Global Wood Markets Info spoke with Raffaele Parlato, Vice President Sales Division at HASSLACHER group, about the outlook for Europe’s structural timber market, covering demand trends, pricing, supply, exports and the prospects for mass timber construction.

With four decades of experience in the timber industry, Raffaele Parlato has built a career spanning timber trading, international business development and global sales. Before joining HASSLACHER group, he developed his own timber import business in Italy and later led global sales and business development for a Scandinavian timber company. Today, he oversees Global Sales, the Project Division, Logistics and Customer Service at HASSLACHER group.

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