Sweden: Martinsons gets record order for 80 meters high CLT and Glulam construction
Martinsons has secured its single largest order ever. It concerns the delivery and assembly of the CLT- and glulam framework [...]
April 24, 2019
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Arauco inaugurates its giant plant in Grayling, Michigan
Last week, Arauco held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its state-of-the-art particleboard and lamination facility in Grayling [...]
April 23, 2019
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US lumber prices in free fall
Prices of framing lumber the US continued to retreat amid a slow-developing increase in seasonal demand. [...]
April 23, 2019
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Canadian Uniboard to increase MDF capacity
Building on the success of the recent Microwave project with a CAD 7 million investment in 2016, Uniboard announces an [...]
April 16, 2019
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India: Increased capacity pushing up plywood prices
Situation in the plywood sector is unsettled at the moment. Many new manufacturing licenses have been offered in various states [...]
April 16, 2019
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Columbia Forest Products ceases plywood production at its Trumann mill
Columbia Forest Products (CFP) announced plans to cease all hardwood plywood production activities and permanently close its Trumann, Arkansas facility [...]
April 15, 2019
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Russia: OSB production capacity is seeing rapid growth
Russian OSB production is steadily growing, thanks to the ongoing recovery of the country’s national [...]
April 15, 2019
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US lumber prices fall for the seven week in a row
Sales of framing lumber in the US continued to lag production, as supply-demand imbalances were noted across the spectrum [...]
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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