Companies in the timber industry

Many wood-based panel mills closed in China

Because of the new environmental regulations many wood processing mills in the Manzhouli, Suifenhe and Erlianhot areas have stopped production [...]

Raute delivers plywood mill to Russia’s Segezha Group

Raute Corporation has received orders worth approximately EUR 58 million from Segezha Group to Russia.    The [...]

The European Panel Federation to criticize VOC requirements introduced in Germany

The European Wood-based Panel Federation (EPF) raises the alarm against the current threat to European harmonisation and progress posed [...]

Kronospan completes first plywood plant in Belarus

    A little more than a year has passed since the moment when the first stone was [...]

Stora Enso to shut down Kitee sawmill by the end of the year

Stora Enso will consolidate its spruce timber production at its mill in Varkaus, Finland, where spruce timber production has synergies [...]

Finnpulp to raise its investment in the world’s largest softwood pulp mill to EUR 1.6 billion

    Finnpulp increases its investment assessment in bioproduct mill in Sorsasalo, Kuopio to EUR 1.6 billion [...]

Merkel to promise half a billion euros to revitalise German forests

Angela Merkel’s government has promised more than half a billion euros to revitalise the country’s crisis-hit forests [...]

New large player in the Swedish forest industry emerges

    Norra Skogsägarna and Norrskog plan to merge into a joint forest owners' association, which is [...]

IKEA posts record sales on booming online revenues

    IKEA reported annual sales above 40 billion euros ($44 billion) for the first time on Wednesday [...]

German sawyers’ profits booming, as forests are ravaged by bark beetle and drought

    Sales of German sawmills, planing mills and wood impregnators have increased nominally by around 33% over [...]