Austria: Prices for spruce sawlogs on the rise
A storm and snowfall at the beginning of February led to isolated minor damage in some regions, and the volumes [...]
March 2, 2023
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Global plywood market to rise sharply in the next ten years
The global plywood market is valued at US$85.5bn as of 2023. The market is expected to grow at [...]
March 2, 2023
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Russian loggers are experiencing additional difficulties with the sale of sawlogs
Russian sawmills in January tried their best to process their own logs, and to reduce purchases from the open market [...]
March 2, 2023
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New European Deforestation Regulation challenges the Malaysian timber industry
The Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB) is indeed focusing on efforts to prepare the timber industry for future challenges, mainly [...]
March 2, 2023
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German Pellets bankruptcy goes to court
Seven years after the insolvency world's largest pellet producer German Pellets, its former managing director is coming to court [...]
March 1, 2023
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Poland’s wood industry in crisis due to lack of orders
Poland's wood industry was still coping with problems at the beginning of last year. It has only gotten worse [...]
March 1, 2023
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Egger to invest more than $42 million to increase production capabilities and capacity
Austrian wood-based materials manufacturer Egger Wood Products has started production on a third lamination line at its Lexington, N [...]
March 1, 2023
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Middle East: Boom in construction sector to fuel demand for wood products
The boom in the Middle East construction and building sectors is fueling the growth of the wood and woodworking machinery [...]
March 1, 2023
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Africa: Few new timber orders from China
With the end of the ‘lockdowns’ in China and with the Lunar New Year holidays over producers had anticipated an [...]
March 1, 2023
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Reduced supply from New Zealand increase price pressure for logs in China
Log demand in China has not increased as much as expected after the Lunar New Year, but there will be [...]
February 28, 2023
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