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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 [...]

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

Woodworking machinery industry in Italy drops its foreign sales in Q3/2018

    For the Italian woodworking machinery sector, the July-September period reaffirmed the current industry trend, characterized [...]

West Fraser permanently curtails lumber production at Fraser Lake and Quesnel sawmills

West Fraser announced it will permanently curtail approximately 300 million board feet of combined lumber production at its Fraser Lake [...]

Swedish sawlog prices on the rise during the 3rd quarter of 2018

The delivery prices on Swedish sawlog and pulpwood prices rose by 5.5% and 3.4% respectively in the 3Q [...]

Growing US lumber market still needs Canadian key supplies for the next ten years

    The softwood sawmilling sector in Eastern Canada will play an increasingly important role as a key [...]

Sweden: Softwood lumber exports drop due to lower deliveries to China and Egypt

    During January-September 2018, Sweden has exported about 7.4 million m3 of softwood lumber. This [...]

Moelven plans a new wood pellet plant

Moelven Pellets A/S placed an order for pellet plant equipment with Hekotek. The launch of the new factory is [...]

Forecast: New trends to emerge in China’s softwood log, lumber supply chain

Ongoing developments and emerging themes in China continue to significantly impact market dynamics; these key themes are unmistakable to anyone [...]
November 16, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China