Europe

Pfeifer Group to invest EUR 100 million in expanding panel and CLT capacity

By autumn 2020, the Pfeifer Group plans to massively expand existing and new production facilities in Chanovice, Schlitz and Lauterbach [...]

EU tropical importers are facing tough competition for supplies

EU timber traders cited a number of factors shaping tropical import trends. These included intensifying competition for material from Chinese [...]

Switzerland: Wood pellets prices rising despite heat wave

Curiously, despite the wave of heat that came across Europe these weeks, the prices of wood pellets in Switzerland increased [...]

Dropping Chinese demand cause major setback in Finland’s softwood lumber exports

    he Finnish softwood lumber exports to the world decreased by -4% during January - May 2018, as [...]
August 14, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China / Europe

Norbord achieves record results on higher N. American and European panel prices

Norbord Inc. reported Adjusted EBITDA of $273 million for the second quarter of 2018 versus $165 million in the second [...]

Prices for roundwood in Estonia significantly higher than in 2017

    In June 2018, the prices for roundwood in Estonia are significantly higher as compared to the [...]

Tropical sawnwood rising its share on the European market

Recent reports on European economic and construction sector health and outlook make for almost exclusively positive reading. After the EU [...]

Softwood logs exports from Europe to China excedeed those of softwood lumber

      Due to a massive boost of exports from France, total European softwood logs deliveries [...]

Sonae Arauco plans to build new particleboard plant at its site in Germany

Sonae Arauco decided to invest in a new state-of-the-art particleboard plant at the company’s Beeskow site [...]

EGGER Group reports record results

    The EGGER Group again set new records in its annual results for 2017/2018.   [...]