Vida CEO: Swedish sawmills need to run at full capacity to remain profitable
Sweden's sawmill industry is caught in an unusual squeeze between historically expensive raw material and a lumber market [...]
September 4, 2026
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Up to 7 million m³ of damaged timber puts French wood markets under pressure
Southern France is facing an exceptional accumulation of damaged timber after two February storms and a destructive summer fire season [...]
September 4, 2026
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China remains the main buyer, but India is changing New Zealand’s timber exports equation
New Zealand's export log market is entering spring with China providing a relatively stable outlet while India remains [...]
September 4, 2026
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Europe’s softwood lumber market remains caught between weak construction and tight mill economics
Europe’s softwood lumber market is entering the second half of 2026 with an unusual combination of weak end-user [...]
September 3, 2026
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LP to indefinitely curtail 475 million sq ft of OSB capacity as segment losses deepen
LP Building Solutions will indefinitely curtail OSB production at its Jasper, Texas, mill beginning in October 2026, taking approximately 475 [...]
September 3, 2026
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GWMI’s Top 20 most-read stories of August 2026
August brought a sharper divide between weak demand and an increasingly constrained supply side across the global wood industry. European [...]
September 3, 2026
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IKEA’s answer to Europe’s furniture slump: Cut prices!
IKEA is launching a major price-cutting programme across Europe, committing EUR 1.2 billion to lower prices in more [...]
September 3, 2026
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James Jones seeks European or North American buyer for Australian CLT producer XLAM
James Jones & Sons is looking for a new owner for XLAM, the Hyne Group's cross-laminated timber [...]
September 3, 2026
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EUDR meets a changing tropical timber market
EUDR will change the conditions for selling tropical timber into the EU from the end of December 2026. Importers will [...]
September 3, 2026
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UK flooring giant Headlam moves towards administration after liquidity runs out
Headlam Group, the UK's largest floorcoverings distributor, is preparing to enter administration after exhausting its available funding, ending [...]
September 3, 2026
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