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Segezha Group sent first lumber container train from Russia to China

    On May 21, the Arkhangelsk-based company Onega Sawmills - part of the Segezha Group - sent its [...]

Bark beetle crisis drags log prices down in the Czech Republic

    Last year saw a record 35.8 million cubic meters of wood logged in the Czech [...]

BSW Timber acquires Bayram Timber

BSW Timber, the UK’s largest integrated forestry and sawmilling group, has acquired Bayram Timber.    Established [...]

Pervanovo to acquire large oak veneer producer in Croatia

Pervanovo Invest AB, headquartered in Viken Sweden and with subsidiaries in Croatia, has acquired 98% of the shares in Spa [...]

Analysis: Russia’s log export ban impact on global wood markets

    Russia’s proposed log export ban in 2022 will have a far-reaching impact on global [...]

Swedish Bergkvist Siljan plans to increase sawn wood production by 60%

    The Environmental Impact Assessment Delegation has granted the sawmill group Bergkvist Siljan permission to increase the [...]

Europe’s timber construction sector reports worsening supply situation and rising prices

Since the beginning of 2021, European carpentry and timber construction companies have been facing an area of ​​tension between increased [...]

European softwood lumber to the US up by 34% in Q1/2021

      A booming demand in the US doubled by insufficient wood availability on the North [...]

German wood packaging industry hits the timber supply alarm

Wood packaging industry is alarmed: German export industry and domestic supply in danger.    Marcus Kirschner, Managing [...]

Estonian spruce log prices on the rise

In the first quarter, the prices of softwood logs in Estonia continued to grow. The biggest increase was in the [...]