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­ Click here to view the web version. ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ WOOD PRODUCTS AND PANELS ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Dear Reader,   Welcome to Headlines, your preview of reports and articles featured in the latest issue of EUWID Wood Products and Panels. We hope you find this interesting and informative reading. Andreas Ruf Editor-in-Chief  EUWID Wood Products and Panels ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Contents Issue 28/2018 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood-based panels ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ European wood-based panel output 2017 edged 3.0% higher last year to 57.6m m³   British wood-based panel imports a little lower   Diverging trends in British plywood imports   Double-digit growth in Brazilian domestic sales   Maritime pine plywood prices spiralling higher   European Panel Federation elects new member to its managing board   Methanol contract price jumps by €39/t ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Roundwood/Sawnwood ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Heavy demand for timber registered in the sawn softwood markets in North Africa   Prices for planeable rough-sawn whitewood set to rise by another 3-6 €/m³ in third quarter   Industrial beech remains sought after in Austria   Panel and pellet producers dispensing with cuts in prices   Slovenian Lesy SR wants to export 19 % fewer logs   First generation of bark beetles now swarming out   Forest owners in Bavaria aiming to reduced green felling   Log prices still falling in northern/eastern Germany   Planed-product exports to USA more than trebled   Undiminished high volume of pine-timber sales   New record high in beech-sawlog exports to China   Chinese merchants and value-adders hesitant about follow-on contracts for beech timber ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Surfaces ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Eucalyptus pulp prices have not risen again   Mounting opposition to higher decor paper prices ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Furniture ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ AMÖ fears further rise in logistics costs   Double-digit increase for furniture industry in April   German furniture exports up again by 9.2% in April ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Building products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ After 16 years, the EPLF elects a new president   Further increase in parquet imports to EU in 2017 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Companies ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Heinola receives orders from Finland and Japan   Image Systems acquires scanner producer Limab   Valutec succeeds in entering North American market   Weinig establishes unit Automation & Digital Business   Fire in drying kilns of SWL at core layer works in Tölz   Kaufmann expands timber construction module capacity   Renholmen wins order worth 200m SEK from Setra   Timber production unaffected by fire at Despond   Steinhoff records loss of €599m for report period   Green River books fall in particleboard revenues   Losán doubles particleboard capacity at Cuenca mill   Pinomatic delivers technology for Metsä plant in Punkaharju   SchäferRolls increasing its US manufacturing capacity   Kronospan commissions OSB line at its Ufa site   Starwood installing fifth production line in Inegöl   Unilin and Aspiravi building power plant in Wielsbeke ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ People ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Bernhard Berger left IMA Klessmann on 30 June 2018.   Adcuram Group AG has filled two new positions on its board with the appointments of Michael Feldt and Henry Brickenkamp.   Andreas Sandmann resigned as managing director of Neue Alno for personal reasons on 29 June.   COO Karsten Pedersen will leave the Danish kitchen manufacturer TCM Group at his own request.   Jeffrey D. Lorenger has replaced Stan A. Askren as CEO of the US office furniture manufacturer HNI.   Within the Vierhaus group, Dennis Köhler has become sales manager for Vierhaus.   CEO Sampsa Auvinen will leave the Latvian company Norvik Timber Industry (NTI) at the end of September.   Bernd Oswald will strengthen the management team of the globally active hybrid wood building specialist Cree.   The Swiss flooring merchant Belcolor has named Stephan Flisch as its new chief sales officer (CSO).   Following many years as director of roundwood procurement, Christoph Wiesflecker will leave Holzindustrie Schweighofer,   The Danish timber merchant DSHwood has lost Nina Finck and Anette Finck to Helms & Tekampe.   Per-Ole Wittenburg is the German roundwood purchasing manager for the Austrian timber merchant Danubia Wood since 1 June.   Dirk Schilmöller has been a member of the board at Kebony as chief commercial officer (CCO) since June.   Herbert Seidl, current MD of Austrian flooring retailer Inku Jordan, is to transfer to affiliated company Jordan Suisse as per 01 July.   With effect as per 01 August 2018 the advisory board of the Siempelkamp Group has appointed Christoph Michel to the management board of G. Siempelkamp.   At the general meeting of the Federation of the European Parquet Industry (FEP) Lorenzo Onofri was elected as a new member of the board of directors   Thomas Franz, managing director of Baumer Inspection GmbH (Konstanz), is to retire from the company as per 30 June 2018. ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ The next issue of EUWID  Wood Products and Panels will be published next Wednesday. For further information and details go to www.euwid-wood-products.com. Need more information? If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact our editorial team at holz@euwid.de. ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ADVERTISEMENT ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ EUWID Making Markets Transparent Free trial offer Are you interested in the broad range of topics and industries covered by EUWID? Sign up for a free three-week trial - no cancellation required and no obligation to subscribe. 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