No. 30 of 28 July 2010
Markets
- Laminate flooring industry continues to face surging production costs
- Satisfactory demand for Baltic softwood lumber at the moment
- Business in planed products is generally stable in July
- Demand remains brisk for sawlogs from Baltic sources
- Roundwood prices in Estonia continue to increase
- Russian timber industry expands production
- Rise in whitewood prices remains unabated in third quarter of 2010
- Log prices in Finland continued to rise in June
- Higher prices for spruce sawlogs in Austria
- Holidays in northern/eastern Germany slowing activity in sawmilling industry
- Pine sawlog felling currently at a largely steady level in Germany
- Abundant supply of woodchips has resulted in minor price reductions
- TMP woodchip prices to be rolled over as from July
- Higher procurement costs are to be offloaded on to gluelam beam buyers
- Softwood plywood under contract until September
- Standard blockboard prices pointing lower still during the second quarter
- This year’s Femade records lower attendance figures
- Spanish plywood imports increased in the first quarter
- North American particleboard business still subdued
- Around 750 exhibitors to participate in ForMóbile
- Some 150 people attended joint EPF/FEIC meeting
- VHI celebrates its 90th anniversary in Dresden
- EPF and FEIC expect output to rise in 2010
- Central European OSB markets held steady again over the past few weeks
Companies
- BSW Timber concludes plant and machinery orders
- Setra Group improves turnover and results
- Nobia: Higher profits despite heavy turnover losses
- Eurobaustoff takes in new partners in July
- Lechner begins work to build a mill in Sweden
- Reorganisation at Stora Enso Wood Products
- Rational: Redundancy programme approved
- Pulawy and Egger conclude long-term supply contract
- OCI acquires terminal and improves business figures
- ACB Laminat machinery headed to Chuvashia
- MBT: 20 employees only will be moving to Minden
- Interprint acquires all shares in Coveright Rus
- Bauformat to build a high bay warehouse in Löhne
- Swedspan to raise capacity in Hultsfred by 50%
