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European parquet market keeps progressive trend

Parquet consumption continues to progress in the EU, benefiting from the encouraging economic context, especially from the growth of the [...]

Södra reaches record-high levels in its construction timber sales

Swedish construction customers are buying timber products like never before. Södra’s sales of Swedish construction timber broke all [...]

Junnikkala Ltd. increases sawn wood production in Finland

Junnikkala Ltd. is growing its sawn wood production in Kalajoki, Finland, and increasing the drying capacity by acquiring the first [...]

Strong European sawn softwood market due to booming demand in US and China

On the 15th of  June 2018, the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) held its Summer General Assembly in [...]

Steinhoff International sells Kika/Leiner

Steinhoff International has finally admitted that it is selling its loss-making Austrian furniture retailer Rudolf Leiner, popularly known as [...]

EU plywood trade with China disturbed by domestic environmental controls

Chinese plywood supply is reported by EU importers to be disrupted by tough new national environmental controls, which are forcing [...]

German Holzwerke Ladenburger to boost lumber production

    Holzwerke Ladenburger in Germany placed an order with Valutec for supply of TC continuous kiln. The [...]

China: Sawnwood imports up 16% in volume in 2017

According to data from China Customs, 2017 Chinese sawnwood imports totalled 37.35 million cubic metres valued at US$10 [...]

Booming costs for US homebuilding due to lumber tariffs

Last week, Robert Dietz, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders, addressed attendees at the National Association of [...]

Supply problems and price increases trouble the European plywood market

The European plywood market faces a combination of buoyant demand, mounting competition for product from other leading consumer countries plus [...]