Archives: 2022

Metsä’s new large sawmill starts up in Rauma, Finland

    The new state-of-the-art pine sawmill in Rauma in Finland, owned by Metsä Fibre [...]

JAF Group completes sale of veneer production site to Unilin

JAF Group completes sale of the veneer production site in Braşov, Romania, to the Belgium-based flooring manufacturer Unilin [...]

French oak log prices at record levels despite uncertain market

  How much longer will the planets remain aligned for the oak tree? At the beginning of September 2022 [...]

Sweden’s softwood lumber exports: less to Europe, more to US and Asia

In the first seven months of 2022, Sweden has exported about 7,7 million cubic meters of sawn and planed [...]

US lumber prices fall to around pre-pandemic levels

US lumber prices have fallen to their lowest level in more than two years, bringing two-by-fours back to [...]

Global CLT market expected to more than double by 2027

The global cross-laminated timber (CLT) market was valued at US$786.71 million in 2019 and is expected to [...]

Shortage of hardwood in Germany as more is exported to China

The German wood industry is in a crisis mood: more and more hardwood is being exported to China, although the [...]

Tolko aims to reopen High Prairie OSB mill by end of Q4/2023

Recently, Tolko provided an update on its High Prairie, Alberta, Canada, OSB facility that was seriously damaged on May 20 [...]

Energetic use of wood: is the criticism justified?

    Concerned about the energy supply, many are turning to wood as a fuel. However, media reports [...]

Austria: Low processing level of the sawmill industry, log prices drop

    In Austria, Styria and Carinthia were the hardest hit by the thunderstorms in August. According to [...]