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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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]