Sawmilling

German producer prices for wood products fall due to the bark beetle infestation

The German producer prices for commercial wood products in July now clearly show the consequences of the bark beetle infestation [...]

New large player in the Swedish forest industry emerges

    Norra Skogsägarna and Norrskog plan to merge into a joint forest owners' association, which is [...]

German sawyers’ profits booming, as forests are ravaged by bark beetle and drought

    Sales of German sawmills, planing mills and wood impregnators have increased nominally by around 33% over [...]

Stora Enso to appoint new CEO

Annica Bresky will become chief executive of Finnish pulp, paper and packaging board giant Stora Enso Oyj from December, taking [...]

US softwood lumber prices continue to improve

    The mix of different types of building that make up the critical U.S. housing market [...]

US-China trade war hits Rayonier’s timber segment

Rayonier Inc.’s New Zealand and Pacific Northwest timber segments faced challenging conditions during Q2, according to the company’s [...]

France: Price of logs at auctions drop sharply due to China-US trade war

The euphoria that characterized France's oak market in 2017-2018 is now about to end. This is one of [...]

Bark beetle crisis without precedent in Europe

    The forest emergency in Europe is at the beginning of a hard battle campaign against Bark [...]

US hardwoods face weak market in China

In September, the market trend of US hardwood still shows no obvious improvement in the Chinese market.     [...]

Stora Enso to establish a new Forest division

    Stora Enso announced establishment of a new Forest division to manage the recently acquired Swedish forest [...]