South America

Worldwide plywood industry is in the process of transformation

    Given China's economic slowdown and tight supply of wood fiber, Asian production and consumption growth [...]

Arauco buys whole assets for US MDF producer, expanding to North America

    Arauco announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Prime-Line Inc., a privately held [...]

Brazil: Prices for logs, sawnwood and plywood in August

    Latest prices for Brazilian logs, sawnwood and plywood as of 1-15 August 2019.   [...]

Arauco’s particleboard operations in St. Stephens, Canada to cease by the end of 2019

Arauco North America has informed employees that particleboard operations will end in St. Stephen, Canada by the end of 2019 [...]

Brazilian wood products exports fell sharply in June 2019

The value of Brazilian exports of wood-based products in June 2019 (excluding pulp and paper products) fell 12% year [...]

Sharp rise in prices for hardwood chips exported from Latin America

    Tight supply of hardwood fiber in the Pacific Rim have pushed prices for Latin American hardwood [...]

EU imported more tropical sawnwood this year

Total EU tropical sawn wood imports for January to May were ahead 13.9% on the 2018 figure at 405 [...]

Proteak reports record MDF production

The MDF producer Pro MDF, which belongs to the Mexican Proteak Uno, produced a total of 57,400 m³ of [...]

Many business opportunities in the South American wood pellet market

South America is one of the continents in which wood pellet production is yet to reach its full potential because [...]

Investment flows in global furniture industry starting to change

The recent globalisation trend, which has been so much a feature of the industry and contributed to the rapid expansion [...]