Archives: 2020

World’s largest MDF plant to be build in China

With the construction of an 80 meter long CPS +, DIEFFENBACHER sets a record for the world's longest continuous press [...]

Downward trend in Russian sawn timber prices continues

The Russian sawn timber market has remained challenging for both traders and distributors in June, with wholesale prices still at [...]

Forest industry to benefit from the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement

    The EU is one of the top 5 markets for wood and wood products (W& [...]

BC forest industry going full-tilt as lumber prices hit record high

Finally, some good news for B.C.’s forestry sector. After hundreds of jobs were lost and a number of [...]

Record lumber prices threaten the US economy

As the US fights to rebound from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, housing — the one bright spot for [...]

Kronospan plans massive investments in Ukraine

    Kronospan UA LLC (Novovolynsk, Volyn region), part of the Kronospan Group, has launched a new OSB [...]

Prices for New Zealand logs crash due to slow demand in China

    Prices for New Zealand logs are 12 percent below the five- year average on the back [...]

Wood furniture production in EU sliding even before pandemic

Newly released Eurostat data indicates that the value of EU27+UK wood furniture production was €42.5 billion in 2019 [...]
August 28, 2020 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Europe

Bad prospects in the German and Austrian forests due to calamities and coronavirus

    The first half of the year was extremely bad for the majority of Austrian and German [...]

Belarus to export wood pellets to the European market

    Belarusian wood pellets will be exported to the European Union market, the press service of the [...]
August 28, 2020 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe