Coronavirus crisis: France and Germany announce new severe restrictions
In the fight against the spread of the coronavirus, France severely limits the freedom of movement of its [...]
March 17, 2020
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Wood business companies start to react to the coronavirus threat
Wood business companies are responding to the threats of coronavirus. Here is a tracking of the most recent developments: [...]
March 16, 2020
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European countries imposed heavy restrictions; borders close and some retail activity restricted
European governments took a series of measures over the weekend to slow the coronavirus spread. Many countries closed their borders [...]
March 16, 2020
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Coronavirus: New Zealand forestry sector not likely to return to normal for six months
New Zealand’s forestry industry continues to be impacted by coronavirus related disruption. GWMI's industry contacts, primarily [...]
March 13, 2020
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Chinese wood industry slowly coming back to life
Chinese firms are resuming work, and there appears to be an improvement over the last week. However, production [...]
March 13, 2020
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Swedish Martinsons Groups in search for a new owner
Swedish Martinson Group wood group in Bygdsiljum is looking for a new principal owner. All eight partners in the fourth [...]
March 13, 2020
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Czech Republic: Storms and bark beetle to result in record logging this year; timber prices at historic lows
In 2020, the state-owned company Lesy České republiky (LČR) expects the logging to increase to a [...]
March 13, 2020
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Dieffenbacher delivers wood-based panel plants to North Africa
In El Tarf, Algeria, assembly is underway on the first continuous wood-based panel plant in North Africa [...]
March 12, 2020
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Plywood market in the Middle East is set to rise robustly
Middle East's plywood market is performing robustly for at least the past 10 years and is set [...]
March 12, 2020
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U.S. softwood lumber production up 1.2% in 2019; Canadian output down sharply
U.S. sawmills in 2019 produced 35.319 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in 2019, up 1.2 [...]
March 10, 2020
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