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Text no.: 001 Issue TS03/2020 Publication date: 15.01.2020
Swift reorganisation by transfer sought for
Sörnsen Holzleisten in wake of insolvency
The profiles and gluelam-timber manufacturer Sörnsen Holzleisten GmbH of Süderbrarup filed for insolvency proceedings before Flensburg district court on 23 December 2019. Besides the parent company, insolvency proceedings were filed... more 
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Text no.: 002 Issue TS03/2020 Publication date: 15.01.2020
Slight decline in British
softwood lumber imports
In the third quarter of 2019 British imports of rough-sawn and planed softwood lumber decreased by 1% vis à vis the comparative quarter of the preceding year to 1.576m m³ (July-Sept. 2018: 1.598m m³). According to Eurostat,... more
Text no.: 003 Issue TS03/2020 Publication date: 15.01.2020
Green timber felling remains sporadic in Germany
In broad sweeps of Germany, felling activity over the holidays and at the turn of the year 2019/2020 was largely limited to the clearance of damaged wood in softwood as well as hardwood stands.
The increases of up to 12 €/m³... more
Text no.: 004 Issue TS03/2020 Publication date: 15.01.2020
Prices for beetle-damaged and
industrial wood cut by Södra
Södra AB of Växjö, Sweden, is reducing its prices for industrial hard and softwood as well as for assortments arising from beetle-damage clearance operations. According to a release published on 18 December 2019, the prices for... more
Text no.: 005 Issue TS03/2020 Publication date: 15.01.2020
Swedish government pushing
bark-beetle control measures
The Swedish government has increased the funds available for combatting bark beetles and has called upon various authorities to work in close cooperation. According to a written decree by minister of agriculture Jennie Nilsson on 20 December... more
Text no.: 006 Issue TS03/2020 Publication date: 15.01.2020
Beech: continued decline in exports to China
In the third quarter of 2019 a total of 18,747m³ (July-Sept. 2018: 26,387m³) beech roundwood was exported from Germany to China. This represents a decrease of 29% by comparison with the preceding year. As a proportion of total beech... more
Text no.: 007 Issue TS03/2020 Publication date: 15.01.2020
Reduced rate of decay registered in sawnwood prices
The majority of softwood sawmills have resumed cutting operations since the beginning of the second calendar week of 2020. Particularly businesses with adequate supplies of wood damaged by natural calamities have been operating two or in some... more
Text no.: 008 Issue TS03/2020 Publication date: 15.01.2020
Quinn Emanuel preparing
legal action against log cartel
In the log-cartel dispute, the lawyer firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP of Hamburg is currently preparing legal action against the federal states of North-Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Hessen. According to information... more
Text no.: 009 Issue TS03/2020 Publication date: 15.01.2020
Above-average growth in planed lumber production
In the third quarter of 2019 German production of planed softwood lumber increased by 9.1% vis à vis the comparative quarter of the preceding year to 1.267m m³ (July-Sept. 2018: 1.161m m³). In the first quarter production... more
Text no.: 010 Issue TS03/2020 Publication date: 15.01.2020
Output boosted by Swiss specialist gluelam group
In 2018, the producers in the Swiss specialist group for gluelam within the Swiss wood industry association (HIS) of Bern processed a total of 165,000 m³ of sawnwood into glued timber-construction products. After 142,000 m³ in 2017,... more
