No. 31 of 04 August 2010
Markets
- Hardwood sawlog season to begin considerably earlier than last year
- Spain: Late payment to be fought more seriously
- Spain’s softwood lumber market has slowed down in run-up to holidays
- AEIM now open to timber merchants and industry
- Russia’s log exports jumped 57% in the first quarter
- No agreement in sight in export-duty dispute
- Latvia State Forests’ FSC certification suspended
- Further increase in Estonia’s foreign trade in Q1
- Timber felling in Switzerland down by roughly 7% in 2009
- Softwood lumber prices have already broken 2007 record
- Raw wood consumption considerably lower in 2009
- Vattenfall has purchased a 20% share in Buchanan
- Pallet manufacturers unable to offload increased costs on to customers in full
- Wood price indices up in second quarter 2010 too
- Demand for maritime pine plywood has remained strong recently
- Elliotis pine plywood prices dip after EU’s duty-free import quota is filled
- VDA: Slight recovery in commercial vehicle output
- China: Higher plywood prices virtually impossible to achieve
- Plywood prices down slightly in South-East Asia in recent weeks
- Particleboard production short of last year’s level
- Growth in German OSB output accelerated in Q1
- German MDF/HDF output far higher than in 2009
- Furniture industry: Small growth in sales in May 2010
- Bedroom furniture: Sharp fall in orders in July
- Kitchen furniture sales almost stable through May
- Construction volume likely to decrease says Euroconstruct
Companies
- RMW Wohnmöbel sets up new production hall in Rietberg
- Frank Eberle takes over majority in Alma Küchen
- Ahrend acquires the former Samas Benelux-activities
- Novo-Tech plans to expand capacity further in 2011
- MDB plans to dissolve the company in August 2010
- Interlübke has invested around €3.5m since 2008
- James Latham improves results in 2009/2010
- Praktiker again shows decline in turnover
- Byggmax: Results affected by going public
- Akzo Nobel: Wood activities continue to improve
- Norbord achieves best quarterly result since 2006
- Yara’s urea production down slightly in Q2 2010
- Insolvency proceedings at Linopan extended
- Deceuninck shows growth in all regions
- Linex to complete replacement project by mid-2011
- Plysorol: Observation period extended once more
- VMG orders another new plant from Siempelkamp
- Rautakesko shows higher turnover in second quarter
- SCA: Profits recover in second quarter of 2010
- Stora Enso’s positive development continues
- Mellanskog achieves much higher result
- Ante building new garden wood line in Rottleberode
- Fire breaks out again on the former Krages site
- Biesse: 61% increase in incoming orders to June
- Hildebrand Holztechnik acquires stake in Kronseder
