Wood-based Panels

Arauco suspends operations at seven production units

    Arauco, one of the world's largest forestry companies, announced its decision to halt operations at [...]

N. American lumber prices fall to their lowest level in 2022

   Lumber prices fell below $800 on Monday to hit their lowest level of 2022.   The 30 [...]

UK’s lumber imports return to pre-Covid levels

A slow-down in house-building and housing repair in the first quarter of 2022 is being reflected in lumber [...]

Consequences of the war in Ukraine on Poland’s timber industry

Poland's wood industry expects a shortage of wood raw materials mainly caused by the current war in Ukraine.   [...]

Bauwerk Group to acquire Somerset Hardwood Flooring

    Swizerland-based Bauwerk Group AG has announced the acquisition of Somerset Hardwood Flooring, a vertically integrated [...]

Shanghai blockade could make Europe face ‘logistics nightmare’

    Although there are signs that Shanghai port congestion is easing, European business could face a "logistics [...]

UPM reports good start of the year; excellent results in plywood and lumber business

    UPM's net sales increased by 12 percent to EUR 2,507 million in the first [...]

Russian imported plywood will be ‘hard to replace,’ says US hardwoods group

    As of April 8, the U.S. has suspended normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus [...]

China: Cargo backlogs in Shanghai could cause next supply chain shockwave

Concern is growing that the spread of COVID cases and city lockdowns in China will have massive downstream effects for [...]