October 2014 - Global Wood Markets Info

Record profits for the British timber industry

Data from Britain's Structural Timber Association (STA) shows a record number of orders for the UK's timber sector [...]

October 31, 2014

Södra to double sawn timber production capacity at two sawmills

Södra Wood has applied for a permit to expand production at sawmills in Unnefors and Orrefors (both in Sweden [...]

October 30, 2014

Mixed price movements for German wood products

The German wood products price index registered some mixed developments in September. Except lumber and reserve square timber, all sawn [...]

October 30, 2014

New CLT projects in U.S.

Oregon BEST last week announced a new round of commercialization funding that will team southern Oregon-based DR Johnson Lumber [...]

October 26, 2014

North American wood pellets exports to Europe plateaued

Pellet shipments from the US and Canada to Europe have gone in opposite directions in 2014, with the shipments from [...]

October 19, 2014

Forecast: Finland’s forest industry’s export revenues projected to grow

Weak economic growth will slow down the growth of Finnish forest industry’s exports this and next year, according to [...]

October 17, 2014

Global demand for Chinese plywood on the rise

The international demand for Chinese plywood has improved since the beginning of 2014 according to the latest statistics from China [...]

October 16, 2014

Lower Chinese furniture exports as EU and US demand weakens

According to the latest statistics from China Customs, the value of China's furniture exports has declined year-on-year [...]

October 15, 2014

HOMAG bought by Dürr AG for €228 million

Dürr has completed the majority acquisition of HOMAG Group AG, which had been announced on July 15, 2014. D [...]

October 14, 2014

Central Africa: EU demand weak

Central/West African producers are satisfied with the current order book positions and consider these as about normal levels for [...]

October 12, 2014

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