COVID-19 recovery and bark beetles put heavy pressure on European sawmills
In general the coronavirus crisis has taken a heavy toll for many sawmills across Europe. While some forecasts some weeks [...]
June 12, 2020
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Italian wood furniture technology heavily impacted by COVID-19
According to the analysis of data collected by the Studies Office of Acimall, the Confindustria-member association representing the Italian [...]
June 12, 2020
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Global lumber producers see surprising improvement in profitability in early 2020
The US South and British Columbia have historically been the lowest-cost lumber-producing regions of North America. However, in [...]
June 11, 2020
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Vietnam’s wood product exports up by 6%, despite pandemic
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact, the wood industry still enjoyed 3.2 billion USD in exports in the [...]
June 11, 2020
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Spectacular recovery in China’s softwood lumber imports in April
After Chinese imports of softwood lumber experienced a though first quarter, a significant recovery was noticed at the beginning of [...]
June 8, 2020
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Record logging in the Czech Republic due to bark beetle infestation
In 2020, timber harvesting in the Czech Republic reached 32 [...]
June 8, 2020
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Finland: Lumber exports down by -30%; plywood exports -37% in Jan.-Mar. 2020
In January-March, the value of Finland's forest industry exports fell by almost a quarter year-on-year to [...]
June 8, 2020
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German forests receive € 700 million aid from the Government
The Federal Government will offer € 700 million to deal with the damage in the German forest after two years of [...]
June 8, 2020
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Södra appointed new President and CEO
The Board of Södra has appointed Lotta Lyrå (in the left photo) as new President and CEO. She will [...]
June 8, 2020
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Chinese lumber imports from the Nordic countries expected to exceed those from Canada
In early 2020, due to oversupply, the declining prices made European lumber producers more globally competitive. In March this year [...]
June 5, 2020
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