E-Paper 27/2023

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All CompaniesRoundwood/SawnwoodWood-based panelsWood productsFurnitureMiscellaneous

Majority of German sawmills aiming to reduce output in Quarter 3 more heavily than before

Bark-beetle situation now more acute in some regions

Prices for maritime pine plywood continue to decline in past weeks

Spot offers of industrial logs below €100/t bone dry

Duties on okoumé plywood from China remain in force

Further cuts in production aimed at stabilising market

Industry under pressure from weak domestic market

Belgian furniture imports decline by one-fifth in Q1

People

Significant kitchen industry turnover growth in April

Office furniture industry: 1.8% rise in incoming orders

USA: double-digit declines in incoming orders and turnover

Okoumé plywood business generally stable

EPF Chairman re-elected for another two years

Methanol contract price reduced to €360

TPCs set to handle NAF and ULEF exemptions in future

In Brief

Prices for particleboard commodity grades feel the pinch more and more up to late June

Methanol prices falling in North America and Asia too

Banasino now holds 10.3% of West Fraser shares

Medite Smartply: further double-digit turnover rise

Ledinek wins major order for Rigidply Rafters’ gluelam works

Former Ikea plants in Novgorod and Tikhvin resume production

Roundwood exporters’ purchasing remains on hold

EPF: All European markets have experienced mounting pressure in recent months

Another perceptible increase in prices on US market

Shortage of white products possible in Sweden

Search for investors for Cedar to continue until further notice

Incoming construction orders remain below prior-year figures

Lingk selling sawmilling assets of Krome and Kolkman

US housing starts record significant increase in May

Housing construction approvals down 31.9% in April

ifo: record level of housing construction cancellations

Sedus Stoll: double-digit growth at home and abroad

MM-Holz officially opens CLT works in Leoben

Tombers’ administrator sells business to Dekima

Stora Enso aiming to sell planing works in Amsterdam

Kitchen furniture manufacturer Störmer files for insolvency

Andritz sells another refiner to company in India

Ampine plant in Martell destroyed by fire

Greenpanel orders additional systems for thin-board plant

Uniboard: construction work at Val-d’Or plant starts

GfMTrend: turnover rise due to positive kitchen development

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E-Paper 27/2023

In our print edition

Majority of German sawmills aiming to reduce output in Quarter 3 more heavily than before

Bark-beetle situation now more acute in some regions

Prices for maritime pine plywood continue to decline in past weeks

Spot offers of industrial logs below €100/t bone dry

Duties on okoumé plywood from China remain in force

Further cuts in production aimed at stabilising market

Industry under pressure from weak domestic market

Belgian furniture imports decline by one-fifth in Q1

People

Significant kitchen industry turnover growth in April

Office furniture industry: 1.8% rise in incoming orders

USA: double-digit declines in incoming orders and turnover

Okoumé plywood business generally stable

EPF Chairman re-elected for another two years

Methanol contract price reduced to €360

TPCs set to handle NAF and ULEF exemptions in future

In Brief

Prices for particleboard commodity grades feel the pinch more and more up to late June

Methanol prices falling in North America and Asia too

Banasino now holds 10.3% of West Fraser shares

Medite Smartply: further double-digit turnover rise

Ledinek wins major order for Rigidply Rafters’ gluelam works

Former Ikea plants in Novgorod and Tikhvin resume production

Roundwood exporters’ purchasing remains on hold

EPF: All European markets have experienced mounting pressure in recent months

Another perceptible increase in prices on US market

Shortage of white products possible in Sweden

Search for investors for Cedar to continue until further notice

Incoming construction orders remain below prior-year figures

Lingk selling sawmilling assets of Krome and Kolkman

US housing starts record significant increase in May

Housing construction approvals down 31.9% in April

ifo: record level of housing construction cancellations

Sedus Stoll: double-digit growth at home and abroad

MM-Holz officially opens CLT works in Leoben

Tombers’ administrator sells business to Dekima

Stora Enso aiming to sell planing works in Amsterdam

Kitchen furniture manufacturer Störmer files for insolvency

Andritz sells another refiner to company in India

Ampine plant in Martell destroyed by fire

Greenpanel orders additional systems for thin-board plant

Uniboard: construction work at Val-d’Or plant starts

GfMTrend: turnover rise due to positive kitchen development

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