Europe

Swedish roundwood prices hit by the bark beetle infestation

    Both sawlog and pulpwood prices in Sweden decreased during the 3Q 2019 for the first time [...]

Norbord to curtail one OSB production line in Georgia, US

Norbord Inc. announced that effective mid-November, it will indefinitely curtail production on Line 1 of its two-line oriented [...]

Estonia: Fall in spruce sawlog prices in September

    All sawlog assortments have become cheaper in Estonia in September 2019. The bark beetle crisis has [...]

Granuul Invest completes acquisition of former German Pellets assets in Texas

Acquisition of the Texas Pellets pellet manufacturing plant offers a possibility to increase the group´s production capacity up to [...]

ISC 2019: Bark beetle crisis in the European lumber market expected to continue for years

    Disruption in European lumber market caused by log glut from bark beetle infestation is expected to [...]

Kronospan plans a new chipboard plant in Russia

    Peter Kindl, founder of Kronospan Holding Ltd, attended a working meeting with regional governor of the [...]

The bark beetle infestation hits the French softwood market

    What volumes of wood will be harvested in France in 2019? Difficult to answer this question [...]

China’s huge hunger for timber will still rely on imports in the future?

    With the rising protection of forest resources by countries in the world, the trade friction between [...]

Vietnamese Donghwa to buy a new Siempelkamp MDF press

    Dongwha, Asia's largest producer of engineered wood from Korea, is securing the "longest MDF press [...]