Article Archive

EGGER Group reports record results

    The EGGER Group again set new records in its annual results for 2017/2018.   [...]

Swedish sawmills in jeopardy due to tight log supply caused by forest fires

Although consumption of wood raw-material by the Swedish forest industry has risen in 2017 and early 2018, sawmills have [...]

Arauco to make its largest investment in its history

Arauco’s Board of Directors recently approved the MAPA project (Spanish acronym for Modernization and Extension of Arauco Mill), a [...]

Germany: Record wood pellets production in the first half of 2018

    In the first half of 2018, around 1.18 million tonnes of wood pellets were produced [...]

Latest trends in the European oak market

    Prices across the range of temperate species are said to be firm thanks to demand levels [...]

Georgia-Pacific to build large sawmill in Georgia, USA

Georgia-Pacific announced plans for construction of a new lumber production facility in Albany-Dougherty County, Georgia, USA.   [...]

Dutch Wijma wood processing company stops activities in Cameroon

Due to the intensified conflict between opposing parties and security forces in Cameroon’s North and Southwest provinces, Dutch wood [...]

Major US company quits wood pellet business

    Nearly a decade after entering the business of developing new wood pellet production machines, Astec Industries [...]

Softwood lumber prices in Austria develop unevenly

    In June, softwood lumber prices in Austria have registered some mixed developments. Compared with May, edged [...]

EU wood door and window market on an upward trend

Eurostat PRODCOM data reveals that the total value of wood doors supplied to the EU increased by 5% to €7 [...]