E-Paper 17/2014

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All CompaniesRoundwood/SawnwoodWood-based panelsWood productsBuilding productsMiscellaneous

Prices for TMP wood chips slashed by more than 20 %

Jaso to close down sawmill and frieze production

VDP parquet production declines by 5.7%

North American timber groups: Growth has weakened towards the end of the year

Building companies reckoning with more favourable trend

Asia Les constructs sawmill with a capacity of 500,000m³

Southern German paper mills build up plant stocks

Slump in sawmilling residue prices picking up steam in second quarter

Spruce-roundwood prices reduced in NRW by €2-3/m3

Softwood-lumber demand still shows slight increase

Finnish lumber exports show growth of 19% in January

Karelia plans to double felling volume

Consignors provide less lumber for Spain on account of unsatisfactory prices

Downhill trend in tropical log imports continues in Spain

Oak imports from France show above-average fall

Imports of oak lumber down in fourth quarter

Importers achieve considerable growth in bangkirai business up to mid-April

Meranti window scantlings losing market shares

Process of selling off Praktiker stores has begun

Newpro has closed second location in Smithers

DLH in talks with several potential investors

Lebo stops processing veneers at Weidhofer

Northern Russian Sawmill 25 builds second pellet plant

PTT expects increase in Finnish lumber exports

Volatile demand for OSB leads to a wide variety of prices being charged

Groupe PGS expands business activities beyond Europe

Fruytier takes over pellet plant from Belgian ERDA

Wigo prefabricated-house company rescue fails

Broadview Holding posts another fall in turnover

Kronospan Sandebeck starts making board again

Holzwerkstoff Holding acquires Hiag Handel

UFP acquires three firms in a span of two weeks

Munskjö will not pay a dividend for 2013

Vapo increases profit in 2013 to roughly €16.9m

Södra Interiör closing profile plant in Jokkmokk

Tschopp granted approval to expand storage capacity

Mayer sawmill completes re-building work following fire

Active Energy reduces its wood chip production

US residential building set to recover only in April

Building industry forecasts turnover growth of 2.8%

ifo-Institut forecasts 257,000 completions for 2014

Window associations expect strong growth again in 2014

Umbrella association FEMIB elects new committee

Unilin also moves at Mosbuild against patent infringements

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Demand for maritime pine plywood continues positive trend up to mid-April

Demand for okoumé plywood continues to stagnate at low level

Demand for window scantlings shows no substantial recovery until April

Further growth at the Nuremberg double fair

German pellet imports grow year-on-year by 26%

Glulam producers aim to raise prices nationwide by the beginning of May

Interforst commences its restructuring measures

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