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  • Sawmilling
  • December 31, 2012 13:40

Moderate Price Changes in Packaging Lumber

According to the Federation for packaging lumber, pallets, export (HPE), there are only moderate changes in the prices for packaging lumber in the fourth quarter. According to the HPE index, with the exception of OSB, prices have declined slightly in the fourth quarter.... [more...]

Machinery News
  • Machinery News
  • December 27, 2012 11:26

Wintersteiger and VAP Join Forces

Specialist machine manufacturer Wintersteiger from Upper Austria has brought on board VAP with its innovative machine manufacturing skills. Both companies have now been charting the same course since the beginning of November.... [more...]

  • Wood Construction
  • December 26, 2012 13:24

U.S.: building permits up 26.8%

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for November 2012:... [more...]

  • Market Prices
  • December 26, 2012 13:10

U.S. softwood and panel markets - week 50, 2012

Typical “holiday mode” was nowhere in sight, as consistent demand and tightening supplies kept buyers in the market and framing lumber prices on an upward path...... [more...]

  • Special Reports
  • December 21, 2012 09:45

ETTF warns ITTO of possible tropical migration

European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) Secretary General André de Boer has warned the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) Council of a possible migration of trade away from tropical wood... [more...]

  • Market Prices
  • December 21, 2012 08:54

Global sawlog prices continued to drop in the 3Q/12

Global sawlog prices continued to drop in the 3Q/12, with prices in Europe falling more than 13% in 12 months, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly Weaker lumber markets in Europe have reduced demand and prices for sawlogs on the continent this fall. Lower sawlog...... [more...]

  • Wood Construction
  • December 20, 2012 22:42

Construction output down by 1.6% in the euro area in October 2012

In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production fell by 1.6% in the euro area (EA17), while it rose by 1.6% in the EU27 in October 2012, compared with the previous month, according to first estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union...... [more...]

  • Pulp and Paper
  • December 20, 2012 13:48

Mayr Melnhof Karton to acquire Södra's Follafoss mill

Södra and Mayr Melnhof Karton have signed a Letter of Intent where Mayr Melnhof Karton intends to purchase 100% of the shares in Södra Cell Folla AS and thereby take over Södra's pulp mill in Follafoss.... [more...]

  • Forestry
  • December 19, 2012 14:35

SCA to sell paper mill in Laakirchen to Heinzel Group

SCA is divesting its Austrian publication paper mill in Laakirchen to Heinzel Group. In conjunction with the divestment, SCA and Heinzel Group have concluded a sales cooperation agreement.... [more...]

  • Wood energy
  • December 19, 2012 14:25

170 Mio EUR grant for UPMs biorefinery project in France

The European Commission has awarded UPM a grant of EUR 170 million for solid wood-based biorefinery (BTL) project in Strasbourg, France. UPM Rauma’s similar biorefinery project plan in Finland has not received NER300-funding.... [more...]

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