E-Paper 38/2015

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All CompaniesRoundwood/SawnwoodWood-based panelsBuilding productsFurnitureMiscellaneous

Highland Pellets orders its first pellet plant

Furnierwerk Schlautmann raises production capacity

Scandinavian concerns: Lumber business still slowed as a result of surplus supplies

Administrator holds talks with investors for RZ Holzindustrie

Holmen Timber delivers 6% more lumber

SCA allocates forests to the Forest Products division

Jeld-Wen completes further takeovers in Australia

West Fraser: EBITDA more than halved in the second quarter

Homebase turnover declines in first quarter

Hal Holding benefits from PontMeyer and Ahrend

Furniture imports sourced increasingly from East Asia

Several Central European window producers drive expansion with takeovers

DIY store prices for OSB have dropped again of late

OSB manufacturers experience stable order intake even after higher prices take hold

Temporary discontinuation of break bulk shipment

Several Chinese plywood manufacturers have reduced their FOB prices in the last few weeks

Brazilian WBP markets show no signs of stabilising

Elliotis pine plywood prices take a tumble after the Brazilian currency loses value

Finnish plywood production declined in second quarter

Chile: Rise in softwood plywood exports to Europe

Container forwarders must pay fine of roughly €4.6m

Latvia: Recovery again in plywood exports

Provisional contracts agreed by regional forest businesses for beech for 2015/2016

Sawmilling industry pushed through higher selling prices for carcassing in August

Quotas on intake of softwood logs intensified by sawmills located in southern Germany

Swiss forest owners calling for higher softwood log prices

In Brief

Switzerland: Softwood lumber prices fall by up to 16%

Pace of log sales slower in Slovenia in June

Slight reduction registered in Finnish lumber exports

Wide softwood lumber assortments currently in greatest demand from buyers in Spain

Latvian exports up 12.5% in second quarter

PontMeyer more than doubles its performance figures

Arauco North America planning new site in Michigan

Canfor: Sharp fall in result in the lumber division

Growth of 8.6% in Italian machine engineering sector

Louisiana-Pacific: Securing environmental permit for Chilean project causing a delay

Metsä Wood also reduces pine-lumber production

China planning to relax ban on ash lumber imports

Several WBP manufacturers planning forays into new markets with investment projects

Baumax confirms sale of 49 stores to OBI

UNECE/FAO forecasting 2.5% increase in softwood lumber consumption in Europe

VDM increases growth forecast for 2015 to 3%

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E-Paper 38/2015

In our print edition

Highland Pellets orders its first pellet plant

Furnierwerk Schlautmann raises production capacity

Scandinavian concerns: Lumber business still slowed as a result of surplus supplies

Administrator holds talks with investors for RZ Holzindustrie

Holmen Timber delivers 6% more lumber

SCA allocates forests to the Forest Products division

Jeld-Wen completes further takeovers in Australia

West Fraser: EBITDA more than halved in the second quarter

Homebase turnover declines in first quarter

Hal Holding benefits from PontMeyer and Ahrend

Furniture imports sourced increasingly from East Asia

Several Central European window producers drive expansion with takeovers

DIY store prices for OSB have dropped again of late

OSB manufacturers experience stable order intake even after higher prices take hold

Temporary discontinuation of break bulk shipment

Several Chinese plywood manufacturers have reduced their FOB prices in the last few weeks

Brazilian WBP markets show no signs of stabilising

Elliotis pine plywood prices take a tumble after the Brazilian currency loses value

Finnish plywood production declined in second quarter

Chile: Rise in softwood plywood exports to Europe

Container forwarders must pay fine of roughly €4.6m

Latvia: Recovery again in plywood exports

Provisional contracts agreed by regional forest businesses for beech for 2015/2016

Sawmilling industry pushed through higher selling prices for carcassing in August

Quotas on intake of softwood logs intensified by sawmills located in southern Germany

Swiss forest owners calling for higher softwood log prices

In Brief

Switzerland: Softwood lumber prices fall by up to 16%

Pace of log sales slower in Slovenia in June

Slight reduction registered in Finnish lumber exports

Wide softwood lumber assortments currently in greatest demand from buyers in Spain

Latvian exports up 12.5% in second quarter

PontMeyer more than doubles its performance figures

Arauco North America planning new site in Michigan

Canfor: Sharp fall in result in the lumber division

Growth of 8.6% in Italian machine engineering sector

Louisiana-Pacific: Securing environmental permit for Chilean project causing a delay

Metsä Wood also reduces pine-lumber production

China planning to relax ban on ash lumber imports

Several WBP manufacturers planning forays into new markets with investment projects

Baumax confirms sale of 49 stores to OBI

UNECE/FAO forecasting 2.5% increase in softwood lumber consumption in Europe

VDM increases growth forecast for 2015 to 3%

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