03.08.2020 − Steico is set to install two new lines to make pressure-resistant wood-fibre insulating panels at its locations in Czarna Woda (Poland) and Casteljaloux (France) in the coming year. » more

31.07.2020 − Siempelkamp signed a partnership agreement with AFK Kumar Group on 8 July. » more

31.07.2020 − UPM-Kymmene is to permanently close its Jyväskylä plywood mill today, which has an installed annual capacity of 100,000 m³ of birch and spruce plywood. » more

30.07.2020 − A minor downward trend in urea prices that persisted in June and a renewed reduction in contract prices for methanol and raw melamine have sent adhesive and impregnating resin prices lower again in July. » more

29.07.2020 − Spanish plywood imports receded in the first three months after considerable double-digit growth in 2019 as a whole.» more

28.07.2020 − Russian birch plywood exports increased by 10% to 691,969 m³ in the first three months of this year.» more

27.07.2020 − The corona crisis has led to significant reductions in business with wood-based panel plants in terms of receipts of orders as well as the processing of ongoing projects. » more

24.07.2020 − Sonae Arauco Deutschland made the first piece of particleboard using a new line at its Beeskow mill on 7 July.» more

23.07.2020 − The insulation-panel manufacturer Gutex is planning to build a second works roughly 20 km southwest of Freiburg. » more

21.07.2020 − In the first quarter, Chilean exports of radiata pine plywood decreased by 17.9% vis à vis the comparative period of last year, to 98,317t.» more

20.07.2020 − The European particleboard industry raised the proportion of recycled wood that it used as feedstock by three percentage points to nearly 43% last year, according to the latest annual report from EPF.» more

16.07.2020 − In the first quarter, a total of 1.054m m³ raw particleboard (goods tariff number 1621 12 001) was produced in Germany. » more

10.07.2020 − Christoph Michel, who has been the CEO and spokesperson of the board of directors at G. Siempelkamp since the start of 2019, left the company with effect from 30 June. » more

09.07.2020 − Following six years of continuous growth, in 2019 European production of wood-based panels declined again for the first time vis à vis the preceding year. » more

02.07.2020 − The plywood manufacturer Uruply wants to invest a total of around 30m US$ in extending its Tacuarembó works.» more

02.07.2020 − Latvian plywood exports in the first quarter remained only slightly below the preceding year’s figure. » more

26.06.2020 − Russian and other Eastern European birch plywood producers have slashed their prices in recent weeks as sales remain weak. » more

24.06.2020 − Spain experienced a sharp upswing in its plywood imports in 2019. An upward trend in the first six months of the year actually intensified in the second half of the year.» more

22.06.2020 − Siempelkamp Group has been a member of the VR Business Club since the beginning of May. » more

18.06.2020 − A deal that saw Saviola Holding buy a 50% stake in the particleboard producer Nolte Holzwerkstoff closed on 10 June. » more

18.06.2020 − Germany imported a total of 166,041 m³ of OSB in the first three months. » more

17.06.2020 − The Irish public forestry authority Coillte Teoranta has announced that its Medite Smartply division generated revenues of €207.4m last year. » more

12.06.2020 − In the first quarter German imports of hardwood, softwood and tropical plywood again fell short of the figures recorded in the comparative period last year. » more

11.06.2020 − Objections raised by other EU member states have tended to increase since amended rules governing formaldehyde testing methodology and thus a switch from E1 to E05 took effect in Germany on 1 January.» more

10.06.2020 − In the first quarter Grigeo Baltwood achieved an increase in turnover for the fifth consecutive time. » more

09.06.2020 − Steico intends to invest approximately €44m in its two Polish production sites in Czarnków and Czarna Woda and in its site in Casteljaloux, France this year. » more

08.06.2020 − Raute is to supply a veneer dryer as well as automated veneer lay-up lines for the new factory of Chinese plywood manufacturer Guoxu Springwood Wood Panel. » more

05.06.2020 − German particleboard imports and exports alike fell by double-digit percentages in the first three months compared with the same timeframe last year. » more

04.06.2020 − Dieffenbacher sold a total of 18 complete and partial lines for making wood-based panels with a continuous press in the 2019 financial year. » more

04.06.2020 − In 2019 Latvijas Finieris achieved an EBITDA to the amount of €32.3m. This represents a 3.9% decline vis à vis the preceding year’s figure. » more