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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 34/2018 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Trade ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ US and China increasingly expanding duty threats to timber as trade dispute rages   German timber trade achieves 5.6% turnover rise   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Roundwood/Sawnwood ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Sweden: Restrictions on forestry operation peak   Timber logging in Finland increased by 27%   Finland: Lumber production back up to last year's level   Record high prices for spruce logs in Norway   Decline in import applications for Russian roundwood   Faster decline in Latvian softwood lumber exports   Latvia: 29% increase in roundwood exports   Problems selling softwood logs have tended to intensify in northern and eastern Germany   Sawmills still operating at satisfactory capacity   PEFC to further pursue internationalisation   Quantity of high-quality logs up for grabs 9% lower than last year in 2017/2018 season   Edged beech lumber manufacturers have raised prices for the first time since 2015   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood Products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Canadian pellet production to exceed 3 million tonnes   Glulam timber sales reasonable despite summer break   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood-based panels ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ US softwood plywood imports soar 59%   US imported 11% less hardwood plywood   Slower growth in North American EWP output   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Building products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Most German interior door manufacturers still booking higher revenues than last year   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Furniture ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Order receipts boosted by US furniture manufacturers again   Small turnover rise in June for US kitchen cabinet makers   German furniture exports decrease further in May   Furniture industry's sales revenue down 7.6 % in May   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Construction ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ US housing starts at lowest level for nine months   England: Housing starts remain 8% down on last year   British building materials sector expects turnover rise   France: Slump in housing construction   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Companies ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Homag reports 14% decline in order intake   Biesse enjoys growth in earnings and revenues   Duratex' capacity utilisation rate boosted to 66 %   Further growth in Pro-MDF's market share in Mexico   Surteco revises revenue and earnings goals   Ahlstrom-Munksjö Décor's sales raised to over 100m €   Leicht Küchen to start building new works in October   Howdens: Double-digit increase in first half of year   US parquet supplier Duchâteau terminates FSC agreement   Schüco: Rapid increase in 2017 turnover growth   Kährs acquires distribution company Ehrenborg & Co   Interface finalises deal to acquire Nora Systems   Oknoplast adds third office building to headquarters   Improved result in AFI's wooden-flooring business   Amorim's Floor & Wall business still heading downhill   Jeld-Wen faces decline in second-quarter earnings   Masonite reports higher revenues from all divisions   Masonite planning to issue 300m US$ bond   BSW: Road link for sawmill in Slovenia agreed   Burgo rebuilding PM 9 to make CCM in Verzuolo   Metsä Wood: Turnover decline also recorded in Q2   Profit increase continues at UPM-Kymmene   Pfeifer extending Lauterbach, Chanovice, and Imst   Mercer Timber Products increases lumber production   HMS commissions 40,000t pellet plant in Hagenow   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ People ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Lothar Lichtenthäler, section manager of the decor paper mill August Koehler since 2009, left the company in June   Martin Gottwald, previously managing director of German sales company Riga Wood, which belongs to Latvijas Finieris, left the company at the end of June   Innovations4Flooring (I4F) has appointed Kees Verhaaren to its management team as CFO with effect as per 1 August   Steve Stoler and Will Warberg, former board of directors of the North American Composite Panel Association (CPA), are to retire in August   In mid-July US wood-based panels manufacturer Roseburg Forest Products transferred overall responsibility for the industrial products business division to Jim Buffington   As per 1 August, Carina Schmidt has taken over management of the newly created marketing and product management department of flat-pack furniture manufacturer Maja-Werk Manfred Jarosch   As per 1 August, Stephan Seidel has been appointed to the company management of Häussermann as managing director   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ The next issue of EUWID  Wood Products and Panels will be published next Wednesday. 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