New Zealand exports more logs, despite falling log prices
New Zealand exported more logs and wood in June 2019, despite falling log prices overseas. In [...]
August 2, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Australia and Pacific Region / China
Lower sawlog costs in Germany drive the lumber industry export sales
Large volumes of storm and insect damaged trees in Germany have resulted in an oversupply of [...]
August 2, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Europe
Many business opportunities in the South American wood pellet market
South America is one of the continents in which wood pellet production is yet to reach its full potential because [...]
August 1, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / South America
Current trends in the European residential wood pellet market
Residential use for heating, about 40 percent of the total pellet market, fluctuates annually but is relatively stable compared to [...]
August 1, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe
Homag to negatively revise its earnings forecast for 2019
German woodworking machinery giant Homag announced that it will negatively revise its earnings forecast for 2019 [...]
August 1, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Woodworking Machinery / Europe
Russia: Sveza plans to set up its own logging company
Russian plywood manufacturer Sveza has set up its own logging company, Sveza Resource LLC. The company [...]
July 31, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Russia
Chinese woodworking companies to explore business opportunities in the U.S. market
Many Chinese woodworking companies expressed their expectations to further explore business opportunities in the U.S. market, as they participated [...]
July 31, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Woodworking Machinery
Worst bark beetle infestation in decades expected in France
Long waves of heat, dry weather have brought the worst bark beetle infestation in two decades [...]
July 31, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Europe
Demand of wood pellets in EU expected to reach 30 million tons this year
The US has the potential to supply 65 percent of the EU wood pellet import demand, at an expected trade [...]
July 31, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe
EU wood furniture imports on a downward trend
The generally slow development of the EU wood furniture market in 2018 is also apparent in the import data. After [...]
July 31, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / Europe
