Companies in the timber industry

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Conclusions of EU forest strategy for 2030 adopted by Council

    The EU ministers responsible for agriculture and fisheries met in Brussels. They focused on forests and [...]

Congestion at Chinese ports puts high pressure on log exports

The cost of shipping wood to China has almost trippled since January — the result of Covid, increased fuel prices and [...]

Kronospan to launch particleboard production at new plant in Ukraine

    Kronospan plans to launch the production of particleboard at a new site in Ukraine, Rivne region [...]

BC forest products industry faces uncertain future as government defers millions of hectares from logging

    British Columbia forest products industry faces uncertain future as government defers millions of acres from logging [...]

New Zealand could limit timber exports to China due to shortages

For New Zealand, forestry is New Zealand's third largest export product , with annual revenues of more than US$6 [...]