Keyword: sawmills

Central Europe: Sawmills struggling to get logs; historical price increases

Within the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) softwood lumber prices in June are still on the rise due to [...]

Finland’s sawmills benefit from lumber boom

    The outlook for the Finnish forest industry is quite positive, Danske Bank's economic information estimated [...]

Sawmill orders shrinking a sign that lumber prices might fall soon

As May rolled into June and following the dual long weekends of Victoria Day in Canada and Memorial Day in [...]

Resolute Forest Products invests $50 million in its sawmills

    Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced additional capital investments of $50 million in its wood products operations [...]

Interfor acquires four sawmills from Georgia-Pacific

    Interfor Corporation announced on Thursday, May 27, 2021, that it has reached an agreement with Georgia [...]

N. American lumber boom not supported by new sawmills

North America’s sawmills can’t keep up with demand, which has sent wood prices on a meteoric rise. Don [...]

Swedish sawmills have lowest stock levels for over 20 years, prices under pressure

    Demand for wood products remains high, but their supply is limited. Despite full production and manufacturing [...]

Canadian lumber giants plan massive production capacity expansion in US

North American lumber companies plan to ramp up production by expanding existing mills as strong home construction fuels the need [...]

Canada’s sawmills can’t keep production pace with lumber demand

Lumber demand in North America is so strong that Resolute Forest Products Inc.’s order book exceeds its inventory, according [...]

Sawmills in Sweden have the lowest stock levels in 20 years

    Swedish sawmills have not had such low stock levels in over 20 years. They have had [...]