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Poland plays a more important role in the European wood furniture industry

Polish wood furniture industry, which is expanding partly at the expense of manufacturing in western European countries, particularly Germany, is [...]

Rising Chinese interest in Swedish softwood lumber

Shanghai fair confirmed the furniture industry’s interest in Swedish sawn timber. In September, Swedish Wood participated in the FMC [...]

The German wood industry continues growth in the first half of the year

The German wood industry, made of the timber industry and the furniture industry, reached a 3% growth, to 18.206m [...]

Softwood lumber prices in the US continue falling trend

    Prices of framing lumber in the US continued to drop last week, although lower prices generated [...]

US hardwood exports to China on the rise despite trade war

The exports of American hardwood to South-East Asia and China recorded gains in the first half of 2018 in [...]

Indian Greenply to build a plant in Gabon

Greenply Industries Ltd., a major company in the Indian plywood industry, has made an initial investment of €11 million in [...]

Finland sawmill industry: All eyes on the Chinese market

Last spring, Finlands sawmill industry said that pulp mills growing hunger for wood and the rising price of raw lumber [...]
October 2, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China / Europe

Homag and Anthon reach cooperation agreement

Homag Plattenaufteiltechnik GmbH and Anthon GmbH have entered into a cooperation agreement and intend to work closely together in the [...]

Romanian wood processing industry affected by supply shortage and rising prices for lumber

The volume of the exploited wood in 2017 in Romania reached 17.898 m3 of which 6.325 m3 are [...]