IKEA to sell its four plants in Russia
The Swedish retailer IKEA plans to sell its plants in Russia. The [...]
June 21, 2022
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Skyrocketing wood prices in Japan due to Ukraine war
The war in Ukraine has inflated the cost of timber in Japan. Russia’s retaliatory measures [...]
June 16, 2022
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One of the largest Baltic wood product groups suspends business in Belarus
After stopping the construction of a new plant in Vitebsk, one of the largest wood and [...]
June 7, 2022
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German sawmill industry feels the effects of the war, especially in terms of energy prices
With a survey, the German Sawmill and Wood Industry Association (DeSH) asked its member companies about the current and expected [...]
May 12, 2022
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Russian factories continue to produce IKEA’s furniture under their own brands
Once IKEA left Russia, the local furniture factories continued to produce IKEA’s furniture under their own brands [...]
May 11, 2022
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Intense negotiations underway on EU “deforestation free” law
Intense negotiations continue within the European Council and European Parliament towards agreement of a final text of the law "on [...]
May 3, 2022
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Shanghai blockade could make Europe face ‘logistics nightmare’
Although there are signs that Shanghai port congestion is easing, European business could face a "logistics [...]
April 29, 2022
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China: Cargo backlogs in Shanghai could cause next supply chain shockwave
Concern is growing that the spread of COVID cases and city lockdowns in China will have massive downstream effects for [...]
April 25, 2022
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European veneer consumption rebounded sharply in 2021
Consumption of hardwood veneers in the EU27+UK was already falling in 2019 before the onset [...]
April 25, 2022
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European wood flooring market: Geopolitical turmoil impacts supply conditions in Q1/2022
The European wood flooring markets show diverse evolutions for the first quarter 2022 compared to the same period last year [...]
April 20, 2022
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