The transaction is expected to close before the year-end 2025, following regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

Price for logs exported from Germany decreased 12%.

Imports of plywood to Belgium grew 13%.

Imports of wood chips to South Korea gained 5%.

New machine to run at 1,300 m/min for 50–110 g/m2 grades.

Germany and the United States remain top destinations for paperboard, while lumber exports hit 8.2 million m3.

Imports of wood pellets to South Korea decreased 15%.

Imports of corrugated boxes to Kazakhstan slipped 2%.

Exports of lumber from Lithuania dipped 3%.

Exports of lumber from Latvia downed 2%.

Exports of cork and articles of cork from Portugal contracted 16%.

Price for plywood imported to Italy increased 15%.

The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending September 12, 2025 is: US$471 mfbm.

The size of the Voith roll service center will increase by almost 50%.

When fully operational, the new line will allow up to 20% of recycled MDF fibres to be integrated into the new panels produced.

These two additions brings the total number of acquisitions that James Jones & Sons Ltd has completed across Australia to ten, since entering the market in 2022.