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DATE 2019.06.26

New Zealand logging contractors see little improvement after price slump

As the New Zealand Herald reports, logging contractors in New Zealand are letting staff go or are working on reduced hours after the sudden fall in log prices earlier this year, and some are having trouble meeting their loan repayments on capital equipment. The newspaper has got this information by the New Zealand Forest Industry Contractors Association.

DATE 2019.06.26

Binderholz achieved fire-resistance certification for its CLT BBS ceilings

The Binderholz CLT BBS ceilings have received the general construction supervisory test certificate. The 150 5s CLT BBS ceiling element fulfils fire resistance class REI 90 without having to obtain further proof for it.

DATE 2019.06.26

UAB Juodeliai invests 40 million EUR in a new plant

Lithuanian wood processing company UAB Juodeliai launched the construction of the world-class packing elements plant with capacities twice as high as those of the currently operating company.

DATE 2019.06.26

Italy: Stormwood resulted from Vaia sold also to China

After a storm like Vaia, the forest communes of Aloplano, Italy are happy to sell their windthrown wood at a good price. Via Italian intermediaries, the logs go to Austria, but also Germany, France and China who appreciate the certified wood.

DATE 2020.03.08

Tough time for plywood manufacturers in Malaysia

Malaysian plywood manufacturers have lost market share in Japan, their key export market, due to stiff competition from Indonesian suppliers and the sharp increase in local production of plywood from domestic softwood resources. Statistics from the Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corp. (STIDC) reveal that Sarawak plywood export volumes fell to about 1.12 million cubic metres, worth RM2.26 bil (FOB), in 2019 from 1.43 million cubic metres (RM3.03 bil) in 2018 and 1.74 million cubic metres (RM3.27 bil) in 2017.

DATE 2020.03.08

Canadian lumber production down by 6.4% in December

Сanada's lumber production decreased 14.2% from November to 4 046.3 thousand cubic metres in December. Production was 6.4% lower than in December 2018, Statistics Canada reported. Canadian sawmills shipped 4 096.9 thousand cubic metres of lumber in December, down 3.3% from November and down 3.0% from December 2018.