E-Paper 24/2017

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Rougier: Profits situation deteriorates again

Renholmen receives another order from Finland

Coatings industry association bemoans raw material prices

North American OSB prices decline slightly

Two OSB manufacturers tell buyers of plans to charge more from July

HDF supply situation remains strained

Timber trade: January & March compensate February

Austria: Foreign-trade deficit for pallets rises sharply

3,800 m³ wood for building in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg

Beech sawmills increase sales activities in Europe

Continuing high demand for softwood lumber

Further price-hike signs for softwood sawlogs in northern/eastern Germany

German roundwood imports fall in first quarter 2017

Austria: Lumber production grows by 5.3%

British imports of softwood lumber increase by 13%

Canada introduces aid programme worth Can$867m

Japan: 3.7% more lumber imported from Europe

Russian firm MLT to invest in second OSB plant

Hornbach group: Growth in both subgroups

Veisto: Sawmill projects in North America and Europe

US pellet producer Lignetics takes over Marth Companies

Turnover and results down at Stella-Jones

Weber Haus shows turnover growth to €240m in 2016

Pattison holds 10.1% of the shares in West Fraser

Moelven Töreboda orders Goldeneye scanner

Robers invests €3m in export-packaging centre

RusForest achieves sharp improvement in results in 2016

Weyerhaeuser to sell Uruguayan activities

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OCI Nitrogen announces rise in raw melamine prices

Covestro lifts force majeure for MDI

Methanol prices still falling in North America and Asia

Eucalyptus pulp manufacturers want to charge over USD850

Pallet production rises to 102.9m units

German foreign trade in OSB continues on downward path

IFN-Holding plans €40m of investments in 2017

Piveteau Bois orders log scanner from Microtec CT

Metsä Wood to start test runs on new LVL line in June

Pfeifer to build CLT plant in Lauterbach for roughly €30m

Lumber exports in first quarter up 3% year on year

Resolute suffers net loss of Can$47m

EU duty-free quota filled on 26 May

Sherwin-Williams gets green light to acquire Valspar

In the first quarter 2017, EPLF members faced a slight decline in global sales

Steinhoff’s turnover up due to takeovers

Kadant commissioning a strander at Pioneer OSB

Steico raises production in all business areas

Steico Q1 revenues grow twice as much as earnings

Rembe: Research+Technology Center has been spun off

Latvijas Finieris predicts 10% growth in 2017 revenues

Delignit eyeing 10-15% growth in revenues in 2017

Chemours completes offering of USD500m in senior notes

Hexion advances R&D on bio-based resins

PPG drops take-over bid for Akzo Nobel

Uzin Utz increases turnover by 12.1% in first quarter of 2017

Latham now an exclusive distributor for Garnica

Haas Group now separates from HocoHolz Hofstetter

Blum expects turnover rise for 2016/2017

Grass Group: Delay in Hohenems building start

E/D/E trading volume up 12.7% during the first three months

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