Weyerhaeuser Co., the world's leading lumber producer, yesterday posted a 86% drop in third-quarter earnings and warned of more hard times ahead for its wood products business as a result of low prices and the impact of U.S. softwood duties. "The fourth-quarter earnings outlook remains very...
The forest products giant Weyerhaeuser said yesterday that third-quarter earnings fell 86 percent because of low wood prices, duties on imports of Canadian softwood lumber and merger-related charges. The company, based in Federal Way, Wash., reported a profit including one-time items of $13...
The town administration in Paldiski, Estonia, is threatening to bankrupt a wood-processing plant owned by the TKE Group after it pays 1 million kroons (63,900 euros) in back wages to the plant's workers.
Jaan Molder, acting mayor of Paldiski, said that the town would start bankruptcy...
Timber landowners from North and South Carolina filed a class action lawsuit in federal court Thursday against International Paper and one of its suppliers, charging widespread price fixing of pulpwood timber that they say has cost them and other landowners millions of dollars.
The lawsuit...
An exclusive industrial complex for Korean companies will be set up in Dandong, China, just across the Yalu River from North Korea newly designated Shinuiju Special Administrative Region.
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) said yesterday that the Korea Industrial...
The negative trends in all of the furniture sector, which has been in regressing continually in Germany from
1996 to 2001, have also been the same for the self-assembly furniture sector, with a drop in 2001 of 1.5%, coming down to Ђ5.810 million. The forecast does not show any positive...
The 9th anniversary International Specialized Exhibition "WOODWORKING— 2 0 0 2" will be organized in Minsk, at the Exhibition Pavilion on Masherov ave.from the 1st till the 4th of October.
The Exhibition is organized by the Exhibition Company "MinskExpo" under the auspices of...
The Annual Convention of International Wood Products Association (IWPA) will take place March 26-28, 2003 at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. For the last 46 years, IWPA's Annual Conventions have been an indispensable, cost-effective meeting point for companies involved...
The AHEC European will celebrate its 10th anniversary, in Lisbon, Portugal in October 24th & 25th 2002. The convention brings together many of the major US exporters and European importers and agents of American hardwoods.
In the 10 years since its foundation, there has been a tremendous...
Design, production and culture — the Promosedia trade fair, in Udine, Italy, where the visitor will discover the historic background and the new trends from the "world of chairs". The spotlight will be on Progetto Bestseller, an internationally renowned event
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