Canfor buys 70% of Swedish sawmill company VIDA
Canfor Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 70% of the VIDA [...]
November 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe / North America
Resolute Forest Products curtails production capacity by 10%
Montreal-based Resolute Forest Products Inc. has decided to curtail production at many of its sawmills during the fourth quarter [...]
November 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Singapore company invests $200 million in a wood processing complex in Russia’s Far East
Singapore's KGK Sudima International Pte Ltd plans to open a high-tech wood processing complex in the Russian Far [...]
November 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East / Russia
Russia increased softwood lumber exports during Jan.-September 2018
In January-September 2018, Russia increased its softwood lumber exports, both in value and in volume terms, indicate the statistics [...]
November 20, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Russia
Canada: High log prices and low supply drags production curtailments at many lumber companies
Hundreds of sawmill workers are being laid off in B.C., some of them permanently, despite [...]
November 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Armstrong sells its Wood Flooring segment for US$ 100 million
Armstrong Flooring, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Wood Flooring segment to [...]
November 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / North America
Forest products exports from Latvia go 14.6% up during Jan.-September 2018
In the first nine months of the year, Latvia exported EUR 1.925 billion worth of [...]
November 20, 2018
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
Canadian government announces plans to invest $15 million in a wood pellet and sawmill complex
The Canadian government revealed plans to invest $15 million in Granule 777 Inc. The funds will [...]
November 20, 2018
Latest Trends / Sawmilling / ...Wood Energy / North America
Swedish Södra acquired 111,100 ha of forest land in Latvia
The Swedish Södra Group has this week acquired forest land from the Swedish Bergvik Skog AB. Bergvik Skog AB [...]
November 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Europe
Wood pellets prices in Switzerland on the rise in November
Prices for wood pellets in Switzerland increased slightly in November. The average price of wood pellets [...]
November 19, 2018
Market Analysis / Wood Industry Prices / ...Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
