Stora Enso divests Puumerkki wholesaler of wooden building materials
Stora Enso has divested 100% of its shares in the Finnish Puumerkki Oy and the Estonian Puumerkki AS to Mimir [...]
November 2, 2017
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Russian companies announce massive investments in CLT capacities
The capacity of the CLT panels market in Russia is estimated at 130,000-150,000 m2 each year. In [...]
October 31, 2017
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Wood products prices drop in Germany
In August, the German producer prices for wood products have predominantly tended downwards. Compared to July, only boards, battens and [...]
October 26, 2017
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Japan: CLT demand to quadruple this year; production and demand expected to boom by 2020
A meeting organized by the Japanese Government was recently held in order to promote use of CLT. It has been [...]
October 23, 2017
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India- A growing market for American softwoods
American Softwoods (AMSO), the promotional partnership formed by three major U.S. softwood trade associations has recently declared that the [...]
October 17, 2017
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SmartLam quadruples CLT production at former Weyerhaeuser site
SmartLam, the first commercial manufacturers of cross-laminated timber (CLT) in the U.S., is expanding its operations and headquarters [...]
October 16, 2017
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US home builders worried about effect of hurricanes on cost of building materials
Residential construction was almost unchanged in August at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,180,000, according to the [...]
October 5, 2017
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Roseburg orders new LVL production line for its mill in the US
Roseburg Forest Products placed an order for a world’s largest continuous LVL press with Dieffenbacher. [...]
September 28, 2017
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Europe’s timber giants investing heavily in CLT business
The global cross-laminated timber market experiences continuous growth, due to market advances from mechanical properties, which make the product [...]
September 19, 2017
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Stod LLC to build new OSB and LVL mills in the Ural region
STOD LLC will build in the Titanium Valley (the Sverdlovsk region) factories to produce 300,000 m3 of OSB and [...]
September 18, 2017
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