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1st congress of the sawmill industry of Southeast Europe 2010.
Goals:
- analysis of market opportunities for sawmills in the countries of Southeast Europe and the Region
- introduction of the European and world trends in commercial aspects of primary wood processing
- overview of the technical and technological aspects of the machinery used in the sawmill industry
- exchange of experience and making contacts with colleagues from West & Southeast Europe i.e. Region
- strengthening of relations with representatives from the forestry and institutions in order to create a good business environment
Topics:
- Quality of logs in regional sawmills
- Analysis of the log prices ex sawmill in countries of the region
- Statistics on the logs exploitation(small, medium and big sawmills)
- Implementation of standards and EU norms for logs and saw wood
- Trends in the EU sawmill industry
- Problem related to shrapnel in the sawmill industry
- New technologies in optimizing process
- Use of lasers in the sawmill industry
- New drying technologies
- Silos, pipelines and exhaustion systems
- Poplar sawing in the Danube area
- Branding of some tree species –example of Slavonic oak
- Investments in modern sawing technologies (examples from the USA, Russia, Scandinavia, Africa)
- Sales of saw wood and elements/analysis of some EU markets
- Exploitation of scraps and issue of the wood biomass –production of pellets
- Energy from wood –examples with different boilers
- *October 29th –optional visit to local sawmills andforests in Slavonia. Show all...
