Sonae Arauco shuts down its industrial production units in Spain and S. Africa
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Sonae Arauco has decided to temporarily shut down its industrial units in Spain and [...]
April 14, 2020
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Global wood industry companies react to coronavirus threat
Wood business companies are responding to the threats of Coronavirus. Here is a tracking of the [...]
April 14, 2020
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North American woodworking sector hit hard by coronavirus crisis
The $75 billion North American wood products industry faces serious to major impacts from the corona virus outbreak, but surprisingly [...]
April 10, 2020
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West Fraser announces more production curtailments
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it is further cutting production amid the COVID-19 pandemic.   [...]
April 10, 2020
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Weyerhaeuser to close Kalispell, Montana, plywood mill
The COVID-19 virus is having an impact on Weyerhaeuser. The company announced it was shutting down its Kalispell plywood [...]
April 8, 2020
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Companies in Europe to see hundreds of billions of euros in production losses
The fight against the coronavirus will lead to production losses, which will cost European countries hundreds [...]
April 8, 2020
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Wood companies in France seek to restart activity
Each month of lockdown would cost between 2% and 3% growth for the French economy. Under these conditions, French wood [...]
April 7, 2020
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Finland’s sawmill industry expected to be hit hard by the coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus crisis strikes Finland's forest sector with varying degrees of impact. On the whole [...]
April 7, 2020
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Lockdowns in Europe rewrite economic forecasts
Economic forecasts issued only a few weeks ago in Europe, which projected continuing slow increase this [...]
April 7, 2020
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German timber industry: Coronavirus worsens the ongoing bark beetle, storm crisis
The German forestry and timber industry was already in a state of emergency before the coronavirus pandemic: storms, drought and [...]
April 6, 2020
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