Europe

Södra to divest prefabricated timber house division

    Södra is divesting Trivselhus AB to housing supplier Svensk Husproduktion with a completion date set [...]

UK timber imports show continued strong market recovery

    UK's timber and panel import volumes performed strongly in October 2020 for the fifth consecutive [...]

Finland’s forest industry exports fall sharply in Jan.-Oct. 2020

In October 2020 the exports value of Finland's forest industry products totaled EUR 0.87 billion. In January-October [...]

Global lumber markets benefit from rising prices

Lumber prices have increased worldwide in the second half of 2020 with US prices almost doubling  Lumber Markets [...]

European trade of wood chips up substantially as sawmills ramp up production

    Softwood lumber production in Europe has increased steadily increased over the past five years. Consequently, additional [...]

Phytosanitary controls to be extended to UK wood product imports from EU countries

A significant impact of the UK’s exit from the EU single market on 1st January is the requirement for [...]

The global forest industry rides out of a terrible year

The global forest industry has gone through an unprecedented year caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. These are the key [...]

Finland: Log prices on the rise in November

    In November, the prices of softwood logs were 3–5 per cent higher in real terms [...]

Egger highlights recovery from COVID-19 pandemic in its financial report

The Egger Group, headquartered in St. Johann in Tirol, closed the first half of its 2020/2021 financial year (reporting [...]

HS Timber Group builds EUR 84 million sawmill in Belarus

HS Timber Group (former Holzindustrie Schweighofer) is expanding its portfolio by building a modern sawmill in Svisloch, the Grodno region [...]