Europe

HS Timber plans to build a 500,000 m³/yr sawmill in Argentina

    HS Timber Group, the former Schweighofer Group, plans to build a new sawmill in Gobernador Virasoro [...]

UK’s softwood lumber imports up 43%

Seven months into 2021 and volumes of lumber and panels imported by the UK were nearly 2 million m³ higher [...]

Segezha to become second lumber producer in Europe with giant acquisition

    A deal between investment group Bonum Capital and Russian forestry major Segezha will create the largest [...]

Sharp decline in demand for softwood lumber in Germany; sawmills adjust production

    The corona lockdown, drought and forest damage in 2020 was followed by extreme demand in spring [...]

IKEA to shift production to Turkey due to global supply chain problems

Swedish-based furniture retailer IKEA is planning to minimise problems with global supply chain and increased shipping costs by moving [...]

Koskisen to build a large new sawmill

Koskisen will carry out an investment in Kärkölä worth EUR 48 million, with production scheduled to start up [...]

Price of Finnish lumber seeks balance

    Demand for Finnish lumber this year has been supported by favorable developments in construction investment in [...]

Huge opposition against new EU forest strategy

The new 2030 Forest Strategy is triggering diplomatic clashes in the EU over who should be responsible for forest policy [...]

Binderholz to take over BSW Timber

The Binderholz Group intends to take over BSW Timber Ltd., the largest forestry and sawmill company in Great Britain. An [...]

The price of logs in Finland expected to rise 12% this year

    The Finnish timber market will pick up significantly this and next year, says the Finnish Pellervo [...]