Europe

Germany’s parquet market sees increasing demand from China

    During the first three quarters of 2018, the sales of German parquet fell by 5% year [...]

Germany: Price of wood pellets on the rise in November

During November 2018, the prices for wood pellets in Germany have risen sharply. Thus, the price increased by 1.8 [...]

Canfor’s CEO says that the company remains committed to BC, despite recent European acquisition

Canfor has reach an agreement to buy 70 per cent of Vida Group for about $580 million. The privately-held [...]

Stora Enso notices oversupply in the sawn timber market

Finnish-Swedish forest industry company Stora Enso is preparing for oversupply in the sawn timber market.     [...]

Norra Timber plans to modernize its continuous kilns in Sweden

Norra Timber is currently modernising its kiln capacity with two new energy-efficient cross-circulation continuous kilns, also known as [...]

Roundwood prices in Estonia continue to grow through September

    The sharp rise in roundwood prices in Estonia at the beginning of the year consolidated in [...]

New merge to create UK’s largest independent timber distribution company

Arnold Laver & Co and The National Timber Group have merged to create a timber distribution business with combined revenue [...]

Canfor buys 70% of Swedish sawmill company VIDA

    Canfor Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 70% of the VIDA [...]

Forest products exports from Latvia go 14.6% up during Jan.-September 2018

    In the first nine months of the year, Latvia exported EUR 1.925 billion worth of [...]
November 20, 2018 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Swedish Södra acquired 111,100 ha of forest land in Latvia

The Swedish Södra Group has this week acquired forest land from the Swedish Bergvik Skog AB. Bergvik Skog AB [...]