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Charles Gross
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Robust European Growth Somewhat Offset Weakness in North America for Norbord During 1Q

On the heels of a challenging fourth quarter, North American benchmark prices for oriented strand board fell another 8% to start 2019. Last year's capacity growth by industry participants suppressed prevailing prices, compounded by slower homebuilding as we entered the new year. One offset was robust demand growth in Europe, which drove volumes higher by 15% versus the fourth quarter. We've modestly lowered our production outlook for 2019 in North America to reflect the likelihood of curtailment...
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Norbord Inc.

Norbord is a producer of wood-based panels with 17 plant locations in the U.S., Europe and Canada.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Charles Gross

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