E-Paper 27/2013: Digital edition of EUWID Wood Products and Panels

Effects from catching up have not yet led to any additional sales of window scantlings

Kronospan group strengthening Spanish foothold by acquiring Interpanel

German Pellets issues second corporate bond

Hettich also weaker in the first quarter

Weber Haus increases turnover in 2012 by 15%

Business at Patt sawmill to continue after insolvency

Gebrüder Geiger to close sawmill at end of year

Mayr-Melnhof Swiss Timber’s bankruptcy finalised

Loss of 2,500 jobs threatens at Stora Enso

Versowood modifies organisational structure

Building trade records 6.4% drop in turnover until April

Further slight increase in building activity in May

Titanium dioxide producers planning to raise prices

Demand for decor paper recovered slightly in June after a weak month of May

Brazilian wood-based panels production edged higher

Elliotis pine plywood exports continue to rise

Pellet producers faced with serious raw-material procurement problems

Recent further reductions in prices caused by surplus supply of beech gluelam boards

German sawmills still calling for price increases

Swiss sawmills’ output down by roughly 10% in 2012

British imports of planed products down by 14 % in Q1

Lithuanian lumber exports up by 9% by March

New Formica plant to start operation in fourth quarter

Versowood modernises sawmill in Vierumäki

US softwood lumber prices below last year’s levels

Softwood lumber prices at a high level in Japan

Prices for spruce sawlogs rising by an average of €3-5/m³ in Germany as from July

Improvement recorded in US housing construction in May

UIC ignores demands from industrial associations

Kronospan mill in Bischweier may resume operations

Dynea to sell timber adhesive activities to Eltek

Bauwerk Boen transfers lines to Lithuania

Steico improves earnings in spite of stagnant revenues

Parqueterie Berrichone undergoing rescue process

Slight decline in turnover at Pfleiderer Grajewo

Latvijas Finieris: Sales and turnover up by 6% in 2012

Eacom: Operating loss in spite of considerable rise in turnover

Gunns: Minimal debt reduction in spite of asset sales

Lowe’s confronted by a further turnover decline in first quarter

Accsys still in the red in 2012/2013

Homebase: Spring business cautiously positive

Habisreutinger invests in third logistics centre

Home Depot turnover also in the black at start of 2013

Samet intends to open another branch in Russia

Sourcing for Laakirchen Papier to be restructured

Oeneo raises revenues from wood barrels

British imports reduced by 9% in first quarter of 2013

Allpack International to trade in future as Novaedes

Alno establishes another joint venture in China

Hörmann group acquires door manufacturer IG Doors

Housing construction approvals increase by 18.3%

Furnér World starts production of veneer edge banding

Chinese holding candidate for Gruppo Trombini

SCA Timber Supply UK invests £5m in planing mill

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E-Paper 27/2013

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Effects from catching up have not yet led to any additional sales of window scantlings

Kronospan group strengthening Spanish foothold by acquiring Interpanel

German Pellets issues second corporate bond

Hettich also weaker in the first quarter

Weber Haus increases turnover in 2012 by 15%

Business at Patt sawmill to continue after insolvency

Gebrüder Geiger to close sawmill at end of year

Mayr-Melnhof Swiss Timber’s bankruptcy finalised

Loss of 2,500 jobs threatens at Stora Enso

Versowood modifies organisational structure

Building trade records 6.4% drop in turnover until April

Further slight increase in building activity in May

Titanium dioxide producers planning to raise prices

Demand for decor paper recovered slightly in June after a weak month of May

Brazilian wood-based panels production edged higher

Elliotis pine plywood exports continue to rise

Pellet producers faced with serious raw-material procurement problems

Recent further reductions in prices caused by surplus supply of beech gluelam boards

German sawmills still calling for price increases

Swiss sawmills’ output down by roughly 10% in 2012

British imports of planed products down by 14 % in Q1

Lithuanian lumber exports up by 9% by March

New Formica plant to start operation in fourth quarter

Versowood modernises sawmill in Vierumäki

US softwood lumber prices below last year’s levels

Softwood lumber prices at a high level in Japan

Prices for spruce sawlogs rising by an average of €3-5/m³ in Germany as from July

Improvement recorded in US housing construction in May

UIC ignores demands from industrial associations

Kronospan mill in Bischweier may resume operations

Dynea to sell timber adhesive activities to Eltek

Bauwerk Boen transfers lines to Lithuania

Steico improves earnings in spite of stagnant revenues

Parqueterie Berrichone undergoing rescue process

Slight decline in turnover at Pfleiderer Grajewo

Latvijas Finieris: Sales and turnover up by 6% in 2012

Eacom: Operating loss in spite of considerable rise in turnover

Gunns: Minimal debt reduction in spite of asset sales

Lowe’s confronted by a further turnover decline in first quarter

Accsys still in the red in 2012/2013

Homebase: Spring business cautiously positive

Habisreutinger invests in third logistics centre

Home Depot turnover also in the black at start of 2013

Samet intends to open another branch in Russia

Sourcing for Laakirchen Papier to be restructured

Oeneo raises revenues from wood barrels

British imports reduced by 9% in first quarter of 2013

Allpack International to trade in future as Novaedes

Alno establishes another joint venture in China

Hörmann group acquires door manufacturer IG Doors

Housing construction approvals increase by 18.3%

Furnér World starts production of veneer edge banding

Chinese holding candidate for Gruppo Trombini

SCA Timber Supply UK invests £5m in planing mill

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