16.05.2019 − Canadian Canfor again recorded a net loss in the first quarter at a figure of -Can$89.5m; the group had already slid into the negative zone in the previous quarter at -Can$52.4m.» more

14.05.2019 − The Swedish planed goods producer Valbo Trä will take over Setra's sawmill and planing mill site in Skutskär on 15 May. » more

13.05.2019 − In March 2019 softwood lumber production of Polish sawmills declined by 1% vis à vis the comparative month of the preceding year to 266,000m³.» more

10.05.2019 − Last year Latvian sawmills and industrial planing mills generated turnover of €1.029bn. » more

09.05.2019 − This year's ISC will be held in Antwerp from 16 to 18 October at the invitation of the Softwood Import Section within Belgian Fedustria, ETTF and EOS.» more

08.05.2019 − The number of merchants exporting spruce logs to Asia has risen considerably since the start of the year.» more

06.05.2019 − Canadian Conifex Timber is today stopping production at its two sawmills Fort St. James and Mackenzie for four and three weeks respectively.» more

06.05.2019 − In the first quarter, the "Wood Products" business unit of Mercer increased its sawnwood production by 8% to 110.7m bdft, but the sales volume and average sales price were below the previous year's figures.» more

03.05.2019 − In March 2019 Russian lumber production increased by 2.2% vis à vis the comparative month of the preceding year to 2.4m m³.» more

02.05.2019 − The Czech State Forestry Administration Lesy Ceské republiky (Lesy CR) were searched on 25 April as part of a police investigation against former Lesy CR Director-General Daniel Szórád.» more

02.05.2019 − Swedish Sveaskog handled a total of 2.901m m³ of roundwood in the first quarter, slightly more than in the previous year.» more

30.04.2019 − At around 3.056m m³, timber felling in Norway in the first quarter was not only 5.7 % above the previous year's level, but also exceeded the previous record from the first quarter of 2017 (3.033m m³).» more

30.04.2019 − The northern Russian sawmill LDK 3, which belongs to the sawmill 25 group, will commission a two-zone continuous dryer type FB of the Swedish Valutec Group in summer. » more

29.04.2019 − At the beginning of 2019, eight new drying kilns from Mühlböck were put into operation at Klenk Holz Baruth which belongs to Binderholz. » more

26.04.2019 − The Metsä Fibre pulp and lumber division within the Finnish Metsä Group is planning to build a pine sawmill on the site of the existing Rauma pulp mill. » more

26.04.2019 − The "Wood Products" business unit of the Finnish company Stora Enso reported slight increases in sales and EBIDTA in the first quarter compared with the previous year, while EBIT remained stable. » more

25.04.2019 − Timber exports from Ghana decreased significantly in the fourth quarter of 2018. » more

24.04.2019 − In Germany, a significantly higher amount of damaged wood than in 2017 led to a 20.3 % increase in timber felling to 64.362m m³ last year.» more

23.04.2019 − Total German softwood lumber production in the previous year amounted to around 18.435m m³, around 1.7 % more than in 2017.» more

22.04.2019 − The bark beetle calamity, the volume of storm-damaged wood in 2017 as well as initial timber volumes made available from clearing of storm-damaged wood led to an 8.7% increase in logging volumes.» more

19.04.2019 − The Swedish Setra Group reported a decline in operating profit of almost 10 % to SEK 83m for the first quarter. » more

18.04.2019 − On 3 April the MS Saga Future with 19,000 m³ of sawn softwood from the sawmills of Bergs Timber left the port of Oskarshamn.» more

18.04.2019 − German exports of planed timber in the fourth quarter of 2018 totalled 580,312 m³, 18 % more than in the previous year.» more

17.04.2019 − The Finnish plant manufacturer Heinola Sawmill Machinery recently delivered a chipping line designed for a production capacity of 250,000 m³ softwood lumber/year to the Russian sawmill company Vostok Resurs. » more

12.04.2019 − The Romanian Competition Authority has extended its investigation into illegal collusion at roundwood auctions between wood industry companies by an additional 35 to a total of 94 companies. » more

12.04.2019 − In the fourth quarter Chilean exports of radiata pine lumber, at 762,412m³, surpassed the preceding year’s figure by 31%. » more

11.04.2019 − In the fourth quarter US sawmills and concentration yards exported a significantly lower volume of hardwood lumber than in the preceding year. » more

11.04.2019 − The current CEO of the Swedish sawmill company Setra Group, Hannele Arvonen, will join Sveaskog as CEO by September at the latest.» more

08.04.2019 − Effective April 1, Mathias Fridholm took over the position of Director at Swedish Wood (Svensk Trä). » more

05.04.2019 − Over the course of the second half of 2018, German beech roundwood exports to China declined at an increasing rate. » more