GWMI Forecast: Swedish sawmills face a difficult winter despite falling log prices
Sweden’s sawmill sector is likely to spend the remainder of 2026 reducing output, absorbing storm-damaged pine and waiting [...]
September 17, 2026
Lithuanian MDF/HDF plant pushes Homann deep into the red
Homann Holzwerkstoffe recorded a sharp deterioration in earnings in the first half of 2026, despite maintaining revenue close to the [...]
September 15, 2026
GWMI Interviews: Tino Aalto, Managing Director of the Finnish Sawmills Association, discusses the outlook for Finland’s sawmills and Europe’s forest industry
GWMI InterviewS Global Wood Markets Info spoke with Tino Aalto, Managing Director of the Finnish Sawmills Association, the organisation representing [...]
July 30, 2026
Why an Austrian sawmill dynasty is buying into Scandinavia?
There is a certain irony in the fact that HS Timber Group's newest acquisition sits barely a few [...]
July 22, 2026
GWMI Interviews: How Norway became a strategic supplier for Europe’s timber industry
Norway has become one of Europe's largest log exporters, with rising harvest levels and growing exports making the [...]
July 14, 2026
GWMI Interview: HASSLACHER’s Raffaele Parlato on timber demand, prices and mass timber
Global Wood Markets Info spoke with Raffaele Parlato, Vice President Sales Division at HASSLACHER group, about the outlook for Europe [...]
July 7, 2026
Austrian timber giants capture more value as they expand into Sweden
Austria's largest timber companies are steadily expanding across Northern Europe, combining acquisitions with high-value engineered wood products [...]
July 2, 2026
Central European pellet prices stabilise as summer buying season begins
Wood pellet prices across Central Europe have stopped falling in June, with buyers returning to the market after waiting through [...]
July 1, 2026
Fresh wave of insolvencies and restructurings in the German wood products sector
Germany's wood products industry continues to face a difficult operating environment, with insolvency proceedings affecting manufacturers across furniture [...]
July 1, 2026
Timber prices finally fall in Germany as sawmills cut purchases
German sawmills have significantly reduced roundwood prices after rebuilding log inventories and facing weaker demand, bringing an end to the [...]
June 30, 2026
