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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 42/2018 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Building products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Windmöller wants to start licensing UWC patents despite partnership with Unilin   Finished parquet manufacturers experienced recovery in order intake after the summer   Stable to higher parquet consumption in Europe ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Roundwood/Sawnwood ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Greater pressure from volumes and on prices on markets in North Africa and Middle East   Low stocks of industrial wood and woodchips in Sweden   Skogsstyrelsen specifies forest-fire aid for forest owners   Sveaskog raises prices for industrial and fuelwood   Demand for Siberian larch still satisfactory in central Europe in at beginning of October   Polish forest administration planning to cut sales by 6 %   Felling in Poland up by 31 % since 2010   ForstBW guideline prices for oak raised again by up to 9 % for 2018/2019 hardwood season   China exporters compensating for higher purchase prices with lower freight rates ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood Products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ KVH manufacturers passing on reduced costs for rough carcassing beams to customers   Digital pallet ticket enters next round   Gluelam market still relatively firm in early October ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood-based panels ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Chile: Plywood exports up again for first time   Composite Panels Association elects new board of directors   Sluggish sales after the summer holidays put pressure on raw particleboard prices ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Furniture ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ France: Furniture production stagnates at last year's level   French furniture trade records further decline in turnover   Further turnover rise recorded for kitchen cabinets in USA   Swiss furnishings market faced 1% fall in revenues to CHF3.809bn in 2017   Belgian furniture industry turnover down by 1.6%   Falling home-furniture imports from eastern Europe ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Companies ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Mechanical engineer Jartek takes a stake in Roséns Maskin   Stora Enso and Trä Group to cooperate in digitalisation   Winkelheide pallets' own timber production increased   Deceuninck: Turnover growth continues to slow down   Growth in Trex Residential sales higher than anticipated   Kampa takes over brand rights and property from Haacke   British Orangebox Group purchased by Steelcase   Nolte Küchen switching production to CARB 2   Boise Cascade: Positive trend in EWP sales still playing out   Court dismisses objections raised by Steinhoff   Dorel eyeing expansion by acquiring Alphason   New Egger division to launch at the beginning of November   HDM and Andy Holzprodukte file for insolvency   P3G submits a bid for Lure particleboard mill ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ People ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ As per 9 October, Johanna Gydingsgård has taken over the CFO position at Setra from Anders Marklund, who transferred to Bergs Timber   Richard Stralz succeeds Christoph Kulterer as chairman of proHolz Austria   Since the beginning of September, Hasko Behrens has held responsibility for operational planning for the forestry products terminal at Skandinavienkai at Lübecker Hafengesellschaft (LHG)   Oliver Stern, who worked for Compagnie Française du Panneau (CFP) as head of exports, left the company at the end of June   Michael Spadinger has been head of global sales at Neue Alno since 1 October   Knoll has appointed Christopher M. Baldwin as COO and president of the office business division   As per 8 October, Chet Akiri took over management of the components division at Masonite in the role of senior vice president (SVP) ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 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 ­