Chinese flooring giant to invest big in US
Chinese flooring manufacturing giant Create Flooring Solutions (CFL) will invest $70 million in a new 252,000-square-foot manufacturing [...]
July 14, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / China / North America
Interruption of Chinese plywood supply to Europe
On supply, some interruption was reported out of Indonesia and Malaysia due to the lockdown; some [...]
July 13, 2020
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Malaysian timber companies facing the pandemic
A recently released report details the upheavals experienced by the timber industry during the Movement Control Order (MCO) first implemented [...]
July 13, 2020
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Impact on wood markets of the European bark beetle crisis
Between 2017 and 2019, over 270 million m3 of standing timber in Central Europe was damaged by a [...]
July 13, 2020
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Sweden and Germany expand softwood lumber exports to China
Despite the ongoing pandemic and the lockdowns which have slowed trade in many European countries, EU [...]
July 13, 2020
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Global timber trade impacted by rising ocean freight rates
The latest maritime analysis report shows that the World Container Index has increased by 8.8%, or US$151, to [...]
July 11, 2020
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Finland: Prices of logs on a downward trend
In May, the average stumpage price for pine logs was EUR 53.9 per cubic metre [...]
July 9, 2020
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Setra to invest in a new planing mill in Sweden
Swedish wood products company Setra is expanding its range of construction timber with a major investment in new planed products [...]
July 9, 2020
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UK imports of wood pellets hit record monthly high
The UK's wood pellet imports hit a new April high earlier this year, as biomass-fired generation took a [...]
July 9, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe / North America
Russia’s logs and lumber exports fall sharply in Jan.-Apr.
During January-April 2020 Russia’s export of lumber exports reached made 5.7 million tons [...]
July 9, 2020
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