IS Shrapnel’s Medium Density Fibreboard in the Pacific Rim and Europe, 2009 – 2013 report forecasts
strong growth in the key end-use sectors for MDF – housing construction and furniture manufacturing.
BIS Shrapnel says the downturn in housing construction in the United States reached the bottom of the
cycle in 2009 and is expected to move into a rapid upswing from…
In the context of an investigation relating to possible violations of antitrust law, offices were searched at Pfleiderer AG, at some of its subsidiaries, and at some competing companies on March 4, 2009.
With regard to this matter…
The January producer prices statistics reflects the price increase for packaging wood and sidings. Unlike for construction timber those assortments show a significant surcharge. Compared with December 2009 lumber prices fell. The recovery of prices for engineered wood products now also affected laminate floorings.
This report contains prices of logs, wooden beams, veneer, plywood, solid wood flooring and other items from timber markets in several Chinese regions: Jiashan Kaihua, Shanghai Furen...
Here IHB/Fordaq-subscribers can see a detailed analysis of the precious logs sold by tender at the german-french tender sale of Saarforst/Saarland (2/18/2010) sorted by wood species and buyers.
The 7th China International Wood & Wood Products Trade Conference (shortened form:IWTC) will be held from 28 to 30 April 2010 in Canton. The organizer China wood trade web and Zhonglin Huida International Exhibition Company win a great reputation in the wood products industry because of their well credit, abundant service, acute understanding in market with clients demand. So far they have organized 6 large-scale international conferences, it has developed into China’s biggest and…
The year 2009 for the German machinery and plant engineering had been one of the worst since decades. Especially the producers of woodworking machinery had to face a dramatic decline of sales. Their turnover in 2009 was reduced by 42 percent compared with the previous year.
Starting from 2011 the polish affiliate Swedspan Polska will produce up to 250.000 m3/a of 1-3 mm thick and 630 x 285 cm large thin boards with low emission values. UTHF (Ultra Thin HDF) is the key technology for the successful production of light weight board products. The decision for Dieffenbacher as main supplier for the UTHDF-plant for Swedspan is a proof for the leading role of Dieffenbacher in this field and confirms the…
Here IHB/Fordaq-subscribers can see a detailed analysis of the precious logs sold by tender at Holzkirchen/Bavarian Oberland (2/4/2010) sorted by wood species and buyers.
The tender sale at the Swiss township Gempen kept hold of its good reputation for hard maple. The prices scored for all logs from the regions of Dorneck, Thierstein, Laufental, Jura, Baselland, and Berner Jura were proving a high quality of the offered hard maple.
