Russian forestry giant Segezha struggles as export markets vanish
The logs have stopped flowing from Russia’s St. Petersburg ports into European markets, as sanctions imposed due to the [...]
February 22, 2025
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Finland: Log prices in January 2025
Roundwood trade in Finland continued to be brisk in January. Total purchases of industrial wood were one fifth higher than [...]
February 22, 2025
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German forest owners are strengthening their EU representation
German forest owners are strengthening their representation of interests in the European Union. To this end, they opened the "Representation [...]
February 22, 2025
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Austrian softwood sawlogs: stable prices in February
The Austrian sawmill industry’s stock levels of spruce sawlogs vary by location. Depending on this, as well as on [...]
February 22, 2025
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Ponsse had a difficult year: “Investment decision-making slowed down”
Ponsse estimates that the difficulties in the forest industry were reflected in the sales of forest machines. Last year [...]
February 22, 2025
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Trump set to impose 25% tariffs on lumber from worldwide exporters in the coming weeks
U.S. President Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday that the U.S. is preparing to add a new wave of [...]
February 21, 2025
Lumber market outlook: Five key trends shaping the North American wood products industry in 2025
After a period of extreme volatility in the wood products market, 2024 was marked by subdued demand and weaker pricing [...]
February 21, 2025
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Italian woodworking technology industry production drops 8% in 2024
According to the preliminary balance drawn by the Studies office of Acimall, production in the Italian industry of woodworking technology [...]
February 21, 2025
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EPF: Rantanen succeeds Pinnington
Matti Rantanen (40) will succeed Clive Pinnington (59) as Managing Director of the European Panel Federation (EPF), Brussels (Belgium), on [...]
February 21, 2025
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European sawmills could benefit from upcoming construction boom in Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Both Egypt and Saudi Arabia are planning major construction projects, but so far many of the mega-projects are at [...]
February 20, 2025
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