Timber price declines may ease costs only with a lag and further closures are likely if the market doesn't improve.
Setra
High industry inventories and cold weather limit production, while the company enters Phase 2 of its internal efficiency work.
Company launches successful cost reduction programme, achieving SEK 109 million (11.9 million) in annual fixed cost savings.
Spruce shortages and higher pine output reshape supply, while expected rate cuts could lift 2026 building demand.
Sawmill adds 340,000 m3 of annual sawn timber capacity to Austrian group's portfolio in Northern Europe.