Forestry

European wood processing industry: Volatility remains in 2022, but without extremes

    The turbulent year 2021 with its price records, logistics bottlenecks and the trend reversal in the [...]

Latvia: Exports of wood products hit record value due to booming prices

The Latvian timber industry was the sector with the fastest growth in export value last year, recovering from a difficult [...]

Binderholz completes BSW Timber acquisition

The purchase makes it Europe’s largest company in the sawmill and solid wood processing industry.     [...]

2022 North American lumber markets outlook

    It’s been a wild ride for wood products, particularly lumber, over the past two years [...]

Germany’s sawmill industry expects market volatility to continue in 2022

2021 was a year of change in many ways. Although the pandemic remained with its effects on large parts of [...]

Latest mega takeover in the European sawmilling industry to be completed in Q1/2022

      The latest mega takeover in the European sawmilling industry – Mayr-Melnhof Holz (MMH) Holding [...]

China to update phytosanitary requirements for pine logs and lumber imports

China’s General Administration of Customs released new phytosanitary requirements for pine logs and lumber from 7 countries (United States [...]

Record prices of logs hit Poland’s sawmills

    Industry organizations and entrepreneurs in Poland are sounding the alarm over log prices, which are currently [...]

Softwood timber surplus in the US South expected to fall, prices likely to increase

The large softwood timber surplus in the US South is likely to diminish over the next decade, resulting in regional [...]

North American lumber prices are soaring to levels not seen in seven months

    North American lumber prices are soaring to levels not seen in seven months as the lingering [...]