Finnish sawmilling group Polkky to build 100,000 m3/year planing mill
Pölkky Oy has announced the construction of a new planing mill in Taivalkoski, Finland. The new facility will have [...]
August 19, 2019
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Many sawmills in BC are expected to close in the next decade
British Columbia’s shrinking timber supply will attract approximately 12 sawmills to be closed in the next decade, following Tolko [...]
May 28, 2019
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Forestry giants in BC show dramatic descend at the stock market
A closer look at any stock chart could reveal how the BC forest companies have slide down to three-year [...]
May 21, 2019
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LIGNA 2019: Primary wood industry out in force
The LIGNA show in Hannover, Germany, is back again from 27 to 31 May this year with another roundup of [...]
April 9, 2019
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Canadian lumber giants face huge forestry sector crisis
Last week, Canfor Corp. announced that it temporarily curtailed operations at three of its sawmills in British Columbia, because of [...]
February 13, 2019
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Bergs Timber’s Vika Wood to expand production capacity at sawmill in Latvia
The Latvian wood-processing company Vika Wood has been recently granted a long-term loan of EUR 7.5 million [...]
June 29, 2018
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New Zealand log export prices hit 25-year high
Structural log prices in New Zealand grew to the highest level for 25 years, once the local mills started to [...]
June 25, 2018
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Junnikkala Ltd. to expand production at Kalajoki and Oulainen sawmills in Finland
Junnikkala Ltd. is growing its sawn wood production in Kalajoki, Finland, and increasing the drying capacity by acquiring the first [...]
June 20, 2018
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Hasslacher Group to double capacity at Russian sawmill in Malaya Vishera
On the occasion of the state visit of Russian President Putin to Vienna on 5 June, Christoph Kulterer, CEO of [...]
June 13, 2018
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Canfor invests $40 million in upgrading South US sawmill
Canfor Southern Pine, a leading integrated forest products company, has announced it will upgrade its existing sawmill near Camden in [...]
June 6, 2018
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