The financial crisis that started in 2008 is still affecting many customers. The traditional customer for briquetting equipment comes from the wood working industry and this industry was for some time seriously affected by the crisis due to the downturn in the building industry. However, in Scandinavia and some other countries business is getting back to normal. Furthermore, new markets for ...
Harden is the leading manufacturer of wood waste shredder in China. Throughout the wood recycling industry, wood industries choose Harden industrial wood shredders to better manage their wasted wood. Sometimes wood shredder is used for simple volume reduction of scrap wood, in order to reduce the cost of hauling it to the landfill, Harden wood shredder can also turn wood waste into something ...
Last week, LIGNA 2015 in Hannover (Germany) underpinned its special position in the wood trade show landscape once more. Size reduction expert WEIMA looks back on five intense days of presenting new machine designs and technology to the world. Following the motto "From a Great Past Into a Successful Future", the anniversary of the shredding icon WL 4 has been celebrated – the single-shaft ...
Beginning of September 2009 Dieffenbacher acquired 100% of the shares of B. Maier Zerkleinerungstechnik GmbH. Furthermore agreements were signed that B. Maier Zerkleinerungstechnik GmbH takes over the know-how and the patents of B. Maier GmbH Maschinenfabrik as well as of AB Anlagenbau GmbH for the complete product range of size reduction technology. In the last years, Maier has gained an ...
Global production of all major wood products is showing its largest growth since the global economic downturn of 2008-2009, according to new data published by FAO today. In 2014, growth in wood products, including industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels and pulp and paper, ranged from 1 to 5 percent, surpassing the pre-recession levels of 2007. The fastest growth was registered in ...
Key figures across the recycled plastics, aluminium and wood industries have expressed their concerns over the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs proposed packaging recycling targets for 2020. Some sectors believe the Government’s targets are over-ambitious and need to be revised. They say more infrastructure and work on increasing the recovery rates of materials needs to be put ...
FPInnovations has announced inauguration of its new NanoCrystalline Cellulose (NCC) research facilities, which consist of a state-of-the-art pilot plant, new high-performance equipment for the Québec City laboratory and two new research laboratories located at Pointe-Claire. The Pointe-Claire laboratories are dedicated primarily to NCC chemistry, as well as to NCC and nanocomposites ...
Cologne - At the Ligna trade fair (Stand F03, outdoors), Steinert GmbH will be exhibiting machines that provide efficient metals separation and sorting for scrap wood. “As a technological leader, we have the know-how required to ensure very thorough separation of different materials. For the chipboard and pellet industry, this is a crucial criterion when it comes to decision-making,” says Dr. ...
Untitled Document Over the last two years, China has embarked on construction of more than 100 new coal-fired power plants. These plants will be fitted with electrostatic precipitators to capture the flyash. Each plant will invest an average of $25 million for precipitators, creating a total market of $2.5 billion. Coal-fired activity in China is one of the factors which ...
The Government of Québec has announced the publication of a technical guide entitled Bâtiments de construction massive en bois d’au plus 12 étages (Construction of Mass Timber Buildings Up to 12 Storeys). The guide outlines the technical principles required to design and construct wooden buildings up to 12 storeys using mass timber. The announcement was made by Quebec ...
"Since its establishment in 1986, WEIMA has sold around 30,000 shredders and briquette presses. Whereas the machines used to be operated in the background, they have now been integrated into the overall production process," explains Martin Friz, the managing director of WEIMA Maschinenbau, GmbH. “WEIMA now boasts a team of over 200 employees worldwide, and we are still growing stronger ...
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, is building a new bio product mill in Äänekoski. This investment of EUR 1.2 billion is the largest ever in the wood-processing industry in Finland. The mill’s annual pulp production will be 1.3 million tons, of which 800,000 tons will be softwood pulp and 500,000 tons hardwood pulp. Besides pulp, the mill will produce a broad range of ...
WEIMA America, a long-time exhibitor at the International Woodworking Fair (IWF), will be returning with more machines in tow than in years past. The machines will vary in size, demonstrating WEIMA's vast range of solutions for the wood industry. In their booth (#7572) they will showcase a size reduction solution for wood waste. Less frequent removal of wood waste from a facility can save ...
Waste management has in the past decade become a profitable business opportunity, but existing waste regulations do not provide strong enough incentives for better pollution control. According to new research, regulations designed to encourage high rates of recycling may also lead to increased pollution levels because material is not sorted correctly. The supply chain in the recycled wood waste ...
Demanding renewable energy targets set by the previous Labour Government could mean that recyclable waste paper will be burned to produce energy, believes the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI). According to CPI head of regulatory affairs David Morgan, the Government would do all it could to meet its “very challenging targets”, which could mean they would allow the burning of waste paper ...
The Airlift Separator will be demonstating on January 27th at Newbie Island at the largest conference exhibition in the world for composting, wood-waste, & organics recycling ...
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) proudly announces the recipients of the 2009 WEF Excellence Awards. The awards will be presented at the WEF Awards and Presidential Celebration Reception during WEFTEC®.09, WEF’s 82nd annual technical exhibition and conference, on Tuesday, October 13 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. 2009 WEF Excellence Award Recipients Camp ...
Fläkt Woods [FW], the UK’s leading manufacturer of industrial and commercial fans, has updated its Express Direct Range of fans – and launched a new Price List Catalogue. The Express Range now has well over 100 fans listed, including several new models, all of which are being held in stock and available for immediate delivery. The choice includes axial, boxed, plate, tube and bifurcated fans, ...
Goudsmit Magnetic Systems BV has developed overbelt electro magnets that are suitable for dusty explosion-sensitive environments in ATEX 22 zones. These magnets are suitable for the removal of iron particles from recycling and/or bulk handling .material flows such as wood, garbage, RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel), hard coal, or cement. In short, materials that will be increasingly recycled and/or used ...