Article Archive

The International Softwood Conference 2019 to be held in Antwerp

Antwerp, on the crossroads of international trade and a major harbour for wood and wood products, will be the host [...]

Argentina’s Grupo Garabi and Belgium’s Forestcape to build $250m sawmill in Argentina

Argentina's Grupo Garabi and Belgium's Forestcape are to invest a joint US$250mil in the Argentinian province of [...]

Storms and bark beetle are expected to damage 30 million m3 of Germany’s forests

By April 2019, 13 million m3 of damaged wood has been reported in Germany so far, mostly due to storms [...]

Important surge for roundwood prices in Estonia

    Roundwood prices in Estonia have went significantly up in March 2019, as compared to the same [...]

Bergs Timber plans to acquire Swedish wood pellet producer

Bergs Timber AB has signed a letter of intent to acquire Fågelfors Hyvleri.    The transaction [...]

Accsys seeks business expansion for acetylated wood in Asia

 Technologies PLC has announced that its subsidiary, Tricoya Technologies Limited , has now entered into an agreement with Petronas Chemicals Group [...]

Prices for Chinese logs and sawnwood imports at main timber markets

The report below contains the latest prices of logs and sawnwood from main timber markets in China, between 16-30 [...]

CLT manufacturer XLam announces operations closure at New Zealand plant

    The CLT manufacturer XLam announced that it will close its New Zealand plant in Nelson.   [...]

Finnish Raute gets €12 million order from Plyterra in Russia

    Finnish Raute Corporation has received orders worth over €12m from CJSC Plyterra in Russia.   [...]

LIGNA 2019 to focus on integrated woodworking technology

One of the big focus themes of LIGNA 2019, which runs from 27 to 31 May in Hannover, Germany, is [...]