Archives: 2023

Finland: Roundwood price evolution in March

In standing sales in Finland, the average price paid for spruce logs in March was EUR 75.1 and for [...]
April 25, 2023 Latest Trends

Central African countries fails to honor timber export ban

Most members of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) have failed to comply with a log export ban [...]
April 25, 2023 Latest Trends

IKEA retail announces biggest ever investment in US

Ikea is investing more than $2 billion in the U.S. for growth over the next three years. The [...]
April 25, 2023 Latest Trends

Stora Enso lowers expectations for 2023 due to worsening market outlook

Due to materially lower earnings forecasts for the full year results 2023, Stora Enso’s new guidance is that the [...]
April 21, 2023 Latest Trends

Austria: Log prices fall in April

The sluggish sales of sawn timber in Austria are slowly being felt in the roundwood market as well. Especially in [...]
April 21, 2023 Latest Trends

Swiss Krono plans OSB capacities expansion and shifts investment priorities to W. Europe

After a two-year break due to the pandemic, the wood-based materials manufacturer Swiss Krono is represented at this [...]
April 21, 2023 Latest Trends

Thebault Group to invest EUR 100 million in France’s first LVL plant

The Thebault Group, a French plywood producer, announces the establishment of the first LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber) manufacturing facility in [...]
April 21, 2023 Latest Trends

EU Parliament approves deforestation regulation

The European Parliament approved on April 19 the deforestation regulation that requires mandatory due diligence from operators and traders selling [...]
April 21, 2023 Latest Trends

Brazilian timber prices rising across the board

As of the end of February, the prices of Brazilian timber have risen across the board. Prices of Brazilian timber [...]
April 21, 2023 Latest Trends

HS Timber sells Sebes sawmill in Romania to Ziegler Group

Austrian company HS Timber Group (previously known as Schweighofer) announced that it reached an agreement to sell its sawmill HS [...]
April 20, 2023 Latest Trends