Canadian forest products industry allowed to operate in corona crisis
With the country settling into the reality of social distancing and non-essential business closures for the next few weeks [...]
April 7, 2020
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Wood companies in France seek to restart activity
Each month of lockdown would cost between 2% and 3% growth for the French economy. Under these conditions, French wood [...]
April 7, 2020
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Finland’s sawmill industry expected to be hit hard by the coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus crisis strikes Finland's forest sector with varying degrees of impact. On the whole [...]
April 7, 2020
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Estonian company builds large softwood sawmill in Belarus
The Belarusian wood processing industry will become more competitive following the construction of a new sawmill [...]
April 7, 2020
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Lockdowns in Europe rewrites economic forecasts
Economic forecasts issued only a few weeks ago in Europe, which projected continuing slow increase this [...]
April 7, 2020
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German timber industry: Coronavirus worsens the ongoing bark beetle, storm crisis
The German forestry and timber industry was already in a state of emergency before the coronavirus pandemic: storms, drought and [...]
April 6, 2020
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Weyerhaeuser reduces lumber production by 20%
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Weyerhaeuser is dynamically adjusting operating capacity at certain of its manufacturing facilities. [...]
April 6, 2020
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Metsä to build ”world’s most modern sawmill” in Finland
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has made the decision to build the ''world’s most [...]
April 6, 2020
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Bergs Timber to close Gransjö sawmill in Sweden
The Board of Directors of Bergs Timber has decided to immediately initiate discussion with the unions to close Gransjö sawmill [...]
April 6, 2020
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Forecast: What’s the impact of the coronavirus on the Chinese timber industry?
During the coronavirus crisis, nearly half of the companies in the Chinese wood industry reported that [...]
April 3, 2020
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