Sawmilling

Arauco and the European Panel Federation joined PEFC as Stakeholders members

Chilean Arauco, the European Panel Federation (EPF) and the European Pulp Industry Sector Association AISBL (EPIS) have recently joined PEFC [...]

Canfor might build a sawmill in US Southeast

Canfor is evaluating a 250 mmbf greenfield sawmill in the US Southeast region and also announced a new organic capital [...]

Södra’s completes investment in Långasjö sawmill

    Södra’s investment of SEK 100 million in Långasjö has now been completed. The [...]

Bergs Timber to upgrade Vimmerby sawmill

Bergs Timber has recently announced it will invest SEK 27.5mn in reconstructing the sawline at the sawmill in Vimmerby [...]

Metsä Wood to build new Kerto LVL line in Finland

    Metsä Wood is considering the construction of a new, 65,000 m3 Kerto LVL line to [...]

Interfor to upgrade Meldrim mill

    Interfor Corp. announced last month that it plans to invest $16.5 million to upgrade its [...]

Finnish softwood sawn timber and plywood production up by almost 6%

Finnish softwood sawn timber production in January-September increased by 5.9% compared to the year ago period and totalled [...]
November 16, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Europe

UK: Lumber production up by 5%

UK's sawmills produced a total volume of 3.624m m³ softwood lumber during 2016, 5% more than in the [...]
November 15, 2017 Market Analysis / Sawmilling / ...Europe

China moves shipping containers to US logging sites

China is currently moving shipping containers directly to logging sites in the United States. This might be detrimental as they [...]
November 10, 2017 Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / China / North America

UPM and Urugay gov. sign investment agreement for a new pulp mill

UPM and the Government of Uruguay have signed an investment agreement, which outlines the local prerequisites for a potential pulp [...]