US wood panel manufacturers say mandatory Covid 19 vaccination could disrupt production
US wood panel manufacturers have expressed concern about potential production disruption coming from President [...]
October 21, 2021
Companies & Industry Events / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
IKEA expects that product shortages to last well into summer of 2022
Ikea has become the latest retailer to warn on supply chain problems, saying on Thursday that stock shortages were likely [...]
October 21, 2021
Companies & Industry Events / Latest Trends / ...Wood Furniture / Europe
ISC 2021: Softwood lumber production and consumption at record-high increase in Europe
It has been another extraordinary year in the softwood market since the International Softwood Conference (ISC [...]
October 20, 2021
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100 companies ask for suspension of antidumping duties on Russian birch plywood
Brussels has been accused of driving building businesses across Europe to the brink of insolvency after [...]
October 20, 2021
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USNR and Wood Fiber merger to create a giant supplier
Two North American sawmill suppliers are joining forces: USNR and Wood Fiber will become the biggest [...]
October 20, 2021
Companies & Industry Events / Latest Trends / ...Woodworking Machinery / North America
Procedures for assessing effectiveness of EUTR are inadequate
In a report published 4 October, the European Court of Auditors concluded that EC procedures for assessing effectiveness of the [...]
October 20, 2021
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Congested Chinese ports put pressure on softwood log imports
Log stocks in China have not increased but there is a lot of volume on boats [...]
October 19, 2021
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New York City approves use of CLT for six-storey buildings
The New York City Council has approved the use of mass timber for the construction of buildings of up to [...]
October 19, 2021
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Wood-based Panels / North America
Sharp drop in New Zealand log export prices in October
With record high prices in the traditionally slow months of June and July now, New Zealand log export prices have [...]
October 19, 2021
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China timber demand sluggish despite start of construction season
It looked like things were stabilising in September with in-market pricing seemingly finding a floor level and some exporters [...]
October 18, 2021
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