HIGH POINT - Home office resources say they continue to do a lot of business in small footprints that don't take up a lot of floor space, yet offer plenty of function for consumers. They also are having success with new styles, as well as ...
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HIGH POINT -- Case goods importer Folio 21 will introduce a dining room program at the fall market here that the company says will complement its best-selling bedrooms and target the "sweet spot" between casual and formal dining. The ...
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Poplar prices have risen almost continuously for about 18 months, one of the longest sustained runs in recent memory. While prices ticked up slightly in 2011, the big gains have come in 2012. Since the start of this year, Appalachian 4/4 ...
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On 31 July 2012, the competent commercial court in Agen decided on a judicial liquidation process ("liquidation judiciaire") for the poplar and maritime pine plywood producer Xilofrance. After the court had commenced the rescue process ...
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The French plywood manufacturer Plysorol intends to close down the plywood plants in Lisieux and Fontenay-Le-Comte in France. Plysorol operations in France would then be concentrated on the poplar-plywood plant in Epernay. Various French ...
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On 18 July 2012, the Russian Federation Council approved the protocol for Russia’s accession to the WTO. The country will now become a full WTO member 30 days by 22 August at the latest. After that Russia will reduce export duty on ...
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Universal Paula Deen GalsUniversal Furniture will launch a Paula Deen Kids line at this fall's High Point Market, with groups for both boys and girls under Universal's Smartstuff youth line. Universal has held a licensing agreement with ...
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Hard maple supplies stayed under control through the peak winter cut, even with Canadian hardwood lumber production 29 percent higher during Q1 2012 than during the same period in 2011, according to Statistics Canada. Apparently, markets ...
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Our outlook for summer lumber prices has grown a bit brighter as it has become less likely the industry will severely out-produce demand. Historically, sustained strength in poplar demand would have long since triggered enough production to ...
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U. S. Residential furniture factory shipments totaled $1.88 billion in Feb 2012, up 17% from Feb 2011. The two largest year-over-year increases since the recovery began were in the last three reporting months. Factory orders posted ...
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The EU is currently preparing the implementation of the export quotas for Russian roundwood that come into force once Russia has joined the WTO. Russia will become a WTO member on 22 August 2012 at the latest. In this vein, Russia will ...
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Solid bamboo flooring and engineered bamboo flooring are 2 major types bamboo in the market. They are different from processing, structure, material and usage. Structure Horizontal solid bamboo flooring is 3 layers bamboo with about 5mm ...
Engineered hardwood flooring has advantages of beautiful, natural, comfortable, good thermal insulation; and overcome the warped cracks of hardwood flooring. Now in order to survive the environment does not deteriorate, countries in the ...
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Production of both hard maple and soft maple should pick up over the next two months as freezing weather firms up northern woodlands. Pricing trends for the two species will diverge, however, because one is growing in popularity and the ...
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Mild, wet weather continues to hamper logging in many areas of the U. S. And Canada. A West Virginia sawmill owner commenting on the weather said, “You are either playing in the mud or not playing at all. ” Most mills reported ...
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