Archives: 2020

German sawmill industry exports hit with full force by the pandemic

   The coronavirus pandemic severely hit the German sawmill and timber industry, especially export oriented companies, leading to production [...]

West Fraser substantially resumes production in May

    During May West Fraser has substantially resumed lumber and plywood production with only a few facilities [...]

Timber supplies to the Netherlands disrupted by pandemic

The Netherlands had a less strict lockdown than some of its neighbours and began its five-phase plan to ease [...]

Historic fall in US housing starts

US housing starts in April  plunged by the most on record going back to 1959 as sweeping lockdowns to contain [...]

South Korea’s Dongwha to build large MDF plant in Vietnam

Dongwha Enterprise, one of South Korea’s best wood materials manufacturer, began construction of its very first independent production facility [...]

Chinese plywood market still sluggish

According to Chinese merchants, after experiencing heavy volume in April, the recent dynamics of the Chinese plywood market has been [...]

Ilim Timber to modernize sawmill with Swedish equipment

Ilim Timber signed a contract with AriVislanda AB for the supply of Swedish sawmill equipment to its branch in Ust [...]

Global trade of forest products goes on despite coronavirus pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted the supply chains for numerous industry sectors worldwide the past few months.   [...]

NAFTA rules in favour of US in softwood lumber dispute with Canada

    On Friday, May 22, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ruled in favour of the [...]

Interfor curtails operations at Gilchrist sawmill

Vancouver, B.C.-based Interfor Corporation will lay off 130 of its 150 Gilchrist mill workers, starting late next month [...]