Archives: 2024

EU faces softwood shortage and hardwood surplus, study reveals

A recent in-depth study, “Preliminary Evidence of Softwood Shortage and Hardwood Availability in EU Regions,” has shed light on [...]
November 8, 2024 Latest Trends

Interfor reports Q3/2024 results

In the face of an extended market downturn, Interfor Corporation reported a net loss of $106 million in Q3 2024 [...]
November 8, 2024 Latest Trends

Antidumping measures give German parquet Industry hope for business revival

The Association of the German Parquet Industry supports the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2733 recently adopted by the European Commission [...]
November 8, 2024 Latest Trends

Finland: Wood prices will continue to rise next year – softwood finding a new balance

The rise in wood prices in Finland will continue this year and next year as well. However, the increase in [...]
November 7, 2024 Latest Trends

Polish sawmill industry struggles with high wood prices and profitability challenges

The cost of wood in Poland is the highest among neighboring countries, reports Piotr Garstka, Director of the Polish Chamber [...]
November 7, 2024 Latest Trends

Microsoft turns to CLT

Microsoft is experimenting with sustainable building techniques for its new datacenters in northern Virginia, aiming to reduce the carbon footprint [...]
November 6, 2024 Latest Trends

Finland: Economic situation of the forest industry weakened after recovery at the beginning of the year

The production of forest industry products in Finland has increased this year, but the development has lagged behind expectations since [...]
November 6, 2024

US South set to surpass Canada in lumber production

The U.S. South is poised to overtake Canada’s historic dominance in North American lumber production as decades of [...]
November 6, 2024 Latest Trends

Record timber prices in Norway

In the third quarter of 2024, a total of 2.6 million cubic meters of timber was harvested for industrial [...]
November 6, 2024 Latest Trends

Setra inaugurates new saw line at its Skinnskatteberg sawmill

In recent years, the Swedish wood industry company Setra Group has invested close to two billion (EUR 172 million) in [...]
November 6, 2024 Latest Trends