Swedish sawmills should avoid effects from global falling demand for pine lumber
Swedish sawmills and wood-processing companies are operating at high activity levels due to a high demand on the global [...]
May 25, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Top lumber producers in North America in 2017
With few mill acquisitions, almost all of the production gains arose from improvements at existing mills. Of the top 40 [...]
May 10, 2018
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Weyerhaeuser boosts net earnings by 71.3% in Q1/2018
Weyerhaeuser reported Q1 2018 net earnings of $269 million (+71.3% YoY) on net sales of [...]
May 9, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Sodra invests SEK 100 mill in reopening Langasjo sawmill in Sweden
On Saturday 21 April, Södra’s sawmill at Långasjö was reopened at a ceremony attended by more than [...]
April 27, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe
Stora Enso re-opens planed line in Varkaus sawmill
Stora Enso Wood Products division will re-open the classic planed line in Varkaus sawmill, Finland, in April. [...]
April 17, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Pulp & Paper / ...Sawmilling / Europe
US softwood lumber consumption expected to reach record-highs by 2030
US consumption of softwood lumber is likely to reach record-highs by 2030, resulting in export opportunities for sawmills in [...]
March 29, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Norbord temporarily stops 100 Mile House mill production
Norbord Inc. announced that a shortage of wood will cause it to temporarily suspend production at its oriented strand board [...]
March 26, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / North America
Lumber production in the US surged in 2017
U.S. sawmills increased softwood lumber production by 4.2% in 2017 to a full-year total of 33.888 [...]
March 15, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / North America
Rex Lumber to build new softwood mill in Alabama
Rex Lumber Co. plans to build a $110 million state-of-the-art softwood lumber manufacturing facility in Pike County [...]
March 7, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...North America
French Rougier Group files for bankruptcy, stops activity in Africa
Tropical timber trader Rougier, based in Niort (Deux-Sèvres), with most of its employees working in Cameroon and Africa [...]
March 7, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Africa / Europe
