E-Paper 49/2020: Digital edition of EUWID Wood Products and Panels

Ashley to invest US$70m in logistics centre

3 % reduction registered in Belarusian exports

Latvian exports increased in third quarter

1.4m m³ of beetle wood registered by Södra to date

Further growth in area of forest in Europe

Sawlog prices maintain upward trend in Norway

Inwido records further growth in third quarter

Ingka Group: net profit decreases by one-third

Ladenburger enlarging gluelam capacity in Bopfingen

Less continuing investment after change of partners

Federal Cartel Office approves HIT Holz takeover

Joh. Friedrich Behrens files for insolvency proceedings

Missouri Walnut ceases cutting of own roundwood

Interfor sawn-softwood output boosted by 53 % in Q3

Northwest Hardwoods files for Chapter 11 proceedings

Lowe’s anticipates further growth of 15-20% in Q4

Home Depot to acquire HD Supply Holdings

Spain: building starts plummet by 45% in June

France: building starts increase further in September

Building approvals 3.1% higher than last year

French furniture imports down 39 % in second quarter 2020

Italian foreign trade in furniture slumps by a third

Mattress industry records increase in third quarter

Recovery of furniture industry continues in September

Machinery market expected to return to pre-crisis level in 2023

Capacity expansion in kitchen industry progresses

Germany exported more raw particleboard in Q3

Sea freight rates from China rise considerably in November

Smaller duty-free quota to take effect in 2021

Elliotis pine plywood exports have dipped recently

Elliotis pine plywood manufacturers stopped issuing new quotes in the middle of November

Timber construction turnover grows contrary to trend

Softwood sawmills record best quarter in years

German rough-sawn softwood imports and exports up

Further decline registered in beech sawnwood exports

Marked growth in Chinese demand for hardwood logs

Initial industrial-hardwood deals for Leuna biorefinery

Sawn-hardwood output down 20 % in EOS countries

Further reduction in sawnwood production in Russia

Further increase in oak sawlog prices in Poland

In the third quarter, Latvian roundwood exports reduced

Forte more than doubles results figures

Peak reached by China’s spruce imports from Europe

Another growth in German OSB imports in Q3

MasterBrand Cabinets plans new plant in Georgia

Covid-19 leads to a slump at KAP Industrial

SCA’s new sorting plant in Bollsta on schedule

Leicht anticipates 4% decline in turnover for 2020

Home24 upwardly adjusts 2020 forecast again

Kronospan LLC investing in wastewater treatment

BSW Timber Group taking over Dick Brothers Forestry

Tarkett achieves slightly improved adjusted EBITDA

South African wood-based panel producer PG Bison to add MDF line to Piet Retief site

CLT from Stora Enso receives approval for North America

Klausner Lumber Two auction set for 10 December

In Brief

Arauco’s total capacity now below 10m m³

Arauco: clear increases for wood products results

Greenpanel MDF sales increase again significantly

Canfor sells PolarBoard facility in Fort Nelson

CMPC: positive sales trend for plywood continues

Former Steinhoff CEO Jooste fined ZAR162m

Laminate Park site to become part of a battery factory

SWL to close Bad Tölz location at end of month

Howdens in France and Belgium back in black

E-Paper 49/2020

In our print edition

Ashley to invest US$70m in logistics centre

3 % reduction registered in Belarusian exports

Latvian exports increased in third quarter

1.4m m³ of beetle wood registered by Södra to date

Further growth in area of forest in Europe

Sawlog prices maintain upward trend in Norway

Inwido records further growth in third quarter

Ingka Group: net profit decreases by one-third

Ladenburger enlarging gluelam capacity in Bopfingen

Less continuing investment after change of partners

Federal Cartel Office approves HIT Holz takeover

Joh. Friedrich Behrens files for insolvency proceedings

Missouri Walnut ceases cutting of own roundwood

Interfor sawn-softwood output boosted by 53 % in Q3

Northwest Hardwoods files for Chapter 11 proceedings

Lowe’s anticipates further growth of 15-20% in Q4

Home Depot to acquire HD Supply Holdings

Spain: building starts plummet by 45% in June

France: building starts increase further in September

Building approvals 3.1% higher than last year

French furniture imports down 39 % in second quarter 2020

Italian foreign trade in furniture slumps by a third

Mattress industry records increase in third quarter

Recovery of furniture industry continues in September

Machinery market expected to return to pre-crisis level in 2023

Capacity expansion in kitchen industry progresses

Germany exported more raw particleboard in Q3

Sea freight rates from China rise considerably in November

Smaller duty-free quota to take effect in 2021

Elliotis pine plywood exports have dipped recently

Elliotis pine plywood manufacturers stopped issuing new quotes in the middle of November

Timber construction turnover grows contrary to trend

Softwood sawmills record best quarter in years

German rough-sawn softwood imports and exports up

Further decline registered in beech sawnwood exports

Marked growth in Chinese demand for hardwood logs

Initial industrial-hardwood deals for Leuna biorefinery

Sawn-hardwood output down 20 % in EOS countries

Further reduction in sawnwood production in Russia

Further increase in oak sawlog prices in Poland

In the third quarter, Latvian roundwood exports reduced

Forte more than doubles results figures

Peak reached by China’s spruce imports from Europe

Another growth in German OSB imports in Q3

MasterBrand Cabinets plans new plant in Georgia

Covid-19 leads to a slump at KAP Industrial

SCA’s new sorting plant in Bollsta on schedule

Leicht anticipates 4% decline in turnover for 2020

Home24 upwardly adjusts 2020 forecast again

Kronospan LLC investing in wastewater treatment

BSW Timber Group taking over Dick Brothers Forestry

Tarkett achieves slightly improved adjusted EBITDA

South African wood-based panel producer PG Bison to add MDF line to Piet Retief site

CLT from Stora Enso receives approval for North America

Klausner Lumber Two auction set for 10 December

In Brief

Arauco’s total capacity now below 10m m³

Arauco: clear increases for wood products results

Greenpanel MDF sales increase again significantly

Canfor sells PolarBoard facility in Fort Nelson

CMPC: positive sales trend for plywood continues

Former Steinhoff CEO Jooste fined ZAR162m

Laminate Park site to become part of a battery factory

SWL to close Bad Tölz location at end of month

Howdens in France and Belgium back in black

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