Louisiana-Pacific: Low prices and falling demand continue to impact OSB business
Louisiana-Pacific reported lackluster second-quarter results as lumber markets faced persistent pressure amid a stagnant housing market. Net sales [...]
August 9, 2023
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Research: The EU will not achieve its climate goals without reducing logging
Reducing logging is one of the few measures that will have an immediate impact on the carbon sink in the [...]
August 9, 2023
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Finland’s softwood lumber down by 34% in Jan.-May 2023
In January-May the exports value of Finland's forest industry products totalled EUR 5.30 billion. Of the exports [...]
August 9, 2023
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Uncertainties in Belgium’s wood industry: softwood lumber decline, steady hardwood market
The market for softwood lumber in Belgium has been declining since 2022 due to reduced activity in the building sector [...]
August 8, 2023
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Austria: Wood prices have fallen sharply this year
After price records in the pandemic years 2020/2021, the sales markets for wood in Austria have literally collapsed in [...]
August 8, 2023
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Homag Group reports fall in order intake in H1/2023
Following the very strong previous years, the Homag Group’s order intake declined in the first half of 2023. The [...]
August 8, 2023
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Sinclar to permanently curtail its operations Nechako Lumber Co. in Canada
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd. is curtailing its lumber operations at Nechako Lumber Co. in Vanderhoof, Canada, as a result [...]
August 8, 2023
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Polish wood industry in crisis, urges government support
The wood industry in Poland is facing an unprecedented crisis, prompting entrepreneurs operating in the sector to issue an "Open [...]
August 4, 2023
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Vida’s CEO appointed President of Canfor Europe
Måns Johansson has been Vida's CEO since 2019 and before that was sales manager for the group. Now [...]
August 4, 2023
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Logging restrictions and falling demand cause falling log prices in Latvia
The decline in construction volumes has significantly reduced the need for construction materials in the Baltic Sea region, and as [...]
August 4, 2023
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