Metsä Fibre prepares for longer production cuts at Joutseno pulp mill
Metsä Fibre has opened a second round of change negotiations at its Joutseno pulp mill in Finland, warning that weak [...]
September 9, 2026
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Holmen cuts Linghem sawmill output by 64% in weakest lumber market in 30 years
Holmen will cut production at its Linghem sawmill in Sweden by almost two-thirds as historically high sawlog costs and [...]
September 2, 2026
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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 [...]
September 2, 2026
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Canfor closes Fox Creek sawmill as Alberta’s beetle fight ends
Canfor will permanently close its Fox Creek sawmill in Alberta by the end of the summer, removing approximately 120 million [...]
July 30, 2026
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UPM’s plywood separation enters final phase
UPM has taken another step towards separating its plywood operations into an independent listed company after Finland's Financial [...]
July 18, 2026
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A Brazilian timber giant is betting $250 million on Uruguay — and it is buying the forest too
BrasPine has spent 23 years in Brazil's Paraná state turning pine logs into finished timber products. Now the [...]
June 17, 2026
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Gresham House to form $8bn timberland manager with Molpus deal
Gresham House has agreed to acquire a majority interest in Molpus Woodlands Group, creating a forestry investment platform with about [...]
April 2, 2026
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IKEA installs thin-board line in Poland
IKEA Industry has installed a thin-board production line at its furniture plant in Zbąszynek, western Poland, expanding internal [...]
March 17, 2026
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European ThermoWood production tops 300,000 m³ for the first time in 2025
Production of ThermoWood by manufacturers represented by the International ThermoWood Association (ITWA) in Helsinki rose by almost 10% in 2025 [...]
March 17, 2026
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Korkeakoski sawmill acquisition lifts Versowood capacity close to 2m m³
Finland’s Versowood has expanded its sawmilling operations with the acquisition of the Korkeakoski sawmill from UPM, bringing the facility [...]
March 5, 2026
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