18.03.2019 − In connection with the stabilisation of domestic demand over the course of last year, capacity utilisation of the Brazilian wood-based panels industry also improved slightly.» more

15.03.2019 − In the fourth quarter, the Chilean wood and pulp group Arauco increased its composite panel sales in North and South America by 9.6 % to 1.329m m³ of composite panels (particleboard, MDF/HDF).» more

15.03.2019 − The rapid phasing-out of the duty-free quota for imports of softwood plywood into the EU has continued in recent weeks, with around 80% of the total quantity now being called. » more

15.03.2019 − With a total export volume slightly above the previous year's level, China was the largest foreign sales market for the German OSB industry in the fourth quarter. » more

14.03.2019 − Germany experienced a gradual decrease in its particleboard exports and imports in the second half of 2018 after a better performance in the first and second quarters of 2018. » more

13.03.2019 − Anthon, a German plant manufacturer specialising in cut-to-size and loading systems , has delivered its first high-performance through-feed saw to South-East Asia in the past few weeks.» more

13.03.2019 − The Australian Carter Holt Harvey Pinepanels (CHH) ceased production at its particleboard plant in Tumut/New South Wales on February 25, and the site was finally closed at the end of the month. » more

11.03.2019 − In the fourth quarter, the Chilean CMPC sold a total of 112,000 m³ of plywood. » more

08.03.2019 − At the beginning of February, Siempelkamp produced the first panel on the MDF/HDF thin-panel plant installed at Yekalon-Jiufangyuan Panels of Huanggang in Hubei, China.» more

07.03.2019 − Owing to a comparatively strong fourth quarter, Japan’s plywood imports in 2018 as a whole only reached a 0.7 % higher level than a year earlier at approximately 2.923m m³.» more

05.03.2019 − In 2018, German hardwood plywood imports increased by 5 % to 748,585 m³. » more

04.03.2019 − The Canadian OSB manufacturer Norbord has ordered a second dryer from Büttner for the Scottish OSB plant Inverness-Morayhill.» more

04.03.2019 − During the first quarter, Chinese Jiangsu Hui Dian New Materials ordered a forming and press line for OSB and various upstream and downstream plant components from the Siempelkamp Group.» more

04.03.2019 − Spain’s imports of softwood and hardwood plywood in the third quarter of 2018 were reverted to the level of the first. » more

01.03.2019 − The duty-free quota for softwood plywood imports into the EU is being used up more quickly this year than in 2018. » more

28.02.2019 − Roseburg Forest Products completed its acquisition of an MDF mill in El Dorado, Arkansas doing business as Del-Tin Fiber LLC from PotlachDeltic on 13 February. » more

26.02.2019 − PG Bison, part of the South African conglomerate KAP Industrial Holdings, is currently preparing expansion investment measures for its particleboard works in Ugie, Eastern Cape, and Piet Retief, Mpumalanga. » more

25.02.2019 − In the fourth quarter, the Wood Processing Systems business unit of US plant manufacturer Kadant received another Strander order from China. » more

22.02.2019 − The volume of methanol sold by Methanex in the fourth quarter of 2018 fell by 3.5 % to 2.752m t falling short of the level of a year earlier for the first time again since the fourth quarter of 2015.» more

22.02.2019 − Latvian plywood exports in the fourth quarter were higher than in the previous year for the first time, after having declined in each of the first three quarters. » more

21.02.2019 − The downward spiral in Russian birch plywood prices strengthened in the first few weeks of 2019. » more

20.02.2019 − The construction of a new continuous particleboard line planned by Sonae Arauco at the Beeskow site as part of a replacement investment is to begin at the beginning of March. » more

18.02.2019 − A strong first half of 2018 gave way to growing weakness on North American OSB markets. » more

15.02.2019 − Finland exported 2.3% less plywood between January and November compared to the corresponding period in the preceding year, according to figures compiled by the Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF).» more

15.02.2019 − Don Hambly, CEO of the Canadian furniture parts manufacturer Olon Industries, and Jim Lymer, General Manager of the joint venture OL Frontal Solutions left the company on 5 Februar with immediate effect.» more

15.02.2019 − The North American markets for composite panels developed in line with expectations in the fourth quarter.» more

14.02.2019 − The US company Louisiana-Pacific is to receive 4.5m CAD in government funding for the ongoing conversion of the Canadian OSB works Dawson Creek of British Columbia to the production of sidings. » more

13.02.2019 − After the delays that occurred last year, Arauco North America began commissioning the individual plant components at the newly constructed Grayling/Michigan particleboard plant in recent weeks. » more

12.02.2019 − The particleboard plant at Sonae Industria's Horn-Bad Meinberg plant, which was finally shut down in the first quarter of 2014, is currently being dismantled. » more

12.02.2019 − Last year, Austrian SGS Industrial Services generated sales of around €30m for the first time via the US subsidiary SGS Industrial Services Inc., which was founded in 2013 in Norcross/Georgia.» more