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Louisiana-Pacific Plans to Expand Its European Distribution of EWP Launched in The UK

Dec 18, 2012

The US company Louisiana-Pacific plans to expand its European distribution of engineered wood products (EWP) launched in the UK in 2010 into the markets in continental Europe as well this year. The EWP are being sold in the UK under the ...

Tags: US, Louisiana-Pacific, EWP, Belgian

TECO Certification

Dec 18, 2012

TECO is North America's value-added, truly independent third-party certification agency for building products. We certify all types of structural and non-structural panel products including: OSB, plywood, particleboard, and MDF panels ...

Tags: TECO, OSB, plywood, certification

The North American Production of EWP Continued to Climb in Q1 and Q2 of 2012

Sep 24, 2012

The North American production of Engineered Wood Products (EWP) continued to climb in the first and second quarter of 2012, showing significant increases in most instances both compared to the respective quarter last year and to the ...

Tags: market view, Engineered Wood Products

LP Posted a Second-Quarter Operating Loss of US$37m From Continuing Operations

Aug 13, 2012

Increasing OSB sales volumes and prices helped Louisana-Pacific’s (LP) main OSB division return second-quarter operating profits of US$17m (2011: US$23m loss). The OSB division reported net sales of US$195m (2011: US$141m). Sales ...

Tags: market view, OSB

Raute Has Been Awarded a €14m Contract by Pollmeier

Aug 6, 2012

Raute has been awarded a €14m contract by Pollmeier to supply various components for the LVL works planned for the Creuzburg site. Raute reports that the order covers an 8-ft peeling line, a veneer-drying line and a lay-up line. The ...

Tags: market view, LVL

Superior Disaster Resilience of New High Tech Engineered Timber Products Are Being Touted

Jul 13, 2012

Superior disaster resilience of new high tech engineered timber products are being touted at a world timber conference being held Auckland next week. More than 500 timber professionals from all over the world will gather at the Skycity ...

Tags: market view, timber

West Fraser's Fourth Quarter Saw $6.1 Million in Earnings

Mar 1, 2012

West Fraser’s fourth quarter saw $6.1 million in earnings, or $0.14 per share of sales. The figures are based off $650 million in 2011 and are after discontinued operations of $7.3 million or $1.47 per share on sales of $2, 762 ...

Tags: industry trends, lumber, price