December 19, 2017

New office dedicated to wood construction to open in 2018

FTP is delighted to report another good example of the uptake of building with wood. EIT Climate KIC, EU’s largest public-private partnership addressing climate change through innovation, together with the Nordic Council of Ministers, plans to open a new office dedicated to wood construction, in Copenhagen in 2018.  Mads Fischer, senior adviser in the Nordic […]

January 12, 2017

Vision Target 8

Tripled market for wood-based construction Wood-based construction in Europe has tripled its market share, from the 2010 level, reaching a turnover of € 200 billion, whilst the overall added value of the woodworking industries has doubled. Increased value will come from new products and services, as well as more widespread use of energy-saving modular housing structures and functional furniture.