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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 29/2018 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood-based panels ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Woodworking machinery: Germany and Taiwan enjoy double-digit growth in exports   Acimall makes slight revisions to final figures for Italy   Another downturn in Chilean plywood exports   Russia shipped more plywood again in the first three months   Russian plywood output down slightly in 2017   Central Europa: Particleboard contract prices stay the same in the third quarter   Methanol supply situation poised to improve   Petition for import duties on methanol withdrawn ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Roundwood/Sawnwood ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Importers already commencing talks in Indonesia on bangkirai deliveries for next year   Another increase registered in prices for meranti timber   Felling in Sweden slowed by risk of forest fires   Sierra Leone temporarily lifting ban on log exports   Armed forces fearing up to 300,000 m³ of beetlewood   Most stormwood now cleared in Bern canton   Swiss forest owners halting green timber harvesting   So far scarcely any change in softwood timber prices   Softwood timber output 2.8 % up in Germany in first quarter ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood Products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ BAFA registers 73 % increase in MAP applications   EPAL significantly expanding activities in Asia   No effect on prices from high volumes on finger-jointed carcassing market yet   Upward trend perpetuated in wood-price indices ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Building products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ European Union parquet exports increased significantly last year ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Furnitures ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Kitchen furniture industry raises turnover by 20%   Upholstered furniture turnover higher in Germany and abroad ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Companies ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Arbonia returns Gaulhofer shares to Austro and Grosso   Insolvent Zech Group to cooperate with Actual Fenster   BIG acquires Beaulieu Canada and Beaulieu Australia   Software providers 2020 and Promob intend to amalgamate   Steelcase with further double-digit growth in EMEA region   A number of offers received for Sitz- und Liegemöbel Gotha   Cartel office approves sale of Kika/Leiner Group   Villery & Boch expands range to include household furniture   Vivonio Group acquires Danish KA Interiør   Evertree completes a €15m capital increase   Inwido expands in Finland following takeover of Profin   Kingspan founds joint venture in India with Jindal Megtec   Stylam installing production line for HotCoating technology   AdsWizz sold by Fordaq founders for 145m $   Bergs Timber succeeds in almost doubling EBITDA   Sweetwoods to receive EU Horizon 2020 funding   Agrola building second transhipment depot for pellets   Cartel office approves takeover of best:Pellets   Gebr. Robers opens new export packaging centre   Italian Haus Idea taken over by Kampa   Major blaze in Ecobloks' pallet block production plant   US-American Katerra and Indian KEF Infra to merge   Enviva Partners' terminal in Chesapeake operational again   Pinnacle concludes more deals with customers in Asia   Wolf System closing Osterhofen sawmill in autumn   DSHwood back in the red again in 2017   Eurobaustoff: turnover 3.7% up on preceding year   Hagebau's sales revenue up by 4 % in first half-year   Cairngorm continues acquisition of timber traders   SWL's rotary cutter in operation since start of 2018   Duratex selling another 20,000 ha to Suzano   Latvijas Finieris to invest another €200m by 2023   Lenzing and Duratex planning DWP joint venture   Egger boosting edging output in Brilon by adding third line   Kronospan wants to start making plywood as well   Metsä Wood ditches Suolahti plywood project   Wintersteiger adds production area in Arnstadt, Germany   New structure and new name for Surteco   Rushil Decor posts a sharp improvement in earnings   Shareholders accept bid for Westag & Getalit shares ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ People ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Swedish Setra Group has appointed Anna-Lena Gull to develop future business activities in the area of cross-laminated timber   Moelven Töreboda has entered into a cooperation agreement with Roberto Crocetti, professor at Lund University in the division of structural engineering   Hans-Christoph Gallenkamp became CEO of Felix Schoeller Holding with effect from 1 July   Andreas Engelhardt, the managing partner of Schüco International was elected to the supervisory board of Surteco Group   Andreas Mühlthaler took over the reins as head of sales at the laminate and element producer Resopal in February 2018   The Italian industry association Acimall re-elected its board for another year at its annual general meeting   Members of the Association of the German Domestic Furniture Industry (VdDW re-elected its two chairmen Wolfgang Kettnaker and Markus Wiemann   Adcuram Group has filled two positions on its board with the appointments of Michael Feldt and Henry Brickenkamp   Thomas Wieser has been the new commercial director of the Austrian window manufacturer Gaulhofer Industrie-Holding since the start of July 2018   Wolfgang Kaßmann has served as the new head of sales for the WPC decking brand Trex at Ultsch Fassadenfachhandel since 1 March   Jacob Madsen became managing director of Velux Deutschland on 9 July 2018   Dr Norbert Heidingsfeld, the head of sales and services of general interest for the State Forestry Agency for Rhineland-Palatinate, will retire on 1 August ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ The next issue of EUWID  Wood Products and Panels will be published next Wednesday. 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