09.10.2020 − After the deterioration that occurred as a result of the corona crisis, the capacity utilisation of the three thin MDF/HDF panel works of Homann has gradually been improving again since June. » more

09.10.2020 − The upward trend in Russian plywood exports observed during the first quarter weakened again in the subsequent period. » more

05.10.2020 − In the second quarter, Japan imported plywood at a total volume of 615,608m³.» more

02.10.2020 − In the first half year, specialist plywood manufacturer Delignit generated turnover to the amount of €25.6m. » more

01.10.2020 − After the almost double-figure increase in the first quarter, Grigeo Baltwood raised its sales revenue for the second quarter above last year’s figure again. » more

28.09.2020 − Egger group has started production at the new particleboard works in Lexington, North Carolina, set up via Egger Wood Products, by commissioning the first short-cycle press. » more

25.09.2020 − At the beginning of the second quarter, Mieco Chipboard concluded the sale of the Gemas/Negeri Sembilan particleboard works to Bagus Timber as agreed at the beginning of November.» more

21.09.2020 − Turkish machinery builder Patent Mühendislik Makina plans to wrap up mechanical installation work on an MDF line planned by the Algerian group Bigstar towards the end of July. » more

17.09.2020 − Since the beginning of the 90s, GIM Export Group has sold a total of 70 short-cycle presses made by Wemhöner Surface Technologies to Turkish wood-based panel manufacturers.» more

14.09.2020 − Vanachai Group Public registered a 15% year-on-year decrease in its consolidated revenues to THB2.054bn or roughly US$66.4m in the second quarter.» more

11.09.2020 − Eucatex Indústria e Comércio curbed its output in the second quarter in response to slower demand since the end of March. » more

08.09.2020 − Pro MDF, which is a Proteak subsidiary, suffered a 37% downturn in output in the second quarter of 2020. » more

07.09.2020 − The downward spiral in the German foreign trade in particleboard persisted across all product segments during the second quarter.» more

04.09.2020 − Celulosa Arauco y Constitutión manufactured 939,000 m³ and sold 1.113 million m³ of composite panels (particleboard, MDF/HDF) in North and South America between April and June 2020.» more

03.09.2020 − Altogether Germany imported 232,383 m³ of OSB in the second quarter of 2020, 11% more than in the same stretch last year. » more

03.09.2020 − Siempelkamp’s management team has informed the works council for its subsidiaries Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau and Siempelkamp Maschinenfabrik of plans to eliminate almost 260 jobs.» more

27.08.2020 − Turkish Kastamonu Entegre awarded the Siempelkamp subsidiary Siempelkamp Logistics & Service a contract to modernise its MDF/HDF line in Kastamonu.» more

25.08.2020 − The Canadian methanol producer Methanex faced a 40% decrease in total second-quarter revenues in a year-on-year comparison to US$512m. » more

20.08.2020 − On 22 July, the Spanish wood-based panel manufacturer Financiera Maderera (Finsa) informed staff at its MDF mill in the south-western French town of Morcenx that it is planning to cease production.» more

16.08.2020 − Austrian Egger Group has announced that its consolidated revenues dipped by just 0.4% to €2.832bn in the 2019/2020 financial year.» more

13.08.2020 − Efanor Investimentos, an investment firm controlled by the Azevedo family, made a voluntary takeover offer for all outstanding shares in Sonae Industria on 31 July. » more

12.08.2020 − Egger Group wrapped up a three-year programme of investments with the end of its 2019/2020 financial year on 30 April. » more

10.08.2020 − European wood-fibre insulating board manufacturers have experienced considerable changes in their positions over the past four years.» more

10.08.2020 − The Covid-19 pandemic has further delayed the installation and commissioning of a straw-based MDF line planned by CalPlant. » more

07.08.2020 − West Fraser Timber came to an agreement with its insurance company on outstanding payments for the damage caused by an explosion and an ensuing fire at the MDF works trading under the name of “WestPine”.» more

06.08.2020 − Pfleiderer Group has announced a substantial deterioration in its earnings and a slight decrease in group revenues in the 2019 financial year. » more

05.08.2020 − In spite of the coronavirus crisis, Steico achieved a small growth in revenues in the second quarter, as well.» more

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