HS Timber acquires sawmill in Finland
HS Timber Group, formerly known as Holzindustrie Schweighofer Group, has acquired 100% of the shares in [...]
May 4, 2022
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HS Timber, Egger and Kronospan accused of organizing a wood cartel in Romania
The Austrian companies HS Timber Production (formerly Holzindustrie Schweighofer), Kronospan and Egger, all with activities on the Romanian wood market [...]
January 20, 2021
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HS Timber Group builds EUR 84 million sawmill in Belarus
HS Timber Group (former Holzindustrie Schweighofer) is expanding its portfolio by building a modern sawmill in Svisloch, the Grodno region [...]
January 6, 2021
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Holzindustrie Schweighofer to become HS Timber Group
The Holzindustrie Schweighofer Group is getting a new name and look with a soft relaunch of its brand appearance: the [...]
December 17, 2019
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Schweighofer says that high prices for logs in Romania makes the company uncompetitive
Today we pay 86 euros (per cubic meter of logs used to make the highest quality [...]
October 17, 2019
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Holzindustrie Schweighofer passed EUTR inspection in Romania
Holzindustrie Schweighofer (HS), one of Europe’s leading timber processing companies, informed that the company passed in Romania 16th inspection [...]
May 20, 2019
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Holzindustrie Schweighofer accused of purchasing illegal logged wood in Romania
A new investigation takes a look behind the scenes to detail how the Austrian timber giant Holzindustrie Schweighofer, one of [...]
July 25, 2018
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Ukraine forests destroyed by European sawmills, new report reveals
An investigation released by Earthsight revealed results of the organization’s two years work called Complicit in Corruption. According to [...]
July 18, 2018
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Schweighofer sells all Romanian forests assets
Holzindustrie Schweighofer decided to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Cascade Empire s.r.l. (Cascade Empire [...]
March 27, 2018
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Environmental Investigation Agency finds ties between Schweighofer Group and illegal logging in Romanian National Park
In a recent field investigation in Romania, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) found evidence of illegal logging in Romania’s [...]
December 6, 2017
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