Archives: April 2019

Record pellet production in Finland

    More wood pellets were produced and imported in 2018 than ever before. In addition, the exports [...]

Softwood logs prices rise sharply in Latvia

In the 2nd half of 2018, compared to the 1st half of 2018, the average purchase prices of softwood logs [...]

Overview of the European wood pellet market in 2018

In terms of growth and pricing, 2018 was one of the strongest years for the global wood pellet market in [...]

New Zealand, top softwood logs exporter for China in 2018

China had another record year of softwood log imports in 2018, when over 40 million m3 of logs landed at [...]

Wood pellets exports from North America expand in the European market

  North American wood pellets exports to the European Union countries grew sharply in 2018, as UK's hunger [...]

Germany: Wood products prices overview in February 2019

    In February, the German producer price index for wood products has registered a high degree of [...]

Price of wood pellets in Austria stable in March

The price of wood pellets in Austria is higher in March 2019 as compared to March 2018. The price currently [...]

Wintersteiger to acquire Serra

    Wintersteiger AG has purchased Serra Maschinenbau GmbH in Rimsting am Chiemsee, Germany, with retroactive effect to [...]

Tarkett and Sonae Arauco cease operations of JV in Germany

Tarkett and Sonae Arauco announced the intention to cease the operations of their joint venture LaminatePark GmbH & Co. KG [...]

Metsä Wood starts test runs for its new LVL line

    Metsä Wood has started test runs on the new 65,000 cubic meter Kerto LVL line [...]