Italy’s SAIB becomes part of the EGGER Group
EGGER acquires 60% of the shares in the Italian wood-based materials manufacturer SAIB. The purchase agreement was concluded on [...]
December 21, 2022
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Vietnamese wood manufacturers on alert for unpredictable new year prospects
While the United States is nearing a stance on imported wood that will affect Vietnam, domestic producers are being urged [...]
December 5, 2022
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Mixed developments in China-EU wood products trade
According to China Customs in the first nine months of 2022 China’s log imports fell 32% to 33 million [...]
November 20, 2022
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Välinge’s parent company acquires Croatian furniture maker
Pervanovo, the parent company of Bjelin industries in Croatia and Välinge Group in Sweden, has through its subsidiary V [...]
November 16, 2022
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Indonesian timber imports into the EU threatened by new deforestation law
Indonesian officials have slammed the European Union’s proposal of a regulation that they say negates [...]
November 15, 2022
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Latvia: Wood prices have reached a temporary low, no further falls expected
Latvian wood processing company SIA "Kronus" predicts for the fourth quarter of 2022 that wood prices [...]
November 14, 2022
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Ocean freights drop sharply as global trade slows down
In 2021, the skyrocketing shipping prices have made the world's major shipping companies more profitable, but now, such good [...]
November 11, 2022
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Indonesia slows wood product exports to China and US
According to data recently released by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry, as of September this year, Indonesia's [...]
November 11, 2022
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Mood in the German timber industry has improved slightly in October
After a temporary low point at the start of autumn, the mood in the German timber industry improved in October [...]
November 10, 2022
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Vietnam’s wood trade under pressure due to logging, Ukraine war
Reputational risks are piling up for a Vietnamese lumber industry already beset by a falloff in demand from the heights [...]
November 1, 2022
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