E-Paper 7/2017: Digital edition of EUWID Wood Products and Panels

Auction for Darbo assets slated for 14 March

France planning new formaldehyde rules for furniture

Increase of 8% in UPM Plywood’s operating result

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German furniture exports staged November recovery

German furniture industry raises November revenues

Sicam: Further increase in exhibitor and visitor numbers

Number of EPLF ordinary members decreases to 17

Manufacturing troubles at several producers making it harder to source resin again

Methanol spot prices nearing €400 mark

British waste wood exports expected to head lower

Brazilian domestic sales down slightly last year

Plywood from Indonesia shipped as break bulk again

China: Freight rates add US$5-10/m³ to plywood price

Order overhangs from 2016 generate brisk demand for window scantlings in January

DACH: Pellet prices rise again in January

Euronext: First pellet futures offered for March and June

High-volume business for wooden flat pallets continues at start of year

German softwood lumber markets in equilibrium

Sawdust briefly subject to fierce buying competition

Romanian wood-based panel industry pushing wood imports

UK: Imports being hampered by volatile exchange rates

North America: Countervailing duties date postponed

At the beginning of 2017, demand for softwood lumber remains heavy in Japan

WBP manufacturers want to raise sales prices after raw material costs reverse direction

Less & Timber’s scantling plant in Cáslav starts production

Alno concern shows renewed turnover growth of 4% in 2016

Split picture given by Stora Enso’s business year 2016

Forest projects in Ireland being supported with €83.5m

Finnish softwood lumber output increased 2.1% in 2016

Chile: 70,000 ha forest plantations affected by fires

Norbord invested USD33m in Inverness last year

Swedish exports again exceed previous year’s figure

Finnish plywood production minimally down year on year

Nobia: After-tax result plunges into the red

Inwido: Takeovers lead to notable growth

Kampa Group shows turnover growth of 36% in 2016

Metsä Wood’s sales of Kerto LVL in boosted Q4 2016

Homag Group wants to be sole owner of Benz in late 2018

Norbord posts 10.8% drop in European revenues

Weyerhaeuser: Fire results in production losses

Greenply: MDF sales decline by 23%

Norbord raises output in both of its regions

Weyerhaeuser orders new press for Grayling plant

Magnumboard licences for Keilhofer and Wood & Build

Steico books revenues over €200m for the first time

Leicht Küchen forecasting another rise in revenues

Danish TCM Group acquires kitchen manufacturer Nettoline

Dechow auctions lines from Nolte Möbel Delbrück

Sonpro opens up new distribution channels

Mohawk completes takeover of Emilceramica

Saint-Gobain to take over Teuto plant in Augustdorf

Bauking to increase specialisation with sales area managers

Hagebau turnover exceeds €6bn a third time

BillerudKorsnäs leasing five Cind scaling systems

Stora Enso investing in a plant making biocomposite granules

Metsä Fibre to start test operations in Äänekoski

E-Paper 7/2017

In our print edition

Auction for Darbo assets slated for 14 March

France planning new formaldehyde rules for furniture

Increase of 8% in UPM Plywood’s operating result

People

German furniture exports staged November recovery

German furniture industry raises November revenues

Sicam: Further increase in exhibitor and visitor numbers

Number of EPLF ordinary members decreases to 17

Manufacturing troubles at several producers making it harder to source resin again

Methanol spot prices nearing €400 mark

British waste wood exports expected to head lower

Brazilian domestic sales down slightly last year

Plywood from Indonesia shipped as break bulk again

China: Freight rates add US$5-10/m³ to plywood price

Order overhangs from 2016 generate brisk demand for window scantlings in January

DACH: Pellet prices rise again in January

Euronext: First pellet futures offered for March and June

High-volume business for wooden flat pallets continues at start of year

German softwood lumber markets in equilibrium

Sawdust briefly subject to fierce buying competition

Romanian wood-based panel industry pushing wood imports

UK: Imports being hampered by volatile exchange rates

North America: Countervailing duties date postponed

At the beginning of 2017, demand for softwood lumber remains heavy in Japan

WBP manufacturers want to raise sales prices after raw material costs reverse direction

Less & Timber’s scantling plant in Cáslav starts production

Alno concern shows renewed turnover growth of 4% in 2016

Split picture given by Stora Enso’s business year 2016

Forest projects in Ireland being supported with €83.5m

Finnish softwood lumber output increased 2.1% in 2016

Chile: 70,000 ha forest plantations affected by fires

Norbord invested USD33m in Inverness last year

Swedish exports again exceed previous year’s figure

Finnish plywood production minimally down year on year

Nobia: After-tax result plunges into the red

Inwido: Takeovers lead to notable growth

Kampa Group shows turnover growth of 36% in 2016

Metsä Wood’s sales of Kerto LVL in boosted Q4 2016

Homag Group wants to be sole owner of Benz in late 2018

Norbord posts 10.8% drop in European revenues

Weyerhaeuser: Fire results in production losses

Greenply: MDF sales decline by 23%

Norbord raises output in both of its regions

Weyerhaeuser orders new press for Grayling plant

Magnumboard licences for Keilhofer and Wood & Build

Steico books revenues over €200m for the first time

Leicht Küchen forecasting another rise in revenues

Danish TCM Group acquires kitchen manufacturer Nettoline

Dechow auctions lines from Nolte Möbel Delbrück

Sonpro opens up new distribution channels

Mohawk completes takeover of Emilceramica

Saint-Gobain to take over Teuto plant in Augustdorf

Bauking to increase specialisation with sales area managers

Hagebau turnover exceeds €6bn a third time

BillerudKorsnäs leasing five Cind scaling systems

Stora Enso investing in a plant making biocomposite granules

Metsä Fibre to start test operations in Äänekoski

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