Europe

UPM builds a wood processing plant in Germany

Construction of a timber processing plant in Leuna, Germany, will start before the end of the third quarter of 2020 [...]

Russia: ULK Group’s new mega sawmill equipped with Nordic technology

    Russia’s ULK Group is investing about Euro 400 million in one of the country’s [...]

Falling sawlog prices in Finland

    In July, the average stumpage price for pine logs in Finland was EUR 53.5 per [...]

Interview: Impact of Covid-19 on US hardwood exports to China

Where does the global wood industry go in the post-pandemic era? This is a topic that most professionals in [...]

Austria: Brisk demand for spruce logs not followed by rise in prices

The Austrian economy is slowly recovering from the coronavirus-related lockdown, despite continuing risks due to increasing numbers of infections [...]

Chinese imports of logs plummet in the first half of the year

    China’s log imports fell sharply in the first half of 2020 to 24.51 million [...]

Canfor expands to Europe; completes new acquisitions

Canfor's Swedish subsidiary, Vida Group, has completed a purchase of three sawmills in the Scandanavian country.    [...]

Austrian Binderholz to increase exports to the US market

The US market, including the Central Florida region, has been witnessing rising demand for lumber in recent years, driving an [...]

Covid-19 downturn in EU tropical wood imports, less severe than forecast

The downturn in EU imports of wood and wood furniture products during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic [...]