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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 [...]

European softwood lumber exports to China crash in 2018

The European softwood lumber exports to China fell by -32% during January-December 2018, as compared to the same period [...]

Resolute plans several curtailments in Q2

Resolute Forest Products Inc. plans curtailments in Q2 at several stud sawmills in Quebec and Ontario, citing log supply constraints [...]

Less Malaysian plywood goes to Japan

  Japan expects its imported volume of plywood from Malaysia to further decline this year because of increasing prices [...]

Negative outlook for the global forest products industry, says Moody’s

The outlook for the global paper and forest products industry has been changed to negative from stable, Moody's says [...]

Uncertain lumber market in the US causes mixed trends

    Framing lumber sales in US were inconsistent and price trends mixed, leaving buyers and sellers uncertain [...]