Archives: January 2022

HS Timber Group to reduce sawmill capacity in Romania by 30%

    Austrian wood-processing company HS Timber Group, formerly known as Holzindustrie Schweighofer, said it will reduce [...]

European wooden-construction sector is evolving rapidly

The European market for mass timber-based multi-storey buildings is growing at some 8% per year and is projected [...]

European wood flooring market grew significantly in 2021

The overall consumption figures on the European wood flooring for the year 2021 are significantly increasing by 5,8% compared [...]

Austrian demand for softwood sawlogs goes up in January 2022

    Austria's sawmills are currently still largely sufficiently stocked with needle saw logs. Now that production [...]

Schilliger Holz chooses Ledinek for its CLT production line

Schilliger Holz AG is investing in an automated CLT production line in Volgelsheim, France. The order for the entire production [...]

German wood prices: 50 percent more money for spruce logs

German forest owners received around 50 percent more money for spruce logs in November. Overall, raw wood prices for producers [...]

Why N. American lumber prices have nearly tripled again?

Simple economics popped the lumber bubble last year. Once the price of lumber topped $1,515 per thousand board feet [...]

Rising trend of Russian lumber prices expected to continue

The upward trend of Russian lumber may continue into June this year. From January to October 2021, the market price [...]

Construction of Metsä Group’s giant Rauma sawmill on schedule

    ​Construction work on the site has advanced in line with the master schedule. The sawmill buildings [...]

China’s pine logs and lumber imports – only through designated ports

    The quarantine requirement for imported pine (Pinus spp) wood (including logs and lumber) from countries where [...]