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IKEA opens first store in India at the middle of 2018

    IKEA has invested nearly Rs 1,000 crore during the last 2 years in the creation [...]

EU importers advocate that the EUTR has stopped tropical suppliers

Some EU importers maintain that the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) has also played a part in an international hardwood trade [...]
February 21, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe

US hardwood markets trends in 2018

A recently published article explores US market developments that affect hardwood demand. Some industrial markets, such as pallets, packaging and [...]
February 20, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America

Austria: stable spruce prices, while sawmills are in short supply

Against the background of a persistently strong overall economy, the Austrian forestry and sawmill industry is struggling with the winter [...]

USDA announces referendum dates for softwood lumber research and promotion program

The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced on the 15th of February that it will [...]
February 20, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America

LignaTerra to invest $30 million in cross-laminated timber plant in Maine

LignaTerra will build a $30 million Cross-laminated timber (CLT) and other mass timber products plant in Millinocket (ME, United [...]

Metsä Group reaches 8% increase in sales in 2017

    Metsä Group’s sales in 2017 totalled EUR 5,040.0 million, compared to Euro 4 [...]

Logging in Latvia returns to normal once with better weather conditions

Timber producers in Latvia might still have the chance to achieve this year's turnover target as weather conditions have [...]
February 20, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Slowdown in China’s economy might affect Finnish lumber exporters

Concerns about the future development of the Chinese economy will again become headlines in Finland by the end of 2018 [...]
February 16, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe

EUTR continues in the UK, despite Brexit results

    The EU Timber Regulation and FLEGT will continue after Brexit, in the UK, the country's [...]
February 16, 2018 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Europe