The poor supply of raw materials endangers the potential of the German hardwood industry  A current company survey by the German Sawmill and Wood Industry Association (DeSH) shows the current difficult market development of the hardwood processing member companies. An increasingly poor supply of raw materials endangers the potential of the renewable raw material for the domestic economy and for climate protection.  Climate change and changing environmental conditions have driven forest conversion in recent decades. With the growing proportion of deciduous trees, the importance of hardwood as a domestic raw material also grows. A ...