Western Forest Products completes acquisition of Calvert Company
Western Forest Products Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, WFP Engineered Products LLC, has completed the acquisition of certain assets [...]
September 6, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood-based Panels / North America
Metsä Tissue curtails production due to high energy prices
Metsä Tissue has had to curtail its production both in its Zilina mill, Slovakia, and Kreuzau [...]
September 2, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Pulp & Paper / Europe
Canfor to curtail production at its sawmills in Sweden
Canfor Corporation announced that effective September 12, 2022, it intends to reduce operations at its Swedish [...]
September 1, 2022
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Ikea announces further investments in Chinese market
Ingka Group, the parent group of Swedish home furnishing giant Ikea, will invest 5.3 billion yuan (EUR 770 million [...]
August 31, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Furniture / China / Europe
Borg Manufacturing starts thin MDF board production at Oberon site in Australia
Borg Manufacturing produced its first board on the new MDF plant made by Siempelkamp. This milestone [...]
August 29, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / Australia and Pacific Region / Europe
Conifex reduces operating schedule at Mackenzie, BC sawmill
Conifex Timber Inc. is reducing its operating schedule to a one-shift basis at its Mackenzie, British Columbia sawmill commencing [...]
August 26, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Södra Wood reduces sawn timber production
Södra expects weaker demand for wood products due to rising inflation and higher interest rates in Europe and the [...]
August 24, 2022
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Tight supply woes for Malaysian plywood players
Tightness in supply has driven the export prices of hardwood plywood manufactured in Sarawak to surge [...]
August 24, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East
Kastamonu Entegre eyes top three spot in the global wood-based panel market
Already one of the world’s top five wood-based panel manufacturers, Kastamonu Entegre is raising [...]
August 24, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / Europe
Büttner receives order from West Fraser
The Canada-based West Fraser company has awarded Büttner the contract to replace the existing Bison drum type 5 [...]
August 23, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / Europe / North America
