08.06.2021 − German exports of OSB in the first quarter remained stable at approximately the level recorded during the comparative period of the preceding year. » more

07.06.2021 − In the course of the first quarter the Thai MDF/HDF manufacturer S.Kijchai Enterprise commissioned its new adhesive resin plant. » more

07.06.2021 − Following a rather slow outflow, the separate softwood plywood quota for Great Britain/Northern Ireland - initially set at 167,352m³ for this year - is now exhausted. » more

04.06.2021 − The raw material procurement challenges that the furniture and building products industry have faced for several months have intensified in recent weeks. » more

31.05.2021 − Vakaru Medienos Grupe (VMG) has ordered a complete line to make laminated veneer lumber (LVL) from Raute. » more

31.05.2021 − In the first quarter, the USA imported a total volume of 409,065m³ softwood plywood. » more

27.05.2021 − KAP Industrial Holdings approved investments that PG Bison has been planning for some time towards the end of April. » more

26.05.2021 − The EU Commission has proposed provisional anti-dumping duties ranging between 15.0% and 17.2% in the anti-dumping procedure concerning imports of birch plywood from Russia.» more

25.05.2021 − Pfleiderer Group issued a sustainability-linked senior secured bond with a total volume of €750m via PCF in mid-April. » more

21.05.2021 − Supply shortfalls in the lumber, wood product and wood-based panel sectors and the resulting price hikes are having an ever-growing impact on underlying contractual agreements.» more

18.05.2021 − Homann Holzwerkstoffe delivered a stronger-than-expected performance in the 2020 financial year. » more

17.05.2021 − In its business year 2020, Roy O. Martin Lumber Management produced and sold more than 2.0bn sqft (3/8” basis) of OSB and plywood for the first time.» more

13.05.2021 − In the first quarter, the OSB business division of Louisiana-Pacific generated total turnover to the amount of US$539m. » more

11.05.2021 − Pfleiderer Group issued a sustainability-linked senior secured bond with a total volume of €750m via PCF in mid-April.» more

10.05.2021 − The supply challenges that have emerged on North American structural panel markets in recent months hardly affected local production in the first quarter.» more

07.05.2021 − Shifts in Brazilian elliotis pine plywood exports to North and South America intensified in the first quarter. » more

06.05.2021 − The ongoing growth in demand for building products helped Steico to far surpass the growth in revenues and earnings booked in 2020 during the first three months. » more

04.05.2021 − The global wood-based panel industry’s reluctance to make investments, which was compounded by the pandemic, has evaporated more and more over the past few months.» more

03.05.2021 − A project to install an insulating material plant by the US start-up GO Lab at a site in Madison, Maine is running around two years behind the original schedule.» more

30.04.2021 − Pfleiderer Group has placed orders with Argos Solutions for three inspection systems for melamine-laminated and coated boards. » more

26.04.2021 − Dürr has announced that its Clean Technology Systems (CTS) division will expand its air pollution control technology business for the wood-based panel industry to Europe and Asia. » more

23.04.2021 − In the 2020 financial year, Chile exported a total volume of 451,920t plywood. » more

20.04.2021 − According to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office, in the fourth quarter German OSB production rose by 11.5% to 308,770m³. » more

19.04.2021 − In the fourth quarter, a total volume of 1.056m m³ raw particleboard (goods tariff number 1621 12 001) was produced in Germany. » more

16.04.2021 − The Turkish Competition Authority wrapped up an investigation into 13 wood-based panel manufacturers from Turkey and the Turkish wood-based panel association during the first quarter.» more

15.04.2021 − Dieffenbacher had already won more than half as many orders as in all of 2020 by the end of March with a total of eight projects.» more

12.04.2021 − Continuing consolidation within China’s wood-based panel industry culminated in the first minor reduction in total particleboard and MDF/HDF capacity in a while last year. » more

12.04.2021 − EPFelected Martin Brettenthaler, CEO of Swiss Krono Group, and Tobias Schindler,CSO of Steico, to its Managing Board at a general assembly held by video conference on 24 March.» more

09.04.2021 − After the plans for building a 200,000-t pellet plant along with a prefabricated-house works and CLT works in Tirschenreuth, Ziegler Group is also planning to build an insulating-board factory in Bärnau.» more

06.04.2021 − The supply situation has continued to deteriorate on most of the raw material markets for the wood-based panel and surface industry during the first quarter. » more