No. 36 of 08 September 2010
Markets
- Prices for Scandinavian whitewood lumber firmed up by end of August
- Log prices in Sweden rose again in the second quarter
- Sweden: Lumber exports fell in June, too
- Felling in Norway raised by 27% by end July says SLF
- UNECE: Softwood lumber demand remains weak
- UNECE hardwood markets were still weak in 2009
- French hardwood sawmills to resume operation at the end of August
- Autumn auctions in France scheduled to start soon
- Private forests in Austria are now putting more logs on the market again
- Latvian log exports showed even sharper growth in Q2
- German exports of planed goods are recovering
- Russia: Lumber production dropped by 10,3 % in July
- A mixed post-holiday start to lumber sales in northern/eastern Germany
- Sawlog market largely balanced in northern and eastern Germany
- Elliotis pine plywood prices only dipped slightly during August
- Brazilian plywood exports declining again in 2010
- Poplar plywood manufacturers aiming to charge more from September
- Germany: Raw particleboard exports still growing
- VDM raises forecast for 2010 a little at the end of August
- VdDK: Order influx stable in the first half of the year
Companies
- Parquet manufacturer Panaget up for sale after holding firm is wound up
- Homag has raised sales forecast for 2010 again
- Biesse sustains losses in the first six months
- Saint-Gobain posts sharp growth in first-half profits
- Heidelbergcement sees revenues bounce back
- Second-quarter turnaround in fortunes for Lafarge
- Eucatex: Higher capacity utilisation in the first half
- Duratex pressing ahead with vertical integration
- Fibria’s sales revenue up in spite of reduced deliveries
- Schieder: Demuth’s testimony postponed
- Plysorol: Administrators apply for liquidation
- “Alno” segment again performs worst
- Sveza opens branch in Hamburg in September
- Business at Junckers shows signs of recovery
- Official commissioning of pellet factory in Erndtebrück
- Inwido shows record quarterly results
- DLH: Cost-cutting programme increasingly successful
- Burgbad sales revenue up slightly by end June 2010
- VBH: Higher turnover due to good German market
- Rougier: Turnover up 22% in the second quarter
- Häfele’s sales up by 17 % at the end of June 2010
- Suzano investing up to US$1.3bn in pelleting plants
- Dismantling at Adelebsen starting any day now
- Vapo result improves in the second quarter
- Cross-laminated timber production to start at Derix
