Wood-based Panels

Segezha Group to start building a new plywood plant soon

Russian Segezha Group plans to commence construction of its new birch plywood plant at the location in Galich (Kostroma Oblast [...]

Moody’s to change Ilim Timber’s outlook to negative; forecasts cyclical downturn in the global timber industry

Moody's Investors Service has changed Ilim Timber's outlook to negative from positive. At the same time, Moody's [...]

Holzindustrie Schweighofer to become HS Timber Group

The Holzindustrie Schweighofer Group is getting a new name and look with a soft relaunch of its brand appearance: the [...]

South Korea to launch anti-dumping probe into Vietnamese plywood

South Korea's trade commission has launched an anti-dumping investigation into plywood imported from Vietnam, as local firms claimed [...]

China: Largest continuous press production line in Asia starts production

On November 23, 2019, the signing ceremony of Shouguang Luli Wood Industry Co., Ltd. with an annual output of 600 [...]

US DoC confirms antidumping circumvention on hardwood plywood from China

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced affirmative final antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) circumvention rulings involving exports [...]

Germany: Sales of wood products rise 1Q-3Q 2019 despite challenges

After nine months, the German timber trade sector increase its sales across all assortments by 2.5%.    [...]

Estonia: Forest products industry faces downturn as global economy slows and calamities advance in Central Europe

Timber prices in Estonia have started to rapidly falling, from their spring-time high.    The situation [...]

China: Many timber processing plants in Guangdong province to limit or cease production

Many timber processing plants in Guangdong Province have stopped or limited their production recently due to local environment protection policy [...]

US to investigate plywood coming from Vietnam

The import tariff on Vietnamese plywood in the US market is in range of 0–8%; meanwhile, the anti-dumping [...]