European particleboard production dipped 1.7% to 30.220m m³ last year after edging slightly higher in 2010. By contrast, MDF/HDF production improved 1.7% to 11.7m m³ in 2011. Both figures are still significantly lower than the ...
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North American OSB manufacturers are still operating well below their technical production capacity. Estimates drawn up by two producers - Norbord and Louisiana-Pacific - show that mills continued to operate below 60% capacity in 2011. ...
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AOL launched a company-wide initiative to adapt to changes in online culture-which the company had been instrumental in creating in the first place. As part of this effort, AOL moved its West Coast headquarters to a new corporate space in ...
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In its quarterly report, the Canadian company Norbord states that it will shut down production at its OSB plant in Val d‘Or, Québec, at the end of July 2012 for an indefinite period. The shutdown is intended to improve the ...
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Slower demand has remained pervasive on Central European OSB markets over the past few weeks. This comes after a surprisingly strong March was followed by a slump that set in at the start of April. Several manufacturers reported that order ...
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NASHVILLE, TN - Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE: LPX) says wood product sales for the first quarter were $362 million, 9 percent higher than a year ago. A net loss of $11.3 million was less than half the loss reported the year prior. "All of our ...
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The upswing in demand that surfaced in Austria, Germany and Switzerland in the second half of February actually intensified in March. At the same time, a number of European export markets have picked up, as well. As a result, Central ...
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Canfor (TSX: CFP) announced today that further to its news release of November 28, 2011, it has completed the acquisition of the Tembec Industries Ltd. ("Tembec") southern British Columbia interior wood products assets consisting of the ...
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Timber product companies have reported good initial feedback from Ecobuild – the world’s largest eco building show at London ExCeL which finishes today. Organisers UBM were expecting more than 60, 000 visitors at this ...
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Weyerhaeuser will soon produce JAS-certified OSB material for export to Japan. OSB (oriented strand board) panels are used in both residential and commercial construction in Japan, as wall and roof sheathing and as structural flooring ...
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The fourth quarter of last year heralded a slowdown in the amount of OSB that the US exported to most overseas markets after significant growth in the first half and first nine months of the year. The full-year growth rate was thus less ...
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February brought a widespread end to the downward spiral that has afflicted Central European OSB prices since mid-2011, a number of OSB manufacturers report. Prices have altered little in the past few weeks after buyers managed to secure ...
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San Jose, Calif. – Wood Panels, during the past few years, has gained mileage as a preferred material for decorative purposes in claddings, floorings, roof sheathing, internal linings, ceilings, and construction purposes. Wood Panels ...
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Central European OSB prices remained under pressure at the start of 2012, as they had been in the final quarter of 2011. As a result, prices for large-volume orders and individual projects, in particular, have continued to slide. OSB prices ...
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Kronospan is planning to ship a dismantled Canadian OSB plant to Russia, according to German timber news magazine Euwid. The company bought the main production equipment of the Timmins OSB works in Ontario recently. It it was previously ...
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