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Pfeifer Nordics remains loss-making three years after Pölkky acquisition

Pfeifer Nordics, the Finnish wood processing company formerly known as Pölkky, reported another heavy loss in 2025 despite a [...]
September 2, 2026 Latest Trends / Market Analysis

Segezha margins collapse as refinery attacks disrupt fuel supplies in Russia

Segezha Group reported a sharp deterioration in its first-half results as weak wood markets, lower Chinese demand and fuel [...]

GWMI Forecast: North American lumber prices could bottom in Q4 before 2027 recovery

North American lumber prices have lost almost USD 100 per thousand board feet since their July peak, and conditions remain [...]
September 1, 2026 Latest Trends

Europe may need 28% cut in logging to meet 2030 forest carbon target

Logging across the European Union may need to fall substantially by the end of the decade if the bloc is [...]
September 1, 2026 Latest Trends

Wood supply hit by logging restrictions in Finland

Logging restrictions in southeastern Finland are developing into a significant timber supply issue, with around 600,000 m³ of planned [...]
September 1, 2026 Latest Trends

Pellet prices climb across Europe as feedstock tightens

Wood pellet prices have risen sharply across several European markets ahead of the 2026/27 heating season, with German bulk [...]
September 1, 2026 Latest Trends

EU packaging rules face early challenge as wood packaging sector grapples with new responsibilities

Barely two weeks after the EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) became applicable, its treatment of smaller [...]
September 1, 2026 Latest Trends

China’s role in global wood markets could be about to change

China could gradually move from one of the world’s largest buyers of imported wood raw material towards a more [...]
August 29, 2026 Latest Trends

Swedish storm timber still weighs on market as Johannes salvage continues

Storm-damaged timber from Johannes continues to reach Swedish mills, maintaining high raw material supply after the summer. The situation [...]
August 29, 2026 Latest Trends

French sawmill group Siat to close planing plant after losing Leroy Merlin contract

French sawmill group Siat will close its Niederhaslach planing plant in Alsace at the end of 2026 after Leroy Merlin [...]
August 29, 2026 Latest Trends