Archives: October 2018

Indian Greenply to build a plant in Gabon

Greenply Industries Ltd., a major company in the Indian plywood industry, has made an initial investment of €11 million in [...]

Finland sawmill industry: All eyes on the Chinese market

Last spring, Finlands sawmill industry said that pulp mills growing hunger for wood and the rising price of raw lumber [...]
October 2, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / China / Europe

Homag and Anthon reach cooperation agreement

Homag Plattenaufteiltechnik GmbH and Anthon GmbH have entered into a cooperation agreement and intend to work closely together in the [...]

Romanian wood processing industry affected by supply shortage and rising prices for lumber

The volume of the exploited wood in 2017 in Romania reached 17.898 m3 of which 6.325 m3 are [...]

Biewer announces expansion of its Newton sawmill

Biewer Sawmill – Newton, LLC. announced the expansion of their state-of-the-art sawmill facility located in Newton, Mississippi.  [...]

Volatile 2018 lumber market in the US; crashing prices in September 2017

Deep cuts in prices of framing lumber persisted through a second straight week, leaving traders stunned at the volatility of [...]

Wood pellets prices in Austria reach record highs

    At the beginning of the autumn season the price of ENplusA1 wood pellets in Austria has [...]

Chinese wood companies reroute wood products as to beat US tariffs

As the trade war between China and the U.S. festers, business leaders and analysts say Chinese producers are likely [...]

Trends in the European wood pellet market

Due to their location at seaports and limited domestic production, the large power utilities in the United Kingdom and Belgium [...]
October 1, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

Norwegian roundwood prices up by 15% during Q2/2018

In Norway, a total of 2.80 million cubic metres of industrial roundwood were cut for sale in the second [...]