Europe

EU hardwood trade steady despite many challenges

    While uncertainty surrounding Brexit may be casting a shadow over the UK market the wider EU [...]

Germany boosts softwood lumber deliveries to China

  Following a -32% drop in exports last year, European softwood lumber deliveries to China have recovered in the [...]

FSC to sanction Korean-Indonesian company

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has sanctioned Korean-Indonesian conglomerate Korindo for clearing tropical forests in Indonesia to produce palm [...]

EGGER reports stable financial year and record investments

The wood-based panels giant recorded sales of EUR 2.84 billion and adjusted EBITDA of EUR 425.0 million [...]

Prospects for American Softwoods on the European market

American Softwoods Consultant, Charles Trevor, was interviewed by AEIM (Spanish Association of Wood Trade and Industry) and the article appeared [...]

Current trends in Europe’s industrial wood pellet market

In markets such as the United Kingdom, Belgium, and the Netherlands residential use is negligible and the demand for wood [...]

UPM to build a new giant pulp mill in Uruguay

UPM has made the investment decision to construct a 2,1 million tonne greenfield eucalyptus pulp mill near Paso de [...]

Lower sawlog costs in Germany drive the lumber industry export sales

    Large volumes of storm and insect damaged trees in Germany have resulted in an oversupply of [...]

Current trends in the European residential wood pellet market

Residential use for heating, about 40 percent of the total pellet market, fluctuates annually but is relatively stable compared to [...]

Homag to negatively revise its earnings forecast for 2019

    German woodworking machinery giant Homag announced that it will negatively revise its earnings forecast for 2019 [...]