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Hawa Sliding Solutions completes takeover in Spain
With effect from 15 October 2024, Swiss fittings manufacturer Hawa Sliding Solutions AG (Mettmenstetten, Canton of Zurich) has acquired Klein Ibérica S.A.U. (Barcelona), another company active in the ...
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Nobia turnover down 8% in third quarter
Swedish kitchen furniture manufacturer Nobia concluded the third quarter with a turnover decline of 8% to SEK2.478bn, equivalent to approximately €212.4m.
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German pellet production below last year’s level again
The pulp and paper company Arctic Paper S.A. of Kostrzyn nad Odra, Poland, is building a pellet works with an annual capacity of around 50,000 t at the facility of its Swedish subsidiary Arctic Paper ...
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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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Forte: slight year-on-year increase in total turnover
In the second quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year, furniture turnover of Polish cabinet manufacturer Forte was back on par with the level of the preceding ...
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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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Belgium: furniture industry revenue drops by 7.8%
With effect as of 1 January 2024, Swiss household appliance manufacturer V-Zug AG (Zug) has transferred its business activities for the German market to V-Zug Deutschland GmbH (Berlin). Managing ...
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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 ...