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Between January and November 2015 Brazil accumulated a US$13.5 billion trade surplus according to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC). Over the past eleven months, Brazilian exports reached US$174.4 billion and imports reached US$160.9 billion... [više ...]
Swiss Krono Group and its American subsidiary, KronotexUSA Holdings, Inc., announced the expansion of its existing operations in Barnwell, South Carolina... [više ...]
Following approval by the Romanian Competition Council on 15 December 2015, JAF Group with its headquarters in Stockerau, Austria is the new owner of the Swedish company Skanditrä, based in Kalmar... [više ...]
EU imports of tropical veneers increased 8.8% to 311,372cu.m in the first nine months of this year, mainly due to recovery in the traditional markets in France and Italy which together account for almost half of the EU’s tropical veneer imports... [više ...]
The EU imported 302,828cu.m of tropical plywood in the first nine months of 2015, 2% less than the same period in 2014. EU demand for tropical plywood in 2015 has been negatively affected by the weakness of the euro relative to the US dollar, slow growth in the building sector in most European countries, as well as lower prices and short lead times for competing temperate plywood products from Europe, Russia and China... [više ...]
Georgia-Pacific LLC has reached an agreement to sell its engineered lumber business to Boise Cascade for $215 million, including working capital... [više ...]
The Italian woodworking technology and wood-based materials industry keeps showing encouraging trends: preliminary figures for the current year speak for themselves, showing a fully positive sign for all major indexes, reported the Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers’ association Acimall... [više ...]
Global production of all major wood products is showing its largest growth since the global economic downturn of 2008-2009. In 2014, growth in wood products, including industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels and pulp and paper, ranged from 1 to 5 percent, surpassing the pre-recession levels of 2007. The fastest growth was registered in Asia-Pacific and Latin America and Caribbean... [više ...]
The Austrian laminate flooring and panel producer Kronospan has entered the American flooring market through acquisition of Clarion Boards Inc. and Clarion Laminates LLC... [više ...]