Companies in the timber industry

Kronospan invests EUR 200 million in its Chirk, Wales plant

     Kronospan is investing € 200 million in its site in Chirk, Wales as part of its Vision [...]

Södra’s harvesting operations impacted by mild weather

Mild weather during the autumn and winter period has impacted harvesting operations in some parts of Södra’s forestry [...]

Indian particleboard capacity expected to rise in 2020

   Due to a perceived increase in availability of raw wood materials from local sawmills, the Indian state of [...]

US DoC rules tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber could be greatly reduced

   Canadian softwood producers are getting a surprise break from the United States.   US Department of Commerce [...]

45th CIFF and CIFM/interzum Guangzhou 2020 postponed due to coronavirus outbreak

    The postponement of the 45th CIFF Guangzhou and CIFM/interzum Guangzhou 2020 has been announced by [...]

Coronavirus: Russia suspends timber trains to China

   Since January 31st, all railway transport between Russia and China is suspended except for Beijing-Moscow round-trip [...]

Conifex completes sale of all U.S. sawmills to Resolute

    Conifex has officially closed its previously announced transaction with Resolute Forest Products for the sale of [...]

Coronavirus: IKEA to close its stores in China

In the response to the Chinese government's call for strict and effective disease control of coronavirus outbreak, IKEA Retail [...]

Stora Enso’s sales drop in 2019

    Despite achieving a turnover in excess of €10bn, each of Stora Enso’s group operations – packaging [...]

UPM invests more than 500 million euros into a biorefinery in Germany

UPM plans to enter the biochemicals business by investing in a biorefinery at Leuna, Germany.    The [...]