Archives: 2024

Koskisen: Profitability affected by high price of wood

The financial performance of the Koskisen Group declined last year. The operating profit was 24 million euros, which is over [...]
February 17, 2024 Latest Trends

Raute more than doubles order intake in 2023

Raute's order intake for 2023 soared to Euro 315 million, more than doubling from the previous year's Euro [...]
February 17, 2024 Latest Trends

German sawmill industry: ”Implementation of the EUDR is currently impossible”

After the completion of the test phase for the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) last week and the [...]
February 16, 2024 Latest Trends

Poland to limit logging up to 20-30% in 2024

The forestry and wood industry in Poland must prepare for significant restrictions under the new government. Environment Minister Paulina Hennig [...]
February 16, 2024 Latest Trends

Australian Panels orders new MDF system from Siempelkamp

The new MDF system is the sixth Siempelkamp system for Australian Panels. Most recently, in August 2023, the customer decided [...]
February 16, 2024 Latest Trends

West Fraser reports considerable loss in Q4/2023

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it lost US$153 million in its fourth quarter, a steeper loss than US [...]
February 16, 2024 Latest Trends

Changing timber trade flows and price dynamics across the Baltic Sea region

As the timber price frenzy is ongoing in Sweden, even Norway's timber market has come to life as timber [...]
February 15, 2024 Latest Trends

Enviva is preparing to file for bankruptcy, says report

Enviva, the largest U.S. wood pellet exporter, is preparing to file for bankruptcy within days after a bad bet [...]
February 15, 2024 Latest Trends

Prices of softwood logs in Estonia are stable at a low level

The fourth quarter of last year did not bring any major changes in the wood market. The situation in the [...]
February 15, 2024 Latest Trends

Hasslacher Group expands in the North American market

Austrian Hasslacher Group announced that it will acquire a significant stake in Element5, a producer of cross-laminated timber and [...]
February 15, 2024 Latest Trends