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Hadleigh takes over another English sawnwood merchant
After the acquisition of the timber wholesaler and importer Timbmet Ltd. (Stanford in the Vale) in 2017, Hadleigh Timber Group Ltd. (Blythe Bridge) purchased CP Timber Ltd. (Hertford) at the beginning ...
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Raute achieves significant growth in turnover and results
Finnish machine and industrial equipment manufacturer Raute Oyj (Nastola) achieved significant increases in turnover and results again in the third quarter of 2024. Turnover of the wood processing ...
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Cheaper offers of meranti in Indonesia and Malaysia
In the course of autumn 2024, some Indonesian shippers offered European importers very low-priced window scantlings made of meranti. The prices of well below US$900/m³ FOB came as a surprise for ...
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Nobia turnover down 8% in third quarter
Swedish kitchen furniture manufacturer Nobia AB (Stockholm) concluded the third quarter of 2024 with a turnover decline of 8% to SEK2.478bn (July-Sept. 2023: 2.697bn), equivalent to approximately €212 ...
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Autumn business in bangkirai exceeding importers’ expectations in some instances
Development has been inconsistent in importers’ autumn business in bangkirai decking. Some businesses are reporting satisfactory activity. As such, the outflow of goods from the import warehouses has ...
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WFP results remain negative despite higher sales
Although Western Forest Products Inc. (WFP) of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, boosted its sales revenue by 4.6% to CAD241.7m (July-Oct. 2023: CAD231.1m) in the third quarter of 2024 due to ...
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Brazil’s WBP industry enjoying stronger domestic growth
The upward spiral playing out on Brazilian particleboard and MDF/HDF markets picked up the pace in the third quarter of 2024. Brazilian wood-based panel manufacturers had boosted their domestic sales ...
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Slight turnover growth for Natuzzi
In the second quarter of 2024, Italian upholstered furniture manufacturer Natuzzi S.p.A. (Santeramo in Colle) managed to achieve year-on-year turnover growth of 1.0% to €84.4m (April-June 2023: 83.5m) ...
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Westwing achieves turnover growth again in third quarter
Online furniture trader Westwing Group SE (Munich) recorded turnover growth again in the third quarter of 2024. However, at +3.1% to €95.8m (July-Sept. 2023: 92.9m), the increase rate was somewhat ...
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Northern Hardwoods Lumber updating Atlantic Mine works
The US sawn-hardwood manufacturer Northern Hardwoods Lumber, belonging to the investment company JM Longyear of Marquette, Michigan, is updating the works at the company’s head office in Atlantic Mine ...
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US pellet exports higher than last year in third quarter
The US pellet industry succeeded in raising its exports above those of last year in the third quarter of 2024, too. After the growth in the first quarter (+9%) and the second (+5%), the latest figures ...
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US imported less softwood plywood in the third quarter
US softwood plywood imports decreased by 4% to 425,076 (July-Sept. 2023: 440,694) m³ between July and September 2024. According to foreign trade statistics published by the US Department of ...