Antonio Joaquim de Oliveira, CEO of Brazilian wood-based panels manufacturer Dexco since March 2013, is to step down from executive management upon reaching retirement age in April ...

The European Commission ordered customs authorities to start registering imports in a total of 12 ongoing anti-dumping investigations into shipments from China and other countries of items, including ...

European list prices for bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp will likely not fall as much in October after encountering substantial adjustments in the period running from July to September 2024. The ...

The pressure on prices for beech and oak gluelam boards increased in summer and autumn 2024. Some manufacturers have issued pricelists again after a longer pause. Whereas comparisons with lists from ...

The decreasing demand for spruce sawlogs in China already registered in late summer 2024 has continued in the course of autumn. Only little interest existed in China for deliveries of spruce roundwood ...

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade launched an anti-dumping investigation into fibreboard imports from China and Thailand on 25 September following a petition filed by five MDF ...

Russian plywood mills booked a 13.3% increase in their production to 839,500 (Jan.-March 2023: 741,168) m³ between January and March before recording a 1.0% dip to 852,846 (April-June 2023: 861,286 m³ ...

Parquet sales in Europe continued to decline in the first three quarters of 2024, according to the European Parquet Federation (FEP), Brussels. The main influencing factors in this connection included ...

German parquet manufacturers experienced just a minor decline in their sales and revenues between January and June 2024 after recording a slump last year. The Association of the German Parquet ...

The business situation of oak sawmills deteriorated to an ever greater extent over the course of 2024. The volume of sales to European parquet manufacturers, which had already been poor last year, ...

Danish furniture manufacturer and retailer Sofacompany ApS (Ringsted) is opening its seventh German branch in Stuttgart on 2 November 2024. The new 383.5-m² store is located in the Stuttgart city ...

After the marked drop in Germany’s exports and imports of sawn softwood in the first quarter of 2024, the provisional figures for the second quarter are now showing a reduction as well. They reveal ...