Europe

Tarkett moves all production from Canada to the US

French Tarkett is transitioning all manufacturing activities from Waterloo, Ontario and Truro, Nova Scotia in Canada to manufacturing locations in [...]

IKEA completes expansion of furniture factory in Poland

IKEA Industry has completed the expansion of its factory in Zbąszynek, Poland. The site is now the largest furniture [...]

Holzindustrie Schweighofer passed EUTR inspection in Romania

Holzindustrie Schweighofer (HS), one of Europe’s leading timber processing companies, informed that the company passed in Romania 16th inspection [...]

EU and Vietnam ratified VPA-FLEGT

    EU FLEGT informed that the EU and Vietnam had ratified a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on [...]

Germany increases the softwood logs exports to China

    According to Eurostat data, Germany exported a total of 3.78 million m3 of roundwood in [...]

The International Softwood Conference 2019 to be held in Antwerp

Antwerp, on the crossroads of international trade and a major harbour for wood and wood products, will be the host [...]

Argentina’s Grupo Garabi and Belgium’s Forestcape to build $250m sawmill in Argentina

Argentina's Grupo Garabi and Belgium's Forestcape are to invest a joint US$250mil in the Argentinian province of [...]

Storms and bark beetle are expected to damage 30 million m3 of Germany’s forests

By April 2019, 13 million m3 of damaged wood has been reported in Germany so far, mostly due to storms [...]

Important surge for roundwood prices in Estonia

    Roundwood prices in Estonia have went significantly up in March 2019, as compared to the same [...]

Bergs Timber plans to acquire Swedish wood pellet producer

Bergs Timber AB has signed a letter of intent to acquire Fågelfors Hyvleri.    The transaction [...]