International Forest Products acquires a major UK distributor of timber and panel products
International Forest Products LLC (IFP) is pleased to announce an agreement to acquire all of the equity of Price and [...]
February 18, 2019
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EU plywood market marked by uncertainty
It’s been a roller coaster 12 months for the European plywood industry according to stockholder importers and distributors in [...]
February 18, 2019
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Slowdown in Chinese lumber imports in 2018; weaker demand and price uncertainty due to trade war with US
China's demand for logs and lumber grew in 2018 as compared to 2017, but most of the gains were [...]
February 18, 2019
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Russia increases duties on exports of logs to 40%
Export duties on three species (larch, spruce and fir) in Far East Russia has been raised by 15 points to [...]
February 18, 2019
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SCA inaugurates its new giant pulp mill in Sweden
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf inaugurated SCA’s pulp mill Östrand in Timrå. The expansion of the mill is [...]
February 18, 2019
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New additive protects wood-based materials from fire
Together with BRUAG Fire Protection AG, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) specialists have developed a [...]
February 15, 2019
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Record year for Western Forest Products, despite paying $43 million in softwood lumber duties
Despite paying up more than $43 million in softwood lumber duties, Western Forest Products managed to realize a profit of [...]
February 15, 2019
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Lithuania: Sawlog prices more expensive at the beginning of the year
As compared to December 2018, all prices for roundwood in Lithuania have increased in Lithuania in the first month of [...]
February 15, 2019
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New Zealand wood on a high demand as China shuns US exports; export prices near records
Forestry prices in New Zealand — one of the world’s largest timber exporters — are near record highs, thanks largely to [...]
February 15, 2019
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Germany: Record wood pellets production in 2018
The energy turnaround in the heating market is still not progressing in Germany, as the only moderate increase in renewable [...]
February 15, 2019
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