Roundwood/Sawnwood

• Reduction of around 2.1m m³ registered in technical cutting capacity in Central Europe
• Great Britain: Higher softwood lumber prices pushed through nationwide
• Sawable roundwood sells quickly in Great Britain
• Sweden exported 12% less lumber in March this year
• Estonian roundwood prices continue to rise
• Russian roundwood exports to the EU increase by 67%
• Ukrainian oak exports to the EU decline by 7%
• Steady prices for side-cuts and squared timber on the Italian market
• Austrian wood sector losing ground in export
• Downturn registered in forest-machine sales in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
• More exhibitors at Elmia Wood forestry technology fair
• Log collection impeded by flooding in places
• Sold volumes of beech logs fall short of the levels recorded for last season
• Exports of ash continued until the beginning of May
• Growth in cutting activity also producing an increase in supply of sawmill residues
• Improvement in converters’ supplies of TMP woodchips

Fuelwood

• Basel wood-fired power plant consumes more forest timber
• Eon converts French coal-fired power plant to biomass operation
• Bankruptcy proceedings against Carinthian Biomasse-Energie

Wood products

• Japan’s gluelam output increased 5% last year
• Stagnation in Japanese gluelam imports from Europe
• Prices for standard pallets to be raised sharply by the middle of the year

Wood-based panels

• Demand for European poplar plywood has picked up noticeably in past few weeks
• Radiata pine plywood manufacturers still prefer to serve North American markets
• German foreign trade in particleboard has declined
• Technocell’s Penig plant shut down due to flooding
• Higher prices have led to a brief slowdown in demand for OSB
• Turnover in the wood industry down by 10.4% in March

Furniture

• Fittings producers experiencing somewhat more stable order intake since April

Trade

• GTF to pool the wood industry’s interests
• PEFC adjusts CoC standard to meet EUTR requirements

Companies

• Logset separates from Otzberger in Germany
• Sales of Deere forestry and construction machines fall
• Palfinger increases turnover as well as result
• Stenvalls Trä takes over insolvent BAC Såg & Hyvleri
• New Stora Enso division called Printing and Living
• Samet intends to open another branch in Russia
• North American groups: Timber activities continued along positive lines, as expected
• Zürichholz has reduced roundwood marketing further
• Canfor takes over three sawmills from Scotch & Gulf
• Raute and Veneer Services enter into agency contract
• LP completes take-over of Peace Valley OSB mill
• Garnica buys veneer line from Xilofrance
• Montanari’s mill in Italy remains offline
• First machinery sold in the liquidation of Xilofrance
• Investment fund IKF decides not to buy shares in Reni
• Siempelkamp also intends to produce in Brazil
• Dieffenbacher sells ClassiSizer to PG Bison
• Metafrax now aims to acquire Dynea Holding in Krems directly

• People