Europe

The European parquet industry starts to recover

The Board of Directors of the European Federation of the Parquet Industry met on 28 April 2014 and discussed amongst [...]

Lithuanian roundwood prices go down in February

The upward trend in Lithuanian roundwood prices registered in January has slowed down in February.     Pine [...]

Metsä invests EUR 1,1 billion in bioproduct sawmill

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has launched an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure related to a bioproduct mill planned [...]

Finnish forest industry sees investments on the rise

In the first quarter of the year, the Finnish forest industry exports and production showed signs of recovery, according to [...]
April 20, 2014 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Swedish logs prices show mixed results during Q1/2014

In the first quarter of 2014, roundwood prices in Sweden show some mixed results: pine sawlogs are cheaper by EUR [...]

Kronospan believes that biomass expansion is causing higher timber prices

Austrian wood panel company, Kronospan, has launched a warning over the future of its business in the United Kingdom, with [...]

The global particleboard market forecast to boom in the next 3 years

The recovery in U.S. housing construction, an expanding global furniture industry, and strong growth in housing construction in rapidly [...]

Sonae sells two plants from France to Kronospan

Sonae Indústria informed that, further to the announcement of 17 March, its indirect affiliate, Isoroy SAS, has today completed [...]

Global wood pellets market is forecast to double by 2020

The global wood pellets market will reach US$ 9 billion from a current US$ 4 billion, in the next seven [...]

Furniture production increases rapidly in Romania and Poland

Production value in the EU13 group of Eastern European countries increased 50% between 2002 and 2012.      [...]
March 26, 2014 Market Analysis / Wood Furniture / ...Europe