US wood panel manufacturers say mandatory Covid 19 vaccination could disrupt production
US wood panel manufacturers have expressed concern about potential production disruption coming from President [...]
October 21, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
IKEA to shift production to Turkey due to global supply chain problems
Swedish-based furniture retailer IKEA is planning to minimise problems with global supply chain and increased shipping costs by moving [...]
October 15, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood Furniture / Europe
N. American softwood sawmill capacity at highest levels since Great Recession
North American softwood sawmill capacity increased by 1.4 billion board feet in the last year, according to Forisk. Most [...]
May 31, 2021
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / North America
Top 10 Canadian lumber producers in 2020
COVID-19 delivered a year like no other in 2020, and the high demand for lumber is continuing into 2021 [...]
May 3, 2021
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Global furniture consumption is estimated to decrease by -10% in 2020
Covid-19 has severely impacted global furniture trade growth – yet recovery is imminent, reports Milan’s Centre for Industrial Studies [...]
February 15, 2021
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China: Timber enterprises cut or cease production due to air pollution
An orange alert for heavy air pollution has been issued in Lanshan District of Linyi City, Shandong Province and an [...]
January 6, 2021
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Sawn hardwood production forecast to fall 25% this year in Europe
After a period of stability between 2016 and 2019, when sawn hardwood production in EOS member countries fluctuated between 5 [...]
December 14, 2020
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Global CLT production expected to double by 2025
CLT has become popular in Europe, Japan, North America and Oceania. The global production of CLT (cross-laminated timber) in [...]
November 23, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / Europe / North America
Wood furniture production in EU sliding even before pandemic
Newly released Eurostat data indicates that the value of EU27+UK wood furniture production was €42.5 billion in 2019 [...]
August 28, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Europe
Record wood pellet production in Germany
Despite the corona crisis, in the first half of 2020, Germany produced 1.502 million tonnes of wood pellets, thus [...]
August 18, 2020
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