Search Results: 'Medite'

Hoping for the best
17 December, 2018
The future of Anglo-Irish trade is in the hands of the politicians at the moment, causing a great deal of uncertainty. Sally Spencer reports

Changing ownership
26 July, 2018
For the latest MDF report, we give a global picture of MDF mill developments. This extract from the first part of an annual survey of the global MDF industry by independent consultant Geoff Rhodes for sister title Wood-Based Panels International looks at expanded capacity

Margins under pressure
28 December, 2013
Ireland’s mills have enjoyed an increase in demand but high log prices are eating into margins. Keren Fallwell reports

Building on success
31 March, 2012
Coillte Panel Products is continuing to invest in its Medite and SmartPly brands

Cleared for take-off
18 February, 2012
Meyer Timber sees the launch of its giant new Stoke-on-Trent distribution hub, complete with runway, as a major step towards the goal of being ‘best in class’ across the panels business

Upward trend continues for MDF producers
17 December, 2011
Rising costs rather than spectacular demand are likely to push MDF prices higher in the first quarter of 2012

MDF order levels come as pleasant surprise
15 October, 2011
MDF sales have held up reasonably well but cost pressures are eroding margins and the current economic turbulence is raising doubts over the coming months

Price cuts mark return of the silly season
16 August, 2008
Falling demand has led to fierce competition to sell product with prices falling as a result – and the holiday season hasn’t helped

Producers opt for downtime rather than cut-price deals
07 June, 2008
With demand and costs pulling in opposite directions, UK MDF manufacturers are taking downtime rather than reducing prices over the quiet summer holidays

Demand falls but producers resist downtime – for now
12 April, 2008
As the MDF market flattens, there are pleas for value to be maintained throughout the supply chain

Christmas trading gives UK producers optimism
03 February, 2007
Cost challenges may dominate the MDF market this year but UK producers are cautiously optimistic after healthy trading in the first few weeks

Energy costs force up MDF prices – and it's not over yet
21 January, 2006
MDF price increases have inevitably followed the rising cost of gas but, while few would disagree that the product's value has to rise, the end users' acid test is yet to come

Summer feeling lingers as discounts remain
15 October, 2005
Some of the discounts introduced at the start of the summer are still in place but increasing costs mean prices will have to rise soon

Manufacturers' enthusiasm for price rise is not shared
21 December, 2002
MDF manufacturers are talking of a price rise early in the new year but other industry players are urging caution

Weyerhaeuser senses takeover victory
16 June, 2001
Weyerhaeuser's takeover of Willamette is expected to be confirmed soon but it comes at a time when forest products companies around the world are cutting production in response to overcapacity

MDF prices rise again
07 April, 2001
UK manufacturers will push through a 5-7% price increase in the coming weeks but some distributors doubt whether the market can absorb it