The 5th International Hardwood Conference of the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry will be held from 18 to 20 September in Brussels by the Belgian sawmill association Federation Nationale des Scieries (FNS). A market analysis is ...
Tags: Construction, Hardwood
In the view of the German sawmill industry, a reduced level of felling puts the competitive capability of the whole wood cluster in Germany at risk. According to the felling figures for Germany for 2012, which were published in June by the ...
Tags: Sawmill Industry, Timber Felling
The management team of the Swedish sawmill operator Seskaro Sag filed for bankruptcy on 9 November 2012 just a year after reopening. Beyond the general problems that the Swedish sawmill industry has faced for some time, Swedish press media ...
Tags: management team, Swedish sawmill operator, Seskaro Sag, bankruptcy
Investment activity in the Russian sawmill industry has increased significantly since last year, after prior years had mainly seen isolated new and expansion investments. Production capacity in the Russian sawmill industry is expected to ...
Tags: market view, sawmill
A limited availability of logs, high log purchase prices, and negative effects on sales of softwood lumber by the general economic and financial crisis have been hampering the business activity of softwood lumber producers in the European ...
Tags: industry trends, softwood lumber
The financial problems facing the Central European sawmill industry since 2010 have continued during 2011 as well. Additional major players in the sector reported significant financial problems early in the year, which sometimes led to ...
Tags: market view, Central European, sawmilling
Scottish MSPs have backed a motion supporting investment in the country’s timber industry. The motion tabled by Dave Thompson, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, has so far been supported by more than 30 MSPs. It calls for sustained ...
Tags: market view, timber
On account of the tight profit situation which has prevailed for several months in the Central European sawmill industry, various companies are evidently now no longer willing to continue at the beginning of 2012 to pay the roundwood prices ...
Tags: market view, softwood, sawlog, price
WITH the forced closure of another sawmill at Tambo last week, the Queensland timber industry has warned it is at risk of "decimation" unless urgent action is taken to fill critical labour shortages. Sawmill operator NK Collins Industries ...
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Finnish sawn timber production hit 7.6 million m³ in January-September, a growth of 5% on a year ago, according to the latest statistics from the Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF). But third quarter volumes decreased from the ...
Tags: market view, timber, production