European trailer market: challenges now, recovery ahead
The European trailer market saw high demand in 2021 and 2022, but since 2023, it has cooled down significantly. Standard trailers, like curtain siders, have been hit the hardest. New…
The European trailer market saw high demand in 2021 and 2022, but since 2023, it has cooled down significantly. Standard trailers, like curtain siders, have been hit the hardest. New…
Koskisen is launching an investment program to enhance plywood production at its Panel Industry business in Järvelä. The program will run until the end of 2027, with the first phase…
The Investment Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) has advanced Stiga RM's investment project for evaluation, focusing on building an advanced woodworking factory in Ogre on the former Norupe sawmill site…
Kronospan, a major producer of chipboard and oriented strand board (OSB) in Ukraine, has opened a new OSB production line in the Rivne region, 350 kilometers west of Kyiv. The…
Weyerhaeuser plans to invest $500 million in a state-of-the-art laminated strand lumber (LSL) facility near Monticello and Warren, Arkansas, doubling its TimberStrand® capacity and enhancing its engineered wood products (EWP)…
RichPly, located in Richmond near Vancouver, is undertaking an $18.7 million modernization project at its plywood manufacturing facility. The upgrade includes the installation of a Con-Vey Argos panel repair system,…
In October 2024 a South Korean delegation with interest in LNG plywood for gas tankers visited the Segezha’s Vyatka plywood mill (Kirov). The visit group included auditors from one of…
The European Union has launched an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese hardwood plywood imports following complaints from EU producers. The investigation is driven by claims from the Greenwood Consortium that these…
German machine manufacturer Dieffenbacher has acquired Italian company Pagnoni Impianti S.r.l., a long-established producer of press systems for wood-based panels such as plywood, particleboard, and MDF. Now operating as Pagnoni…
Metsä Wood plans to stop plywood production at its Suolahti mill in Finland due to poor profitability. According to the plan, birch plywood production will cease by the end of…