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DOMOTEX 2022 postponed due to recent Covid-19 evolution

    Deutsche Messe, the organiser of DOMOTEX, the trade show for carpets and floor coverings, has announced [...]

Vietnam’s wood processing industry sees recovery in production

The Vietnamese wood processing industry has recently seen a recovery in production after the fourth outbreak of Covid-19.  [...]

Lumber prices jump as storm blocks BC’s roads and rail

    Washed out roads and blocked rail tracks in Canada’s westernmost province are fueling a lumber [...]

Sweden’s sawmills plan to limit lumber production due to reduced demand

    Following Vida's announcement now Södra Wood announced that it will slow down production in [...]

Q3 profits drop sharply for North American lumber giants

    The combined net profits of the five largest publicly traded North American lumber producers (Canfor in [...]

EU recovery expected to continue but significant downside risks are emerging

    Longer term market prospects in the EU27 look reasonable as the economic expansion in the region [...]

EU to ban wood, wood products coming from countries with deforestation risk

    Under new rules unveiled last week, the European Commission plans to ban the sale of agricultural [...]

European lumber exports to the United States rise sharply in Jan.-Sep. 2021

      US imports of lumber from Europe in the first nine months of the year [...]

Kronospan plans a €120 million MDF plant in central Slovakia

    Austria’s Kronospan is aiming to invest some €120m in building a new MDF production facility [...]

Swedish sawmill group Vida to limit lumber production

The Swedish sawmill group Vida, which is majority owned by the Canadian Canfor since 2018, plans to reduce lumber production [...]