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Acquisitions, Mergers and Takeovers
20.11.08U.S. LUMBER Group acquires Cardinal Forest Products
19.11.08Weston Forest Products purchases Hiram Forest Products
17.11.08China Forestry Inc. seeks to expand holdings 

Analyst Comment
18.11.08WRI: Log costs fell in Russia in the 3Q 2008 as the forest industry cut back production 
13.11.08Ilim Group CEO Paul Herbert finds reasonable decision of Russian Government to postpone implying new import duties 
12.11.08Republic of Congo's timber industry hit by financial crisis 

Bankruptcy
18.11.08Fletcher Building to close factory in Auckland, New Zealand 
17.11.08MWV to close Grover, North Carolina, packaging plant 
14.11.08Georgia-Pacific to lay off 300 workers at Peterman plywood mill in January 

Certification and Standardization
14.11.08Neenah Paper elevates its digital paper offering 
27.10.08SMART Papers introduces new swatchbook for its FSC-certified Nekoosa Linen brand 
24.10.08Litco's Inca presswood pallets are first in category to receive Cradle to Cradle(SM) certification 

Conferences and Exhibitions
20.11.08Qatar and UN pave way for paper-free global conferences
10.11.08Smurfit-Stone unveils three new machines from Meta(R) packaging equipment line at Pack Expo International 
03.11.08Global timber trade tackles illegal logging 

Contracts and Orders
19.11.08Weyerhaeuser and Lignol to partner on biorefining
17.11.08Forestry Commission requires supply of harvesting machines 
31.10.08Metso to supply two tissue lines to HengAn International Group, China 

Credits
14.11.08AbitibiBowater delays filing financial statements 
24.10.08Viktor Zubkov proposes Rosagrolizing as timber harvesting machinery producer 
14.10.08PelletSales.com secures financing to meet red-hot demand for wood pellet fuel supplies 

Debt Instruments
17.10.08Masisa to issue up to $120 million in bonds 
24.07.08JVP Management is planning to petition the court with a request to introduce external supervision for Minnesko Novosibirsk 

Duties and Tariffs
18.11.08WRI: Log costs fell in Russia in the 3Q 2008 as the forest industry cut back production 
17.11.08Transport boycott disrupts Stora Enso shipments 
13.11.08Ilim Group CEO Paul Herbert finds reasonable decision of Russian Government to postpone implying new import duties 

Earnings Projections
19.11.08German CompacTec to increase wood pellet production capacity
05.11.08Cameroon's timber export in the first half of 2008 fell by more than 170 thousand tons 
30.10.08Stora Enso Wood Products plans temporary production curtailments 

Environmental News
20.11.08Qatar and UN pave way for paper-free global conferences
19.11.08China Forestry Inc. supports Central Government's forestry initiatives
17.11.08Netherlands moves towards sustainable procurement of timber 

Facility and Equipment
20.11.08Andritz completes board machine upgrade at Kartonsan, Turkey
19.11.08Thilmany announces down time for Kaukauna, De Pere paper mills
19.11.08Metso celebrates stonelaying for third service center in China

Finance
20.11.08Canfor Pulp Income Fund announces monthly distribution and production curtailment at its mills
20.11.08Tembec falls to quarterly loss of $4 million; sales splinter with U.S. lumber prices
19.11.08Homag sales revenue in the first nine months of 2008 increased by 9 % to Euro 661 million

Forestland
10.11.08Criticism of forest fire preparedness in Norway 
07.11.08Aracruz concluded wood removal 
05.11.08Noble hardwoods prosper in Sweden 

Information Technology
18.08.08Sappi Fine Paper North America named as CIO 100 Award honoree for excellence in information technology 

International Trade
20.11.08British Columbia softwood exports to China rise
18.11.08Japan’s imports of Russian logs dropped by 40% 
18.11.08Guyanese plywood exports recover in 3Q 

Investments
17.11.08Amcor upgrades its corrugation plant in Townsville 
12.11.08Diplomat hailed GBP400 million ($606 million) investment in Palm Paper's new paper mill 
07.11.08Tullis Russell improves efficiency with GBP 800,000 ($1.3 million) Marquip cutter buy 

Joint Ventures
20.11.08Aracruz Celulose clarifies about Veracel
14.11.08Metso and Wärtsilä's joint venture cleared by regulatory authorities - name of the joint venture is MW Power Oy 
23.10.08MeadWestvaco Forms Packaging Joint Venture in India 

Legal and Judicial / Legislation
20.11.08Aracruz Celulose clarifies about Veracel
14.11.08TimberWest ends distributions to combat declining markets 
14.11.08Metso and Wärtsilä's joint venture cleared by regulatory authorities - name of the joint venture is MW Power Oy 

Management/Corporate changes/Labour
20.11.08ArjoWiggins started a three-month consultation to lay off 127 people
20.11.08Canfor Pulp Income Fund announces monthly distribution and production curtailment at its mills
18.11.08Metso initiates reductions of workforce in its Fiber business line in Karlstad, Sweden 

Market share
13.11.08China October newsprint output at 391,000 tons; up 0.5% on year 
06.11.08Italian woodworking machinery and tools industry recorded a reduction by 18.1% 
11.09.08SEPAC invests R$100 million ($55 million) in expansion 

Marketing
27.10.08SMART Papers introduces new swatchbook for its FSC-certified Nekoosa Linen brand 
29.09.08SCA donates paper products for hurricane relief 
16.09.08UPM among the top brands in Central and Eastern Europe 

Monopolies and Competition
05.11.08AbitibiBowater named Canada's leading forest products company in Climate Disclosure Leadership Index 
27.10.08Abitibi Bowater receives forest sector competitiveness grant 
21.10.08Canadian forest companies are seeing increased interest from overseas 

New Products and Services
19.11.08Metso celebrates stonelaying for third service center in China
17.11.08New modern paper mill goes into production in Myanmar 
14.11.08Neenah Paper elevates its digital paper offering 

Operations
20.11.08British Columbia softwood exports to China rise
19.11.08German CompacTec to increase wood pellet production capacity
18.11.08Ilm Group curtails pulp production 

Plans and Strategy
20.11.08ArjoWiggins started a three-month consultation to lay off 127 people
19.11.08Thilmany announces down time for Kaukauna, De Pere paper mills
19.11.08China Forestry Inc. supports Central Government's forestry initiatives

Ratings
05.11.08AbitibiBowater named Canada's leading forest products company in Climate Disclosure Leadership Index 
04.11.08Fitch lowers Weyerhaeuser's ratings to 'BBB-' 
09.10.08Billerud honoured with 'The stock market company of the year award' for its financial communication 

Sales and Markets
11.11.08Australian woodchip sales boosts timber exports 
27.10.08New Zealand: Export log prices keep growing 
22.10.08WFU paper Germany: slack demand hinders significant price rises 

Share Capital
20.11.08Canfor Pulp Income Fund announces monthly distribution and production curtailment at its mills
20.11.08Tembec falls to quarterly loss of $4 million; sales splinter with U.S. lumber prices
20.11.08Change in the number of UPM's shares based on subscriptions with stock options 2005F

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