Roseburg completed purchase of MDF plant in Arkansas
Roseburg Forest Products and PotlatchDeltic Corporation informed the market that they have completed the previously announced purchase and sale of [...]
February 19, 2019
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Universal Forest Products to acquire Wolverine Wood Products
Universal Forest Products, Inc. announced that one of its affiliates has signed an agreement to purchase the operating assets of [...]
February 19, 2019
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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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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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Södra achieves record-high result in 2018
Södra’s consolidated net sales for full-year 2018 rose 18 percent to SEK 24,230 million (2018: 20 [...]
February 15, 2019
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Stora Enso to implement a EUR 120 million cost-cutting programme as market uncertainty rises
Stora Enso is implementing a cost-cutting programme of Euro 120 million targeting reductions in variable and fixed costs, as [...]
February 14, 2019
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Canadian lumber giants face huge forestry sector crisis
Last week, Canfor Corp. announced that it temporarily curtailed operations at three of its sawmills in British Columbia, because of [...]
February 13, 2019
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China: Yekalon starts production at its 300,000 m3/yr MDF/HDF plant
Yekalon has produced the first board at its a new MDF/HDF production line in China. According to the announcement [...]
February 12, 2019
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Interfor boosts lumber shipments to China due to Chinese tariffs on US products
Interfor Corp. says the company has markedly increased lumber shipments from Canada to China as a result of tariffs imposed [...]
February 11, 2019
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Swiss Krono to expand in USA with a new MDF and laminate flooring lines
Swiss Krono Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of wood-based materials, continues to invest in rural its [...]
February 11, 2019
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