subject: Germany optimistic about China's wood products market [print this page] Germany optimistic about China's wood products market
In March 2009 China (Beijing) Construction Fair, Germany will fully demonstrate its use of modern wood products, the wide range of potential solutions and international trade, and then to develop a strong market for its products in China.
As early as three centuries ago, Germany's forestry workers began brewing concept of sustainable development, using international forest certification standards (such as PEFC, FSC certified), to conduct a large-scale hardwood forest and conifer forest management. Depend on the ecological management, means of Germany in about 31% of the land of continuous supply of timber (about 3.4 billion cubic meters).
In Germany, the structure of softwood used in new construction, hard wood used for interior design: modern wood products has demonstrated its high standards, low cost and the characteristics of aesthetic requirements. Timber from sustainable forest management, is a unique, renewable, environmentally friendly materials and climate resources. For the sustainable growth of the green wooden structure housing market, Germany has become the provision of quality forest products, wood products, the major international suppliers.
Germany's many competitive companies through the use of timber exports and increased added value of high-tech way to make the annual production of wood products in Germany more than 24 million cubic meters, with annual sales of about 181 billion euros, making Germany the wood products industry to become European market leader. At present, Germany has 18.5 thousand homes and wood products-related companies, employing over 1.3 million.
In 2007, German exports of softwood total to 8.7 million cubic meters (of which 5.9 million m3 sawn timber, panel 2.8 million cubic meters). To meet the modern needs of timber wood, the German manufacturer has also developed a number of specialty softwood products. Such as: KVH paradox, a kind of softwood wood as raw material, high-precision structure of materials; DUO / TRIO Paradox timber series (high-dimensional stability of materials) and for residential and long-span glued laminated timber construction, wood columns and so on (one for building load-bearing structure, project structure, high-tech construction materials).
In the same year, German exports of wood species total to 727 thousand cubic meters, used for high-end interior decoration, walls and ceilings, doors, windows, stairs and furniture production materials, the main tree species is European beech and oak.
As the U.S. Lacey Act amendments come into force provisions of plants and the process of the EU FLEGT Action Plan to promote China's construction sector from the adoption of forest certification to further realize the advantages of modern wood products, and more possession of forest certification wood products for sustainable and green construction. As China's sustainable management of forests from high quality softwood large demand for wood products, has made Germany a large wood products supplier in China.
Currently, the German side is expanding its engineering structures the application of wood products and wood products on the quality of its case in accordance with the requirements of China's national conditions, but also the ongoing expansion of the modern wood and wood products in the concrete mix of multi-storey buildings and for building energy-saving projects, research and other hot spots, but also are actively working with the Chinese government representatives, construction experts, architects and developers to dialogue and exchange., Vancouver / Canada Dr Seck, Bonn / Germany
