27.09.2021 − On 1 September, the French competition authorities (Autorité de la concurrence) approved the planned takeover of Panofrance by Saint-Gobain.» more

24.09.2021 − In the second quarter of its 2021/2022 financial year (31 January), The Home Depot increased its turnover by 8.1% to US$41.118bn. » more

23.09.2021 − Springer Maschinenfabrik has set up branch in the USA. Springer will be operating a sales and service branch under the name of Springer USA in future. » more

20.09.2021 − Ensuing from the end-October 2019 sale of the Europe Distribution business division of CRH to Blackstone Group, Dutch company Building Materials Europe (BME) intends to divest Raboni Normandie.» more

08.09.2021 − Following the corona-related decline in 2020, housing construction in most European countries is set to recover somewhat faster in the current year and the next two years than initially anticipated. » more

19.08.2021 − In the first half, due to expansion and optimisation measures planned - and in some cases already started - at several plants of Homag Group, investments increased by 5.1% to €18.6m. » more

16.08.2021 − The 18.6% increase in turnover achieved by HolzLand in the first quarter had intensified further by the middle of the year. » more

12.08.2021 − In the first half, via its 454 member companies Eurobaustoff generated centrally invoiced net purchasing turnover of around €4.2bn. » more

09.08.2021 − In the first quarter housing starts in England, adjusted to account for seasonal influences, increased by 36% vis à vis the comparative quarter of the preceding year to 46,010 units. » more

06.08.2021 − Following a 4.4% decline in April, in May building approvals for living units in new residential buildings in Germany rose by 1.8% to 28,199 units. » more

05.08.2021 − The increase in US housing starts recorded in May and June could not fully offset the 12.2% decline recorded in April. » more

30.07.2021 − The Wood Products division of Stora Enso sold 1.247m m³ of sawnwood and wood products during the course of the second quarter. » more

28.07.2021 − Exposicam, organiser of the furniture supplier fair Sicam, still assumes that the event will be held as planned in Pordenone, Italy from 12 to 15 October. » more

02.07.2021 − The international forestry trade fair, scheduled to take place in Lucerne (Switzerland) from 26 to 29 August, will not take place.» more

01.07.2021 − The Würth group increased its sales revenue again in its business year 2020 by 1.0% to €14.4bn.» more

18.06.2021 − In the first quarter, DIY and home improvement stores in Germany suffered significant turnover declines, whereas high rates of increase were recorded in Austria and Switzerland. » more

17.06.2021 − In 2020, completions of living units in Germany increased by 4.6% vis à vis the preceding year to 306,376 units.» more

14.06.2021 − EU parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday imposing sanctions against Belarus.» more

11.06.2021 − The Xylexpo fair, which last year had initially been postponed from the rotationally scheduled date in May to November before being cancelled a short time later, is to be held again in October next year.» more

11.06.2021 − The volume of pellets and woodchips produced and sold in compliance with the criteria of the Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) in 2020 was roughly 3 t or 25 % lower than a year earlier at 14.95m t.» more

10.06.2021 − Via its Croatian subsidiaries Swedish Pervanovo Invest has taken over a further Croatian hardwood processor.» more

31.05.2021 − In 2020, building starts in Spanish housing construction decreased by 21% to 75,820 units. » more

27.05.2021 − Compagnie de Saint-Gobain plans to ramp up its French timber trading activities significantly by acquiring the lumber and wood-based panel merchant Panofrance. » more

25.05.2021 − The new construction elements solutions business area, announced by Homag Group in October 2020, commenced operations on 1 April. » more

20.05.2021 − P3G Industries and Alsapan want to merge their activities into a holding company trading under the name of Alpagroup.» more

14.05.2021 − On 28 April, Russian Sistema got the Segezha Group listed on the Moscow stock exchange by issuing of new shares. » more

14.05.2021 − Orders received by Raute in the first quarter were 20 % higher than a year earlier at €30m. » more

12.05.2021 − Homag Group has acquired a majority stake in Kallesoe Machinery, a Danish machinery manufacturer that specialises in presses for the production of cross-laminated timber (CLT).» more

07.05.2021 − Disproportionately high growth in the second and third quarters enabled the DIY industry in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to achieve double-figure growth rates in sales revenue in 2020 as a whole. » more

03.05.2021 − H.I.T. Maschinenbau recently took over all the design documentation, rights, and workforce of SMB and integrated the company into the newly-founded H.I.T. Keilzinkentechnik on 19 March. » more