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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 33/2018 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Roundwood/Sawnwood ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Sweden threatened by log shortage arising from forest fire-related obstructions to felling   Substantial price adjustment on US softwood-timber market   6 % growth registered in US softwood timber imports   Turnaround in Chilean lumber export development   Most softwood log prices falling in Czech Republic   British imports of softwood lumber down by 16.3%   Softwood lumber production reaches record level   Softwood-timber prices showing lateral movement   Merchants using export opportunities more frequently   Uncertainty still growing amongst beech sawlog value-adders in China   Prices for industrial softwood largely firm in Germany ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ German pellet output 26 % higher than long-term average   Wooden cask production up by 2.3 % in France in 2017   12.7 % growth registered in value of German pallet output   Higher logistics costs offloaded onto prices for flat wooden pallets in many instances ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood-based panels ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Rising Canadian OSB exports in the first six months   US exports of OSB 7% higher in Q2   US faces sharp decline in OSB imports from EU members ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Surfaces ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Summer holidays leading to slightly cooler demand for decor paper in July and August   Titanium dioxide prices left untouched in Q3 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Pulp/paper ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ No further changes in bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp prices ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Building products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 9% rise in Polish window industry exports in 2017   ISP to indicate production location & wood origin in future ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Companies ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Door maker Kaskipuu invests in its own window facility   Tarkett enjoys organic growth in the second quarter   Burgo rebuilding PM 9 to make CCM in Verzuolo   Forbo: 11.3% growth in Flooring Systems revenues   Ladenburger to close Hürnheim sawmill in autumn   Construction of pellet plant in Lesosibirsk on schedule   Derix fleshes out plans to boost CLT production   Russian LLC-DOK doubles crate output   Amkodor plans production of forestry machinery in Karelia   Astec paying US$75m to get out of pellet project   Conifex concludes takeover of SYP sawmills   Interfor: Investment of US$240m in three sawmills   AKD wants to acquire further sawmill assets from CHH   Resolute: EBITDA of wood products division up by 65%   Weyerhaeuser reaping rewards of high OSB prices   Mohawk RoW: large growth in income and revenues   West Fraser achieves record turnover figure in Q2   Alno administrator claiming 19.3m € from Pfleiderer GmbH   Methanex eyeing third methanol plant in Geismar   Neodecortech to take over subdivision of Corbetta Fia   Chipboard capacity in Beeskow to be doubled   Further growth in Egger's output in all segments   Mayak-Technocell runs pulp through new mill for first time   Norbord approves 71m US$ investment for Chambord   Norbord's sales revenue boosted by price increases ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 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 ­