Companies in the timber industry

No impact on retail prices due to BC curtailments

Despite several curtailments for different BC lumber producers, the impacts of them have yet to be felt in the retail [...]

Vietnamese Donghwa to buy a new Siempelkamp MDF press

    Dongwha, Asia's largest producer of engineered wood from Korea, is securing the "longest MDF press [...]

China tariffs cut deep into the US hardwood industry

Prior to the trade and retaliatory tariff battle between the U.S. and China in mid-2018, the U.S [...]

BC’s forestry companies face weak wood markets, high log costs and US lumber duties

    B.C. forestry companies are set to report lacklustre third-quarter financial results as tough market [...]

Challenging market conditions lower profits for Swedish Setra

Swedish wood products company Setra has reported an operating profit of SEK 95 (287) million for the period January-September [...]

European companies gather to promote timber as replacement of steel and concrete in buildings

Armed with €10m in EU funding, a consortium of 21 European companies and organisations has formed to try and make [...]

Trump administration postpones tariff hike on Chinese imports

    President Trump said  the government had reach a “phase one” trade agreement with China and won [...]

Enviva to build a huge wood pellet plant in Alabama

Enviva, the world’s largest producer of wood pellets, is to build a new production plant in Alabama, US. The [...]

Stora Enso to curtail a sawmill in Finland

Finnish-Swedish forest industry giant Stora Enso will suspend operations for more than two months at its Uimaharju Sawmill in [...]