Archives: January 2018

Södra’s sawn timber exports to the US on the rise; forecast to go up 25% in 2018

    Södra’s exports of sawn timber to the US have risen over the past four [...]

Moody’s: Global wood products sector stays strong in 2018

The likelihood of strong profits from the wood products business, alongside higher prices and growth in paper packaging from increased [...]

Innovations4Flooring and Kronospan sign global strategic partnership agreement

Innovations4Flooring (I4F), a technology company providing innovative flooring technologies, announced on the 8th of January that it has signed a [...]

China’s total forestry output might surpass 7 trillion RMB in 2017

The total forestry input of China might exceed 7 trillion RMB ($1 trillion) in 2017, as the country has become [...]

Despite Brexit uncertainty, the UK consumption of timber and panel products increases

The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has issued its Statistical Review 2017. The publication shows that growth in the consumption of [...]

Egger Group reports rising turnover

    Egger Group concluded the first half-year of its financial year 2017/2018 with a consolidated [...]

China is ready to plant 6.6 million ha of forest by 2020

China intends to increase its forest coverage to 23%, by 2020, the State Forestry Administration said.     [...]
January 8, 2018 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...China

Norvik Timber’s Vika Wood to upgrade sawmill in Latvia

RemaSawco has received an order for 6.3 MSEK from Vika Wood SIA, Latvia, which comprises a complete system for [...]

UPM to boost capacity at Alholma sawmill in Finland

Finnish forest industry company UPM has obtained a building permit for increasing the kilning capacity at its Alholma sawmill in [...]

Russia: exports of sawn timber up by 25.5% in value

In the first ten months of 2017, Russia increased its sawn timber exports again, both in value and in volume [...]
January 8, 2018 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Russia