Boise Cascade expands plywood plant in South Carolina
Boise Cascade Company will expand its existing operations in Chester County, South Carolina. The engineered wood products and plywood maker [...]
June 24, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
Norbord to permanently close OSB mill in BC
Norbord Inc. has announced its intention to indefinitely curtail production at its oriented strand board (OSB [...]
June 24, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
UPM’s sawmills are running at full speed
UPM Timber welcomed Aki Temmes, 41, to the position of Senior Vice President of Business in late April. He transferred [...]
June 24, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Södra expands drying capabillity in Sweden
Södra chose Heinola to supply new Progressive kilns for the sawmill in Värö, Sweden. Heinola will deliver two [...]
June 24, 2019
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Metsä Wood opens Kerto® LVL line in Punkaharju, Finland
Metsä Wood, the Wood Products Industry of Metsä Group, inaugurated the new Kerto® LVL line in Punkaharju, Finland. The decision [...]
June 19, 2019
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Myanmar allows plantation teak exports
The Myanmar government will again allow the exportation of raw teak and timber from state and privately-owned plantations, Ministry [...]
June 19, 2019
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Current trends in the Russian wood product industry
The Russian wood product industry is one of the world’s most dynamic ones thanks to [...]
June 19, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Russia
Record logging in the Czech Republic due to the bark beetle epidemics
In 2018, logging in the Czech Republic increased to 25.7 million m3 . That is the highest value in the [...]
June 19, 2019
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Canfor and Western Forest Products announce further curtailments in BC
Canadian Canfor Corporation announced it will be curtailing operations at all British Columbia sawmills, except WynnWood [...]
June 19, 2019
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Vietnam to block Chinese relabeled wood products exported to the US
Vietnam has said it would crackdown on goods of Chinese origin illegally relabeled “Made in Vietnam” by exporters seeking to [...]
June 19, 2019
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