Archives: 2018

Timberlink wants to invest massively at its sawmills in Australia

Timberlink has approved a AUD 100 million (71,8 million USD) upgrade program to its Australian sawmills. This investment will [...]

German wood industry keeps on growing for the fifth year in a row

The German wood industry is growing for the fifth year in a row. According to Johannes Schwörer, President of [...]

France: Lumber prices for Q2/2018

    FRANCE LUMBER PRICES for the 2nd quarter 2018         [...]

US tariffs on Chinese wood products could be applied starting this week

The deadline for public consultation on President Donald Trump’s plan for tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese imports [...]

Landed costs of North American logs exported to China higher by 30%

Traders in China are complaining that the landed cost of imported North American logs has jumped by around 30% as [...]

US lumber prices continue to rise at the end of August

Amid a mix of expectations coming into the week, only those at the low end of the spectrum were met [...]

Tropical timber’s potential in the marine industry as a prime material

Tropical hardwood’s long-held status as the prime material for European fresh and seawater marine applications has been increasingly [...]
September 5, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Poland plans massive furniture production capacities expansion

    As the sixth largest producer and the world's fourth largest exporter of furniture, Poland is [...]
September 4, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / Europe

Booming demand in Asia to drive wood pellets production in the next decade

    Western Europe has long been the world’s largest market for wood pellets used in heat [...]

New CLT plant to be build in Estonia by Russian company

The Russian manufacturer of thermally modified wood ThermoHolz will build a plant for cross-laminated timber (CLT) in the special [...]