Project FOREST replies to the fragmentation of competences in forestry management at national and international levels, by giving rise to debate around the possibility to create a standard level of competences and skills of forestry workers and promoting innovation and professionalism by joint actions and initiatives. Debates will be channelled into three levels: technical concerning […]

At the end of the last year Croatian wood processing sector faced stagnation and a slight decline, and the warm winter and the coronavirus outbreak caused even greater problems and accelerated the upcoming crisis. Therefore, Croatian Wood Cluster conducted a sectoral survey on the current state, forecasts for the coming period and future steps of […]

More than 200 participants, representatives of the sawmill industry and forestry, leading European sawmill technology suppliers, as well as relevant institutions, local government units, trade unions and the media will come together to discuss common challenges and build sustainable partnerships. Participation at the Congress is an opportunity to expand the network of potential customers, as […]

The 12th International scientific conference RIM 2019 is currently being held in Sarajevo. Croatian Wood Cluster and Faculty of Technical Engineering are hosts to more than 230 participants from all over the world which will present 125 scientific papers about high technology and sustainable development, environmental protection, design and implementation of quality systems etc. Also, […]

The exhibition of industrial and designer Croatian furniture stays open until Sunday – a week longer than expected. More than 4.000 people came to the Museum of Arts and Crafts to see the exhibition “Between Wishes and Reality – The Furniture Industry and Design in Croatia 1945 – 1990”. It outlines the production of some […]

Despite of decline in Croatian industrial production of -5,6% in June this year compared to a year before, the production of furniture (C 31) continues to grow since February (+9,6%). The recorded growth in April was +5,3% and +7,4% in May. Record indicators of +10,6 growth in industrial production of furniture were accomplished in June when the production grew +2,6% in comparison to May, while cumulatively in the first six months this industrial sector grew +5%.

On the 26th of September 2019, we look forward to meet you in Slavonski Brod (Croatia). More than 300 participants, representatives of the sawmill industry and forestry, leading European sawmill technology suppliers, as well as relevant institutions, local government units, trade unions and the media will come together to discuss common challenges and build sustainable […]

Na konferenciji u Dubrovniku sudjeluje oko 1000 sudionika. Premijer Andrej Plenković se osvrnuo na nastavak procesa približavanja Kine i zemalja središnje i istočne Europe. Dubrovnik je svojom poviješću predvodio trgovačke trendove kroz povijest, a kineski premijer se nada da će pregovori uroditi razvojem poslovanja. Istaknuo je da se vođe 16 zemalja zalažu za nastavak slobodne trgovine. U vrijeme globalne krize gospodarstvo je raslo 21 puta što nije bilo lako. Danas je u funkciji web stranica koja će pomoći malim i srednjim poduzećima. Svaki dan osniva se 5000 poduzeća i oni mogu biti pokretač inovacija.

Biomass has the potential to be the main energy source in decarbonization of the entire energy supply system, is one of the key messages sent from the 9th International Wood-Energy Conference on Biomass and Renewable Energy Sources held in Zagreb, on Monday Feb 25th. Croatia is moving towards the energy transition and big expectations are […]

Croatian biomass sector stakeholders are still unsatisfied with the position of biomass in the energy policies of the Republic of Croatia, although a major step forward in the energy transition has been achieved in the last decade. More than 1,300 eligible producers have been using electricity production incentives in the year 2017 in the amount […]