Keyword: Finland

Metsä Wood to build new Kerto LVL line in Finland

    Metsä Wood is considering the construction of a new, 65,000 m3 Kerto LVL line to [...]

Finnish softwood sawn timber and plywood production up by almost 6%

Finnish softwood sawn timber production in January-September increased by 5.9% compared to the year ago period and totalled [...]
November 16, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

Roundwood prices in Finland have gone mostly up in September

Roundwood prices in Finland have mostly increased during September 2017, as compared to the same period in 2016.    [...]

Finnish sawn timber production forecast to rise steady in 2017

    Finland’s sawn timber production is projected to reach 12.4 million m3 in 2017 (compared [...]
September 27, 2017 Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...Europe

Kährs Group announces the closure of hardwood flooring production in Finland

Kährs Group is reorganizing its hardwood flooring production. The company announced a closure of its production unit in Tuupovaara [...]

Plywood industry in Finland is declining

The production volumes of the Finnish plywood industry declined y-o-y by 1.1%, reaching 1,140 million m3 [...]
February 20, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe

Innovative wood chips drying technology developed in Finland

Finnish researchers are currently studying a more efficient means of drying wood chips, one that is said to be efficient [...]
February 17, 2017 Market Analysis / Wood Energy / ...Europe

Metsä Wood relocates wooden elements production in Finland

The manufacture of Metsä Wood's Kerto-Ripa® wooden elements is moving from Heinola to Pälkäne in February [...]

Metsä invests EUR 1,1 billion in bioproduct sawmill

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has launched an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure related to a bioproduct mill planned [...]

Finnish forest industry sees investments on the rise

In the first quarter of the year, the Finnish forest industry exports and production showed signs of recovery, according to [...]
April 20, 2014 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe