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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 47/2018 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Surfaces ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Slower growth in the global market for decor paper during last year   China makes more than 1m tonnes of decor paper   Titanium dioxide manufacturers' reductions in volumes partly offset by increases in prices ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Roundwood/Sawnwood ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Demand for softwood sawlogs exceeding supply   Estonia: Generally stable softwood sawlog prices   Prices for Baltic softwood timber meanwhile a little lower than those asked in third quarter   11% increase in Spanish softwood lumber imports   Latvia: Further increase in roundwood prices   Sharp increase registered in sales rate in Poland this year   Forestry companies expect 2.8m m³ storm-damaged wood   Sawmilling industry holding cutting activity at a high level   Pulp mills accepting up to 16 % higher prices in follow-on contracts in spite of backlogs   Higher beech-log volumes put out by forest businesses ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood Products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Ongoing double-digit growth for German timber industry   Demand for standard pallets slightly slower again since beginning of current quarter   German pallet industry's output boosted by 4.2 %   Wood construction firms' August sales revenue up 6.8 % ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood-based panels ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ US hardwood plywood imports increase up to September   USA: Further 65% increase in softwood plywood imports   Adhesive industry booked 2.0% growth in wood business   Further more significant rise in Spanish plywood imports   North American EWP output falls for first time in a while   UNECE/FAO: Total production up at 147.5m m³ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Companies ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Canfor aiming to acquire Elliot Sawmilling Co. Inc. for 110m US$   Conifex' timber output raised by acquisitions   Solikamskbumprom buying 53 log trucks   West Fraser and Conifex also reduce lumber production   Bergs Timber: EBITDA margin increases to over 10%   Bergvik Skog's forests in Latvia purchased by Södra   Restricted production in UPM-Kymmene Plattling mill   Further decline in Metsä Wood's sales revenue in Q3   UPM-Kymmene reports fall in earnings from plywood   AFI's wooden-flooring sales revenue still decreasing   Forte records turnover decline in third quarter   Nobia to implement restructuring programme   Slow business impairs HNI turnover increase   Andritz Pulp & Paper improves EBITA margin   New Zealand lays foundation for China investment   Raute's receipts of orders reach last year's level in Q3   Centuryply only increases sales of laminated MDF   Impress commissions new treating line in St Veit   Juken fleshes out Triboard investments in Kaitaia   Kotkamills faces another slump in Industrial Products business   Boise Cascade ceasing LVL production in Roxboro   Fletcher Building sells Roof Tile Group to IKO   Venator to close its titanium dioxide plant in Pori by 2021   Broadview spent €170m on Westag & Getalit   Pfleiderer delivers stronger growth in Eastern Europe ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ People ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ As of 5 November, Morten Røssell has succeeded Emanuel Lidberg as group design manager at Kährs   Siempelkamp has appointed Uwe Wagner to the management team of Pallmann with effect from 1 January 2019   Johannes Schwendele, area sales manager for Latin America at Dieffenbacher, left the company in August   In September, Christian Stiefermann took over product management for the HPL/Element business unit at Pfleiderer Deutschland ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 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 ­