Annual growth trailed that of Italian industrial producer prices by 7.6 percentage points.

Price for wood veneer imported to India gained 3.5%.

The second phase covers the sawmill and log yard and is due in the fourth quarter of 2026; output is set to reach about 220 million board feet a year.

Company expects lower deliveries and higher variable costs in the second half; production at its Leuna biorefinery to start in Q2 2027.

Profits across all industrial enterprises rose 15.5% over the same period.

Annual growth outpaced that of Brazil overall industrial producer prices by 0.7 percentage points.

Lower own operating expenses also contributed to the result; Mellanskog expects the incoming government to prioritize compensation rights related to species-protection prohibitions.

The largest North American cabinet maker has started a search for a permanent finance chief as it integrates American Woodmark.

Record group sales lifted results, while inflation, tariffs and Mineral Fiber mix pressured margins; Armstrong expects 2026 adjusted EBITDA of $602 million to $612 million.

The publicly owned mill expects the shutdown to last about two months, until frozen ground lets crews reach hemlock stands.

The 20-City Composite rose 2.7%, while home values fell in real terms for the 15th month in a row as inflation held at 3.4%.

Sales of new single-family homes were 676,000 in September from a revised 680,000 in August and were 5.3% below a year earlier.

Custom cabinet sales rise 1.5%, semi-custom fall 4.7% and stock fall 12.1%, while cabinet quantity drops 9.0%.

The paperboard maker is pushing through price increases and expects the market to keep recovering, while problems at its Augusta mill continued into October.

The Reidsville factory opened in 2019; the company said it has more manufacturing capacity than it needs and expects stronger growth elsewhere.

Duties on Canadian softwood lumber would go into loan funds for homes built with U.S. wood, and tariffs on mill machinery not made in the U.S. would be removed.