Oriented Strand Board

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  • Forestry
  • October 25, 2019 09:26

USDA announces appointments to the Softwood Lumber Board

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of four members to serve on the Softwood Lumber Board. Members newly appointed to serve three-year terms are: T ... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • January 14, 2020 08:29

Metsä Board mills to serve as innovation platforms in joint project

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, is participating in a joint project called SEED, led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, in which forest companies are developing new digital solutions together with companies in the ICT industry ... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • November 18, 2020 11:39

Tolko Industries to enter joint-venture with Jasper Lumber

.” Tolko is a leading manufacturer of a wide range of forest products, including lumber, plywood and veneer-oriented strand board co-products, biomass power, and a grow ... [more...]

  • Machinery News
  • August 26, 2019 01:54

Metsä Board implements artificial intelligence in quality management

Metsä Board’s Kyro mill is to begin using artificial intelligence for quality management on its folding boxboard machine. Supplied by Voith, the software uses measurement results related to the quality properties of and the mill’s process data ... [more...]

  • Wood Construction
  • January 09, 2020 10:18

Softwood Lumber Board reports expansion of the mass timber construction in the US

Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) reported further expansion of the mass timber construction across the US.  According to the organisation’s report, the timber projects continue to see a heavier concentration in California, Washington, Oregon, Fl ... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • August 16, 2023 11:12

Austria: Price index for sawdust changes course in May 2023

. In May 2022 the orientation value stood at 401,81 points. The Austrian price index for wood chips increased slightly in May 2023 . After 243,41 points in April The index reached a score of 245,06 ... [more...]

  • Pulp and Paper
  • November 01, 2019 08:56

Renewal of Metsä Board’s Husum pulp mill ongoing

Metsä Board estimated that the final investment decision on the first phase of the renewal of its Husum pulp mill in Sweden can be made in the 2Q 2020, at the earliest ... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • April 09, 2020 01:04

North American sawmills sell wood at a wide range of prices

. A glimmer of hope was offered at the end of last week as the availability of many of these specific dimension lumber commodities became scarce to none. Indeed, panel prices held firm; with benchmark panel items Oriented Strand ... [more...]

  • Machinery News
  • November 29, 2019 03:16

Valmet to supply key technology to Metsä Board's Husum pulp mill

Valmet and Metsä Board have signed an agreement for the supply of key technology for the planned renewal of the Husum pulp mill in Sweden. The supply covers a new recovery boiler and an upgrade of the existing evaporator with a new super concentrator ... [more...]

  • Machinery News
  • November 19, 2018 08:04

Andritz to upgrade screw presses for Metsä Board

Andritz has received an order from Metsä Board, Finland, to upgrade two Andritz screw presses at its Kaskinen mill in Finland. Start-up is scheduled for the 1Q 2019 ... [more...]

  • Panels
  • June 30, 2020 12:33

European panel production decreased in 2019

. Oriented Strand Board (OSB), the third largest panel type by volume, declined by 0.8% to 6.8 million m³. Softboard is the next largest panel type. It's production decrea ... [more...]

  • Machinery News
  • August 27, 2019 12:37

Metsä Board to apply for an environmental permit for recovery boiler at Husum mill

On 26 April2019 Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, announced that it will launch pre-engineering for the first phase of the planned renewal of its Husum pulp mill in Sweden ... [more...]

  • Pulp and Paper
  • January 29, 2019 03:05

Moody’s upgrades Metsä Board to Baa3

Moody’s Investors Services has upgraded Metsä Board Corporation's issuer credit rating to investment grade, from Ba1 to Baa3. The outlook of the rating is stable ... [more...]

  • Panels
  • May 22, 2019 03:50

Pfleiderer Group S.A. announces change in the Management Board

. Schäbinger, CEO of Pfleiderer, will be leaving the company on May 31st, 2019 for personal reasons. Mr. Schäbinger, who joined Pfleiderer as CEO in 2017, will remain available to serve as an advisor to its Supervisory Board ... [more...]

  • Pulp and Paper
  • March 22, 2018 10:57

Olov Winblad von Walter appointed VP, Husum Board and Pulp Mill at Metsä Board

Olov Winblad von Walter has been appointed VP, Husum Board and Pulp Mill. He will be responsible for managing Metsä Board’s integrated board and pulp mill at Husum ... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • July 17, 2023 02:57

Austria: Price index for sawdust continues to fall in April 2023

. In April 2022 the orientation value stood at 392,21 points. The Austrian price index for wood chips decreased strongly in April 2023 . After 334,52 points in March The index reached a score of 243,41 ... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • March 31, 2020 01:10

Weyerhaeuser reduces lumber production by 20%

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Weyerhaeuser is dynamically adjusting operating capacity at certain of its manufacturing facilities. For the month of April, the company expects to reduce operating capacity by approximately 20 percent for lumber, 15 percent for oriented ... [more...]

  • Panels
  • November 06, 2019 11:44

Norbord reports lower EBITDA on lower panel prices and shipments in Europe

Norbord Inc. reported Adjusted EBITDA of $33 million in the 3Q 2019 compared to $36 million in the 2Q 2019 and $211 million in the 3Q 2018. The quarter-over-quarter decrease was driven by lower panel prices and shipments in Europe, which more than offset improved manufacturing costs in Nort ... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • November 15, 2018 08:35

Metsä Board invests in a capacity increase at its Kaskinen mill

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, is investing in a second baling line at its Kaskinen mill. Together with process and grade changes carried out previously this investment will increase the mill’s bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp (BCTMP) capaci ... [more...]

  • Panels
  • September 08, 2017 11:01

Monitoring of ‘eco board’ in Shanghai

‘Eco board’ has  established itself in the home decoration and indoor home furnishing market in recent years. Eco board is blockboard or plywood laminated with impregnated paper on one face and is mar ... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • June 14, 2018 12:00

GD Holz annnounces changes in the organization’s Board

Gesamtverband Deutscher Holzhandel eV (GD Holz, the German Timber Trade Federation) informed about changes in the organization’s Board. According to the announcement, Mr ... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • August 28, 2019 09:22

Canfor curtailing an additional 75 million board feet of production capacity in BC

Canfor Corporation announced today additional operating curtailments in British Columbia which will reduce production capacity by 75 million board feet between September 3rd and the end of the year ... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • August 01, 2019 08:48

Tolko Industries’ Kelowna operation to take downtime

, oriented strand board, co-products, biomass power and a growing number of specialty wood products. ... [more...]

  • Panels
  • April 02, 2020 09:08

Louisiana-Pacific reduces OSB production in April

Due to lower short-term demand for oriented strand board (OSB), Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) to reduce production by at least 100 million square f ... [more...]

  • Panels
  • March 26, 2020 12:01

Norbord to reduce capacity by 25% in North America

Norbord Inc. announced that effective March 30 , it will commence reducing production across its portfolio of North American oriented strand board (OSB) mills in ... [more...]