Falling parquet production and consumption in Europe
After three years of moderate growth or stabilisation, and despite a generally good start of the year, the overall consumption [...]
June 27, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
Wood products trade in China continues to rise
The total value of China’s wood products trade rose 6% to US$163.5 billion [...]
June 27, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / China
Current trends in Russia’s birch plywood market
Global plywood production has reached a level of about 160 million m3 in the recent years. China accounts for over [...]
June 26, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Russia
More than 600 US companies want to urge Trump to end tariffs of Chinese products
Companies across a wide array of industries have almost uniformly opposed the Trump administration's plan [...]
June 26, 2019
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Louisiana-Pacific to close OSB mill in BC
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) is the latest company to join a growing list of lumber producers [...]
June 24, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
Massive curtailments in BC push US softwood lumber prices up
Additional and significant curtailments announced in British Columbia jolted the framing lumber market out of a five-week losing streak [...]
June 24, 2019
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Sonae-Arauco ceases laminate operations in Horn, Germany
GHP Glunz Holzwerkstoffproduktions - GmbH (“GHP”) intends to cease all operations at its Horn Bad Meinberg site [...]
June 24, 2019
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Boise Cascade expands plywood plant in South Carolina
Boise Cascade Company will expand its existing operations in Chester County, South Carolina. The engineered wood products and plywood maker [...]
June 24, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
Norbord to permanently close OSB mill in BC
Norbord Inc. has announced its intention to indefinitely curtail production at its oriented strand board (OSB [...]
June 24, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
Current trends in the Russian wood product industry
The Russian wood product industry is one of the world’s most dynamic ones thanks to [...]
June 19, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Russia