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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 35/2018 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Companies ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Jozo Jovic acquires all shares in veneer mill Furnir Otok from Faunus/Gantenbrink   SCA Wood records slight drop in lumber sales   Holmen Wood Products: four-fold increase in profit   Start-up develops driverless electric lorry to transport wood   James Jones acquires pallet collar producer   BSW Group takes over WPC producer Alvic Plastics   Valbo Trä investing SEK90m in installing a new planning line   Cree and Elk Fertighaus forge partnership   Creditors vote on sale of insolvent Oppermann   Another lock-up agreement in force at Steinhoff   Dormakaba improves turnover and EBITDA in financial year   Flooring importer CFS to build own factory in USA   Danish Outline to invest €3m in finger-jointing line   Lumber liquidators intend to relocate to Richmond in 2019   Lumber Liquidators records further losses in Q2   CMPC benefits from higher exports to Europe   Pfleiderer: Extraordinary effects trim earnings   SIR selling laminates, compact board under Surforma   LP's OSB division reports best earnings since 2005   LP: Sidings projects to raise capacity by 925m sqft   Asperbras to build biomass power plant in Água Clara   Eucatex reports fall in wood-based panel sales   Delignit: Exports sole factor driving rise in revenues   RISI's owner Euromoney acquires Random Lengths   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Roundwood/Sawnwood ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 5m m³ of beetle-felled timber in Vysocina   Higher roundwood procurement prices to be passed on to white wood customers   Swedish roundwood prices still spiralling higher   US hardwood lumber exports continue to rise until June   Further decline in British softwood lumber imports   Germany still exporting less softwood lumber   Mixed trends in softwood lumber prices in Germany   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood Products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Timber construction revenues a little bit lower during May   Dwindling costs for purchasing raw materials up pressure on finger-jointed carcassing prices   Minor fall in prices only for KVH sold to merchants   Lively autumn business appears to be on the horizon for window scantling producers   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood-based panels ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Latvian plywood exports decline further in first quarter   Slower growth in German raw particleboard exports   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Construction ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Building approvals 8.8% down on last year's figure   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Trade ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ DIY turnover increased by 8.2% in second quarter   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ People ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Ansgar Igelbrink has served as Managing Director for Sales and Marketing and CSO at Forster Swiss Home since the start of April   Alina Siennicka, until December 2017 Sales Manager at Malta-Decor, joined Swiss Krono Group with effect from 15 July   On August 20, the Board of Directors of Rehau appointed William Christensen as the new CEO   The management team of Lowe's has seen several changes in the past few weeks   US-American Columbia Forest Products appointed Steve Chavez as its director of MDF sales   The former managing partner of German Pellets, Peter H. Leibold, became managing director of Eko Energy   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 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 ­