Bauhaus and Hornbach have cut their pallet prices for OSB

While investments in particleboard and MDF/HDF lines will continue to be concentrated in certain regions, OSB capacity looks set to increase on all continents in the years ahead. Investment plans that a number of companies had pursued in Russia and Belarus cannot move forward in the foreseeable future due to sanctions...

OSB prices slipped a little in Germany, Austria and Switzerland again in January and February despite a slight recovery in demand compared with the weak fourth quarter of 2022. The downward trend in prices witnessed since spring 2022 initially continued after all, even though the pressure on prices created by sales...

In response to the sharp rise in natural gas prices, the Swiss Krono Group has reduced its use of natural gas as an energy source to the greatest possible extent in several of its plants. In the OSB plant operating at the Vásárosnamény site under the name of Swiss Krono Kft., the thermal oil required for the continuous...