China wood processing capacity drops due to power rationing
Power rationing policies are in effect in many provinces in order to limit activities of energy-intensive industrial enterprises. There [...]
October 25, 2021
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China
Bergs Timber to become co-owner of Wood Tube
Bergs becomes a part owner and industrial partner in the Värmland-based innovation company Wood Tube and provides the [...]
October 25, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
Germany: Lumber available again; are prices going down too?
The high price of wood in spring and summer 2021 took everyone by surprise - home builders [...]
October 25, 2021
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
US wood panel manufacturers say mandatory Covid 19 vaccination could disrupt production
US wood panel manufacturers have expressed concern about potential production disruption coming from President [...]
October 21, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
IKEA expects that product shortages to last well into summer of 2022
Ikea has become the latest retailer to warn on supply chain problems, saying on Thursday that stock shortages were likely [...]
October 21, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Furniture / Europe
ISC 2021: Softwood lumber production and consumption at record-high increase in Europe
It has been another extraordinary year in the softwood market since the International Softwood Conference (ISC [...]
October 20, 2021
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100 companies ask for suspension of antidumping duties on Russian birch plywood
Brussels has been accused of driving building businesses across Europe to the brink of insolvency after [...]
October 20, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood Construction / Wood-based Panels / Europe / Russia
USNR and Wood Fiber merger to create a giant supplier
Two North American sawmill suppliers are joining forces: USNR and Wood Fiber will become the biggest [...]
October 20, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Woodworking Machinery / North America
Procedures for assessing effectiveness of EUTR are inadequate
In a report published 4 October, the European Court of Auditors concluded that EC procedures for assessing effectiveness of the [...]
October 20, 2021
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Congested Chinese ports put pressure on softwood log imports
Log stocks in China have not increased but there is a lot of volume on boats [...]
October 19, 2021
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America