Archives: 2019

Vietnam’s wood industry struggles to prevent trade fraud as Chinese move business in the country

    According to a market research on wood processing market of Vietnam by Forest Trend, in the [...]

Brazil’s forest sector to invest USD 7.84 billion in additional production capacity by 2023

    Investments in pulp, soluble cellulose, paper and wood panels - the sector represented by the Brazilian Tree [...]

Czech forest owners face huge losses due to the bark beetle infestation

    Czech forest owners face 40 billion crowns ($1.70 billion) of damage this year from an [...]

Norbord reduces OSB production; lower demand cited

    Since September,  Norbord has reduced production at Line 1 of its Cordele, Georgia OSB mill.  [...]

Indian Greenlam further boosts capacity for laminates

With this expansion, the company will be manufacturing an additional 1.6 million laminates sheets per annum up to a [...]

Australia’s woodchip industry hit by US-China trade war

Australia's $1.4-billion plantation woodchip industry has been dragged into the US-China trade war, with a number [...]

U.S. hits China with antidumping duties on wooden cabinets of up to 251%

    The U.S. trade conflict with China may not have spared the kitchen sink, or even [...]

North American sawmills see their profit margins decline

Costs for sawlogs declined in most major regions around the world in the first half of 2019. However, lumber prices [...]

Bergs Timber to cut lumber supply as bark beetle infestation advances in Europe

    The spruce beetle infestation in Central Europe has continued during the summer and the situation is [...]

SmartLam wants to become the biggest CLT producer in North America

SmartLam aims to produce 17.2 million cubic feet of annual CLT production by 2022. Smartlam says that it has [...]