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Wood industry in Croatia continues to grow despite pandemic

    The Croatian wood industry, more precisely companies operating within this wider sector, have done well despite [...]

Softwood sawlog prices in Sweden on the rise as demand from sawmills booms

    In Central Sweden, state-owned Sveaskog raises the purchase price for softwood sawlogs from 18 January [...]

Parquet market in Europe to remain flat in 2020 despite corona crisis

    Based on information obtained from its member companies and national associations, FEP – the European Federation of [...]

Gelo Timber starts production at its new sawmill in Wunsiedel, Germany

    Gelo Timber starts operation at its new sawmill in Wunsiedel, Germany, after only 11 months of [...]

Södra increases timber prices

The high demand for timber continues. That is why Södra is now raising the price for spruce timber, pine [...]

Russian roundwood price overview in November 2020

    The price for softwood sawlogs in Russia have continued to increase during November 2020, despite the [...]

Steady recovery in Finland’s softwood lumber exports to Europe

    In the third quarter, Finnish exports of softwood lumber to European countries increased by 22% year [...]

US is increasingly dependent on overseas lumber supply

During the first ten months of 2020, US importation of overseas softwood lumber was 39% higher than during the same [...]

Wooden pallets face trouble entering the UK

With the Brexit, the regulations for the transport of goods to and from Great Britain also changed on 01.01 [...]
January 25, 2021 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Europe

IKEA’s parent company to buy forestland in US

Ingka Group, the parent company of IKEA, has announced it has acquired forestland property in the U.S. from The [...]