The delivery consists of the SymBelt Shoe Press Roll upgrade, the installation of wear, chemical, and heat-resistant Valmet Black Belt, and SymBelt roll services securing roll runnability.

Price for wood pellets exported from Vietnam to Japan slipped 5%.

Imports of wood chips to Japan added 0.9%.

The estimated sales for the overall market in October were reported at $940.0 thousand. For the year-to-date period, the overall market estimated sales were $10.9 million.

Imports of plywood to Japan gained 3%.

Since 2022, following FSC’s withdrawal from Russia, Segezha Group has ceased adhering to the moratorium on logging old-growth forests.

Price for wood pellets imported to Japan slipped 3%.

Imports of lumber to Japan increased 15%.

One reason for the outsized increase is that early-stage homebuying demand, including home tours, boomed in the two weeks following the presidential election.

The CEO position will be taken over by Juho Luoranen, who has previously worked as Technical Director and is one of the owners of Jartek.

The project aims to increase the production of containerboard with basis weights of 115 to 195 g/m² by around 19 percent to 128,000 tons of saleable paper per year, improve overall machine efficiency and reduce steam consumption.

Kemira’s change negotiations have concluded.

The new entity, Lecta Self-Adhesives España, will be responsible for all Lecta Group's self-adhesive activity, agreements and commercial relations starting January 1, 2025.

In the week ending November 15, 2024, the price of benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir 2x4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was US$460 mfbm. This is up +$16, or +4%, from the previous week when it was $444, said weekly forest products industry price guide newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter.

The United States remained the EU’s largest wood pellet supplier, accounting for 45% of total imports.

Rates have been relatively flat over the last few weeks as the market waits for more clarity.