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Siempelkamp delivering more components to AGT
04.05.2018 − GIM Export Group has ordered additional components for the second MDF/HDF line run by Turkish AGT Agac San. ve. Tic. from Siempelkamp. » more
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Sonae Industria makes new agreement with Teak Capital
04.05.2018 − Pareuro, controlled by the Azevedo family, and Teak Capital, signed a new agreement on 30 April on a call option for shares of Sonae Industria. » more
Egger orders particleboard line for North Carolina
03.05.2018 − Austrian Egger group has awarded the first contracts for a particleboard mill planned in Lexington, North Carolina over the past few months. » more
Softwood plywood quota was filled on 23 April
01.05.2018 − It took the least amount of time in ten years for the duty-free quota for softwood plywood imports into the EU to be filled in 2018, even with a correction made in the first half of February. » more
VMG orders another complete line from Siempelkamp
30.04.2018 − Lithuanian Vakaru Medienos Grupe (VMG) ordered a complete particleboard line from Siempelkamp at the start of the second quarter. » more
Russian birch plywood exports almost same as 2016
27.04.2018 − Russian birch plywood exports came close to replicating 2016’s level after all last year thanks to a growth in the fourth quarter of 2017. » more
Garnica becomes sole owner of Maderas de Llodio
26.04.2018 − Spanish Grupo Garnica Plywood has become the sole owner of the radiata pine plywood manufacturing specialist Maderas de Llodio.» more
Sonae Arauco restarts its Mangualde mill
25.04.2018 − During the first quarter, Sonae Arauco resumed operations at two of the three raw board lines at its Mangualde and Oliveira do Hospital sites, which temporarily shut down on 16 October 2017 after forest fires. » more
Elliotis pine plywood exports rising more than in 2017
24.04.2018 − The upward spiral in Brazilian elliotis pine plywood exports intensified in the first quarter. » more
Nolte to order new waste wood technology
23.04.2018 − Nolte Holzwerkstoff is to award a contract for long-planned waste wood recycling technology to Dieffenbacher. » more
Murom orders complete OSB line from Siempelkamp
19.04.2018 − Russian Murom intends to add OSB to its range of products. The company has ordered a complete line from Siempelkamp for this project. » more
US: No new investigation into plywood imports from China
18.04.2018 − The US Department of Commerce (DOC) will not launch a new investigation into plywood imports from China for the time being. » more
OneFortyOne ditches its plans for particleboard mill
18.04.2018 − Australian OneFortyOne Plantations (OFO) is not going to start making particleboard after all. » more
Latvijas Finieris enjoyed 7% growth in turnover
17.04.2018 − Latvijas Finieris boosted its revenues by 7% to about €229m last year, according to preliminary figures. » more
Pfleiderer commissions waste wood recycling technology
16.04.2018 − Pfleiderer commissioned a waste wood recycling line installed at its Neumarkt particleboard mill in January as scheduled. » more
Four plants sold by Siempelkamp in first quarter 2018
13.04.2018 − Siempelkamp received four orders for part or full wood-based panel production plants in the first quarter. » more
CARB gives update on new EPA rule
13.04.2018 − The California Air Resources Board (CARB) published additional information about the new US rule governing formaldehyde emissions from particleboard, MDF/HDF and hardwood plywood on its website on 23 March. » more
Pro MDF reports another fall in MDF production
11.04.2018 − Pro MDF made a total of 192,986 m³ of MDF in the 2017 financial year. Pro MDF is owned by Mexican Proteak Uno. » more
Masisa intends to become sole owner of holding firm IITSA
06.04.2018 − Chilean Maderas y Sinteticos (Masisa) wants to fully acquire the holding company Inversiones Internacionales Terranova (IITSA). » more
Egger starts construction work at Lexington site
05.04.2018 − Austrian Egger group has started construction work on a US particle-board mill in Lexington, North Carolina by breaking ground on 16 March.» more
Deadlines for new US formaldehyde rules brought forward
03.04.2018 − New US rules governing formaldehyde emissions from particleboard, MDF/HDF and hardwood plywood will now take effect almost six months earlier than last planned after all. » more
Hexion: Rise in revenues from Forest Products Resins
01.04.2018 − US-American Hexion delivered a growth in revenues and earnings from its Forest Products Resins di-vision during the 2017 financial year. » more
Elliotis pine exports edged 27% higher in February as well
26.03.2018 − Brazilian elliotis pine plywood exports are continuing on a steady upward path this year. » more
Plywood sales of Chilean CMPC decreased by 9% in 2017
23.03.2018 − Chilean Empresas CMPC saw its plywood sales fall 23% compared with the prior-year period to 87,000 m³ in the fourth quarter of 2017. » more
Metsä Wood starts test runs at Pärnu and Äänekoski
16.03.2018 − Metsä Wood division within Metsä Group started test runs at two new mills built in Pärnu, Estonia and Äänekoski, Finland in February. » more
Egger Group issues a new €150m bond
16.03.2018 − Egger Holzwerkstoffe completed the issuance of a new hybrid bond announced in mid-February at the start of March. » more
Further growth in exports of raw particleboard
14.03.2018 − German exports of raw particleboard rose even more sharply in the fourth quarter of 2017 than in the preceding quarter. » more
Sveza concludes takeover of Tyumen Plywood Mill
13.03.2018 − Russian Sveza Group completed its contractually-agreed acquisition of all the shares in Tyumen Plywood Mill, in November 2017 following approval from the Russian cartel authority FAS. » more
