Wood-based Panels

Homag and Anthon reach cooperation agreement

Homag Plattenaufteiltechnik GmbH and Anthon GmbH have entered into a cooperation agreement and intend to work closely together in the [...]

Volatile 2018 lumber market in the US; crashing prices in September 2017

Deep cuts in prices of framing lumber persisted through a second straight week, leaving traders stunned at the volatility of [...]

Chinese wood companies reroute wood products as to beat US tariffs

As the trade war between China and the U.S. festers, business leaders and analysts say Chinese producers are likely [...]

Hurricane Florence causes trouble for Louisiana-Pacific

Louisiana-Pacific (LP) announced that due to Hurricane Florence, its Wilmington, N.C. engineered wood operations have been temporarily shut [...]

Europe might profit from the US-China trade war

The additional tariffs of the US government under President Donald Trump slow the Chinese growth by 0.1 to 0 [...]

Vietnamese timber industry to benefit from the US-China trade war

  The trade war between the U.S. and China officially started on 6 July after the U.S [...]

China to start tariffs on US wood products starting next week

In response to US measures, China will overtax products imported from that country. The Chinese Government Customs Tariff Commission has [...]

Vietnam’s wood products exports to rise sharply this year

Forestry sector in Vietnam is expected to reach its export target of US$9 billion a month ahead of schedule [...]

Egger requests EIB support for the construction of its new plant in Poland

    Egger Group has started talks with the European Investment Bank (EIB) regarding potential financing for the [...]

Double-digit drop for US lumber prices in mid-September

    As the post-holiday week affected negatively the lumber trade in the US, deep discounting re [...]