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Media rumours have been speculating for weeks, now they have been confirmed. The Austrian home improvement chain Baumax has been taken over by the German DIY group Obi and the Austrian property developer Supernova... [more...]
Harvesting volumes in Sweden have increased by 7 percent in 2014. Gross felling in 2014 was estimated to 91.5 million cubic metre standing volume (stem volume over bark from stump to tip). It is the highest figure since 2007... [more...]
Okume demand and hence prices continue to be very depressed in contrast to prices and demand for sapele and sipo which remain firm. Padauk is also in demand and prices have improved slightly.... [more...]
RusForest AB announced plans to develop harvesting operations in its Russia's Ust-Ilimsk forest lease areas. The company has been reviewing the best options for its Ust-Ilimsk forest lease areas after the divestment of the old sawmill and certain forest leases in the Ust-Ilimsk area in 2013. RusForest has recently been subcontracting... [more...]
EU imports of hardwood plywood were 103.1 million cu.m in the first five months of this year, 3.3% more than in the same period of 2014. However, import growth has slowed in 2015 compared to the 11.1% increase registered for 2014 as a whole... [more...]
RedBuilt LLC, an US manufacturer of engineered structural wood products, today announced the addition of a new laminated veneer lumber (LVL) line at its engineered lumber products facility... [more...]
According to China's Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Announcement No.143, 2015 imports of the species of ash associated with a die-back disease (Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus) can be resumed provided the timber undergoes high temperature treatment... [more...]