Hof ehf of Reykjavik, Iceland, is selling its Ikea retail activities in the Baltic States to the Inter Ikea Group.

After almost eight weeks, Canadian particleboard manufacturer Tafisa Canada of Lac-Mégantic, Québec, has completed the repair work on production line 2, which was damaged in an explosion on 14 June.

In the second quarter of 2024, Finland exported a total softwood plywood volume of 112,861 m³ (April-June 2023: 85,631 m³), corresponding to a year-on-year increase of almost one-third. Prior to this ...

In three decisions issued on 11 September, the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU General Court) rejected appeals that three Russian plywood manufacturers filed against anti-dumping duties ...

South American timber industry group Urufor S.A. (Montevideo, Uruguay) plans to significantly expand its production capacity for lumber. Initial orders, which include the sawline, have already been ...

Metsä Group was able to conclude negotiations with workers’ representatives on possible temporary layoffs in the sawmilling ...

A surprisingly strong slump in production in the first seven months of 2024 and the fact that capacity utilisation continues to fall well short of expectations has prompted VDMA to revise its ...

A significant upturn in German coated particleboard exports recorded in the previous two quarters continued to play out in the second ...

In autumn 2024, the Kronospan Group will open its next design centre in London. The company currently operates six design centres. The design centres in Salzburg (Austria), Lampertswalde (Germany) and ...

Chinese sawn-softwood imports dropped by 6% in the first half-year 2024 to 8.87m m³ (Jan.-June 2023: 9.47m m³). With the exception of the further dominant and, at -2% to 5.76m m³ (5.91m m³), generally ...

European birch plywood markets continue to feel the effects of illegal imports, even after the introduction of anti-dumping duties on imports from Russia in November 2021, EU sanctions imposed on ...

Chinese sawn-softwood imports dropped by 6% in the first half-year 2024 to 8.87m m³ (Jan.-June 2023: 9.47m m³). With the exception of the further dominant and, at -2% to 5.76m m³ (5.91m m³), generally ...