Companies in the timber industry

Italian furniture companies warn of “economic catastrophe” unless factories reopen next week

The nine signatories of a new manifesto are pleading to reopen their factories    Though there’s [...]

Russia: Exports of softwood lumber fall due to low demand in China

In the first two months, Russia exported 5% less softwood, including planed timber, compared to the same period in the [...]

Bankruptcy proceedings for Klausner’s US sawmill operations

Austrian company Klausner, which began operation in US back in 2015 has filed for insolvency.    Bankruptcy [...]

EU parquet market severely hit by the coronavirus crisis

The European parquet markets had generally well started the year showing stable to slightly positive trends in January and February [...]

Vietnamese wood processing companies have suspended or reduced operations

Vietnamese wood processing firms have reduced production or suspended operations as most of the major importing countries for their products [...]

Coronavirus crisis effects on the global trade of wood products likely to last until 2021

    Pandemic effects will be delayed for forest products industries and recovery slower, particularly for landowners who [...]

Large sawmilling companies in N. Europe cut lumber production, as demand in UK falls

      Several key Nordic softwood sawmillers have implemented production cutbacks in response to reduced UK [...]

European softwood lumber exports move from China to Egypt

In the first two months of 2020, Chinese imports of softwood lumber was 7.9% down y-o-y to [...]

Sweden’s forest industry companies in difficulty due to coronavirus impact

The Swedish forest industry's trade with other countries has been made more difficult by the coronavirus pandemic.   [...]