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Recent slight recovery in gluelam-board supply

Manufacturers to pass on increasing energy costs from autumn onwards

17 August 2022

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Published in issue 33/2022

Restrictions in the supply of hardwood gluelam panels faced by many manufacturers since 2021 have improved slightly during the course of the summer so far. In the case of beech and oak panels, manufacturers do not necessarily have...

Gluelam panel supply shortages continue

Some Ukrainian plants resume operations, albeit with curtailed production

25 May 2022

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Published in issue 21/2022

In April and May 2022, below-average availability of hardwood gluelam panels has persisted for producers as well as for importers and timber trading companies. In many cases, there are shortages of oak and beech gluelam panels...

Frequent increases in hardwood gluelam-board prices

23 February 2022

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Published in issue 8/2022

The increases observed in prices for hardwood gluelam boards in the fourth quarter of 2021 and often implemented at ever shorter intervals have continued in the current year. In mid-February, manufacturers of oak gluelam boards...

Selling prices raised by gluelam board manufacturers

10 August 2021

Manufacturers of oak gluelam boards in southeast Europe, Italy, Ukraine, and Belarus have raised their prices once or in some cases even twice in the last three months. The increases of around 5% in April and May were followed by...

Selling prices raised by gluelam board manufacturers

Growing demand obstructed by wholesalers’ low stocks and reduced output

04 August 2021

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Published in issue 31/2021

Manufacturers of oak gluelam boards in southeast Europe, Italy, Ukraine, and Belarus have raised their prices once or in some cases even twice in the last three months. The increases of around 5% in April and May were followed by...

Federal Cartel Office approves Häussermann takeover

09 July 2021

The Federal Cartel Office in Bonn issued approval on 16 June for Auctus Capital Partners’s acquisition of a stake in Häussermann group. The examination required under competition law was filed for by Auctus and Häussermann on 20...

Insulation board and OSB output bucked the overall trend

24 June 2021

A slump in European wood-based panel production that was recorded in 2019 after six years of growth continued at a similar pace in 2020. Total output had last increased in 2018, climbing by 1.5% to 60.319m m³. The European Panel...

Relatively limited availability of beech gluelam boards

Cost of importing DIY and furniture boards raised by container freight rates

24 February 2021

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Published in issue 8/2021

Timber trading companies and purchasing organisations have been registering increasingly limited availability of beech gluelam boards since the fourth quarter of 2020. This applies in particular for the thickness of 40/45 mm...

Growing scepticism in German wood/furniture sectors

Timber industry’s revenue from domestic sales down again in August

11 November 2020

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Published in issue 46/2020

In spite of the positive development in most sectors at the moment, the German wood industry’s expectations of business development in the months ahead became cloudier again in October. In view of the worsening corona crisis, most...

USTR investigates imports of wood products from Vietnam

21 October 2020

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Published in issue 43/2020

On 2 October 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) initiated a section 301 investigation (USTR-2020-0036) on imports of Vietnamese timber products. In this context, it is to be investigated whether US...

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