Archives: 2024

Rosboro temporarily curtails Springfield Mill in Oregon

Rosboro has announced a temporary curtailment of production at its commodity stud lumber mill in Springfield, Oregon.  This decision [...]
February 28, 2024 Latest Trends

IKEA’s parent company buys forestland in Finland, Estonia and Latvia

Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, the parent company IKEA retailer, announced it has acquired 23,883 hectares [...]
February 28, 2024 Latest Trends

The Red Sea crisis seriously affects U.S. furniture imports

Citing recent US media reports, the Red Sea crisis continues to ferment and has now seriously affected the US furniture [...]
February 28, 2024 Latest Trends

Poland’s timber industry faces crisis due to government logging restrictions

The Polish timber industry is facing a deepening crisis, exacerbated by government restrictions on timber harvesting, particularly in ecologically significant [...]
February 27, 2024 Latest Trends

Swedish forest industry faces raw material supply issues

Production of wood products in Sweden decreased during the past year. The pulp production stabilized thanks to a record-strong [...]
February 27, 2024 Latest Trends

Price of wood pellets in Germany continues to fall

Prices for wood pellets continued to fall in February, but more slowly than before. The price for wood pellets [...]
February 27, 2024 Latest Trends

Russian sawmill industry remains unprofitable for five consecutive quarters

According to official operational data from Rosstat, in 2023 the volume of production of softwood and hardwood lumber in Russia [...]
February 27, 2024 Latest Trends

Global wood prices stabilizing at a higher level

Global wood prices have stabilized at a higher level. This was preceded by a crash. This was triggered by high [...]
February 23, 2024

European wood industry welcomes trialogue outcome on carbon removals certification framework

The European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (CEI- Bois) and the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) welcome the outcome [...]
February 23, 2024 Latest Trends

Ponsse plans to reduce jobs, blames loss of Russian market

Ponsse is renewing its operating model worldwide. The Finnish forest machine manufacturer's current operating model does not sufficiently support [...]
February 23, 2024 Latest Trends