Segezha inaugurates Galich plywood mill in Russia; considers selling its European assets
Segezha Group officially opened the Galich plywood mill, which is one of the largest greenfield projects in the Russian timber [...]
December 26, 2022
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Russian plywood production and exports collapse; new markets in sight
Since the beginning of this year, both domestic production and export growth of plywood in Russia have shown a slowdown [...]
December 21, 2022
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EU Commission agrees sale of Garnica to Carlyle
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of Spain's Grupo [...]
December 13, 2022
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Russia’s lumber, plywood production falls sharply in Jan.-Oct. 2022
In the first ten months of 2022, Russia's lumber production totaled to 24.7 million m3, or 8.5 [...]
November 30, 2022
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Mixed developments in China-EU wood products trade
According to China Customs in the first nine months of 2022 China’s log imports fell 32% to 33 million [...]
November 20, 2022
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UK: Uncertain timber market conditions expected in 2023
The Timber Development UK (TDUK) annual market conference in central London was unequivocal in its message [...]
November 10, 2022
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Russian plywood mills continue to reduce capacity utilization
Exports of plywood from Russia without the ability to ship to Europe in July-August 2022 [...]
October 28, 2022
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Carlyle to acquire Garnica Plywood
Global investment firm Carlyle has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Grupo Garnica Plywood, S.A., a leading global [...]
October 25, 2022
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Substitutes for Russian birch plywood in the European market
Global plywood production was around 105 million m3 in 2021. The Asia-Pacific region is the biggest plywood producer, followed [...]
October 7, 2022
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Russian timber evades US sanctions via Vietnam and China, says environmental group
Russian birch wood continues to flow to US consumers disguised as Asian products, despite US economic [...]
October 4, 2022
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