Global wood industry companies react to coronavirus threat; review of recent developments
Wood business companies are responding to the threats of Coronavirus. Here is a tracking of the most recent developments: [...]
April 7, 2020
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Coronavirus hits hard the N. American woodworking sector but companies are optimistic about recovery
The $75 billion North American wood products industry faces serious to major impacts from the corona virus outbreak, but surprisingly [...]
April 6, 2020
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Coronavirus will cost Europe hundreds of billions of euros in production losses
The fight against the coronavirus will lead to production losses, which will cost European countries hundreds of billions of euros [...]
April 3, 2020
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Coronavirus puts Europe into lockdown and rewrites economic forecasts
Economic forecasts issued only a few weeks ago in Europe, which projected continuing slow increase this year in GDP and [...]
April 2, 2020
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Analysis: What’s the impact of the coronavirus on the Chinese timber industry?
During the coronavirus crisis, nearly half of the companies in the Chinese wood industry reported that the epidemic had a [...]
March 30, 2020
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Strict lockdown forces Indian wood industry to shut down
India has taken drastic measures against the spread of the coronavirus entering a strict lockdown. The [...]
March 27, 2020
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Moody’s expects coronavirus to drive paper, forest products prices lower
Moody‘s outlook for the global paper and forest products industry remains negative. This reflects Moody’s expectation [...]
March 25, 2020
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Survey in UK reveals coronavirus impact on timber industry companies
Around two thirds of the respondents to the survey on the impact of Covid-19 have reported a drop in [...]
March 24, 2020
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Wood products industry declared ‘essential’ by US government
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday (March 19, 2020) identified the wood products industry as [...]
March 23, 2020
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Italian wood industry companies in coronavirus crisis: “Strong response or we cannot do it”
Emanuele Orsini, the president of the Italian Federation of wood, cork, furniture and furnishing industries (FederlegnoArredo) urges the [...]
March 17, 2020
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