Sawmilling

Swedish Setra reports booming sales and profits for Q4/FY 2021

The Swedish wood products company Setra reported an operating profit of SEK 1.6 billion (€154 million) for 2021 - after [...]

Massive investment plans in the France’s wood industry

French President Emmanuel Macron has officially announced a "France 2030 Investment Plan" with a total investment of 30 billion euros [...]

Germany’s timber industry has positive market expectations for 2022

A survey of member companies of the German Timber Trade Federation (GD Holz) paints a rather positive picture of market [...]

Chinese timber import market faces a complicated 2022

    At the beginning of the new year, the Chinese timber industry is waiting for the market [...]

Rising roundwood prices in Finland

    Spruce logs prices in Finland reached an average of EUR 65.2 per cubic metre in [...]

HS Timber Group to reduce sawmill capacity in Romania by 30%

    Austrian wood-processing company HS Timber Group, formerly known as Holzindustrie Schweighofer, said it will reduce [...]

Austrian demand for softwood sawlogs goes up in January 2022

    Austria's sawmills are currently still largely sufficiently stocked with needle saw logs. Now that production [...]

German wood prices: 50 percent more money for spruce logs

German forest owners received around 50 percent more money for spruce logs in November. Overall, raw wood prices for producers [...]

Why N. American lumber prices have nearly tripled again?

Simple economics popped the lumber bubble last year. Once the price of lumber topped $1,515 per thousand board feet [...]

Rising trend of Russian lumber prices expected to continue

The upward trend of Russian lumber may continue into June this year. From January to October 2021, the market price [...]