The prices for solid wood and wood-based materials for pallets and wood packaging in Germany continued to rise in the third quarter of 2018. Solid wood for pallets Following a rapid increase in prices in the second half of 2017 and the beginning of 2018, prices for solid wood for…
Make beautiful Dining, Farmhouse or Outdoor table from 100% reclaimed pallet wood. It is easy and cheap 🙂 Whole project took me about 10-15 hours. I focused on the details, and cost me about 20$ (tools not counted)
On September 24th China will implement its own tariffs on USD 60 billion of imports from the US. Read further to see the full list of wood products affected and tariff levels. The Customs Tariff Commission of the Chinese State Council published this morning, Sept 19th, the details of its…
Pallets are the essential in logistic operations and it has been estimated that at the end of 2017 the stock of pallets in China exceeded 1.263 billion pieces of which wooden pallet accounted for 73% with plastic pallets taking up most of the balance. Wooden pallets are said to have…
In June 2018, German producer prices for commercial wood products continued to rise. Almost all figures show a rising trend compared to the previous year. In the short-term comparison with May there are also some declining values. Construction-related products have developed noticeably more strongly than those that are more likely to be…
The Board and General Assembly of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) have decided to end cooperation with the EPAL CEO, Martin Leibrandt. He left EPAL after more than 6 years on 30/06/2018. The EPAL Board will decide on a successor in due course. Until then the President, Robert Holliger,…
In May 2018, the producer prices for commercial wood products continued to rise slightly in Germany. Almost half of the figures are unchanged compared to April, only wood chips and pellets have fallen slightly. In comparison with the same month of the previous year, the construction-related wood products values ​​in particular have increased…
The German Association of Wood Packaging, Pallets and Export Packaging (HPE) price index shows that solid wood and wood-based materials for the production of pallets and wood packaging continued to increase. Apart from OSB, all price indices have reached new highs. The index for solid wood for wooden packaging is now at an all-time…
Universal Forest Products announced that one of its subsidiaries has closed on the purchase of the operating assets of North American Container Corp. (NACC), a Marietta, Ga.-based manufacturer of structural packaging products. The previously announced acquisition expands Universal’s capabilities and market opportunities by adding steel, corrugated and hardwood packaging to…
In April 2018, almost all listed product categories are more expensive than in the same month of the previous year. The biggest price increases could be noticed for particleboard, followed by wide and narrow boards as well as planed and finger-sawn softwood lumber. As the only product category, laminated particleboards’ price…
