Wood-based Panels

US lumber prices continue to rise at the end of August

Amid a mix of expectations coming into the week, only those at the low end of the spectrum were met [...]

Korea’s Dongwha enters Thailand’s MDF market

Dongwha Enterprise, Korea's top wood materials manufacturer has extended its reach by acquiring a manufacturing unit in Thailand.  [...]

Metsä to start production at its birch plywood mill in Pärnu, Estonia

Metsä Wood officially started up its birch plywood mill in Pärnu, Estonia. Currently there are around 65 blue-collars [...]

Turkey to impose tariffs on imports of US wood products

With its publication in the Official Journal on 15 August, Turkey imposed additional duties on US imports.    [...]

Rising US lumber prices in August

Framing lumber trading opened the 20-24 August week with a head of steam following a strong round of purchasing [...]

Russian woodworking industry one of the most dynamically growing sectors in the country

In 2017, the Russian economy came out from a two-year recession. In 2016, the country's GDP fell by [...]

Chinese wood-based panels manufacturers to cease production due to environmental requirements

According to the Chinese government’s environmental policy called the “Three-Year Plan on Defending the Blue Sky” industrial enterprises [...]

Chinese wood-based panel industry faces huge challenges

China’s production of wood products, especially wood-based panels, has increased rapidly in recent years.     [...]
August 23, 2018 Latest Trends / Wood-based Panels / ...China

US softwood lumber prices pick up in mid-August

Framing lumber trading in US hit its fastest stride in more than two months, and the market finished the week [...]

Latvia: Plywood prices dropped sharply this year

A total of 72,900 m³ of plywood was exported from Latvia in the first quarter, a decrease of 24 [...]