Archives: 2019

Lumber prices in the US keep on going down at the beginning of 2019

    US traders welcomed a new year, but failed to discern a clear direction for the market [...]

Outlook of the global lumber markets in 2019

After surviving a global slowdown in 2015, world lumber markets became favourable as a general trend of rising prices took [...]

UAE’s wood products demand forecast to rise sharply due to $2.4 trillion worth of construction projects

The wood industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to boom over the next two years as the [...]

Sawn hardwood imports in the EU kept on going up in 2018

Total EU sawn hardwood imports were up 4% for the first nine months of 2018 at 1.62 million cu [...]

Armstrong completes sale of its Wood Flooring division

Armstrong Flooring announced that it has completed the previously disclosed sale of its Wood Flooring segment to an affiliate of [...]

Sawmill industry in Austria forecast at record levels in 2018

Wood processing in Austria has benefited from the vibrant construction economy at home and abroad for more than 3 years [...]

Segezha Group started wood pellet production at its new plant in Russia

Segezha Group has started in December the production of wood pellets at the company’s Lesosibirsky LDK No. 1 factory [...]

Egger Group reports major turnover increase for 2018

    The Egger Group with headquarters in St. Johann in Tirol (Austria) closed with a consolidated turnover [...]