Slack demand on the relevant European sales markets in the second quarter of 2012 caused German softwood lumber exports to fall by 12% against the same quarter of last year to a total of 1.339m m³. With the exception of the Czech ...
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The pressure exerted by volumes on the markets for TMP woodchips until well into July has gradually waned in the last few weeks. The supply has decreased perceptibly due to the holiday-related production stoppages and reduced shifts in the ...
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WASHINGTON,D.C.—Republican leadership in the House of Representatives recently cancelled a vote on H.R.3210,a bill that would have weakened illegal logging amendments of the Lacey Act. The bill had been making its way through ...
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German Pellets has invested a total of ?m in building a stationary log preparation plant at its headquarters. The company will be using the plant, which is being put into service over the next few days, to put its supply of raw material for ...
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Demand for softwood lumber remains slack in France even though the holidays are now over. With the exception of individual, though only minor replenishment purchases in the first few days after the holidays, French buyers’ purchasing ...
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At the end of August, central European buyers of Scandinavian softwood lumber were still acting very cautiously. According to information from market players, shippers have been able to arrange hardly any contracts for the third quarter. ...
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The turnover and results figures of Swedish window manufacturer Inwido declined further in the period from April to Jun 2012. Thus the operative result (EBITDA) declined by half to SEK92m and the EBITA plummeted to SEK66m. In this context a ...
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As a result of the decline in freight rates since April, prices for various types of Chinese raw and film-faced plywood have also fallen slightly in recent weeks. Compared to the price level prevailing in June and July, the price range on ...
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The German Furniture Industry Federation (VDM) is still working from the assumption that furniture manufacturers can achieve the growth of 3% in sales forecasted at the beginning of 2012 for the year as a whole. This was reported by the VDM ...
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At the beginning of September, the Finnish company Polkky took over business at the Kajaani sawmill from UPM-Kymmene, and thereby increased its total production capacity to roughly 650, 000 m³/year. The two companies had already agreed ...
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August was a tough month for Minnesota’s timber industry. The Verso paper mill in Sartell and the Georgia-Pacific hardboard plant in Duluth both shut down permanently, putting 400 people out of work. The plant closings were among the ...
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The sawmill Holzindustrie Lenzing will be terminating production of soft-wood lumber, planed products, finger-jointed structural timber, and solid wooden boards at the facility in Upper Austria. Lumber production is to end on 30 September ...
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According to the latest survey conducted by the National Board of Forestry prices in the second quarter of 2012 for all roundwood ranges in Sweden showed average year-on-year decline of 9%. The price prevailing nationwide for sawable ranges ...
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Latvian sawmill Sia Vika Wood is stopping production for a period of five weeks as from 29 August 2012, in order to conclude construction work on the existing sawmill. At the beginning of October production is to be relaunched in the ...
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Exports of Finnish softwood lumber and planed goods in May 2012 showed year-on-year decline of roughly 7% to 588, 000 m³. According to Finnish Forest Industries deliveries to other European countries were also down by roughly 7% to ...
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