Market Analysis

Stora Enso to stop all production and sales in Russia

Stora Enso today announced that they will stop all production and sales in Russia until further notice due to the [...]

European laminate flooring industry grows sales in 2021

For the second year in a row, the Association of European Laminate Flooring Manufacturers (EPLF) members have continued to prosper [...]
March 3, 2022 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Europe

Russian lumber exporters face struggles in supplying Europe due to sanctions

    Russian companies are suspending lumber supplies to European countries in search of new currencies for transactions [...]

War in Ukraine effects are still unclear for the Finnish forest industry

The Finnish forest industry had already prepared for export restrictions.    "The situation is very unclear," commented [...]

B.C.’s biggest forestry companies target U.S. lumber companies

  A handful of American lumber barons’ heirs stand to cash in for well into the near future, as [...]

Kronospan seeks approval to acquire Pfleiderer Polska

On 15 February 2022, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration in the wood-based panels market [...]

Stella-Jones describes the post-Covid lumber market

Stella Jones has a long track record of steady and profitable growth. This was achieved organically and through selective acquisitions [...]

Big changes in US lumber futures prices

US lumber futures are on another wild ride, but trading them has gotten pretty boring.    In [...]