E-Paper 37/2012

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Sawmilling industry in northern and eastern Germany retaining reduction in lumber output

Business in flat wooden pallets has been holding largely stable in the last few weeks

Wood activities among North American concerns show renewed growth in second quarter

Toppan Cosmo intends to take over Chiyoda America

Concentration in the pre-impregnated paper business continues

Northern/eastern Germany: Most log contracts fixed

German planed-product exports down 32%

Less beetle-wood in Bavarian and Czech national parks

Latvian lumber exports up by 6% to June

22,000 visitors registered at Klagenfurt timber trade fair

18.6% fewer logs imported by Russia from Japan

Softwood lumber business only slowly getting into gear following end of the holiday season

Worst forest fires in Spain for years

Temple-Inland to join Flakeboard and Uniboard in gaining a new owner

No bidders for Russian plywood manufacturer Parfino

Prices for Chinese plywood down slightly as a result of declining freight rates

US furniture industry will probably not match pre-crisis level again in the foreseeable future

Window-scantling output down in Austria

Austria’s sawmilling industry lamenting loss of market shares to Scandinavian businesses

Consulting firm seeking investor for Tombers Hartholz

Koehler increases turnover again in first six months

German Pellets sales revenues raised by acquisitions

Praktiker now negotiating with Semper Constantia after all

Nobia terminates production of flat-pack kitchens at Optifit

Kattwinkel Möbelwerkstätten files for bankruptcy

Production at Ilim Timber increases by 21%

OSB activities at LP in the black again in the second quarter

Uniboard intends to modernise KT press at Sayabec plant

Accsys and Ineos to create a joint venture

Swiss construction industry retains high productivity

Euroconstruct forecasts declines in residential completions construction for the current year

TTF forecasts 3.4% decline in British imports

IMA receives first order for laser edger from North America

Pfleiderer Grajewo seeking investor for Novgorod

UPM-Kymmene markets new composite material via Tekuma

Freight rates for imports from China decline again over the summer months

HDH still working from assumption of slight growth for wood industry in 2012 as a whole

3.3% growth registered in exports from Sweden

Resin manufacturers want to harness reduced supply to eek out their margins

People

Demand for plywood steady at a low level

Mid-sized sawmills scarcely benefiting from boom

German Pellets invests in a stationary log plant

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E-Paper 37/2012

In our print edition

Sawmilling industry in northern and eastern Germany retaining reduction in lumber output

Business in flat wooden pallets has been holding largely stable in the last few weeks

Wood activities among North American concerns show renewed growth in second quarter

Toppan Cosmo intends to take over Chiyoda America

Concentration in the pre-impregnated paper business continues

Northern/eastern Germany: Most log contracts fixed

German planed-product exports down 32%

Less beetle-wood in Bavarian and Czech national parks

Latvian lumber exports up by 6% to June

22,000 visitors registered at Klagenfurt timber trade fair

18.6% fewer logs imported by Russia from Japan

Softwood lumber business only slowly getting into gear following end of the holiday season

Worst forest fires in Spain for years

Temple-Inland to join Flakeboard and Uniboard in gaining a new owner

No bidders for Russian plywood manufacturer Parfino

Prices for Chinese plywood down slightly as a result of declining freight rates

US furniture industry will probably not match pre-crisis level again in the foreseeable future

Window-scantling output down in Austria

Austria’s sawmilling industry lamenting loss of market shares to Scandinavian businesses

Consulting firm seeking investor for Tombers Hartholz

Koehler increases turnover again in first six months

German Pellets sales revenues raised by acquisitions

Praktiker now negotiating with Semper Constantia after all

Nobia terminates production of flat-pack kitchens at Optifit

Kattwinkel Möbelwerkstätten files for bankruptcy

Production at Ilim Timber increases by 21%

OSB activities at LP in the black again in the second quarter

Uniboard intends to modernise KT press at Sayabec plant

Accsys and Ineos to create a joint venture

Swiss construction industry retains high productivity

Euroconstruct forecasts declines in residential completions construction for the current year

TTF forecasts 3.4% decline in British imports

IMA receives first order for laser edger from North America

Pfleiderer Grajewo seeking investor for Novgorod

UPM-Kymmene markets new composite material via Tekuma

Freight rates for imports from China decline again over the summer months

HDH still working from assumption of slight growth for wood industry in 2012 as a whole

3.3% growth registered in exports from Sweden

Resin manufacturers want to harness reduced supply to eek out their margins

People

Demand for plywood steady at a low level

Mid-sized sawmills scarcely benefiting from boom

German Pellets invests in a stationary log plant

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