Archives: 2023

Is there any room for optimism on North American lumber prices this spring?

In March 2020, random-length lumber futures fell to $251.50 per 1,000 board feet as the global pandemic [...]
January 20, 2023 Latest Trends

EUDR- new deforestation free regulation and what does it mean for timber businesses?

The European Timber Regulation (EUTR) has been in force for nearly a decade. Now the EU is replacing it with [...]
January 20, 2023 Latest Trends

Pellet prices continue to fall in Germany

The trend towards normalization in the price of wood pellets continued in January. As reported by the German Pellet Institute [...]
January 20, 2023 Latest Trends

2023 expected to be one of the most difficult years for the Czech forest industry

In the Czech Republic, from the point of view of non-state forest owners, perhaps one of the most difficult [...]
January 20, 2023 Latest Trends

European parquet market falls sharply in 2022

In the given context, characterized by uncertainties, inflation, weakening demand and wood supplies difficulties, the European Parquet Market achieved the [...]
January 20, 2023 Latest Trends

Dieffenbacher to supply OSB plant to Tolko’s High Prairie mill

Tolko Industries Ltd. has commissioned Dieffenbacher to supply the core components of a CEBRO OSB plant for its production facility [...]
January 20, 2023 Latest Trends

Wood prices jump high in Poland; now comparable to Germany and Sweden

Recently, there has also been a significant rise in wood prices in the Polish wholesale market, which are now comparable [...]
January 19, 2023 Latest Trends

HS Timber Group to reduce production capacities in Romania

HS Timber Group, formerly known as the Holzindustrie Schweighofer, announces that the production capacities of posts and beams (glulam products [...]
January 19, 2023 Latest Trends

Controversy over forestry in EU nature restoration law

The European Union aims to adopt a new regulation by the end of the year to restore natural ecosystems but [...]
January 19, 2023 Latest Trends

Germany: Spruce log price index shows an upward trend

The German producer price indices for spruce developed clearly upwards in October 2022. On average, the index for log wood [...]
January 19, 2023 Latest Trends