Kährs Group bought Swedish flooring distributor Ehrenborg
Kährs Group has acquired Swedish flooring distributor Ehrenborg & Co. The takeover has been carried out with immediate effect [...]
August 20, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
Swedish sawmills in jeopardy due to tight log supply caused by forest fires
Although consumption of wood raw-material by the Swedish forest industry has risen in 2017 and early 2018, sawmills have [...]
August 7, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Fires destroy Sweden’s forests
A European-wide fire-fighting force has helped Sweden to battle an unprecedented level of forest fires this summer. So [...]
August 2, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Softwood lumber exports from Sweden up 26% in January-May 2018
Sawmills in Sweden have exported 6,9 million m3 of sawn and planed lumber during the first five months of [...]
July 27, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe
Swedish sawmills exported less lumber to China
The Swedish sawmills exported 3.2 million m3 of sawn and planed lumber during the Jan [...]
July 6, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling
SCA begins production at recently expanded Östrand pulp mill in Sweden
SCA began production at the expanded Östrand pulp mill in Sweden. The company will investing SEK 7.8 billion ($881 [...]
July 3, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Pulp & Paper / ...Sawmilling / Europe
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
New CLT mill construction by Stora Enso will be finished by 2019 in Sweden
Stora Enso’s new cross laminated timber (CLT) factory in Gruvön, Sweden, is proceeding as planned. The company announced [...]
May 2, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Pulp & Paper / ...Wood Construction / Europe
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
Swedish and Finnish giant forest companies at risk due to climate change
The forest floors below the Arctic circle are starting to melt, as the unusually mild winters are turning once icy [...]
March 27, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Europe / North America
