Archives: February 2019

Boise Cascade to sell a plywood mill

Boise Cascade Company has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of Southern Veneer Products (Southern Veneer) to sell its [...]

Forest stakeholders call for a stronger EU Forest Strategy

Last December, the European Commission published a progress report on the implementation of the EU Forest Strategy, discussed by the [...]
February 11, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

More US hardwood likely to go to Europe due to trade was with China

The on-going trade dispute between the US and China may lead to an increase in tariffs on US hardwood [...]

SCA Wood considers merger in France

SCA Wood France and the French company Innovation Solutions Bois, ISB, are considering a merger of its operations on wood [...]

Sluggish wood flooring sales in Europe

Based on information obtained from its member companies and national associations, FEP – the European Federation of the Parquet Industry - estimates [...]

Lumber prices in the US rapidly increase at the end of January

January closed with a bang as supply-side concerns ignited a rally that pushed many US framing lumber prices up [...]

Vietnam’s forestry product exports forecast to reach 10.5 billion USD in 2019

Vietnam's forestry product exports in January is estimated at 903 million USD, a rise of 11 percent over the [...]

Conifex curtails sawmill operations due to high log costs

Conifex Timber Inc.announced that it is temporarily curtailing sawmill operations at its Fort St. James, British Columbia sawmill for [...]

Western Forest Products completes purchase of Columbia Vista assets

Western Forest Products Inc. completed the acquisition of certain assets of Columbia Vista Corporation and related entities located in Vancouver [...]

Hardwood trade in the EU keeps stable, despite reluctant political situation

There are signs that the upturn in the eurozone economy in the last 2 years will be short-lived and [...]