The mass timber group will move production to three other Austrian sites by year-end, and most of the plant's 40 workers will stay with the company.
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Canada remained the largest supplier as its share rose 4.1 pp; Romania's shipments rose 9.7% and Germany's fell 48.6%.
The Finnish maker of plywood and LVL mill equipment, whose third-quarter sales fell 34%, lowered the top of its 2026 forecast for the second time this year.
Price for OSB exported from Norwegian stayed flat.
Price for lumber exported from Norwegian slid 3.8%.
The Chilean wood-based panel maker’s revenue rose 5% to $72.3 million; it also plans to concentrate production in Chile.
Exports of logs from Norway decreased 13.6%.
Price for plywood imported to Japan grew only 0.2%.
Vietnam remained the largest supplier as its share fell 4.9 pp; China’s shipments rose 13-fold and Canada’s fell 17.7%.
Goldman Sachs forecasts single-family starts of 870,000 and existing-home sales of 3.9 million next year, before lower mortgage rates revive activity in the second half.
Price for wood pellets exported from Vietnamese to Japan gained 1.8%.
The Finnish packaging and wood-products maker expects annual maintenance to raise costs and cut volumes in the fourth quarter.
Price for wood chips exported from Vietnamese to Japan grew only 0.8%.
Price for lumber imported to Japan rose 1.6%.
Wooden starts rose 2.3%; January–September starts were up 1.6% from a year earlier.
The Texas homebuilder lifted orders 3% with incentives of 11% and says owning and developing its own land has largely locked in its lot costs.
Housing permits, a guide to future construction, fell 44.3% to 25,938 units; January–September starts were up 1% from a year earlier.
The weekly figure counts pulp in Shanghai Futures Exchange warehouses that can be delivered against SHFE bleached softwood kraft pulp futures.
The timber giant's latest land sale, at about $1,800 an acre, comes as third-quarter profit fell 24% and it braces for a softer fourth quarter in wood products.
Price for wooden pallets imported to France lost 12.1%.