15.05.2013 − After negotiations of more than ten hours before Münster district court on 3 May, the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia and the Klausner group agreed on settlement. » more

15.05.2013 − After a relatively poor start to the year and a 6% reduction in softwood lumber and planed product exports in January, Finnish exporters experienced a marked boost in February. » more

14.05.2013 − The Norwegian company Moelven will carry out extensive modernisation measures at a total of five sawmill and further-processing sites in Sweden and Norway during the course of the current year. » more

14.05.2013 − In the latest contracts concluded with buyers in East Asia, Baltic shippers have agreed increases of €25-30/m³ on the softwood lumber prices that applied in the first quarter.» more

10.05.2013 − According to the company's latest annual statement of accounts, the French tropical-wood concern Rougier showed an operating loss (EBIT) for the 2012 financial year of €1.9m and a net loss of €5.4m. » more

10.05.2013 − In Sweden, prices for logs as well as industrial wood rose throughout the country in the first quarter of 2013. » more

10.05.2013 − On 18 April 2013, the Austrian sawmill-equipment supplier M-T-T Maschinentechnik filed its own application for the commencement of rescue proceedings at the Klagenfurt district court. » more

08.05.2013 − Due to the cold, wet weather in the last few months, logs are currently in short supply in broad sweeps of western Europe. » more

08.05.2013 − Even before the merging of the two business divisions „Building and Living“ and „Printing and Reading“, which was announced on 23 Apriland which is to take effect on 1 July, Stora Enso» more

07.05.2013 − At a total of 888,700 m³, Sweden exported 6.6% less softwood lumber and planed products in February 2013 than it did in the same period of last year.» more

07.05.2013 − Austrian and the few German sawmills still active to any significant extent on the Italian sales markets mostly managed to follow through the efforts to get prices up for softwood-lumber deliveries in April.» more

03.05.2013 − Imports of tropical lumber to the EU fell by 13% last year to 996,000 m³ and thereby dropped below the 1m m³ mark for the first time. » more

02.05.2013 − In the last few weeks, beech sawmills in Germany have been registering a slight upswing in demand in some places.» more

02.05.2013 − The Ukraine is planning to introduce export duty on roundwood for a period of five years starting from 1 January 2014.» more

02.05.2013 − By the beginning of April there had not yet been any significant upswing in demand for Scandinavian softwood lumber in the UK. » more

30.04.2013 − In the UK, demand for softwood sawlogs had risen less sharply by mid-April than it had a year earlier. » more

30.04.2013 − Classic lumber business at Scandinavian timber groups was characterised throughout 2012 by high raw-material costs, surplus supplies in Western Europe and consequent high pressure on prices. Following three weak...» more

30.04.2013 − The Swedish timber group Setra started the year 2013 with declining turnover and a negative operating result.» more

30.04.2013 − To accommodate the installation of a new sawing line and a new sorting line, the Vilppula spruce sawmill owned by Metsä Group will completely shut down production in July and August.» more

26.04.2013 − By the middle of April, Swedish and Finnish shippers had reached agreements with a variety of central European customers on delivery terms for rough-sawn whitewood in the second quarter. » more

25.04.2013 − Spanish imports of softwood lumber in 2012 were a fifth lower than the year before at 722,765 m³.» more

25.04.2013 − Agents and importers report increasing procurement difficulties in business with African roundwood and lumber on account of transport problems within the continent and irregular shipment from the ports. » more

23.04.2013 − At the latest internet auctions held by the Polish state forest agency Lasy Panstwowe, Polish softwood sawmills have largely been able to cover their probable roundwood requirements for 2013. » more

22.04.2013 − Due to works closures and production cuts within the paper and pulp industry, considerable processing capacity for pulpwood is going to disappear in southern Norway and southern Sweden.» more

19.04.2013 − During the course of the first quarter of 2013, European softwood-lumber suppliers showed a level of brisk demand unexpected in this form on the Japanese market. » more

18.04.2013 − In March, the southern Swedish timber concern Vida started full-capacity operation of a new planing line in Alvesta. » more

18.04.2013 − In 2012 Plum Creek Timber was able to increase its total turnover by approximately 15% to US$1.339bn and the operating profit by 2% to US$281m. » more

16.04.2013 − The spring forecast by the Pellervo Economic Research Institute (PTT) in Finland predicts rising softwood lumber exports and higher selling prices for 2013.» more

10.04.2013 − The British sawmill company BSW Timber commissioned a new sawing line at its Fort William site on 12 February. » more

10.04.2013 − Prokon, which is primarily engaged in the field of renewable energy, has expressed interest in taking over Klenk. » more