Europe

Italy: Fantoni Group has ceased MDF production at Novolegno plant

At the end of February, the Italian wood-based panels manufacturer Fantoni discontinued MDF production at its Avellino site, which [...]

Austria: wood pellets prices go down in May

The May price of wood pellets in Austria has dropped as both compared to the previous month, as well as [...]

Rising final felling in Sweden to bark beetles attacks

The notified area of final felling in Sweden increased by 13% in April compared with the corresponding month in 2018 [...]

Forests in Italy start to recover six months after Vaia storm

With millions of cubic meters of timber still on the ground, and summer approaching, authorities and environmentalists in northern Italy [...]

Downward price trend for wood products in Germany

The economic downturn noted by the market research institutes is also reflected in Germany's producer prices for commercial wood [...]

Saint-Gobain sells German SGBDD for EUR 335 million

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA (SGO.FR) said Monday that it has reached an agreement to sell its entire stake [...]

Major EU woodworking machinery producers plan to enable machine communication

    The production in the woodworking industry nowadays implies more and more digital manufacturing processes to gain [...]

BC forestry giants see sharp drop at the stock market

A closer look at any stock chart could reveal how the BC forest companies have slide down to three-year [...]

Södra to lower purchase prices for spruce roundwood due to troubled market environment

    The high supply of spruce roundwood in Sweden and Central Europe as well as the obvious [...]

France: Softwood prices drop sharply due to the bark beetle crisis

    In the northern half of France, forest owners of spruce and fir are very concerned. During [...]