Stora Enso notices oversupply in the sawn timber market
Finnish-Swedish forest industry company Stora Enso is preparing for oversupply in the sawn timber market.   [...]
November 26, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Norra Timber plans to modernize its continuous kilns in Sweden
Norra Timber is currently modernising its kiln capacity with two new energy-efficient cross-circulation continuous kilns, also known as [...]
November 22, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Woodworking Machinery / Europe
Georgia-Pacific announced the closure of its Warm Springs plywood facility
Georgia-Pacific announced plans to close its Warm Springs plywood production facility, resulting in the loss of about 300 jobs [...]
November 22, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood-based Panels / North America
New merge to create UK’s largest independent timber distribution company
Arnold Laver & Co and The National Timber Group have merged to create a timber distribution business with combined revenue [...]
November 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Europe
Canfor buys 70% of Swedish sawmill company VIDA
Canfor Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 70% of the VIDA [...]
November 20, 2018
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Resolute Forest Products curtails production capacity by 10%
Montreal-based Resolute Forest Products Inc. has decided to curtail production at many of its sawmills during the fourth quarter [...]
November 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Singapore company invests $200 million in a wood processing complex in Russia’s Far East
Singapore's KGK Sudima International Pte Ltd plans to open a high-tech wood processing complex in the Russian Far [...]
November 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East / Russia
Canada: High log prices and low supply drags production curtailments at many lumber companies
Hundreds of sawmill workers are being laid off in B.C., some of them permanently, despite [...]
November 20, 2018
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Armstrong sells its Wood Flooring segment for US$ 100 million
Armstrong Flooring, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Wood Flooring segment to [...]
November 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / North America
Swedish Södra acquired 111,100 ha of forest land in Latvia
The Swedish Södra Group has this week acquired forest land from the Swedish Bergvik Skog AB. Bergvik Skog AB [...]
November 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Europe