Europe

Changing plywood market shares in EU imports

EU plywood import trade have varied very widely between different products types over the last four years. Tropical hardwood plywood [...]
March 15, 2015 Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...China / Europe

Södra to expand sawn timber deliveries to the United States

Södra seeks to increase deliveries to the United States in the spring of 2015, as demand for wood products [...]

Global innovations showcase for forestry and wood industries at LIGNA 2015

In the first ten months of 2014, the volume of tropical wood product imports into Belgium fell very slightly (-0 [...]

Siempelkamp sells complete MDF plant for Asperbras

Brazilian company Asperbras ordered for its Água Clara location a complete MDF plant from Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH with [...]

EU laminate flooring markets go up last year

According to a conservative extrapolation for 2014, the 21 ordinary member companies of the EPLF, i.e. the European producers [...]

The price of wood pellets in Germany are still favourable

In Germany the price of wood pellets in July remains favourable. According to the German Energy Wood and Pellet Association [...]

Siempelkamp to deliver another MDF plant to Asia

Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) ordered a complete MDF plant including a high-end 4' ContiRoll® press from Siempelkamp in April [...]

Austrian wood pellets prices well below last year’s levels

The July 2014 price survey conducted by proPellets Austria resulted in an average price of €24,24 Cent per kg [...]

US wood pellet exports have doubled due to high European demand

Wood pellet exports from the United States nearly doubled last year, from 1.6 million short tons (approximately 22 trillion [...]

Schweighofer, Egger and Kronospan have most of the control over the Romanian timber market

Schweighofer, Kronospan and Egger are three Austrian companies with wood processing operations in Romania. Their cumulated business exceeded EUR 1 [...]