Archives: August 2018

Major US company quits wood pellet business

    Nearly a decade after entering the business of developing new wood pellet production machines, Astec Industries [...]

Softwood lumber prices in Austria develop unevenly

    In June, softwood lumber prices in Austria have registered some mixed developments. Compared with May, edged [...]

EU wood door and window market on an upward trend

Eurostat PRODCOM data reveals that the total value of wood doors supplied to the EU increased by 5% to €7 [...]

Stora Enso reports sharp growth in its Wood Products segment

Sales in Stora Enso's Wood products division increased 7.2%, or EUR 29 million to EUR 430 million. This [...]

Rougier divests business in Cameroon and the Central African Republic

The Rougier Group sells its forest and industrial activities in Cameroon and the Central African Republic.     [...]

Main global softwood lumber producers expand their output

    The top global lumber companies showed further gains in production in 2017 as compared to 2016 [...]

Sharp drop in US housing starts caused by tariffs

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) officials recently commented on new data released by the US Department of Housing and [...]

Chinese woodworking machinery hit by US duties

As of July 6 machinery and related tools for wood processing as well as presses for the production of wooden [...]

Spain’s Garnica to build second plywood plant in France

    Garnica, the recognized Spanish manufacturer of plywood from sustainable wood, announced that it is finalizing the [...]

Austrian wood pellets more expensive in July

In July, consumer prices for ENplus A1 wood pellets in Austria increased slightly.     The average price [...]