Vietnam booming wood products exports to face shortage of raw materials
With its abundant potential in wood processing, Vietnam is emerging as a major exporter of finished wood products in the [...]
June 24, 2019
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Kronospan reports heavy losses in Bulgaria
Kronospan Bulgaria, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cyprus-based Konikato Holdings, said that its net loss nearly tripled to 12 [...]
June 21, 2019
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China’s wood products trade continues to expand
The total value of China’s wood products trade rose 6% to US$163.5 billion in 2018. Of the [...]
June 19, 2019
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Production and consumption of European parquet downturned in 2018
After three years of moderate growth or stabilisation, and despite a generally good start of the year, the overall consumption [...]
June 19, 2019
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Recent trends in Russia’s birch plywood market
Global plywood production has reached a level of about 160 million m3 in the recent years. China accounts for over [...]
June 18, 2019
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China: Transformation of the Nanxun wood industry
Major changes have taken place in the Nanxun timber industry over the past few years. The main change has been [...]
June 18, 2019
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More than 600 companies urge Trump to end tariffs on Chinese imports
Companies across a wide array of industries have almost uniformly opposed the Trump administration's plan to expand a 25 [...]
June 18, 2019
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Louisiana-Pacific to shut down OSB mill in BC
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) is the latest company to join a growing list of lumber producers who are curtailing mill [...]
June 17, 2019
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US lumber prices pick up after weeks of decline
Additional and significant curtailments announced in British Columbia jolted the framing lumber market out of a five-week losing streak [...]
June 17, 2019
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Sonae-Arauco to cease laminate operations in Horn, Germany
GHP Glunz Holzwerkstoffproduktions - GmbH (“GHP”) intends to cease all operations at its Horn Bad Meinberg site in Germany by the [...]
June 14, 2019
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