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August 21, 2026

Finland’s sawmill industry likely to face further capacity closures

Finland’s sawmill industry may need further permanent capacity reductions as high sawlog costs, weak softwood lumber demand and growing pressure on the country’s traditional export markets leave producers with limited room to restore margins through higher prices alone.    The prospect of further restructuring is emerging from two recent assessments of Finland’s forest industry. Antti Viljakainen, Head of Research at Finnish equity research firm Inderes, says capacity reductions have so far been relatively limited considering the length of the downturn and the increasingly structural nature of some of the industry's problems, while Niklas ...

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