E-Paper 44/2014: Digital edition of EUWID Wood Products and Panels

Red Stag invests up to NZ$120m in sawmill

Chinese plywood business still failing to live up to expectations in October

Valutec supplies another tunnel dryer to Ziegler

Indonesia: Dry season leading to timber supply problems

USA residential construction starts again exceed 1m

Russian lumber output down by 1.5%

Siempelkamp has sold ten plants so far this year

Pulawy and Kronospan enter into delivery agreements

Pavatex to close insulated board mill in Fribourg

Koehler group reports another fall in turnover

Momentive building adhesive resin facility in Curitiba

Glatfelter completes takeover of SPO

Starwood orders components for second MDF line

Steico posts a decline in third-quarter earnings

WD Beteiligungs GmbH acquires Wessel

Mercer takes over all shares in Zellstoff Stendal

NBHX wants to buy 75 % stake in Alterprodia

Plantag invests €1.2m in new finished-goods warehouse

Surfactor puts finishing touches to investment project

Vecoplan opens new technology centre

Finnfund participates in Pro MDF financing

3% turnover increase for Holzland by end of September

Looser aims to focus lacquer production in Bendern

Growth of 15% in Spanish lumber imports

Tarkett concern’s turnover declines further

Europe: Pellet consumption will rise further again in most countries in 2014/2015

Demand for decor paper did not pick up as much as expected during October

Declines continue in Japanese residential construction sector

ECJ verdict: Building regulation lists create improper barriers to market access

Meinhardt and van Heerden acquire Hupkes Houthandel

in.Silva International unloads first ship’s delivery of logs

Wagon leaser VTG takes over competitor AAE

Canfor acquires another sawmill in the US

RusForest increases lumber sales by 13%

Delay in sale of RusForest Angara

Springer concludes assembly at Klausner Lumber One

Interfor to market softwood lumber from Ilim Timber

Stali reduces production of scantlings

Stable demand in German construction industry

ifo Institute forecasts 14.1% more completions

Raw melamine manufacturers reap rewards of scanter supply during negotiations

People

Tunisia launches investigation into MDF imports

Turnover growth rate in wood industry slows

Further reduction registered in demand for standard pallets at beginning of fourth quarter

Prefabricated-house building expects slight turnover growth

Growth in pellet prices perpetuated in October

Higher oak roundwood prices in Baden-Württemberg

Number of fine wood auctions remains steady in 2014/2015

Slovenian sales of softwood logs down by 32%

Business remains brisk amongst Swiss sawmills

Paper mill announces higher prices for pulping wood

Softwood log prices heading upwards again in Austria

Poland’s softwood lumber exports up by a fifth

Growth of 2% registered in Romanian beech exports

Log prices slightly lower in Estonia in August

Scarcely any growth registered in lumber sales in Spain since end of holiday season

Softwood lumber output to increase in 2014 and 2015

Whitewood prices for fourth quarter deliveries reduced by an average of €5-6/m³ in Germany

Felix Schoeller Holding announces more investments

E-Paper 44/2014

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Red Stag invests up to NZ$120m in sawmill

Chinese plywood business still failing to live up to expectations in October

Valutec supplies another tunnel dryer to Ziegler

Indonesia: Dry season leading to timber supply problems

USA residential construction starts again exceed 1m

Russian lumber output down by 1.5%

Siempelkamp has sold ten plants so far this year

Pulawy and Kronospan enter into delivery agreements

Pavatex to close insulated board mill in Fribourg

Koehler group reports another fall in turnover

Momentive building adhesive resin facility in Curitiba

Glatfelter completes takeover of SPO

Starwood orders components for second MDF line

Steico posts a decline in third-quarter earnings

WD Beteiligungs GmbH acquires Wessel

Mercer takes over all shares in Zellstoff Stendal

NBHX wants to buy 75 % stake in Alterprodia

Plantag invests €1.2m in new finished-goods warehouse

Surfactor puts finishing touches to investment project

Vecoplan opens new technology centre

Finnfund participates in Pro MDF financing

3% turnover increase for Holzland by end of September

Looser aims to focus lacquer production in Bendern

Growth of 15% in Spanish lumber imports

Tarkett concern’s turnover declines further

Europe: Pellet consumption will rise further again in most countries in 2014/2015

Demand for decor paper did not pick up as much as expected during October

Declines continue in Japanese residential construction sector

ECJ verdict: Building regulation lists create improper barriers to market access

Meinhardt and van Heerden acquire Hupkes Houthandel

in.Silva International unloads first ship’s delivery of logs

Wagon leaser VTG takes over competitor AAE

Canfor acquires another sawmill in the US

RusForest increases lumber sales by 13%

Delay in sale of RusForest Angara

Springer concludes assembly at Klausner Lumber One

Interfor to market softwood lumber from Ilim Timber

Stali reduces production of scantlings

Stable demand in German construction industry

ifo Institute forecasts 14.1% more completions

Raw melamine manufacturers reap rewards of scanter supply during negotiations

People

Tunisia launches investigation into MDF imports

Turnover growth rate in wood industry slows

Further reduction registered in demand for standard pallets at beginning of fourth quarter

Prefabricated-house building expects slight turnover growth

Growth in pellet prices perpetuated in October

Higher oak roundwood prices in Baden-Württemberg

Number of fine wood auctions remains steady in 2014/2015

Slovenian sales of softwood logs down by 32%

Business remains brisk amongst Swiss sawmills

Paper mill announces higher prices for pulping wood

Softwood log prices heading upwards again in Austria

Poland’s softwood lumber exports up by a fifth

Growth of 2% registered in Romanian beech exports

Log prices slightly lower in Estonia in August

Scarcely any growth registered in lumber sales in Spain since end of holiday season

Softwood lumber output to increase in 2014 and 2015

Whitewood prices for fourth quarter deliveries reduced by an average of €5-6/m³ in Germany

Felix Schoeller Holding announces more investments

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