15.08.2017 − Finnish Raute again showed considerable increases in order receipts and turnover in the second quarter. » more

14.08.2017 − On 20 July, following further losses in the Construction division, the board of directors at New Zealand Fletcher Building dismissed CEO Mark Adamson, who had held that position since October 2012. » more

11.08.2017 − In May housing permits of 30,529 units were granted in Germany. This corresponds to a 3% decrease vis à vis the comparative month of the preceding year. » more

05.08.2017 − Södra Wood generated positive key performance figures again in the second quarter. » more

03.08.2017 − In its business year 2016, the sales revenue generated by the “Building materials distribution” division (BMD) of Irish CRH more or less matched that of the year before at €6.381bn. » more

28.07.2017 − British Wolseley is to sell the Danish DIY chain Silvan to Aurelius Equity-Opportunities. » more

25.07.2017 − On 13 July, the European Commission approved the €49m subsidy of Mondi SCP's pulp mill in Ružomberok (Slovakia). » more

21.07.2017 − Croatian Spacva began implementing an investment programme in June this year after having announced it in March. » more

19.07.2017 − Finnish Versowood began break-bulk shipping of softwood timber to China at the beginning of May. » more

18.07.2017 − Kingfisher closed out the first quarter of the 2017/2018 financial year (31 January) with turnover growth of 5.0% to £2.860bn. » more

13.07.2017 − The pulp mill and biorefinery in Äänekoski, Finland, of the “Metsä Fibre” division of Metsä Group commences production operations in mid-August. » more

07.07.2017 − Finnish Koskisen group is implementing the restructuring measures it had announced at the beginning of May. » more

06.07.2017 − As part of on-going consolidation of its business divisions Swedish Sandvik is to sell its partial division Process Systems to Swedish Foundation Asset Management (FAM).» more

26.06.2017 − British Active Energy Group (AEG), which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, is planning to hive off its business division AEG Wood Fibre. » more

23.06.2017 − In 2016, completions of apartments in new and existing residential and non-residential buildings in Germany increased by 12.1% to 277,691 units, and by 7.0% in terms of budgeted costs, at €74.3bn. » more

18.06.2017 − Closure and start-up costs, as well as unfavourable currency-exchange-rate effects led in the first quarter to a sharp year-on-year deterioration in results figures at Canadian Resolute Forest Products. » more

13.06.2017 − US-American Rayonier Advanced Materials (RAM) is aiming to take over Canadian Tembec for a total of $807m. » more

12.06.2017 − German Hornbach Group was able, once again, to continue the growth trajectory recorded in the previous 2016/2017 financial year (end of February). » more

09.06.2017 − Austrian JAF group intends to deliver growth principally through its timber wholesale locations in 13 European countries in 2017. » more

02.06.2017 − On the strength of the positive development in business in the first four months of this year, Weinigl is planning to achieve even greater growth in its business year 2017 than it has in the past few years.» more

22.05.2017 − According to General Timber Trading Association (GD Holz) the German timber trade achieved year-on-year turnover growth in the first quarter of 2017 of a good 3%.» more

15.05.2017 − Despite higher raw-material and logistics costs, the Wood division of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) achieved growth in its EBITDA in the first quarter of 67% to SKR145m.» more

03.05.2017 − In 2016, French Groupe Gascogne increased both results and profit. The EBITDA was up by 32% to €22.0m. » more

28.04.2017 − German BayWa could not compensate mostly unfavourable market conditions for the Agricultural business division in 2016 by comparatively positive trends in the Energy and Building divisions.» more

27.04.2017 − On 12 April Swedish Derome Group announced the takeover of the building-supplies retail chain Bygg-Aktiv Material (Bygga).» more

25.04.2017 − At the annual general meeting on 5 April, the shareholders of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) voted in favour of the board’s proposal of splitting the group into two stock-listed companies. » more

19.04.2017 − Swedish Söderhamn Eriksson is to shut down its Mariannelund site. » more

13.04.2017 − In December 2016 a total of 35,580 approvals were granted for dwelling units in new and existing residential and non-residential buildings in Germany. » more

10.04.2017 − Russian Sistema is planning to go public with Segezha Group in 2019 via an Initial Public Offering (IPO). » more

07.04.2017 − In the last financial year 2016/2017 (31 January), Kingfisher showed growth in total turnover of 8.6% to £11.225bn. » more