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Germany: Great drought in April favor bark beetle outbreaks

After the coronavirus has dominated everything for the past few weeks, the topics that brought German foresters sleepless nights last [...]

Overview of China’s plywood production capacity

The number and production capacity of plywood products in Shandong Province have further increased. There are more than 1,400 [...]

Sweden’s Setra plans reduce production on weak demand in Central Europe and UK

    Swedish sawmilling company Setra plans to cut back production by 20% over coming months in response [...]

Impact of pandemic on African tropical timber market

Almost all African countries are reporting cases of the coronavirus and as the number of cases continues to grow more [...]

Forestry companies in China increase overseas timber purchases in order to secure domestic supply

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the world, production in major wood-producing countries has stalled, the patterns [...]

European wood industry to reorganize supply chains after coronavirus restrictions will be eased

Strict restrictive measures in most EU countries and indeed across the world have more or less restricted production, which has [...]

Arauco to close another MDF plant in US

Composite panel and forest product giant Arauco will close its medium density fiberboard (MDF) production facility in Bennettsville, South Carolina [...]

Falling roundwood prices in Sweden

    The trend of decreasing delivery prices continued during the first quarter of 2020 in Sweden. The [...]

Finland’s forest industry buys far less roundwood in Q1/2020

In Finland, the quantities of roundwood purchased from the timber industry in the first quarter were well below the figures [...]
May 4, 2020 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Segezha Group to increase wood pellet production

At the industrial site of JSC Lesosibirsky LDK No. 1, the Russian Segezha Group launched the second phase of the [...]