Europe

Sawmills in Sweden defy coronavirus crisis

Current situation of the Swedish forest industry     Swedish demand for sawn wood products has decreased by [...]

Homag to create a new business segment

The Homag  Group intensifies its activities in the new market segment Construction Elements Solutions by acquiring 80% of the shares [...]

Market slowdown in Finland caused reduced timber prices

   Slowdown in the timber market reduced timber prices in Finland   Ongoing quiet year will turn into [...]

Global hardwood, softwood prices fell in Q2/2020

Wood raw-material costs fell for most pulp manufacturers throughout the world in the 2Q/20, reducing fiber price indices [...]

Finland: Sawmills struggle to pay for raw materials due to low export prices of lumber

Almost 500 million cubic meters of lumber were produced worldwide last year, of which almost three quarters were coniferous lumber [...]

UK’s wood products imports show strong market recovery

    UK's timber and panel import volumes are ‘back on track’ for 2020 following a sharp [...]

Finland’s sawnwood to face falling exports and prices this year due to corona crisis

    Demand for sawnwood has recovered since the beginning of the year, but this year Finnish exports [...]

Russian plywood more competitive on the European market

Indonesian plywood supply is also reported to be almost back to normal, albeit with freight rates increasing costs. One importer [...]