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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 30/2018 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood-based panels ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Composite-panel production capacity to rise by 2.5m m³ in North America by end of next year   British wood-based panel imports a little lower   Italian poplar plywood prices on the rise again   Registrations of caravans grew by 4.4% in second quarter   Stronger business abroad for woodworking machinery firms   Several OSB manufacturers poised to institute additional price increases in the third quarter   DIY stores now reacting to higher OSB prices   New asking prices for MDF/HDF have led buyers to reduce the amounts they order   BASF: Global demand for adhesives stands at 18.5m t   A total of 136 attendees at EPF annual general meeting ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Roundwood/Sawnwood ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Sweden's bark-beetle catch figures 30 % above last year   5.5m m³ of beetlewood registered in Czech Republic   At the beginning of July, Austrian market for softwood sawlogs remains tense   Earthsight terms EUTR and FSC certificates as ineffective for Ukrainian timber deliveries   Germany and Austria planning common data standard   Hessen-Forst ceasing joint timber sales from 1 January   Klausner planning appeal again subsidy ruling   Ministerium in Saxony adjusts stormwood volume to 2.3m m³   Ban on cabotage lifted for stormwood consignments ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood Products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Usual seasonal reduction in prices for pellets in summer remains largely absent to date ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Surfaces ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ German veneer market dwindled to €61.4m in 2017   IFN welcomed more members in 2017 and 2018 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Furniture ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Kitchen-furniture sales revenue decreased by 7.8 % in May   US furniture manufacturers' sales and orders up sharply   US producers' bathroom and kitchen cupboard sales up 1.6 % ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Building products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Multi-layer parquet manufacturers continue to report high stock levels and price pressure ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Construction ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Residential planning permits 1.8 % up again last year   Stable share of detached and semi-detached prefab homes   More growth in US housing starts in May ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Companies ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Offner to build CLT works in Wiesenau   Pellet and briquette merchant Eco Wood seeking buyer   Kebony's second works to open in Antwerp in September   Koppe Timber Trading filed for insolvency proceedings   Profit warning issued by MAX Automation SE   Hartl Haus invests €550,000 in area of interior door production   Norrskog Wood Products enlarges Hissmofors sawmill   Prefab-house producer Haake in insolvency proceedings   Sitz- und Liegemöbel Gotha launches investor process   Y-Pellets building 40,000 tpy pellet works in Altweitra   Nobia acquires kitchen furniture manufacturer Bribus   Steinhoff requests support for lock-up agreement   Another change in ownership likely at Nora Systems   Garnica planning to set up a second veneer works in France   Pollmeier Furnierwerkstoffe closing sales office in Munich   XyloSuisse concludes takeover in Shatura   Carmanah lands two new strander orders   GreenPlac set to invest in a second production line   Tafisa Canada to supply HPL and matching décor from Portugal   Evergreen to commission MDF line soon   Swiss Krono Group set to increase OSB capacityResidential planning permits 1.8 % up again last year ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 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. For any questions and queries just give us a call at +49 7224 9397-572 or send an email to service@euwid.de. We look forward to hearing from you. ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Imprint: EUWID Europäischer Wirtschaftsdienst GmbH Bleichstr. 20-22 76593 Gernsbach Germany +49 7224 9397-0 info@euwid.de https://www.euwid.de/en Managing director: Dr. Martin Katz Commercial register: County court Mannheim HRB 530198 VAT No.: DE 811680902 unsubscribe newsletter ­