Archives: August 2023

Kährs continues with plan to adjust capacity

Kährs Group is preparing and adapting its operations with a focus on cost control and capacity adjustments in steps [...]
August 17, 2023 Latest Trends

The German timber industry views the H2/2023 with skepticism

The mood in the German timber industry remained negative in July 2023. The reason for this was the sharp drop [...]
August 11, 2023 Latest Trends

UPM: Wood procurement outside Finland is growing

There are changes in UPM's forest management. Antti Koulumies, who currently leads UPM Timber, will also be the front [...]
August 11, 2023 Latest Trends

China’s plywood industry on a downward trend in H1/2023

In the first half of 2023, the Chinese plywood industry showed a decline in both the number of companies and [...]
August 11, 2023 Latest Trends

Estonia: Fall in log prices continues in July

The prices of softwood logs in Estonia have fallen for the third month in a row, while in July the [...]
August 11, 2023 Latest Trends

N. American Southern Pine prices resilient against market conditions

The Southern Pine Composite Price averaged $445 through the end of June. If that trend holds through the second half [...]
August 11, 2023 Latest Trends

Recovery reported in UK’s softwood imports

May was the best month for UK timber imports in 2023, with volume growth seen across all major product categories [...]
August 9, 2023 Latest Trends

Sale of HS Timber’s Sebes site to Ziegler Group approved

The sale of the HS Timber Productions Sebes SRL site to the German Ziegler Group, announced on 18 April, has [...]
August 9, 2023 Latest Trends

Louisiana-Pacific: Low prices and falling demand continue to impact OSB business

Louisiana-Pacific reported lackluster second-quarter results as lumber markets faced persistent pressure amid a stagnant housing market. Net sales [...]
August 9, 2023 Latest Trends

Research: The EU will not achieve its climate goals without reducing logging

Reducing logging is one of the few measures that will have an immediate impact on the carbon sink in the [...]
August 9, 2023 Latest Trends