Swedish sawmills could be bracing for years of restructuring

The closure of Vida's sawmills in Orrefors and Urshult is seen as part of a larger restructuring in the Swedish sawmill industry. At the same time, analysts point out that the situation is even tougher in several other European countries. “We have seen these changes over the past year and also in previous years. Some sawmills have closed down and others have changed their location,” says Christian Nielsen, a market analyst for wood products at the Swedish Forest Industry Federation (Skogsindustrierna) in a recent interview. He says that the sawmill industry is in a phase of change ...