Sveaskog’s reports higher profits for Q2/2024 on rising timber prices
Sveaskog's interim report for the first half of 2024 shows an eight percent increase in operating profit compared to [...]
July 19, 2024
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MDF milestone for new Siempelkamp plant near Mekong
Milestone for the new Siempelkamp plant at Mekong Wood MDF Joint Stock Company: The Vietnamese company has now produced the [...]
July 19, 2024
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Homag Danmark becomes new Bürkle sales partner
Robert Bürkle GmbH announces that after much deliberation it has changed its sales partner in Denmark and the cooperation [...]
July 19, 2024
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Austria: Softwood sawlog prices stable in July
The market opportunities for softwood lumber are restrained, particularly due to the sharp decline in private house construction. The construction [...]
July 18, 2024
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Latvia: Company fined for planning to import Russian-origin birch plywood
In May, the Latvian State Forestry Service (VMD) imposed a 10,000 euro fine on a company that planned to [...]
July 18, 2024
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Ledinek to deliver CLT equipment to Blumer Lehmann
Blumer-Lehmann AG, Gossau (Switzerland), is investing in the wood industry division in production lines for cross-laminated timber (CLT [...]
July 18, 2024
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Germany: Construction industry slows down wood market, despite stable wood prices
Wood prices in Germany barely changed in May, despite difficult sales conditions for both construction timber and exports. Sales in [...]
July 17, 2024
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Wildfires in British Columbia expected to disrupt operations and increase timber prices
Rapidly spreading wildfires in British Columbia are set to tighten the supply of wood products and raise prices as they [...]
July 17, 2024
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Setra reports improved results in Q2/2024, on higher prices and reduced fixed costs
The wood industry company Setra reports an operating profit of SEK 31 million (EUR 2.62 million) for the Q2 [...]
July 17, 2024
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German trade association calls for stricter measures against market distortion caused by Russian wood
By concealing its origin, sanctioned wood from Russia still finds its way onto the German market via processing in third [...]
July 17, 2024
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