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Revival in Finland’s plywood exports as markets realign

Finland’s plywood exports showed a clear rebound in the third quarter of 2025, pointing to improving conditions in selected [...]
January 16, 2026 Latest Trends

Domtar to curtail lumber output in Q1 2026 as weak demand and tariffs weigh on market

Domtar announced on January 13 that it will temporarily curtail lumber production by 150 million board feet during the first [...]
January 16, 2026 Latest Trends

Roundwood availability dominates discussions at Forst-Holz-Dialog in Berlin

The German wood industry is facing growing market pressure from an uneven and unreliable supply of roundwood, rather than from [...]
January 16, 2026 Latest Trends

Griggs Timber Company closes after 109 years of trading

Griggs Timber Company, a long-established timber merchant based in Gloucester, has closed its doors after more than a century [...]
January 16, 2026 Latest Trends

Gigantic transport volumes: Roundwood on Swedish railways

Large volumes of roundwood are being moved by rail in Sweden using the Smart GigaWood system, following cooperation between Austrian [...]
January 15, 2026 Latest Trends

Why B.C.’s lumber industry may need to go metric to survive

With Canadian lumber producers facing sustained U.S. duties and tariffs, sawmills in British Columbia are increasingly under pressure to [...]
January 15, 2026 Latest Trends

Koskisen operates sawmills at full capacity despite market softness

On 12 January 2026, Koskisen Corporation held a pre-silent period call for analysts following the company. This press release [...]
January 15, 2026 Latest Trends

Jartek expands presence in North America with new subsidiaries

Finnish kiln and thermal modification technology supplier Jartek has set up new subsidiaries in the United States and Canada as [...]
January 15, 2026 Latest Trends

Has Georgia become a new gateway for Russian plywood into the EU market?

EU imports of plywood from Georgia continued to rise sharply in 2025, extending a trade pattern that first emerged in [...]
January 14, 2026 Latest Trends

Estonian sawmills face raw material shock after forest harvest cut

A decision by the Estonian Ministry of Climate to cut logging volumes in state-owned forests by 10% is expected [...]
January 14, 2026 Latest Trends