Archives: 2026

Central Europe pellet market enters spring with prices under pressure

 Germany is seeing a more pronounced price correction than headline averages suggest. By the third week of March, bulk [...]
March 25, 2026 Latest Trends

Lumber drops below $600

Lumber futures fell below $600 per thousand board feet as a slowdown in the North American housing market and rising [...]
March 25, 2026 Latest Trends

Valmet will cease production at its Swedish site in Sundsvall

Valmet has announced plans to restructure parts of its manufacturing operations in Sweden and Poland, including the closure of two [...]
March 25, 2026 Latest Trends

UK’s Travis Perkins hit by slowdown in construction sector

Reduced demand, price pressure and significant impairment charges have led to Travis Perkins reporting one of its weakest financial performances [...]
March 25, 2026 Latest Trends

Holmen cuts sawmill output as Middle East disruption drives up costs

Holmen AB is reducing production at its Bygdsiljum sawmill as disruptions to trade with the Middle East push up freight [...]
March 24, 2026 Latest Trends

Limited logs, weak export demand: Latvia’s timber sector loses pace

Latvia’s timber sector is showing signs of stagnation, with companies reporting slower growth, constrained production and mounting operational pressure [...]
March 24, 2026 Latest Trends

Pfeifer rebrands Finnish operations as part of integration drive

The Pfeifer Group will rename its Finnish subsidiary Pölkky as Pfeifer Nordics from June 1, 2026, bringing its operations [...]
March 24, 2026 Latest Trends

Moelven through a tough year of losses and sawmill closures

Moelven Industrier ASA reported a sharp deterioration in results for 2025, as weak construction activity, high raw material costs and [...]
March 24, 2026 Latest Trends

B.C.’s forestry downturn runs deeper than tariffs

The downturn in British Columbia’s forest sector is often framed as a consequence of U.S. tariffs. That explanation [...]
March 24, 2026 Latest Trends

New sawmill plans in Switzerland abandoned

Swiss companies Kuratle Group and Raurica Wald AG have abandoned plans to develop the Swiss Timber Production (STP) project, halting [...]
March 24, 2026 Latest Trends