Wood-based Panels

Plywood plants of Russian Sveza work at 20-40% of capacity

Aleksey Mordashov, head of the board of directors of Severstal, which also owns the leading Russian birch plywood producer Sveza [...]

Wood supply shortage expected to hit European markets in the coming months

    European parquet markets have diverged in 2022. While Italy, Scandinavia and Spain have seen continuing increases [...]

Brazil expands plywood exports to EU as falling supplies to US

    In May, Brazil reduced plywood exports to the U.S. by 38% year-on-year to [...]

Significant progress in the European parquet market; outlook uncertain

    The European parquet market progressed significantly in 2021 and reached level not seen since 10 years [...]

UPM is also positively revising its earnings outlook for the current year

Stora Enso recently reported that it had improved its expectations for the full-year operating result . Now UPM has also [...]

Boise Cascade to acquire Coastal Plywood Company for $512 million

Boise Cascade has reached an agreement to acquire Coastal Plywood Company, including its two manufacturing locations, from Coastal Forest Resources [...]

Some sawmills in Russia expected to curtail production from July

The decline in export volumes due to EU sanctions against the backdrop of rising transportation tariffs and a stronger ruble [...]

US lawsuit bans Brazilian plywood due to poor quality

    A federal court judge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, recently entered a permanent injunction ordering the revocation [...]

Sonae Arauco inaugurates particleboard plant in Germany

Sonae Arauco officially inaugurated its state-of-the-art particleboard plant the Beeskow. Although the plant started operations in July [...]

Negative sentiment remains among Russian timber market participants

On the Russian timber market, predominantly negative sentiment remains among market participants, which is reflected in weak business activity and [...]