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HS Timber Group acquires Vika Wood SIA from Bergs Timber AB

The Austrian HS Timber Group has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in the Latvian wood processing [...]
January 10, 2025 Latest Trends

FEP welcomes proposed European duties on Chinese parquet imports

The European Parquet Federation (FEP) has welcomed the European Commission’s proposed provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of parquet [...]
January 9, 2025 Latest Trends

Global forest products industry: trends and predictions for 2025

The forest products industry is poised for another transformative year in 2025, marked by evolving market trends, regulatory shifts, and [...]
January 9, 2025 Latest Trends

Wood chip supply in Europe may tighten in 2025

Wood chip raw material availability has grown tighter in Europe in the past couple of years and is expected to [...]
January 9, 2025 Latest Trends

Ziegler Group’s first asset sales expected this month

The search for investors for parts of the insolvent Ziegler Group, based in Plößberg in the Tirschenreuth district, is [...]
January 9, 2025 Latest Trends

Wood deliveries to the Ziegler sawmill in Plößberg are being resumed

The Bavarian State Forests (BaySF) are resuming supplies to the Ziegler Group's sawmill in Plößberg (Tirschenreuth district), which [...]
January 8, 2025 Latest Trends

New timber sales regulations decrease foreign investment in Polish wood

The new timber sales regulations, effective in Poland from 2025 and set to remain in force through 2026, prioritize businesses [...]
January 8, 2025 Latest Trends

Global sawlog prices continue to rise despite falling lumber demand

The global lumber market has faced a steady decline over the past two years. Demand for softwood lumber has dropped [...]
January 8, 2025 Latest Trends

EGGER Group cautious on outlook as H1 2024/25 sales hit €2.1bn

The EGGER Group has announced that it closed H1 of the 2024/2025 financial year with consolidated sales of €2 [...]
January 8, 2025 Latest Trends

Global shipping companies raise rates after New Year

Recently, many world-renowned shipping companies have announced that they will raise shipping rates across the board from January 1 [...]
January 8, 2025 Latest Trends