Pricing & Supply

Construction, China demand to drive global plywood growth to 2022

The global market for plywood is projected to reach 223.4 million cubic meters by 2022, driven by recovering construction activity in most countries worldwide; rise in high value, high rise constructions; growing preference for plywood in interior design especially of floors, ceilings, and walls; and a healthy furniture industry, according to Plywood - Global Strategic Business Report 2016.

Management

Wood manufacturing help-wanted query lists hundreds of positions open

A process engineer in finishing in Moorefield, West Virginia was at the top list of hundreds of wood manufacturing positions opened at job placement website Monster.com, along with a scenic carpenter at Staging Dimensions in New Castle, Delaware and a wood fabrication technician for Janicki Industries Inc., in Sedro-Woolley, Washington.