Archives: August 2025

Koskisen progresses with Järvelä sawmill expansion

The Finnish wood products company Koskisen is progressing with the growth of production at its new sawmill in Järvel [...]
August 29, 2025 Latest Trends

What’s the economic impact of sawmill closures?

When a sawmill closes, the effects reverberate throughout the local economy. And the impact cuts wider and deeper than you [...]
August 29, 2025 Latest Trends

Germany’s softwood lumber exports pivot to US as European demand weakens

Germany exported about 4.73 million cubic meters (cbm) of softwood lumber in the first seven months of 2025, up [...]
August 29, 2025

Swiss Krono completes North American expansion

Swiss Krono Group has completed its acquisition of Collins Pine Company’s particleboard and engineered wood siding manufacturing facilities in [...]
August 29, 2025 Latest Trends

73rd International Softwood Conference coming up in October

The 73rd International Softwood Conference (ISC) will take place in Oslo from 22 to 23 October 2025, bringing together key [...]
August 29, 2025 Latest Trends

Poland faces high costs as EU deforestation rules near implementation

Poland’s wood sector is bracing for major financial and operational burdens as the European Union’s new anti-deforestation [...]
August 28, 2025 Latest Trends

Trump says US is conducting tariff investigation into furniture imports

President Donald Trump said that his administration will launch a "major" tariff investigation on furniture imports, a move that could [...]
August 28, 2025 Latest Trends

US lumber prices drops to mid-May lows

US lumber futures have slid toward $580 per thousand board feet, their weakest since mid May, as softer demand, rising [...]
August 28, 2025 Latest Trends

Sawmill closure signals systemic issues in New Zealand’s forest industry

Carter Holt Harvey plans to close the Eves Valley sawmill on the South Island, a facility built in the 1980s [...]
August 28, 2025 Latest Trends

Section 232 investigation could impose further duties on B.C. softwood

B.C.'s forestry sector is awaiting the results of a U.S. Commerce Department investigation into imported wood products [...]
August 27, 2025 Latest Trends