Russian energy roulette threatens the German forest industry
Energy prices have risen sharply since Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine in February of this year. The [...]
August 17, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe / Russia
Softwood log prices in Estonia start to fall from absolute records
The large-scale war started by Russia in Ukraine and the creation of an energy crisis [...]
August 17, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe
Hasslacher Group to take over Holzbau Hofer
The company Holzbau Hofer, which operates in Austria and throughout Europe, was founded in 1984 by [...]
August 16, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
Wood-pellet market booms amid Ukraine war
The wood-pellet market is on fire. War has cut off the supply of compressed-wood [...]
August 16, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe / North America / Russia
Roundwood production in EU could decrease sharply due to biodiversity strategy
If less wood is harvested in European forests to protect biodiversity, this will lead to global shifts in wood production [...]
August 16, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Russian birch plywood enters the European market through China
Several birch plywood importers from the UK have reported an increase of offers from the far east in recent weeks [...]
August 16, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / China / Europe / Russia
European lumber exports might decline by a half due to the war in Ukraine
One immediate impact of the war in Ukraine is a tighter market for softwood lumber in Europe. About 20% of [...]
August 9, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Finland warns energy crisis could curb forest, chemical industry, close factories
Finland's forestry and chemical industry companies are currently doing everything they can to find alternatives to natural gas before [...]
August 9, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
BSW Group to close Garten sawmill
Citing a downturn in demand across the global timber industry, the war in Ukraine, and increasing [...]
August 9, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
Unprecedented period of change in European wooden furniture sector
The last two and half years, marked from the start of 2020 by the Covid-19 [...]
August 9, 2022
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Wood Furniture / Europe
