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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 41/2018 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Roundwood/Sawnwood ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Ban on felling green softwood extended until middle of next year in some parts of Germany   China reducing customs tariffs for imports from 1 November   India permitting fumigation in ports of arrival until year's end   Prices for planeable whitewood being rolled over at third quarter level   US softwood-timber prices decreased by 47 %   Lumber production likely to increase to 69.5m m³   Russia: Roundwood logging to increase significantly by 2030   Sharp growth registered in Russian sawmills' stocks of timber until beginning of October   Individual trees and clusters uprooted by storm in Estonia   Poland: Hardwood lumber imports down in first half year   Poland: Significant increase in export trade   Spain: Imports decline further in first quarter   Higher prices beech pushed through by forest owners   Softwood-timber market still buoyant in north/east   VHK Bayern merging with DESH at beginning of 2019   Storm and beetle-damaged timber reduces softwood log prices in north/east ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood Products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ KVH price indices largely regressive in August   EPAL: Pallet production increases in first half year   Growth in pallet prices in central Europe brought to a standstill by early October   Increase in wood price indices continues in the third quarter ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood-based panels ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ European poplar plywood industry has raised its prices by 8-15% since the start of this year   Second round of mark-ups for maritime pine plywood   Methanex charging slightly more in the fourth quarter ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Pulp/Paper ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Brazilian pulp production up 9.1% in first seven months ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Surfaces ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Matching decors and EIR laminates becoming more and more popular in North America too ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Furniture ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Further turnover increase for furniture industry in July   German furniture exports increase by 5.6% in July   Minimal turnover decline for miscellaneous furniture in July   VDM rejects US punitive tariffs on Chinese furniture imports   US furniture manufacturers record 6% turnover rise ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Construction ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Positive turnaround in housing construction approvals ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Companies ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Bauwerk Boen delivers sharp growth in earnings   Forte's sales revenue boosted by 6.4 % in second quarter   GTC increases volume of beetlewood under contract for export to China to over 250,000 m³   Pilous buys insolvent firm Holzverpackung Hüfingen   Pinnacle acquires majority share in Aliceville   Senoplast invested €6.1m in its Piesendorf location   Deurotech Group gradually creating other pillars   CFP to take over exclusive distribution for CalPlant-MDF   Great Platform deal boosts Mieco's Q2 revenues   Greenlam exported more laminates in first quarter   LP shuts down EWP site in the wake of Hurricane Florence   Green River: Higher costs eat away at earnings   Homann Holzwerkstoffe drops insulating material unit   Homann Holzwerkstoffe: Double-digit rise in revenues   Minor decline registered in Pfleiderer's sales volumes   Pfleiderer posts loss despite higher operating EBITDA ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 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 ­