Södra to extend production stoppages at its sawmills due to spruce bark beetle infestation
Södra has decided to extend production stoppages at its sawmills during the Christmas and New [...]
November 27, 2019
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Unusual stocks of roundwood in Sweden
Stocks of softwood, pulpwood and pulp chips have fallen since this summer but are nonetheless unusually large for the season [...]
November 27, 2019
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Downturn in the Swedish forest industry as global economic slowdown progresses
The recession in Europe, in particular, is noticeable in the Swedish forest industry. The sawmills partially compensate for this through [...]
November 26, 2019
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Slowdown in Swedish softwood lumber exports
Swedish sawmills delivered less softwood lumber to European destinations in the first eight months of 2019 [...]
November 20, 2019
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Martinsons to upgrade its CLT and glulam production
Martinsons announced a SEK 120 million (EUR 11.1 million) investment in its sawmill plants in Bygdsiljum and Kroksjön [...]
November 11, 2019
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Swedish roundwood prices hit by the bark beetle infestation
Both sawlog and pulpwood prices in Sweden decreased during the 3Q 2019 for the first time [...]
October 31, 2019
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Challenging market conditions lower profits for Swedish Setra
Swedish wood products company Setra has reported an operating profit of SEK 95 (287) million for the period January-September [...]
October 21, 2019
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Sweden: Slow sawnwood demand and bark beetle infestation cause foresters to drop timber prices
The Swedish forest owners association Mellanskog has announced a decrease in its timber prices. According to [...]
October 18, 2019
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New large player in the Swedish forest industry emerges
Norra Skogsägarna and Norrskog plan to merge into a joint forest owners' association, which is [...]
October 3, 2019
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Bark beetle infestation doubled in Sweden this year
Damage to spruce forest is extensive following the spruce bark beetle outbreak over the past 12 months. [...]
September 17, 2019
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