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Stora Enso comes under criticism in Sweden due to payment delays

Forestry giant Stora Enso has come under criticism in Sweden for payment delays. The Swedish financial newspaper Dagens Industri [...]
October 16, 2024 Latest Trends

European wood-based panels sector expected to gradually recover from mid-2025

The European wood-based panels market will start to gradually recover from mid-2025, delegates at the European Wood Based [...]
October 16, 2024 Latest Trends

Austria: Current conditions for the parquet industry are very challenging

The Austrian parquet industry held its traditional annual meeting this year in Geinberg under the chairmanship of Christoph Bawart. The [...]
October 16, 2024 Latest Trends

Kronospan subsidiaries in Ukraine to receive 30-mln euro loan from EIB

The Austrian manufacturer of wood-based panels Kronospan is planning to raise a 200-million-euro loan from the European [...]
October 16, 2024 Latest Trends

German wood industry calls for stable policy frameworks

With a joint appeal, the associations The Forest Owners (AGDW) and the German Sawmill and Wood Industry Association (DeSH) are [...]
October 16, 2024 Latest Trends

Global wood markets face continued struggles with rising costs and trade disruptions

As August came to a close, the global wood products sector remained under pressure. In Europe, many countries are facing [...]
October 15, 2024

EU opens formal investigation into Chinese hardwood plywood dumping; suspected of originating from Russia

The European Commission has launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of hardwood plywood from China, acting on a complaint [...]
October 15, 2024 Latest Trends

Hurricane Helene impacted around $1.28 billion in timber resources in Georgia

The Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) said they estimated a total timber resource impact of $1.28 billion from Hurricane Helene [...]
October 15, 2024 Latest Trends

Finnish forestry industry has turned the corner, log prices will stabilize next year

The economic turnaround for the Finnish forestry industry has already occurred, but a major leap forward is not yet in [...]
October 15, 2024 Latest Trends

James Jones & Sons to acquire HG Timber

James Jones & Sons, a family owned and managed forest products company, has announced the expansion of its Pallets & [...]
October 15, 2024 Latest Trends