Archives: 2020

Poland’s furniture manufacturers face huge risks due to coronavirus pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic may cause the collapse of Polish furniture manufacturers, which face many production curtailments. The five main Polish [...]

Top North American lumber producers in 2019

Canadian and U.S. lumber producers faced a tough lumber market that saw more mill curtailments and closures than acquisitions [...]

Russian timber industry under pressure due to mild winter

Due to the abnormally warm winter in Russia, a shortage of wood raw materials has formed. Logging equipment sometimes could [...]

Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global wood pellet market

    The coronavirus pandemic is likely to cause a global economic depression. Many sectors are being and [...]

China’s new forest law to fight illegal logging

       In the first revision to the country’s Forest Law in over twenty years [...]

Largest wood pellet producer in Poland to stop production

    Poland's largest wood pellet producer will halt production until mid-April as a result of [...]

U.S. forest product companies considered ”essential”; to operate under coronavirus lockdown

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Labor have both said the forest products [...]

Pinnacle doesn’t expect wood pellet demand to be affected by coronavirus

From an economic perspective, Pinnacle does not expect demand for pellets to be impacted as the company has long-term [...]

Masisa sells forest assets in Chile

After a process of almost a year Masisa S.A. announced last Friday, March 20, the agreement for the sale [...]

UK timber industry companies hit by coronavirus pandemic

Around two thirds of the respondents to the survey on the impact of Covid-19 have reported a drop in [...]