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Global timber market review #1-2015

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Global Trends Review, December 01-14, 2014: Global pattern of softwood lumber demand in 2014

Demand for softwood lumber has been steadily increasing on a worldwide basis since the great recession. As a result, lumber shipments in 2014 are the highest since 2007 by far, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. Lumber prices...

Global Trends Review, November 17-30, 2014: North America waits for housing recovery; EU architects presented construction outlook

A slower than forecast recovery in the North American housing sector continued to dampen earnings among some of the continent’s largest timber producers, TTJ reported. Weyerhaeuser’s wood products division expected earnings to fall towards the end of the...

Global Trends Review, October 06-19, 2014: first CLT production opens in Finland; overall European glulam output falling

The first production of cross-laminated timber (CLT) opened in Finland, launched by Crosslam company, PuuInfo reported. According to Managing Director Juha Virta, this material is beginning to be well-known in apartment building construction. The aim for Crosslam’s production...

Japan’s Iida Group Holdings to construct a house-building factory in Primorsky region

First Vice-Governor of Primorsky region Vasily Usoltsev met with the Director of the Department for international development of the Japanese Iida Group Holdings Ishi Kumagai, as announced by the regional administration. The Japanese company intends to build a...

Global Trends Review, September 08-21, 2014: Japan feels oversupply of lumber, China to develop wooden housing

With continuing demand slump in Japan, port inventories of imported Russian lumber like red pine 30×40 mm remain high and the arrivals have not declined yet so supply glut feeling is heavy in the market, ITTO reported. The...

Global Trends Review, August 11-24, 2014: European construction is forecast to grow marginally by 2016; Chinese construction market risks are overblown

Until 2016, growth in construction in Europe is mainly expected for the North and Baltic Sea region. Meanwhile, the unprecedented housing crisis in Southern Europe has at least hit the bottom. This is the forecast published during the...

Global Trends Review, May 05-18, 2014: housing market forecasts in EU; new biofuel investments in Canada, Japan and Europe

The building permits development in 2013 remained negative and is expected to decline in 2014 in France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands, though the latter three showed some positive developments, says Fordaq quoting the latest Arch-Vision report on...

Participants of “Foresight: Wooden house-building 2030 gains momentum” to discuss the industry in three sessions

The participants of the project “Foresight: Wooden house-building 2030 gains momentum” will gather on 6, 15 and 28 May at three discussion sessions to talk about the frame technology in housing construction, architecture of wooden houses and usage...

Global Trends Review, March 24 – April 06, 2014: The year in Europe starts with growing construction; China bans logging in Heilongjiang

In January 2014 compared with January 2013, seasonally adjusted production in the construction sector increased by 8.8% in the euro area (EU18) and by 7.3% in the EU28, as Fordaq said quoting Eurostat. The highest increases in production...

Investlesprom: wooden housing market in Russia rose by 30% in 2013

In 2013, Investlesprom holding has reduced deliveries of plywood to the European market that fell into crisis and refocused on the domestic market (up to 60% of the total deliveries), which boosted company’s revenues, as said in the...

German Wolf System to build timber frame factory in Omsk region

In the spring of 2014, German company Wolf System will start construction of the factory for pre-fabricated timber frame houses in Omsk region. Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for the end of 2014. In 2015, it is...