Sawmilling

Metsä’s new large sawmill starts up in Rauma, Finland

    The new state-of-the-art pine sawmill in Rauma in Finland, owned by Metsä Fibre [...]

JAF Group completes sale of veneer production site to Unilin

JAF Group completes sale of the veneer production site in Braşov, Romania, to the Belgium-based flooring manufacturer Unilin [...]

French oak log prices at record levels despite uncertain market

  How much longer will the planets remain aligned for the oak tree? At the beginning of September 2022 [...]

Sweden’s softwood lumber exports: less to Europe, more to US and Asia

In the first seven months of 2022, Sweden has exported about 7,7 million cubic meters of sawn and planed [...]

US lumber prices fall to around pre-pandemic levels

US lumber prices have fallen to their lowest level in more than two years, bringing two-by-fours back to [...]

Shortage of hardwood in Germany as more is exported to China

The German wood industry is in a crisis mood: more and more hardwood is being exported to China, although the [...]

Austria: Low processing level of the sawmill industry, log prices drop

    In Austria, Styria and Carinthia were the hardest hit by the thunderstorms in August. According to [...]

Finland: Weakening sawn timber demand lowers prices and cuts exports

Finland's sawn timber market is facing something new, as the demand has declined during the spring. In January-June [...]

Analysis: Energy crisis in Europe-consequences for the wood industry

As winter approaches, the energy crisis in Europe is putting increased pressure on the economy in general and on the [...]

Finland: Weakening sawn timber demand lowers prices and cuts exports

    Finland's sawn timber market is facing something new, as the demand has declined during the [...]