Georgia-Pacific to close lumber mill, citing Asian competition for Oregon logs
Georgia-Pacific Wood Products notified employees at its Coos Bay lumber mill Thursday that it will close the facility and [...]
April 15, 2019
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Romania: Cartel forming accusations over Schweighofer, Kronospan and Egger
The Romanian Competition Council has extended again the investigation on the local timber market over 35 more companies operating in [...]
April 11, 2019
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UPM’s plywood production expansion in Russia on schedule
The UPM Chudovo plywood mill expansion investment, which started in late 2017, is proceeding on schedule to the production trial [...]
April 10, 2019
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LIGNA 2019: Primary wood industry out in force
The LIGNA show in Hannover, Germany, is back again from 27 to 31 May this year with another roundup of [...]
April 9, 2019
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SCA completes acquisition of Latvian Forestry Company
SCA has acquired Latvian Forest Company’s forest and land assets in Latvia, in total 10 000 hectares for the [...]
April 9, 2019
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Swedish Setra confident that wood products trade with the UK will continue after Brexit
Wood products company Setra evaluated potential impacts of BREXIT on the company’s operations. Olle Berg [...]
April 8, 2019
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Furniture manufacturing factory to be built in Belarus For IKEA
The Belarusian subsidary of Polish IKEA supplier GABI Group has announced that it will build a manufacturing factory for the [...]
April 8, 2019
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Pfleiderer and Berneck place new orders from Siempelkamp
Two of the world's leading producers of wood processing products have placed orders for Siempelkamp's Prod-IQ® MES [...]
April 8, 2019
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Germany: Binderholz plans of doubling sawing capacity at Baruth mill ongoing
Eight drying kilns of the 1306 system from Mühlböck went into operation at Binderholz’s mill in Baruth [...]
April 5, 2019
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IKEA tests furniture rental in 30 markets
IKEA will expand tests to allow customers to rent desks and sofas rather than buy them as it shifts away [...]
April 5, 2019
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