Woodworking

In the week ending April 16, 2021, the price of benchmark softwood timber commodity item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr rose another +$80, or +6%, to $1,210 mfbm ($465 per m³), from $1,130 the previous week, said Madison’s...

Eacom Timber Corporation announces an investment of $8.9 million to equip its Elk Lake sawmill with a new, state-of-the art continuous dry kiln (CDK). Expected to be fully operational by early fall, the CDK will allow for continuous...

According to data from China’s Customs, 2020 sawnwood imports totalled 33.86 million m³ valued at $7.68 billion, a year on year decrease of 11% both in volume and in value. Of total sawnwood imports, sawn softwood imports fell...

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in 1Q 2021, Russia reduced sawn timber production by 1.9% YoY to 7 million m³.

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in 1Q 2021, plywood production in Russia increased by 13.5% YoY to 1.1 mln m³. The output of fiberboard (including MDF/HDF/flooring) also increased by 5.4% YoY to 172...

Sudoma Sawmill is an export-oriented enterprise engaged in the production of thermally modified, impregnated, planed, and brushed sawn timber for the construction and furniture industries. The enterprise is located in Dedovichsky district of the Pskov region; one of...

The Association is of the opinion that this measure will help to civilize the domestic market of wood raw materials, provide domestic plywood mills with them, and contribute to the fight against illegal furniture makers. In February 2021,...

Segezha Group has started its investment project for the construction of drying kilns at the site of Lesosibirsky LDK No. 1. The project will allow to increase the annual output of finished products. The plant currently produces over 600,000...

Segezha Group (part of PJSFC Sistema) announces its intention to conduct an initial public offering of ordinary shares and to list on Moscow Exchange. The Offering will consist of a primary offering of newly issued shares to raise...

Hasslacher Group invests in TC continuous kilns from Valutec. The deal means the well-known timber industry group becomes the first in Austria to own the groundbreaking lumber kiln. The TC continuous kilns for delivery to Hasslacher Group have...

Södra recently announced the acquisition of Ture Johanssons Trävaru and Tenhults Impregneringsverk. The sawmill in Klevshult and the pressure impregnation plant in Vaggeryd, each with an annual capacity of 100,000 m³, are intended to expand Södra’s offer for the...

Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill: “At the moment, Russia does not have enough own production facilities for processing low-grade timber in full”; WhatWood: Russian wood pellet exports outlook to the South Korea and...