Archives: 2025

Interfor sees mid-term stability despite near-term volatility in lumber markets

Interfor Corp (TSX: IFP) expects near-term volatility in North American lumber markets as economic conditions adjust to shifting monetary [...]
February 19, 2025 Latest Trends

Raute reports 40% increase in net sales in 2024

Raute Corporation's FY 2024 net sales amounted to Euro 204.6 million, showing an increase of 40.7% from [...]
February 19, 2025 Latest Trends

Koskisen revenue rises as sawmill volumes grow, price levels strengthen

Finnish wood processing company Koskisen  reported on Monday a rise in revenue for 2024, driven by higher sawmill delivery volumes [...]
February 19, 2025 Latest Trends

Russian timber giant ULK hit by tax freeze, sells assets

Russia’s Federal Tax Service has frozen the bank accounts of one of Russia's biggest sawmilling company ULK Group [...]
February 18, 2025 Latest Trends

Mood in the German wood industry continues to deteriorate

The mood in the German wood industry continued to deteriorate in January 2025. The HDH economic indicator fell for the [...]
February 18, 2025 Latest Trends

UPM: “Demand for wood to be strong in 2025”

Janne Kiiliäinen, head of private timber sales at UPM, says the company is currently actively purchasing all types of [...]
February 18, 2025 Latest Trends

US lumber futures reach 3-month high

US lumber futures traded above $610 per thousand board feet in February, a near three-month high as mill closures [...]
February 18, 2025 Latest Trends

Ziegler Modulbau GmbH Sold to Austrian investors

The negotiations for the insolvent Ziegler Group continue under great time pressure, and now the company has sold its subsidiary [...]
February 18, 2025 Latest Trends

Lumber market outlook 2025: Steady price gains and production stability expected

Market participants across North America and Europe anticipate that 2025 will witness a gradual recovery in the lumber sector, with [...]
February 16, 2025 Latest Trends

AHEC faces funding crisis as USDA freezes export promotion grants

The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) is confronting a major funding shortfall after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA [...]
February 15, 2025 Latest Trends