Chinese flooring giant to invest big in US
Chinese flooring manufacturing giant Create Flooring Solutions (CFL) will invest $70 million in a new 252,000-square-foot manufacturing [...]
July 14, 2020
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Interruption of Chinese plywood supply to Europe
On supply, some interruption was reported out of Indonesia and Malaysia due to the lockdown; some [...]
July 13, 2020
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Malaysian timber companies facing the pandemic
A recently released report details the upheavals experienced by the timber industry during the Movement Control Order (MCO) first implemented [...]
July 13, 2020
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Setra to invest in a new planing mill in Sweden
Swedish wood products company Setra is expanding its range of construction timber with a major investment in new planed products [...]
July 9, 2020
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IKEA to review its Ukrainian wood supply after critical report
Furniture retailer IKEA said on Tuesday it would review its wood supply chain in Ukraine after [...]
July 7, 2020
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Ikea to face allegations of illegally logged timber from Ukraine
from ancient forests in Ukraine. Although the timber was certified as sustainable by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC [...]
July 7, 2020
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Euroconstruct: Europe’s construction industry to be hit hard by COVID-19
The European construction industry will be hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis, according to Euroconstruct [...]
July 6, 2020
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Södra boosts capacity at its Värö mill
Södra is planning a new investment for its state-of-the-art pulp mill in Värö, Sweden, which [...]
July 6, 2020
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40% of Chinese factories in Gabon have ceased production
It is estimated that about 40% of Gabon’s Chinese factories have ceased production. In some cases, the plywood plants [...]
July 2, 2020
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ULK Group to build a mega sawmill in Russia
Russia's ULK Group is investing more than Euro 400 million in one of the country [...]
July 2, 2020
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