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 [...]
September 5, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
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.  [...]
September 4, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East
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 [...]
September 3, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
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.   [...]
September 3, 2018
Latest Trends / Sawmilling / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe / North America
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 [...]
September 3, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
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 [...]
September 3, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Russia
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 [...]
August 31, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / China
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 [...]
August 23, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
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 [...]
August 23, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe