In an updated study, WhatWood has confirmed that Kronospan is currently launching a new OSB mill with a capacity of 350,000 m³/yr in Egorievsk/RU near Moscow. This would be Russia’s fourth operation producing OSB. Meanwhile, Kronospan is solving the issue with the site for the construction of a second line which would stretch the capacity to 700,000 m³/yr, the Russian news platform reports.
Kronospan’s mill in Mogilev, Belarus, also started test production at the end of August, the rated capacity of which will be 300,000 m³. Its products will be sold on the markets of Western Europe and Russia, the study reveals.
In the first three months of 2025, Japan imported more glulam and CLT from Finland, Russia and China. Meanwhile, smaller volumes were purchased from Austria, Estonia and Romania. On balance,...
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In April, there was an upward trend in German purchase prices of all types of wood for packaging. OSB saw the biggest price increase, followed by solid wood for pallets.
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Liken with softwood lumber, Italy also imported a smaller volume of glulam and CLT in January 2025. In the case of laminated timber, however, a bigger decrease was recorded.
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28% of Austrian carpenters reported an average year-on-year increase in sales of 9.8% for 2024. At 32% of businesses, sales remained at the previous year’s level, and 40% recorded a decrease of...
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