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Borg Manufacturing starts thin MDF board production at Oberon site in Australia

    Borg Manufacturing produced its first board on the new MDF plant made by Siempelkamp. This milestone [...]

Russian plywood industry in crisis

The Russian plywood industry, hit hardest by EU sanctions, continued to decline. Russia's domestic plywood market has seen excess [...]

Finland: Roundwood prices on the rise in July

    Roundwood prices in Finland continued to rise in July and real prices ended up close to [...]

Sweden: Continued rise in prices for roundwood during the second quarter

    Sweden's roundwood prices both sawlog and pulpwood assortments increased during the second quarter of 2022 [...]

Wood prices in Germany fall significantly

German forest owners have been reporting for a few weeks that the demand for softwood lumber is falling significantly. Many [...]

Södra Wood reduces sawn timber production

Södra expects weaker demand for wood products due to rising inflation and higher interest rates in Europe and the [...]

Kastamonu Entegre eyes top three spot in the global wood-based panel market

    Already one of the world’s top five wood-based panel manufacturers, Kastamonu Entegre is raising [...]

China: Falling stocks of N. American logs and European spruce logs

Softwood log inventories at the China’s main ocean ports totalled 4.96 million m3 on July 30th, 2022, a [...]

Bulgaria to temporarily ban timber exports to non-EU countries

Bulgaria is ceasing exports of raw timber for three months until November, the agriculture ministry said last week.   [...]
August 23, 2022 Forestry / Sawmilling / ...Europe

Büttner receives order from West Fraser

The Canada-based West Fraser company has awarded Büttner the contract to replace the existing Bison drum type 5 [...]