Archives: 2017

Lumber prices in the US were stable during last week

The demand for framing lumber in the US remained steady to active during last week, even if traders usually experience [...]

Helsinki District Court rules out underpricing accussations for Metsä, Stora Enso and UPM

Metsä Group informed that on October 31, 2017, the Helsinki District Court has ruled on 30 cases in which certain [...]

Finland sawmills to target the Chinese market

Finland now ranks among the top five global exporters of softwood lumber. The Finnish Sawmills Industries association forecasts that production [...]
November 7, 2017 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China / Europe

Ikea wants to access the housing market in Europe

Ikea plans to enter the housing market in Europe by building around 10,000 units a year of hybrid multi [...]

Roundwood prices in Finland have gone mostly up in September

Roundwood prices in Finland have mostly increased during September 2017, as compared to the same period in 2016.    [...]

European companies boost investments in CLT

The global cross-laminated timber market experiences continuous growth, due to market advances from mechanical properties, which make the product [...]

Schweighofer plans to boost capacity at Kodersdorf sawmill

The Austrian  Group has bought the Kodersdorf sawmill in Saxony from the Klausner Group in 2015. Since then, the company [...]

North American OSB prices rose sharply in the last year

The price of OSB in North America increased by 4.4% in September and has risen 19% and 38% since [...]

ENplus confirms leading role in wood pellet certification

      The European Pellet Council (EPC) in charge of ENplus management, announced a record year [...]
October 20, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe

Potlatch buys Deltic Timber

Potlatch Corporation and Deltic Timber Corporation today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an [...]