Strikes shut down UPM plants in Finland
Some 3,000 workers at Finnish forestry group UPM went on strike on Saturday, shutting plants, the company [...]
January 5, 2022
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Europe
Canfor to reduce production due to supply chain challenges
Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is announcing temporary NBSK and BCTMP production reductions at Northwood Pulp and Taylor Pulp in response [...]
December 5, 2021
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Pulp & Paper / North America
Foundation stone of Metsä Group’s Kemi bioproduct mill laid
The Kemi bioproduct mill project of Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, is progressing according to [...]
September 16, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Pulp & Paper / Europe
Finland: Timber production and prices expected to rise this year
The use of wood will increase, and the volumes of timber harvesting and trade in Finland will clearly increase in [...]
April 21, 2021
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Europe
Metsä builds largest wood processing plant in northern hemisphere
The new bioproducts mill will be the largest single investment ever made by the forest industry in Finland. [...]
February 19, 2021
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Europe
Södra boosts capacity at its Värö mill
Södra is planning a new investment for its state-of-the-art pulp mill in Värö, Sweden, which [...]
July 6, 2020
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe
China’s imports of logs, lumber, pulp and wood chips collapse in Jan.-Feb. 2020
The coronavirus epidemic in China has resulted in sharply reduced importation of forest products in early 2020. During January and [...]
April 10, 2020
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Wood Energy / China
Pulp and paper markets in Asia slow down as global economy cools
From January to August 2019, production of paper products and pulp recorded mixed trends across selected markets. Whereas production increased [...]
December 9, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East
Finnish lumber production increased during 2018
Production volumes of the Finnish sawmills in the fourth quarter of 2018 fell slightly [...]
February 19, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Russian forestry sector production announces growth for 2018
The Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) published the first final data on the volumes of timber [...]
February 18, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Wood-based Panels / Russia
