Downward trend in roundwood prices in Sweden continues in Q3/2020
The trend of decreasing delivery roundwood prices continued during the third quarter of 2020 in Sweden [...]
October 28, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe
German Homann builds a new MDF/HDF production facility in Lithuania
With the aim of a strategic expansion of the location, Homann Holzwerkstoffe GmbH signed a contract for the acquisition of [...]
October 28, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
Setra plans to ramp up production to meet strong demand in global markets
Swedish sawmilling group Setra plans to fully ramp up production during the autumn in response to [...]
October 28, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
Raute received large order from LLC Plitwood in Russia
Raute Corporation has received orders worth approximately Euro 55 million from LLC Plitwood in Russia. The [...]
October 28, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Woodworking Machinery / Europe / Russia
Strong demand for logs in China due to busy construction season
Log inventory in China has increased about 300k m3 in the last month to around 4.6m m3, with congestion [...]
October 28, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Asia & Middle East / Australia and Pacific Region / China / Europe / North America
European lumber exporters expanding sales outside Europe
European lumber exporters have expanded their sales overseas from 30% to 45% over the past ten years, with Asia receiving [...]
October 27, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Europe
US lumber prices down 20% since September
Framing lumber prices in US peaked above $950 per thousand board feet in mid-September, according to Random Lengths, and [...]
October 27, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / North America
Low impact of corona crisis on the Latvian sawmill industry
Log supply in Latvia hasn't suffered any changes since the 2nd quarter of 2020. Latvian State Forests (which owns [...]
October 27, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Europe
Global CLT capacity expected to reach almost 7 million m3 by 2024
Global nominal CLT capacity is expected to reach 6.8 million m³ (≈ 5.5 billion board feet) by 2024. More [...]
October 27, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Construction / Europe / North America / Russia
China’s wood-based panel industry under pressure in 2020 due to corona crisis
The wood-based panel industry in China is facing pressure due to domestic and international economic adjustments and from the [...]
October 27, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / China
