Despite the COVID restrictions, the wood industry in Austria got through the 2020 pandemic year well. The almost 1,300 wood processing companies in the building products, furniture, panel, sawing and ski industries as well as in other wood processing companies generated a production volume of 8 billion euros last year.   Since summer 2020 there has been a dynamic global demand for wood products of all kinds, especially for building products. In connection with weather-related restrictions in the supply of raw materials around the turn of 2020/21, stocks for saw logs in Austria emptied faster than ...