Archives: 2023

Metsä Group started up its Kemi bioproduct mill

Metsä Group's Kemi bioproduct factory has started production this Wednesday. It produces 1.5 million tons of softwood and [...]
September 22, 2023 Latest Trends

VMG Group to start LVL and I-joist production plant in Lithuania

VMG Group together with real estate development company in Lithuania Hanner and Baltic Industrial Fund II managed by Braitin opened [...]
September 20, 2023 Latest Trends

17 producer countries protest against EU Deforestation Regulation

Indonesia and Brazil led over a dozen countries in seeking a voice in the European Union’s implementation of the [...]
September 20, 2023 Latest Trends

Austria: Declining construction activity decreases demand for softwood roundwood

Austrian economic performance continues to decline. According to economic assessments, a trend reversal is not expected soon, as the decline [...]
September 20, 2023 Latest Trends

Germany: Pellet prices continue to fall in September

The price of wood pellets fell for the third month in a row in September. On average, one ton [...]
September 20, 2023 Latest Trends

Austrian sawmill industry could decrease production by up to 20% in 2023

“After the heat wave, there is a threat of frost,” is how DI Markus Schmölzer, chairman of the Austrian [...]
September 19, 2023 Latest Trends

Italian wood sector faces challenges in 2023

The variations reported by Istat in revenue (-14.9%) and production (-13.9%) in the Italian wood sector, as well [...]
September 19, 2023 Latest Trends

Some sustainability certificates cannot satisfy due diligence required by the EUDR

At a recent event the First Counsellor for Environment, Climate Action and Digital cooperation at the European Union Delegation to [...]
September 19, 2023 Latest Trends

Timber shortage forces changes in Finnish timber industry

According to Ali Harlin, a research professor at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the availability of wood as [...]
September 16, 2023 Latest Trends

Latvia: There is no reason to expect a special rise in prices on the wood market

Due to both the damage caused by the storm and the lifting of restrictions on the bark beetle, a significant [...]
September 16, 2023 Latest Trends