Wood and Panel: July 2012

Tuesday 31 July 2012

oftwood Prices Remains Static Before Ramadan

At the beginning of the third quarter, the majority of central European shippers have been unable to get importers on the softwood lumber markets of North Africa and the Middle East to accept higher selling prices.

Wood Tech 2012 Ends Successfully

Wood Tech India held on July 6-8, 2012 ended successfully. It was an exhibition on wood & woodworking industry. Wood Tech India 2012 was a meeting ground for manufacturers, Importers, Traders, Distributors, Converters and end- users in the wood industry.

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Raute Received EUR 14 Million Order From Germany

Raute Corporation has received an order worth EUR 14 million from the German company Pollmeier Furnierwerkstoffe GmbH & Co.KG.

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IMA At Atlanta 2012

IMA America announces that the company will exhibit two of its heavy-duty industrial machines at this year's IWF show.

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First Annual Technology & Training Symposium at AWFI

The First Annual Technology & Training Symposium for the Coatings Industry will be held October 22 –26 at the AWFI Lab at Riverstone in South Boston, VA.

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American Hardwoods' New Website

The American Hardwoods Promotion campaign, which aims to elevate American Hardwoods as the building and remodeling material of choice, has a new online home. Named the American Hardwood Information Center, the site will serve as the official website of the campaign and a one-stop shop for consumers looking for design and trend information.

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Blum Is The WMIA 2012 Wooden Globe Winner

Rising high school senior Spencer Davis beat out other applicants for the chance at an apprenticeship with Blum Inc., at the furniture hardware manufacturer’s Stanley, NC plant.

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Japan Home Show 2012

BC Wood will again organize the Canadian wood products pavilion at the annual Japan Home Show. The show will be held from November 14-16, 2012 at Tokyo Big Sight.

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Construction Fall Deepens UK Recession

GDP figures from ONS show that the UK’s recession deepened further in the second quarter of 2012, led predominantly by further sharp falls in construction activity. Whilst overall, the UK economy shrank by 0.7% between Q1 and Q2, construction fell 5.2% over that same period, indicating that the construction sector was now in a deep depression, despite a number of recent initiatives by government to spur growth.

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2012 Olympic Games Achieves Certification

The entire London 2012 Olympic Park development has achieved dual Project Certification from the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) schemes for its timber usage —the first dual Project Certification in the world.

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Details For US Sawmill For Klausner

Klausner Holding USA, plans to build a large sawmill in the vicinity of Live Oak in Suwannee County in North Florida. It is the US-American subsidiary of the German Klausner Group.

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Sunday 29 July 2012

FRA Welcomes New Forestry Fund

Forestry Research Associates welcomes a new Sharia-compliant forestry fund that has been launched by Sustainable Capital.

International Woodworking Fair To Give Special Offers

The International Woodworking Fair® (IWF) will provide several discount programs for the 2012 IWF Fair.

Fort William Forestry Hub Visited By Cabinet Secretary

Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment was invited by Confor, to visit Fort William and see the investment and opportunity being presented by the forestry industry, as part of the Scottish Government cabinet summer tour.

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Timber Availability Increases From British Forests

United Kingdom’s private-sector forests have an opportunity to increase softwood timber production over the next 25 years, revealed by the Forestry Commission.

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Saturday 28 July 2012

Timber & Biomass Expo Southeast Ends Successfully

The delayed and relocated Timber & Biomass Expo Southeast was held on June 11-12,2012 in South Georgia.

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Western State Forester Calls for Active Management

The House Natural Resources Committee heard testimony on “The Impact of Catastrophic Forest Fires and Litigation on People and Endangered Species.

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Remodeling Marketing Index Under Pressure

According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the second quarter results of the Remodeling Market Index (RMI) has slipped under pressure from a softening labor market, dropping two points to 45.

Timber Industry Pleased By U.S Supreme Court's Grant

The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will review a 2010 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision requiring National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for forest roads. The timber industry is happy about this announcement made by U.S. Supreme Court.

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Dieffenbacher To Supply Particleboard Plant To China

In May 2012 Dieffenbacher was awarded a 300,000 m3/yr particle board plant by Chinese Company Hong Wei Woods Industry . The first board is set to roll off the production line in early September 2013, with the hand-over of the plant due to occur in December 2013. Dieffenbacher supplying is the entire plant from wood preparation to raw board handling including a CPS 295–26.41 continuous press.

Formica Group's CEO To Lead Fletcher Building

The CEO of Fletcher Building’s Laminates and Panels Division including Cincinnati-based Formica Group, Mark Adamson has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Fletcher Building. It is New Zealand-based international building materials manufacturer and distributor. He will assume the position on October 1, 2012, following the retirement of current Fletcher CEO and Managing Director Jonathan Ling.

Internorm Increased Production Capacity

The Austrian window and door manufacturer Internorm started full operations at its plant in Lannach at the beginning of July with its new wood-processing centre and thereby increased production capacity from its previous level of 800 to 1,000 wood/aluminium window units per day.

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Lineage of Tree Devastating Pest Identified

A fourth genetically distinct lineage of the Phytophthora ramorum (P. ramorum) pathogen has been identified by the British forestry scientists. It is found to be causing devastating tree diseases in the UK and the USA.

Subsidies for Electricity Production from Biomass to Continue

The UK government has announced on 25th July for continued subsidies for electricity production from biomass. According to the UK government, it will help meet its renewable energy targets. The same day, Drax confirmed it would be converting a North Yorkshire power plant for using ‘mainly biomass’.

Friday 27 July 2012

Central African Countries To Improve Forest Monitoring

Ten Central African countries is to set up advanced national forest monitoring systems with the help of a new regional initiative.

International Furniture Market Malaysia

After a successful debut in Malaysia in 2011, the International Furniture Market (IFM) is set to return in a bigger and better in this year.

Construction Output Is To Fall In Two Years

According to the latest Construction Industry Forecast by the Construction Products Association the construction output is to fall by almost 6% over the next two years, before a return to growth in 2014. The majority of this decline is a result of the cuts to the capital budget and is being exacerbated by a lack of recovery from the private sector which will experience virtually no growth over this same period.

Global WoodMart Is Around The Corner

The MTC Global WoodMart (MGW) will take place from October 4-6, 2012 at Malaysia, is a premier one-stop selling, buying and networking platform for local and international temperate, boreal and tropical timber suppliers and buyers

NAHB Shows How to Build Green Without Breaking the Bank

Keeping up with the rapidly changing field of green building can be daunting. BuilderBooks, the publishing arm of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently released a new resource, Green Building Strategies: From Plan to Profit to help builders and industry professionals understand and apply cutting-edge building science to construct high performance homes, while reducing the impact on the environment.

New-Home Sales Decline

Sales of newly built, single-family homes slowed 8.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 350,000 units in June following an upwardly revised, strong pace in the previous month, according to figures released today by HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau.

McLeod Lake BC Logging Company Honored With Leadership Award

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) announced that Al Humphrys, the General Manager of Duz Cho Logging has won the FPAC/AFN Aboriginal Forest Products Business Leadership Award.

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