Europe - A Midas PRO1 proved to be the ideal compact console for Afro beat and Blufunk star Keziah Jones's central European tour. Monitor sound engineer Mark Portlock says he specified the PRO1 for the tour - visiting Brussels, Geneva and ...
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A piece of nettle cloth retrieved from Denmark's richest known Bronze Age burial mound Lusehøj may actually derive from Austria, new findings suggest. The cloth thus tells a surprising story about long-distance Bronze Age trade ...
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Sevcon and Flextronics Automotive have entered into an agreement to provide hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) drivetrain systems to automotive OEM customers in Germany and other central European countries. The deal will allow combination ...
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21.11.2012 − Unlike particleboard and MDF markets, which are experiencing pressure at present, Central European sales markets for OSB have continued to fare well in the past few weeks. The recovery in demand seen in the third quarter ...
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Central European particleboard markets turned out to be much weaker than expected in September and October. Particleboard manufacturers’ order intake had gradually improved during September. However, this improvement in demand was ...
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The slight reduction emerging in demand for medium assortments of oak lumber since the middle of September continued unabated in the first two weeks of October and even gathered pace in some places. The delivery volumes of these assortments ...
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Insufficient wool production is the main hindrance in the growth of international wool industry, said Chris Wilcox, chairperson of the marketing intelligence committee of the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO), in an interview ...
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Homag encountered a significant slump in Eastern European business in the first half of 2012. Order intake (excluding commercial products, replacement parts and services) was down 39.2% compared with last year. The company blamed this on ...
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MDF/HDF prices have come under mounting pressure again in the course of recent weeks after stabilising briefly in July and August. Central European MDF/HDF manufacturers have run their mills at relatively normal levels again since August ...
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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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At the beginning of the third quarter, the majority of central European shippers have been unable to get importers on the softwood lumber markets of North Africa and the Middle East to accept higher selling prices. From what shippers say, ...
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Central European chipboard and MDF/HDF manufacturers are meanwhile cutting back their output more conspicuously again. The number and duration of the stoppages will grow sharply in July; Machinery is being shut down for an average of 8-10 ...
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A limited availability of logs, high log purchase prices, and negative effects on sales of softwood lumber by the general economic and financial crisis have been hampering the business activity of softwood lumber producers in the European ...
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Demand for Siberian larch lumber in Germany and on other Central European markets was sluggish in May. At this time of year larch usually enjoys brisk business. In April, lumber demand from industrial planing mills picked up briefly because ...
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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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