More German and New Zealand logs in the Chinese market
In the January-May period, log imports to China from Russia declined 26.2 percent year-over-year to 3 [...]
August 28, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / Russia
Belarus to start producing wood pellets
A program to build six pellet plants in Belarus is being implemented. All of them will be operational [...]
August 22, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe
Rising pellet prices in Germany
The August pellet price in Germany has increased compared to the previous month. It rose slightly by 0.8 percent [...]
August 22, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
Sweden: Derome acquires construction trade Woody Anderstorp
Derome, Sweden’s largest family owned wood industry focused company, acquires Woody Anderstorp and joins the construction trade on January [...]
August 22, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
Finnish Polkky Group to build 100,000 m3/year planing sawmill
Pölkky Oy has announced the construction of a new planing mill in Taivalkoski, Finland. The [...]
August 22, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
European countries to benefit from US-China trade war
The additional tariffs on US imports from China threatened by US President Donald Trump would damage China, while giving the [...]
August 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Woodworking Machinery / China / Europe / North America
Stora Enso to close sawmill in Finland
Efora, that specialises in industrial maintenance and engineering services, owned by Finnish-Swedish forest industry company Stora Enso, begins employer [...]
August 21, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
Italy: Woodworking machinery orders drop sharply in Q2/2019
In the second quarter of 2019 the orders of wood and furniture machinery and equipment in Italy have decreased by [...]
August 21, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Woodworking Machinery / Europe
Czechia: Boom in prefabricated wooden houses
The market with prefabricated wooden houses in the Czech Republic is experiencing a major boom. While [...]
August 20, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Europe
Lower OSB prices negatively impact Norbord’s prices
Norbord Inc., the world’s largest producer of oriented strand board (OSB), reported Adjusted EBITDA of USD 36 million in [...]
August 20, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Wood-based Panels / Europe / North America