From Klagenfurt: Global Wood Markets Info (GWMI) attended Internationaler Holztag 2026, where Austria’s wood industry gathered with little appetite for ceremonial optimism. Mills are producing into weak construction demand, margins remain compressed and exports fell sharply in several overseas markets during the first five months of 2026. Yet the discussions in Klagenfurt also showed why the sector is not simply waiting for Austria’s building cycle to turn: Italy remains a large and unusually durable outlet, while non-residential timber construction is opening markets that barely existed five years ago. The room at the Klagenfurt exhibition centre ...