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AB Karl Hedin announces sawmill expansion

AB Karl Hedin, one of Sweden’s leading privately owned wood groups, has announced their intention to build a new planing mill...... [more...]

Resolute to restart Ignace, Ont., sawmill

Resolute Forest Products plans to restart its sawmill in Ignace, Ont., starting February 8. The sawmill closed in 2019 as a result of poor market conditions...... [more...]

Swiss pellet prices a little more expensive January 2021

Pellet prices in Switzerland partly continued their upward trend in January 2021. On average, they reach a value of 359.3 CHF ...... [more...]

Germany: Forest Damage Compensation Act has negative effects on the entire timber industry

The measures to restrict logging provided by the Forest Damage Compensation Act threaten the supply of raw materials to the German wood industry...... [more...]

Interzum Bogotá cancels its 2021 edition

Trade show organizers Koelnmesse and Corferias have decided to cancel the 2021 edition of Interzum bogotá due to travel concerns and other circumstances regarding the world outbreak that made it impossible...... [more...]

SCA’s NorrPlant delivered 103.5 million seedlings in 2020

SCA’s NorrPlant delivered 103.5 million seedlings in 2020, which is over a million more than before....... [more...]

US tropical hardwood imports held steady in October

Imports of sawn tropical hardwood rose only 2% in October as imports for 2020 continue to lag far below those of 2019. The 13,491 cubic metres imported was more than 38%...... [more...]

European trade of wood chips has gone up substantially

Softwood lumber production in Europe has increased steadily increased over the past five years. Consequently, additional volumes of sawmill by-products, including wood chips, shavings, and sawdust, have become available to other sectors in the forest industry...... [more...]

Timberlink to build Australia's first CLT plant

Australasian timber products manufacturer Timberlink, has announced plans to build a new plant to manufacture cross laminated timber (CLT) and glue laminated timber (GLT)........ [more...]

Rothoblaas builds wooden high-bay warehouse in Italy

Italy's first fully wooden, automated high-bay warehouse is to be built entirely from wood that has been processed in South Tyrol...... [more...]

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DACH: log and lumber prices follow demand upwards - at an individual pace

The strong local and global demand for sawn timber in the DACH region is largely responsible for the – partly long-awaited – increase in prices for roundwood. While increases in the high single-digit to low double-digit range are currently being reported for spruce from Schleswig-Holstein via Bavaria to Tyrol and... [ more...]

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China-Europe container crisis escalates putting pressure on wood prices

China-Europe container crisis escalates putting pressure on wood prices

The China-Europe container crisis has escalated over the past week, with container prices reaching new highs, while the container availability in China remains at record lows. China's exports recovered progressively from the COVID-19 pandemic, and after a pause caused by lockdown measures in Europe... ... [ more...]

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West Fraser acquires Norbord for US$ 3.1 billion

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. and Norbord Inc. announced that they have entered into a strategic business combination pursuant to which West Fraser, a leading North American diversified... [ more...]

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