Average price of lumber lost 30%.

Freight costs for shipping logs from the North Island of New Zealand to China have continued to rise.

The branch will improve the service of Stark's customers in the region by offering an extensive product range, a large department with rental machines for construction, efficient distribution of building materials, as well as competent advice.

The truck-mounted wood chipping machine has an innovative flexible design, and offers high-capacity chipping capabilities for a range of applications, such as fuel chip production.

In the week ending September 15, 2023, the price of Western S-P-F 2x4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was US$410 mfbm, said forest products industry price guide newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter. This is down by -$16, or -4%, from the previous week when it was $426.

Valmet will supply a high-capacity fine paper making line with automation, spare parts and consumables packages to Yueyang Forest Paper in China. The delivery is scheduled for the Q3 2024.

This year's felling in Swedish forests is expected to be lower in comparison to record levels of felling in 2021 and 2022.

The Environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure for Metsä Board’s Kaskinen paperboard mill project has been completed.

The increase in prices that began in January has now erased the earlier decline, so that July represents a new all-time high for the National Composite.

Over the past twelve months, shipment volumes have been declining year-on-year.

Of the roughly 1,005,000 U.S. single-family and 547,000 multifamily homes started in 2022, 59,000 (28,000 single-family and 31,000 multifamily) were built in age-restricted communities.

The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending September 22, 2023 was US$448 mfbm. This is down by -1%, or -$4, from the previous week when it was US$452.

Xin Shun Cui joins BTG as the new president, succeeding Robert Crossman as he takes on new responsibility as President Voith Paper P&S North America

The largest investment in Klabin's history, Puma II consolidates the company among the main global producers of packaging paper

Holmen and SCA have now completed a pre-study regarding a joint sawmill in Rundvik in Sweden.

The sawmill has the potential for expansion to 100 million board feet and the transaction is expected to close on October 3, 2023.