Companies in the timber industry

West Fraser temporarily stops production at 3 of its sawmills in BC

    West Fraser announced temporary curtailments of approximately three weeks of production throughout the first quarter of [...]

Chinese traders are worried over rising prices of US hardwoods caused by trade war

The trade friction between China and the United States has been on everyone’s mind in 2018, especially Chinese manufacturers [...]

Södra lowers the spruce and pine logs prices as a result of economy slowdown

Södra is adjusting the purchase price for spruce and pine logs as well as fuel wood. Södra is [...]

Kronospan plans to buy MDF company in Ukraine

Wood panels producers worldwide consider speeding up the expansion on the market in Ukraine, through building their own production facilities [...]

IKEA sells a particleboard plant in France

    IKEA Industry AB, part of the Inter Ikea Group, has accepted the takeover offer made at [...]

Armstrong completes sale of its Wood Flooring division

Armstrong Flooring announced that it has completed the previously disclosed sale of its Wood Flooring segment to an affiliate of [...]

Segezha Group started wood pellet production at its new plant in Russia

Segezha Group has started in December the production of wood pellets at the company’s Lesosibirsky LDK No. 1 factory [...]

Egger Group reports major turnover increase for 2018

    The Egger Group with headquarters in St. Johann in Tirol (Austria) closed with a consolidated turnover [...]

Belarusian furniture companies’ number doubled in the last three years

In 2018 furniture output in Belarus may reach roughly $612 million, 60.6% up from 2013, the press service of [...]

UPM announces EUR 2 billion investment in new Uruguay pulp mill

UPM plans to invest Euro 2 billion in a new mill to be located near the city of Paso de [...]