Wood pellets prices in Central Europe rising in November
Wood pellets prices of Austria, Germany and Switzerland (DACH region) were increasingly converging in November. While [...]
December 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Industry Prices / Wood Energy / Europe
Canfor’s CEO says that the company remains committed to BC, despite recent European acquisition
Canfor has reach an agreement to buy 70 per cent of Vida Group for about $580 million. The privately-held [...]
November 26, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...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
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe / North America
100 million m3 of damages in Europe due to storms and beetle infestation in over 1 year
The autumn storm "Vaia", which led to large-scale damages in the forests of northern Italy and southern Austria from [...]
November 14, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Softwood lumber exports from Europe to China drop by 25%
The European softwood lumber exports to China have decreased significantly during January-August 2018, as compared [...]
November 6, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Europe
Plywood production rising in Europe
The UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) released their Annual Market Review 2017-2018, together with several [...]
October 30, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
European construction sector becomes more interested in hardwood
The UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) released their Annual Market Review 2017-2018, together with several [...]
October 30, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
ISC 2018: Flourishing construction in Europe drives solid financial performance in the sawmill industry
On the 11th and 12th October 2018 the 66th edition of the International Softwood Conference was held in Riga in [...]
October 22, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
Slowing demand for Chinese wood furniture in Europe
After making gains last year, EU wood furniture imports from tropical countries and China fell in the first 6 months [...]
October 9, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / China / Europe
Positive developments on the European parquet markets
The Board of Directors of the European Federation of the Parquet Industry (FEP) met on 20 [...]
October 9, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe