UPM’s sawmills are running at full speed
UPM Timber welcomed Aki Temmes, 41, to the position of Senior Vice President of Business in late April. He transferred [...]
June 24, 2019
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West Fraser curtails production at five sawmills
West Fraser announced temporary production curtailments during which all mill activities will be curtailed for one week in June at [...]
June 14, 2019
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Interfor curtails production in BC
Interfor announced plans to temporarily reduce production across its operating platform in the BC Interior during the month of June [...]
June 12, 2019
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12 sawmills expected to close in the next 10 years
British Columbia’s shrinking timber supply will attract approximately 12 sawmills to be closed in the [...]
June 10, 2019
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West Fraser curtails production at two sawmills in BC
West Fraser announced temporary production curtailments for a duration of approximately two weeks at two British Columbia sawmills: Chasm and [...]
May 27, 2019
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10 largest Russian sawmills boost revenues in 2017
In 2017, the total revenue of the 10 biggest forest products companies in Russia amounted 339.4 billion rubles ($5 [...]
August 30, 2018
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European and North American sawmills registered record profits in H1/2018
Sawlog costs, the largest cost component when manufacturing lumber, have gone up much more slowly than lumber prices in many [...]
August 23, 2018
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Maibec to sell two sawmills
Maibec announced that it concluded a transaction with Groupe Lebel of Rivière-du-Loup for [...]
August 14, 2018
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Swedish sawmills in jeopardy due to tight log supply caused by forest fires
Although consumption of wood raw-material by the Swedish forest industry has risen in 2017 and early 2018, sawmills have [...]
August 7, 2018
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Conifex Timber increases capacity by 50% with acquisition of US South sawmills
Conifex Timber, publicly listed softwood forest products company operating in the Northern Interior region of British Columbia, Canada, has completed [...]
July 16, 2018
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