Wood-based Panels

Vietnam’s wood industry struggles to prevent trade fraud as Chinese move business in the country

    According to a market research on wood processing market of Vietnam by Forest Trend, in the [...]

Norbord reduces OSB production; lower demand cited

    Since September,  Norbord has reduced production at Line 1 of its Cordele, Georgia OSB mill.  [...]

Indian Greenlam further boosts capacity for laminates

With this expansion, the company will be manufacturing an additional 1.6 million laminates sheets per annum up to a [...]

List of all of the Chinese wood products that will be charged the 30% tariff this month

    On Oct. 15, the US administration will raise tariffs on Chinese wood and paper products to [...]

EU tropical wood trade up 16% in H1/2019

The EU’s trade in tropical wood products was more buoyant in the first half of this year compared to [...]

Many wood-based panel mills closed in China

Because of the new environmental regulations many wood processing mills in the Manzhouli, Suifenhe and Erlianhot areas have stopped production [...]

Raute delivers plywood mill to Russia’s Segezha Group

Raute Corporation has received orders worth approximately EUR 58 million from Segezha Group to Russia.    The [...]

The European Panel Federation to criticize VOC requirements introduced in Germany

The European Wood-based Panel Federation (EPF) raises the alarm against the current threat to European harmonisation and progress posed [...]

Kronospan completes first plywood plant in Belarus

    A little more than a year has passed since the moment when the first stone was [...]

Chinese particleboard and MDF market recovering in September

With the arrival of the peak season, China's particleboard market in September has slightly accelerated, and the business pressure [...]