Arauco closes particleboard line in US
Arauco announced it will close its particleboard line in Moncure, North Carolina, effective April 2020. Arauco [...]
February 17, 2020
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European trade shows in opening weeks of 2020 the ”Greta effect”
As usual in January, the IMM furniture fair in Cologne and the Domotex flooring show in Hamburg were key events [...]
February 17, 2020
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U.S. lumber company found importing high-risk Peruvian timber
An investigation by illegal-logging watchdog Timberleaks has found that a New Orleans-based lumber company [...]
February 10, 2020
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New Zealand: Sawmill start to close as overseas market subsidies inflate log prices
Sawmills in New Zealand find it hard to be profitable when overseas competitors can benefit from subsidies, the main timber [...]
February 10, 2020
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Gelo Holzwerk to invest in a new sawmill in Germany
Gelo Holzwerk announced EUR 38.5 million greenfield investment in a completely new sawmill location at the Wunsiedel energy park [...]
February 10, 2020
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Sweden: Record batch of softwood lumber sent to the United States
Last month, the ship MS Saga Faith, loaded with lumber in the amount of more than [...]
February 7, 2020
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Segezha Group to acquire Finnish sawmill in Karelia
The Segezha Group has acquired Karelian Wood Company, a sawmill owned by Pin Arctic Oy in Kostomuksha in the Republic [...]
February 5, 2020
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Brazil becomes the main particleboards supplier to the United States
In 2019 the United States became the main export market for Brazilian particleboard /MDP (PB/MDP). [...]
February 5, 2020
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Sawmills in Central Europe more competitive due to falling prices
Sawlog prices fell throughout the world in 2019 with European prices declining the most, resulting in a more competitive sawmilling [...]
February 5, 2020
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No growth in the European parquet market in 2019
The European Federation of the Parquet Industry (FEP) estimates that the overall consumption figures on the European parquet market for [...]
February 4, 2020
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