01.06.2020 − OCI Nitrogen saw its melamine sales take a turn for the worse again in the first quarter of this year after relatively strong growth in the final quarter of 2019.» more

29.05.2020 − The US imported 12% less softwood plywood in the first three months of 2020 than it had in the same stretch last year with a total of 357,341 m³. » more

28.05.2020 − The duty-free quota for softwood plywood imports into the EU was filled on 13 May, a little earlier than had been initially expected.» more

27.05.2020 − Since the beginning of May Siempelkamp has been a member of the VR Business Club. » more

25.05.2020 − Finnish plywood production in the first quarter was again down by more than a third year-on-year. » more

24.05.2020 − In order to generate additional liquidity reserves to handle the corona crisis, Canadian Norbord has postponed all investments not urgently required.» more

23.05.2020 − Europe exported less particleboard to the US in the first three months of 2020 after strong growth in 2019.» more

21.05.2020 − Following minor volatility over the past three years, the US exported 37% more OSB in the first quarter of this year with a total of 61,839 m³.» more

20.05.2020 − The duty-free quota for softwood plywood imports into the EU will likely be filled in the next few days.» more

18.05.2020 − The duty-free quota for softwood plywood imports into the EU expired on 13 May, somewhat earlier than initially expected.» more

18.05.2020 − After the relatively strong increase in the fourth quarter, melamine sales of OCI Nitrogen declined again in the first quarter. » more

15.05.2020 − After the strong increase last year, particleboard deliveries from Europe to the USA decreased again in the first quarter.» more

15.05.2020 − Persistent pressure on global methanol prices has led the Canadian company Methanex and the US group Southern Chemical (SCC) to trim their contract prices again for May 2020.» more

15.05.2020 − German companies made less raw particleboard in 2019 than they did in 2018.» more

14.05.2020 − German companies made less OSB (commodity tariff number 1621 13 160) in all four quarters of last year, as had been the case in 2018.» more

21.04.2020 − Germany and France delivered more particleboard to the UK in 2019 than in the previous year.» more

21.04.2020 − Latvijas Finieris, the Latvian birch plywood producer, expects the sales volume to decrease by 5-8% in April due to the corona crisis.» more

17.04.2020 − Vanachai, the Thai wood-based products manufacturer, started OSB production at the Group's largest site in Surat Thani. » more

09.04.2020 − Due to the current corona crisis, the US-based Boise Cascade expects a significant decline in demand on the North American plywood and EWP markets in the second quarter.» more

08.04.2020 − Due to the effects of the corona crisis, wood-based panels manufacturer Financiera Madereira has temporarily stopped wood-based panels production at the Spanish locations.» more

06.04.2020 − The tightening of measures to control coronavirus in various countries is also affecting Sonae Arauco's production activities.» more

02.04.2020 − After relatively short negotiations, the European contract price for methanol deliveries in the second quarter of 2020 was fixed at € 255/t fob Rotterdam with the fixing reached on 26 March.» more

01.04.2020 − As a reaction to the decline in demand recorded in the course of the Corona crisis, the US forestry and timber group Weyerhaeuser will also reduce production at various locations. » more

27.03.2020 − With yesterday's posting, the Canadian company Methanex has reduced its European Posted Contract Price (EPCP) for the second quarter by €15/t.» more

24.03.2020 − Germany imported less hardwood, softwood and tropical plywood in the fourth quarter of 2019 than it had one year earlier. » more

23.03.2020 − In the 2019 financial year the forest products resins business division of US resin manufacturer Hexion generated turnover of US$1.485bn.» more

23.03.2020 − Germany exported 5% less OSB in the fourth quarter than it had in the prior-year period with a total of 121,446 m³. » more

20.03.2020 − Andritz is to supply a pressurized refining system for the MDF plant at the Wuzhou (Guangxi province) location of Chinese wood-based panels manufacturer Guangxi Guoxu Group.» more

20.03.2020 − Finland’s plywood exports fell sharply again last year after a slight downturn in 2018; a slump that already surfaced in the first half of the year intensified in the final six months. » more

20.03.2020 − Demand for plywood imports from the US has risen sharply in recent weeks after a somewhat weaker phase.» more