E-Paper 51/2005

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41.3% higher imports of tropical sawn timber

Robert Thies has applied for insolvency proceedings

UPM-Kymmene invests in a new material

Japan: demand for laminated wood has declined in recent weeks

Demand in building sector stagnated in November

Poland: hardly any pine sawlogs on the spot markets

Exchange rates* (in €) 19.12.05 12.12.05 05.12.05

Steinhoff group closes two mills in South Africa

Estonia’s log exports have picked up during third quarter

Chinafloor growing in laminate floors in particular

Laminated lumber producer Noritec has burnt down

Office container furniture producers close 2005 slightly higher than 2004

1% decline in US exports of sawn hardwood

Rank has again extended its take-over offer for CHH

Swiss construction output increased in third quarter

Figures declining for new wooden houses in Japan

KHB: building start no earlier than second quarter 2006

Sawmilling industry announced price increases

European construction industry has weakened

Citizens of Domat approve of planned Stallinger mill

Ilim Pulp considers building a sawmill in Kotlas

Spain: timber exports rose by 2.2% through June 2005

AEIM presents updated register of members

Purchase prices of US white oak have risen again

US agency has announced new tariff rates for lumber

Pellet production capacity rising to over 700,000m³ in 2006

UPM-Kymmene will supply raw material to pellets mill

Considerable decline in sales to Britain recorded

Hanse Haus was able to improve results in 2004

Kingfisher: results have again declined by 21%

Spain’s imports of oak from the USA have risen in spite of higher prices

Latvian plywood exports have risen in the third quarter

Pressure on earnings in bedroom furniture industry

The USA has set a subsidy rate of less than 1 %

Germany’s kitchen furniture industry’s home sales down

CompacTec speeds up the expansion of its pellets mill

Plywood production capacities in Chile will increase substantially by 2007

Rise in demand for plywood from the building industry in the Netherlands

Living room furniture sales didn’t revive before Christmas

ZOW reorganises layout after fairground expansion

Burgbad merges four of its subsidiaries

Blockboard prices were raised several times this year

Furniture industry’s sales up by an adjusted 1.8 %

9.7 % rise in issued planning permits in September

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