers for…
March 25, 2021 The new buzz word is “Circular Economy”. What does it mean? Most people in our industry believe that “Circular Economy” relates only…
What is happening to the softwood sawn timber prices? Softwood sawn timber prices have increased by 20 to 30% over the last five months. What…