Wood-based panel production in China up by 7 percent
According to statistics from the State Forestry Administration the total output of China’s wood-based panel industries in 2014 [...]
July 3, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...China
US Softwood lumber price lowers 15% since last year
Sales of framing lumber picked up overall, but downside pressure on prices intensified in a few regions, namely the Inland [...]
May 16, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood Industry Prices / ...Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Lumber Liquidators stops selling of Chinese laminate flooring
Lumber Liquidators on Thursday announced that it has suspended the sale of laminate flooring coming from Chinese manufacturers. The decision [...]
May 7, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...North America
Changing plywood market shares in EU imports
EU plywood import trade have varied very widely between different products types over the last four years. Tropical hardwood plywood [...]
March 15, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...China / Europe
Cross-laminated timber arrives to America
A super-strong engineered wood product popular in Europe, known as cross-laminated timber (CLT), is coming to America under [...]
March 9, 2015
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...North America
Lumber Liquidators faces criminal charges for importing illegally harvested wood
Lumber Liquidators on Wednesday revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice is contemplating criminal charges under the Lacey Act [...]
February 22, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...North America
Siempelkamp sells complete MDF plant for Asperbras
Brazilian company Asperbras ordered for its Água Clara location a complete MDF plant from Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH with [...]
February 15, 2015
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Woodworking Machinery / Europe / South America
EU laminate flooring markets go up last year
According to a conservative extrapolation for 2014, the 21 ordinary member companies of the EPLF, i.e. the European producers [...]
January 8, 2015
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
Siempelkamp to deliver another MDF plant to Asia
Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) ordered a complete MDF plant including a high-end 4' ContiRoll® press from Siempelkamp in April [...]
June 16, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East / Europe
Masisa Tricoya Super MDF will be launched in Latin America
Masisa, a panel producer in Latin America, has agreed to carry out evaluation of Tricoya including market testing, production testing [...]
June 10, 2014
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...South America
