Nr. 47 of 19 November 2008
Markets - Weak market compels parquet industry to make bigger production adjustments
- North America: Continued high costs of pulpwood
- China is now importing much more wood chips
- Global Conifer Sawlog Price falling again for the first time
- Rising exports of South American wood chips
- Sharp slump registered in Finnish exports in August
- New Big Book to be published in February 2009
- Great Britain: Continued pressure on softwood lumber prices
- 39% drop in Spanish softwood lumber imports
- Spain: Another drop in log imports
- Spain: Lower imports of hardwood lumber
- Spain: Lower 2nd quarter imports of tropical logs
- Sawmill associations come out in opposition to subsidisation measures
- Current redwood prices slightly lower than last year
- Research and development in focus in Freiburg
- Supply and demand for wood shavings still out of balance in recent weeks
- Faltering sales of three-ply panels on Central European markets
- Rising pressure from volumes in shuttering boards
- Fewer exhibitors at Interpellets 2008
- Regressive demand for hardwood gluelam panels
- Urea prices remain on a downward spiral
- End-of-year stoppages aiming to ease the pressure on OSB markets
- Structural panels production tumbled again in Q3
- Munksjö Paper firms up next round of price hikes
- VDP: Decline in parquet production continues
- Most producers of multi-layer parquet report stagnation in the fourth quarter
Companies
- Hagebau booked 3.5% rise in sales through September
- Satipel has commissioned new MDF line
- Parador starts-up second parquet mill
- Masisa wants to sell Rio Negrinho sawmill
- Steico revises forecast on sales and earnings
- Steico expanding UK distribution network
- Sonae Industria records first cumulated net loss
- Uzin Utz takes over 50 % of shares in Unihem
- Gebo: Fire damages plant and parts of the warehouse
- Pfleiderer shelves plans for additional investments
- Profine to move profile production partly to Berlin
- Roto Frank completes acquistion of Gluske-BKV
