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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 03/2019 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Companies ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Broadview Holding set to acquire Formica after buying Trespa, Arpa and Westag   Metsä sends first full trainload of softwood timber to China   Werner GmbH of Trier must file for insolvency again   BSW Timber's result restored to positive zone   Holzco bankrupt as major order falls through   Ipe Woods USA takes over competing Internet platform   MM-Holz investing in extending picking section in Wismar   Pavatex set to cease manufacturing in Cham   Vanachai's sales revenue still heading downhill   Roseburg planning to acquire MDF mill in El Dorado   Pfleiderer's Baruth MDF/HDF works still standing after fire   Ten CPS+ presses put into operation by Dieffenbacher   Egger: Write-off in Argentina makes dent into earnings   Search continues for investors for insolvent HDM ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Roundwood/Sawnwood ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Bangkirai producers were willing to grant concessions on prices at end of last year   Prices for meranti generally unchanged   South America: Significant price increase for decking   500,000 m³ of damaged wood caused by Alfrida in Sweden   Aapeli storm caused only minor damage in Finland   Finland's forest industries' log intake up by 23 % in 2018   Higher oak prices in Brzesko and Wroclaw   Threat of bark-beetle calamity looming over Sweden this year   Zielona Gora: Oak prices only slightly higher than last year   Centre of competence for forestry and timber now open   Prices for LAS pine currently holding steady at level reached at end of 2018   Softwood-timber buyers exercising restraint in purchasing in anticipation of falling prices   16% decline in beech roundwood export ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood Products ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Prices for visible-grade gluelam timber largely stable in the light of high prices for lamellas   Worldwide pellet trade up by an estimated 26 % in 2018   Growth in number of ENplus-pellet producers   US pellet production in 2018 20 % higher than in 2017 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Wood-based panels ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Further rise again in British particleboard and OSB imports   Further big increase in British hardwood plywood imports   Double-digit increase in birch plywood exports   Chile: Plywood exports up by one quarter   No movement in prices for poplar plywood made in Europe of late   Particleboard prices have not dropped as much as expected in first quarter of 2019   Methanex and SCC lower North American prices   Methanol contract price slashed by 18.2% ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Construction ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Approvals for multi-family houses down by 14.4% ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ People ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Dr.-Ing. Herbert Müller will resign as chairman of the management board of Surteco during the course of 2019   Egger has appointed Dr. Ewald Aschauer to the supervisory board with effect as per 28 September 2018   Ivo Schintz has resigned as chief commercial officer (CCO) of Pfleiderer Group with effect as per 17 December 2018   Jason Clarke intends to withdraw from the supervisory board of Pfleiderer Group   Swiss Krono Group appointed Roger Braun as new location head of the particleboard and MDF/HDF plant in Menznau   Markus Haag, head of sales at Rauch Spanplattenwerk stood down from this position at the end of 2018 and now represents the company as an independent sales agent   On 12 December 2018 the supervisory board of Dürr extended the appointment of Ralf W. Dieter as chairman of the management board ahead of schedule until June 2023   Frederick Lynch, CEO of Masonite International, intends to retire at the end of the second quarter of 2019   The board of directors of Inwido appointed Henrik Hjalmarsson as new CEO and president   Since the end of October 2018 Marina Röhr has been sole managing director of Röhr Holding and Röhr GmbH ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 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? 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