17.05.2013 − Krono-Gruppe Schweiz is planning to invest a total of approximately €200m over the next two years. » more

16.05.2013 − The beech-plywood production operations of the insolvent company Böker Sperrholz is being continued by the former affiliate Boetec. » more

16.05.2013 − In the first quarter, the Finnish machinery and plant engineering company Raute posted 55% higher sales than in the same period of last year at €23.4m.» more

15.05.2013 − Demand for birch plywood made in Russia and Eastern Europe held steady at the level reached at the end of March during April. » more

15.05.2013 − The Italian machinery and plant producers pooled in PAL/Imal Group acquired a substantial stake of less than 50 % in Globus in August 2012. » more

15.05.2013 − The US firm Mohawk Industries completed its purchase of all shares in Spano Invest on 2 May after the European Commission gave its blessing to the deal on 23 April. » more

14.05.2013 − The insolvent beech plywood producer Teutoburger Sperrholz is probably being sold to a Chinese investor as part of an asset deal. » more

14.05.2013 − North American particleboard and MDF/HDF markets have continued to recover in the course of recent months, pushing production and sales higher.» more

14.05.2013 − North American thermally fused melamine (TFM) sales made strides in the first quarter of 2013 when compared both with the previous quarter and with the same stretch last year.» more

10.05.2013 − In the first quarter of 2013, the Finnish machinery and plant engineering company Raute posted 55% higher sales than in the same period of last year at €23.4m. » more

08.05.2013 − A number of alternatives to the tropical plywood assortments imported before the European Timber Regulation (EUTR) took effect on 3 March have emerged in recent weeks when importing Chinese plywood into Europe.» more

08.05.2013 − The blockboard producer SWL-Tischlerplatten started selling veneer board, veneered furniture parts and veneer flooring in Germany on behalf of the Belgian firm Decospan on 1 May. » more

08.05.2013 − Swiss Krono Group has seen its net revenues level off at just shy of SFR1.9bn in recent years after steadily increasing until the 2007/2008 financial year before plunging in 2008/2009 due to the global economic» more

07.05.2013 − Importers are reporting that higher EU import duties now sometimes apply for plywood shipments from Indonesia to the EU in the wake of the introduction of V-Legal documents for timber exports from Indonenesia.» more

07.05.2013 − The slight decline in North American OSB and softwood plywood prices seen in the first half of April has intensified in the past fortnight.» more

06.05.2013 − The Kronospan group is to build another OSB plant at a new location in Mogilev, Belarus. » more

03.05.2013 − Krono-Gruppe Schweiz has seen its net revenues stabilise at just shy of SFR1.9bn in recent years after they steadily rose until the 2007/2008 financial year.» more

02.05.2013 − Repurchasing prices and sales prices for Brazilian elliotis pine plywood did not run parallel to one another in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in recent weeks, either.» more

30.04.2013 − North American sales of thermally fused melamine (TFM) gradually declined in North America in 2012.» more

30.04.2013 − On 23 April, the EU Commission‘s competition authorities approved the takeover of Spano by Unilin, which is owned by the US-American company Mohawk.» more

30.04.2013 − The Polish wood-based-materials manufacturer Kronopol is now the fourth industrial user of the Kaurit Light technology developed jointly by BASF and Nolte. Kronopol had already been conducting associated trials for a...» more

30.04.2013 − The Kronospan Group intends to resume the OSB project at the Polish site in Strzelce Opolskie which it had suspended in 2010.» more

27.04.2013 − Several OSB manufacturers have now provided more details about the next round of price hikes to apply to deliveries from early May.» more

26.04.2013 − The assets of the insolvent Czech plywood and blockboard producer Ploma are currently being offered for sale in a tender process which will run until 31 May 2013. » more

25.04.2013 − Georgia-Pacific commissioned an OSB mill in Clarendon, South Carolina during the first quarter, seven years later than the previous owner Grant Forest Products had originally planned. » more

18.04.2013 − Parallel to hiving off the phenolic-resin activities into Prefere Resins Company, Dynea transferred wood-adhesives business into a separate partial division trading as Dynea North.» more

16.04.2013 − Preliminary figures indicate that manufacturing of HDF rose sharply by 17.8% in Germany in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 569,486m³.» more

12.04.2013 − In the liquidation procedures for the Spanish chipboard manufacturer Tablicia and the affiliated MDF manufacturer Inderpanel the responsible commercial court in Lugo has set an initial deadline.» more

10.04.2013 − US softwood plywood imports and exports headed in opposite directions last year.» more

10.04.2013 − Over the next few years Georgia-Pacific intends to invest US$400 in the modernisation and expansion of its plywood plants and sawmills.» more