Timber industry research & analytics News 
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Bergs Timber to close Gransjö sawmill in Sweden
May 14, 2020 ` 14:51
The Board of Directors of Bergs Timber has decided to immediately initiate discussion with the unions to close Gransjö sawmill in Sweden. The sawmilling business will cease as soon as possible and the remaining business during the autumn... 
Metsä to build a large sawmill in Rauma, Finland
May 13, 2020 ` 18:50
The value of the Rauma sawmill investment is approximately EUR 200 million, and the new unit will produce around 750,000 cubic metres of pine sawn timber a year. The new sawmill will use machine vision and artificial intelligence... 
RFP Group, the largest company in the Russian Far East, may change of ownership
May 13, 2020 ` 18:25
The main shareholders of the RFP Group Roman Abramovich, Alexander Abramov and Alexander Frolov want to cut their shares in the company, Kommersant reports. This refers to finding a new investor who is ready to acquire an equity... 
Rozas company to invest 260.5 million rubles into OSB production in the Perm region
May 12, 2020 ` 17:23
The company Rozas is specializing in timber harvesting and woodworking and ready to invest 260.5 million rubles in the construction of a new line for the production of OSB from deadwood. This will increase the efficiency of processing... 
Impact of Covid 19 on timber markets: European Union
May 12, 2020 ` 13:36
On 23 March, the Commission issued new practical advice on how to implement its Guidelines for border management, in order to keep freight moving across the EU during the current pandemic. To ensure that EU-wide supply chains continue... 
Russian Federation Government has approved a list of system-forming forest industry companies and measures to support them for COVID-19 period
May 11, 2020 ` 17:07
According to the decree of May 10, 2020 No. 651, 35 forest industry companies and 18 furniture industry companies were included in the list of backbone enterprises of the country: Forest industry companies: OAO “Arkhangel’skiy TSBK” OOO PKP... 
Segezha Group is on the rise of log supply chain
May 11, 2020 ` 14:10
At the beginning of 2020, Segezha Group acquired a sawmill asset of Karelian Wood Company, which has leased forest areas (please refer to the issue Russian Wood Resources Report 01-2020). In addition to additional 205,000 m3/y by AAC,... 
World Forest Sector during the Pandemic: Poland
May 8, 2020 ` 15:19
The coronavirus pandemic may cause the collapse of Polish furniture manufacturers, which face many production curtailments. The five main Polish furniture manufacturers estimate that the economic risk would be equivalent to two points of GDP, and asks that... 
In March 2020, wood pellets price in Austria fell by 2.6%
May 8, 2020 ` 12:43
In March 2020, the average price of a ton of wood pellets in Austria fell year-on-year by 2.6% to 243.9 euros, the portal propellets.at reports. Compared to February, pellets fell 0.6%. For the supply of granules in bags... 
Deficit in raw materials for pulp and paper production
May 7, 2020 ` 15:35
The first echoes of the raw materials deficit in the market were felt by processors using spruce pulplogs (newsprint producers). Karelia Pulp has one month of stocks on the raw materials exchange. The company is actively buying spruce pulplogs,... 
Vyatsky Plywood Mill commissioned a new wood waste briquetting site
May 7, 2020 ` 12:48
The investments amounted to about 40 million rubles. After reaching the design parameters, the capacity of the briquetting site on the basis of two RUF-600 presses will become 18 tons of wood briquettes from birch chips per day.... 
World Forest Sector during the Pandemic: China
May 6, 2020 ` 12:18
According to the figures provided by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in the manufacturing sector of China rose from a record low of 35.7 in February to 52 in March.... About WhatWood project
WhatWood agency is the only Russian consulting company with core specialization in the timber industry analytics. Within five years of timber market research we have provided services to 130 clients in 15 countries from Finland to Canada, from UK to Korea: industrial companies, banks, investors, government agencies, scientific organizations, and individual entrepreneurs. We have unique contact and knowledge base, as well as deep understanding of the regional industry and market in Russia. We give presentations at major industry events and are cited by the main Russian business media. To get in touch with us, please visit the About Us page. You can also browse the catalogue of our products.
