Timber prices are skyrocketing in Germany; significant supply shortage
Wood for Germany's construction sites is becoming scarce. Real estate companies warn that urgently needed housing construction is threatened [...]
May 12, 2021
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UK timber trade faces difficulties after Brexit
A recent survey showed that after Brexit, difficulties in logistics, hindered timber trade with Northern Ireland [...]
May 6, 2021
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Egger to enter building materials market
In view of the increasing importance of wood as a building material, Egger has established the [...]
May 6, 2021
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Homag Group to acquire stake in Danish Kallesoe Machinery
With the majority takeover of the Danish machine manufacturer Kallesoe Machinery A / S, the Homag Group is further expanding its [...]
May 6, 2021
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Russia might ban exports of particleboard
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (Minpromtorg) has proposed to introduce a temporary ban on the [...]
May 6, 2021
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Considerable rise in UK timber and panel imports
The recovery in UK import volume seen in the second half of 2020 continued in January 2021 with timber and [...]
April 28, 2021
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Ligna cancels this year’s event
Perhaps it was to be expected that given the pandemic situation and the knock-on travel [...]
April 26, 2021
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European parquet markets see accelerated rise, but face low availability of raw materials
The European parquet markets had generally slowly started the year with stable to slightly increasing consumption in January and February [...]
April 26, 2021
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Germany: Massive exports to the US put pressure on domestic wood prices
The German wood market is divided into two parts. While wood prices are only rising very slowly for German forest [...]
April 22, 2021
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Forecast: Finland’s exports and prices of sawn timber expected to rise this year
The Finnish forest industry will be bouncing out of the coronavirus crisis this year and next, as the economies of [...]
April 22, 2021
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