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New Zealand, top softwood logs exporter for China in 2018

China had another record year of softwood log imports in 2018, when over 40 million m3 of logs landed at [...]

Wood pellets exports from North America expand in the European market

  North American wood pellets exports to the European Union countries grew sharply in 2018, as UK's hunger [...]

Germany: Wood products prices overview in February 2019

    In February, the German producer price index for wood products has registered a high degree of [...]

Price of wood pellets in Austria stable in March

The price of wood pellets in Austria is higher in March 2019 as compared to March 2018. The price currently [...]

Wintersteiger to acquire Serra

    Wintersteiger AG has purchased Serra Maschinenbau GmbH in Rimsting am Chiemsee, Germany, with retroactive effect to [...]

Tarkett and Sonae Arauco cease operations of JV in Germany

Tarkett and Sonae Arauco announced the intention to cease the operations of their joint venture LaminatePark GmbH & Co. KG [...]

Metsä Wood starts test runs for its new LVL line

    Metsä Wood has started test runs on the new 65,000 cubic meter Kerto LVL line [...]

New Chinese OSB plant to start production in 2020

      Work to build a new Chinese OSB factory for wood-based materials manufacturer Jiangsu [...]

IKEA plans to enter Mexico

    IKEA is exploring locations in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey to open its first store in [...]

Conifex sells Lignum Forest Products

Conifex Timber Inc. has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with certain subsidiaries of Canwel Building Materials Group Ltd.  for [...]