Kronospan to buy additional OSB plant core package from Dieffenbacher
Kronospan plans on investing 330 million euros at its Sanem site in Luxembourg over the next four years.   [...]
August 31, 2017
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Red Stag Timber’s ‘supermill’ in New Zealand may lift production up to 600,000 m3 next year
Red Stag Timber plans to improve production in 2018 as to meet demand in its local and overseas markets.  [...]
August 31, 2017
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Moelven’s Norsälven sawmill might be closed
The Chairman of the company, Division Manager Anders Lindh of Moelven Timber, says that even with extensive investment it will [...]
August 31, 2017
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Proteak new MDF plant ramp up according to plan
Tecnotabla, Proteak’s new MDF plant, produced over 53,000m3 of MDF during the 2Q-2017, 5% more than the [...]
August 31, 2017
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Japan: Production of wood pellets in 2018 is expected to reach record-high
Japan shut down all of its nuclear power reactors following the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011. As of [...]
August 31, 2017
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Central/West Africa: Logs and sawnwood order books looking good for 2 months
Log and sawnwood FOB prices in Central/West Africa remained unchanged through into early August and producers appear confident that [...]
August 31, 2017
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Global cross laminated timber market to exceed USD 2 billion by 2025
The global cross laminated timber market is expected to be valued at USD 2.07 billion by 2025. Rising awareness [...]
August 31, 2017
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Swedish roundwood prices mostly down during Q2/2017
During the second quarter of 2017, the Swedish roundwood prices mostly decreased, as compared to the Q1 of the same [...]
August 31, 2017
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Södra invests in new CLT facility at Värö
Södra is investing in a small facility for cross-laminated timber (CLT) adjacent to Södra’s sawmill at [...]
August 31, 2017
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IKEA in talks with several Indian states to source wood
IKEA announced that is currently in talks with some state governments in India for sourcing wood for furniture as it [...]
August 31, 2017
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