Europe

European veneer consumption rebounded sharply in 2021

    Consumption of hardwood veneers in the EU27+UK was already falling in 2019 before the onset [...]

Segezha’s oligarch on the list of British sanctions

  The Russian timber giant Segezha Group is unaffected by the British sanctions against Vladimir Evtushenkov that came into [...]

Log prices in Finland drop in March

In January-March 2022, roundwood trade decreased by 20% year on year and was 22% less than in the previous [...]

European wood flooring market: Geopolitical turmoil impacts supply conditions in Q1/2022

The European wood flooring markets show diverse evolutions for the first quarter 2022 compared to the same period last year [...]

Belarus: Wood processing companies reorienting exports to Russia and China

In the context of Western sanctions, Belarusian wood processing companies are developing exports to Russia and China.    [...]

Encouraging revival in Italian hardwood market

    One of the more encouraging, not to say surprising, hardwood market trends in 2021 was a [...]

World’s tallest CLT building planned in Switzerland

The Danish architectural firm, Schmidt Hammer Lassen (SHL) has designed a 100-meter-tall, or more than 30-story tall [...]

European Pellets Conference 2022 emphasizes current trends in the pellet market

    The European Pellets Conference 2022 on April 6 in Wels, Upper Austria, as well as online [...]

Race to replace Russia will increase the demand for Finnish softwood lumber

    The next few years will see a major change in the Finnish forest industry, as Russia [...]

European sawmill associations are demanding greater use of wood resources

The German Sawmill and Timber Industry Association, the Association of the Austrian Timber Industry and the Swiss Timber Industry call [...]