American softwood exports to the Mena region in 2011 hit a record $18 million worth, prompting the participation of American Softwoods (AMSO) in an upcoming major wood and wood machinery show in Dubai. The sixth edition of the Dubai ...
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Swedish exports of softwood lumber and planed products rose perceptibly again at the end of last year to arrive at a figure of 865, 000 m³ in December 2011, almost 11% higher than in the same month of the year before. The decisive ...
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The discrepancy between prices for products imported from the euro zone and locally-produced wood, that Swiss sawmills and gluelam manufacturers have been facing since 2011, still exists in 2012 in spite of the price reductions of up to 10% ...
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SCA Timber Supply says it is grouping its resources to become even stronger in the builders merchants market. SCA Timber president Jonas Mårtensson says the aim is to grow builders merchant sales, currently 25% of SCA Timber’s ...
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Ghanaian local communities would soon be producing lumber to shore up the volume of legal lumber supply for the domestic market. This would be achieved through the implementation of a project by Tropenbos International (TBI) Ghana, that ...
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Timber buyers and traders are being urged to prepare now for the European Timber Regulation (EUTR) in a bid to avoid potential criminal charges. Related articles Protestors pledge to fight energy giant nuclear power plans. The warning from ...
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The insulating-panel manufacturer Steico still considers at least a slight rise in turnover possible in 2012 despite the current difficult market situation. Parallel to that, profitability is also to be improved, which in 2011 was still ...
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The longstanding pressure on MDF/HDF prices has remained in place in Central Europe during the first quarter amid a challenging sales environment. Minor price cuts have emerged again, with deals being struck at relatively short notice. ...
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Leading Industrial Values and Building a Bridge to Wealth China Ceramics Pioneers List (CCPL) has been reputed as the Oscar in China's ceramic industry. Jointly initiated by China Ceramics Industrial Association (CCIA) and Ceramic Town ...
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After the slow fourth quarter of last year, agents and importers say demand for US hardwood lumber assortments has recovered again at the beginning of 2012 as expected. At the same time, however, some importers only registered a brief ...
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Cement production in Saudi Arabia, the Arab world s largest economy, expanded an annual 13 percent in February. Output from 13 companies rose to 4.4 million tons last month, according to industry data posted on the website of Yamamah Saudi ...
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SCA Timber has acquired PLF, France's largest independent timber supplier to the DIY market and one of its major customers in the country. PLF is based at two sites near Poitiers and Rochefort, the latter near SCA’s own terminal, and ...
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Demand for American hardwoods in the Mena region is poised to remain strong in 2012 according to the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), the leading international trade association for the American hardwood industry. Confident about ...
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Southern and western softwood lumber producers believe the pace of business activity slowed again on domestic and foreign softwood lumber markets in February. In addition to halted building activity due to weather conditions, demand is ...
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US 7, 862, 851 B2 BASF Coatings AG has been granted a patent for a process for coating electrically conductive substrates by applying at least one electrocoat material to an electrically conductive substrate and curing it to give an ...
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