Europe

Weaker logs demand in the EU keeps low prices in Central and West Africa

Central and West African producers are expressing confidence that the current price stability and steady order volumes for African species [...]

Swedish sawmills invest in the expansion of lumber production capacity

Valutec is set to deliver three major TC continuous kilns to Västerbotten county in the norhern parts of Sweden [...]

Valutec brings two more continuous kilns to Central Europe

    Austria's Hasslacher Norica Timber and Germany's Robeta Holzindustrie have chosen Valutec to deliver two [...]

Austria: wood pellets price up by 5% in January

The average price of wood pellets in Austria has reached 241 € per tonne of wood pellets or 4.92 Cent [...]

Softwood lumber imports from UK to Europe not affected by Brexit

    UK's softwood lumber imports from the European Union countries haven't been yet affected by [...]

European sawmills expand market share in East Asia

During the last few years softwood lumber import in Southeast Asia has increased dramatically with China as the top performer [...]

Egger grows production at St. Johann mill with Siempelkamp technology

Egger invests in a new short-cycle press at its St. Johann mill in Austria. With the new equipment, the [...]

European parquet market reports third consecutive year of growth in 2017

    Consumption figures for parquet in Europe keeps increasing for the third year in a row. During [...]

Germany: Wood pellets price increased sharply in January

Wood pellets price in Germany increased in January, due to the low temperatures. Thus, the national average for wood pellets [...]

Drax wants to finnish 4th biomass plant conversion by 2nd half of 2018

Drax, UK's power producer, announced on the 17th of January that it wanted to complete the conversion of its [...]