The plan sets four pillars — secure competitive wood fibre, invest in modernization and innovation, expand domestic and international markets, and support workers and communities, and will feed into a formal Forest Sector Strategy by the end of 2026.
New press and automated guided vehicles to replace two existing lines at Oostrozebeke site.
Alan Haughie to retire after seven years, remaining as advisor through February 2027 to support annual report completion.
Exports of MDF panels from Turkey gained 1.1%.
Compared with the previous month, production was down 7%.
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.
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%.