Archives: 2023

Roseburg ends operations at particleboard plant, sell facility

Roseburg will permanently end operations at its Taylorsville, Mississippi, particleboard plant on August 21, 2023. While the plant will no [...]
June 20, 2023 Latest Trends

European Commission drops cartel investigation of Finnish forest products giants

The European Commission said on Thursday that it will end an investigation of firms in the softwood pulp industry over [...]
June 20, 2023 Latest Trends

Canada wildfires cause sawmill shutdowns, drive up lumber prices

Canada's worst-ever spring wildfire season has forced its forestry industry to shutter sawmills, driving up lumber prices and [...]
June 16, 2023 Latest Trends

Stora Enso to close a sawmill in Estonia

The Finnish forest industry group Stora Enso is closing the Näpi sawmill in Lääne-Virumaa during the restructuring [...]
June 16, 2023 Latest Trends

Significant fall in Estonian softwood log prices

After last year's absolute price records, the market in Estonia has clearly come down in most wood assortments.  [...]
June 16, 2023 Latest Trends

Vietnam: Timber companies call for support as wood exports slump

Vietnamese timber companies were calling for support in terms of market information, requirements and consumer tastes to cope with declining [...]
June 16, 2023 Latest Trends

Metsä Group to invest €300 million in new Kerto LVL mill

Metsä Group has decided to build a new Kerto LVL mill in Äänekoski for the production of beam and panel [...]
June 16, 2023 Latest Trends

EPAL warns against substandard Euro pallets and use of wood from illegal sources

EPAL, the European Pallet Association, is taking action against the supply of substandard Euro pallets and the use of wood [...]
June 15, 2023 Latest Trends

Wood prices falling significantly in Germany

Wood prices are falling significantly in Germany. The triggers are the construction crisis and a recession. The decline in wood [...]
June 14, 2023 Latest Trends

Swedish sawmills face price pressure and falling demand

Since the beginning of the year, things have been looking a bit brighter for Swedish sawmills that have been able [...]
June 14, 2023 Latest Trends