Sawmilling

Pervanovo to acquire large oak veneer producer in Croatia

Pervanovo Invest AB, headquartered in Viken Sweden and with subsidiaries in Croatia, has acquired 98% of the shares in Spa [...]

Analysis: Russia’s log export ban impact on global wood markets

    Russia’s proposed log export ban in 2022 will have a far-reaching impact on global [...]

Swedish Bergkvist Siljan plans to increase sawn wood production by 60%

    The Environmental Impact Assessment Delegation has granted the sawmill group Bergkvist Siljan permission to increase the [...]

Europe’s timber construction sector reports worsening supply situation and rising prices

Since the beginning of 2021, European carpentry and timber construction companies have been facing an area of ​​tension between increased [...]

European softwood lumber to the US up by 34% in Q1/2021

      A booming demand in the US doubled by insufficient wood availability on the North [...]

German wood packaging industry hits the timber supply alarm

Wood packaging industry is alarmed: German export industry and domestic supply in danger.    Marcus Kirschner, Managing [...]

Estonian spruce log prices on the rise

In the first quarter, the prices of softwood logs in Estonia continued to grow. The biggest increase was in the [...]

EU tropical wood product imports close to decade high

EU27 tropical wood product imports close to decade high in March EU27 import value of tropical wood and wood furniture [...]

UK could face major timber shortages in Q3/2021

Sweden, who supplies almost half of the structural wood that is used in the UK, has its current stock levels [...]

Construction sites stoppages in Germany due to timber bottlenecks

    Supply bottlenecks with timber, steel and insulating material are causing construction stoppages in Germany and threatening [...]