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  • November 30, 2004 14:24

Fitch: Paper Drives Growth for U.S. Forest Products Industry

Third-quarter sales of paper and packaging goods drove financial growth in the U.S. forest products industry enabling ...... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • November 30, 2004 00:00

Stora Enso: New Planing Mill in Estonia

Stora Enso Timber will increase the availability of its strength-graded wood products by building a new planing mill at Paikuse Sawmill in Estonia. The investment covers the construction of a planing mill and expansion of the log sorting line. The value of the investment is EUR 3.6 million. The planing mill will be used for strength-graded and regularised products targeted to the industrial buildi... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • November 30, 2004 00:00

Stora Enso: New Planing Mill in Estonia

Stora Enso Timber will increase the availability of its strength-graded wood products by building a new planing mill at ... Continue reading... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • November 30, 2004 00:00

LVL: Tembec invests 130 Can$

Tembec confirmed its participation in the construction of a laminated veneer lumber (LVL) plant at Amos in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, at a cost of $130 million. The investment will be made through Temlam Inc., a 50-50 joint venture between Tembec and Société générale de financement du Québec. A portion of the $56-million investment earmarked by both partners for this project has already been i... [more...]

  • Sawmilling
  • November 30, 2004 00:00

LVL: Tembec invests 130 Can$

Tembec confirmed its participation in the construction of a laminated veneer lumber (LVL) plant at ... Continue reading... [more...]

  • November 29, 2004 15:49

Half of Slovakian forests destroyed by storms

Approximately half of all forested areas in Slovakia were destroyed by windstorms last week. The equivalent of 2.5 billion m3 ...... [more...]

  • Panels
  • November 28, 2004 00:00

Particleboard industry switched to top gear

According to European Panel Federatiopn (EPF) Europes particleboard industry had a strong start in the first and second quarter of 2004. The industry was 7.4% ahead of the output recorded during the first 6 months of 2003. However, this was still a very weak period with even lower production volumes than at the beginning of 2002. Adding the results for the third quarter of 2004, growth would stabi... [more...]

  • Panels
  • November 28, 2004 00:00

Particleboard industry switched to top gear

According to European Panel Federatiopn (EPF) Europes particleboard industry had a strong ... Subscribers only... [more...]

  • Panels
  • November 28, 2004 00:00

MDF on the expected track

The MDF industry is developing according to the expectations. The European Panel Federation (EPF) reports that production increased by 4.8% during the first 6 months and exactly the same result was achieved after 9 months. This increment was clearly supported by a striking increase in the home sales (the consumption in the MDF producing countries) with more than 18% growth. Exports, on the other h... [more...]

  • Panels
  • November 28, 2004 00:00

MDF on the expected track

The MDF industry is developing according to the expectations. The ... Subscribers only... [more...]

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