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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 39/2018 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood-based panels ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Investments by European WBP manufacturers bring changes to US kitchen furniture industry   US punitive tariffs against China from 24 September   Decline in elliotis pine plywood prices inhibits negotiations on new contracts   Elliotis pine plywood: Increase in export volume levels off   Shift in market for flooring panels towards OSB   Producers explore alternatives to perforator method   Wood-based panel industry critical of UBA proposal   Methanol spot prices have rebounded of late ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Roundwood/Sawnwood ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Reduction in US exports to China only short-lived   Softwood-timber output 3 % higher in North America   Growth of 7 % registered in Russian exports to China   Romania: Rail transport impeded by damaged bridge   Up to 20m m³ of beetlewood expected in CZ in 2018   Slight easing registered in Slovenia's bark-beetle situation   Softwood-timber output down 4 % in Switzerland   Softwood-timber prices largely stable in Germany ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood Products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ German wood industry aiming to almost double sales growth ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Building products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Mohawk withdraws declaration of patent invalidity application   Unilin brings action against Windmöller in Düsseldorf ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Furniture ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Slower pace of growth in USA's furniture imports   Upholstered furniture industry suffers further turnover decline   VdDK: Possibility of 3-4% turnover increase in 2018 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Construction ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ High comparative values mean decline in incoming orders   US housing construction activity barely increases in July   ZDB expects 12% rise in multi-family house building ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Companies ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ American Woodmark posts another double-digit growth   Cartel office approves Impuls and Puris takeover   Luxembourg: Alpha Group intends to take over Calligaris   Polipol production in Belarus scheduled to start in October   Steinhoff sells Steinpol to Liechtenstein Cotta Group   Kitchen manufacturer Alvic further expands US production   Lexmark takeover expanding Tarkett textile flooring segment   MB Barter & Trading to merge with Rehau GmbH   Volume of OCI's raw melamine sales falls short of 2017 figures   Auctus buys majority stake in Bürkle from Nimbus   Egger applies for 150m € loan for Polish works   Glatfelter boosts revenue from sales of overlay paper   Funder commissions new short-cycle press   Holz-Her finishes project to expand its Voitsberg site   Metsä Wood's production running in three shifts in Pärnu   Panolam starts up double-belt press in Auburn ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ People ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ On 31 December, Alexander Bürger will be stepping down as managing director of Russian Slotex-Decor   By the end of August, Maximilian Betzler was appointed member of the management of Surteco GmbH   Tobias Kleeberg took over as head of sales at Varicor in August   Esa Kaikkonen has switched as CEO from Metsä Wood to Metsä Tissue   As of 15 September, Bernd Rauser succeeded Ulf Nilsson as vice president customer service at Komatsu Forest   As of 1 July, tesa has appointed Andreas Walkembach managing director of the business region Germany ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 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 ­