The Normandy site will separate acceptable material, coarse material, and foreign material to reduce stones, seeds, and minerals that have raised saw wear and caused coating stains.
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Survey and industry data show firms improve efficiency, but sector productivity diverges from sawmills as technical change remains weak and variable.
Price for particleboard exported from Turkey increased slightly 0.5%.
Wood processing, furniture manufacturing and construction-linked non-metal mineral products record profit declines even as industrial profits and margins increase.
Price for particleboard exported from China increased 33%.
Price for MDF panels exported from Turkey rose 5%.
Price for OSB exported from Norway downed 3%.
Exports of particleboard from Thailand lost 12%.
Two biggest single-project awards fund curved glulam output and wood-fibre foam capacity.
Price for MDF panels exported from Thailand slipped 5%.
The province’s Forest Biomass Program funding will support log-processing upgrades, added storage, and a thermal energy system at the North Woods oriented strand board plant.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 10%.
Price for MDF panels exported from the U.S. to Mexico upped 4%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 12%.
Price for OSB imported to the U.S. slipped 1.7%.
Interim Chief Commercial Officer since November 2025 remains on Group Executive Board and reports to CEO Mika Saariaho.
Volatile mortgage rates, weather disruptions, and cautious housing demand weigh on results and margins, with the largest pricing and gross-margin pressure in engineered wood products.
Lumber sales realizations rise 13% from fourth-quarter averages and oriented strand board realizations rise 8%.
Price for particleboard exported from Turkey increased slightly 0.6%.
Industrial-scale system reintegrates recycled fibers into decorative panel production without quality loss.