Stora Enso implements first measure of its cost-cutting programme: reduces a shift at Ala sawmill
In Sweden, Stora Enso has announced that 23 employees at its sawmill in Ala have received [...]
February 27, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
US imports of China’s hardwood plywood fall by 76%
US imports of hardwood plywood increased in volume by 11% in November but are still down [...]
February 27, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / China / North America
British Columbia’s lumber exports to China start to go down, as demand decreases
British Columbia's lumber exports to China are decreasing, as the country's slowing economic growth traces demand for one [...]
February 25, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / North America
Prices of wood pellets continue to rise in Germany
In February, the price of wood pellets in Germany increased by 1.7 percent compared to the previous month. Consumers [...]
February 25, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
US sawmills produced more softwood lumber in 2018
U.S. sawmills produced 32.441 billion board feet (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first [...]
February 25, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Roseburg completes purchase of MDF plant in Arkansas
Roseburg Forest Products and PotlatchDeltic Corporation informed the market that they have completed the previously announced [...]
February 25, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...North America
Universal Forest Products acquires Wolverine Wood Products
Universal Forest Products, Inc. announced that one of its affiliates has signed an agreement to purchase [...]
February 25, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe / North America
EU plywood importers face the risk of oversupply
EU plywood importers report that in the latter part of the year, the plywood market started to turn around and [...]
February 25, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
German woodworking machinery reaches record sales in 2018
In the five years from 2014 to 2018, the production of German manufacturers of woodworking machinery [...]
February 25, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Woodworking Machinery / Europe
Lumber prices in the US keep on rising
Sales of US framing lumber slowed as winter took a toll on consumption across the continent. Snow in the Northwest [...]
February 22, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
