During the spring, AriVislanda has successfully recruited a number of personnel. As a result of staff retiring, several new faces have joined the company, bringing fresh expertise and energy. AriVislanda is an expanding company, and these new employees are a more than welcome addition. Fredrik Lindkvist takes the role of…
Stora Enso’s 3Q 2019 sales decreased 7.1% or Euro 183 million from last year’s record high level to Euro 2 402 million. Significantly lower pulp, containerboard and sawn goods prices, with significantly lower paper deliveries and the divestment of Dawang Mill in China were only partly offset by positive sales…
Total UK tropical wood product imports in the first half of 2019 were up 13% to 312,000 tonnes. Biggest increases were seen in mouldings and decking, 56% ahead at 6,900 tonnes, flooring, up 42% to 1,500 tonnes, sawn timber, up 20.6% to 36,000 tonnes, wood furniture up 15.4% at 108,620…
European softwood lumber shipments to the US have reached levels unseen since before the global financial crisis. Exports almost doubled in the first eight months of the year, with the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden leading the way. As the Canadian companies, which used to send most of the softwood lumber to…
After a reasonable start to the year, UK tropical timber importers report a marked slowdown in business in recent months which they attribute to market nerves surrounding the country’s still unresolved future relationship with the EU. Despite a “do or die” pledge by the prime minister to ensure the UK…
Resolute Forest Products Inc. reported a net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, of $43 million, or $0.47 per share, compared to net income of $117 million, or $1.25 per diluted share, in the same period in 2018. Sales were $705 million in the 3Q 2019, a decrease…
Reflecting weak global market conditions and a challenging fibre cost environment in British Columbia, for the third quarter of 2019, Canfor reported an operating loss of $124.0 million compared to an operating loss of $49.7 million reported for the second quarter of 2019. The material decline reflected significantly lower operating…
In the first seven months of this year, the actual export volume of Russian timber products fell by 0.4% year-on-year, according to data of the Russian Federal Statistics Office (Rosstat) compiled by wood media platform Lesprom Inform. Among them, the export volume of logs was 8.94 million m3, a decrease…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of four members to serve on the Softwood Lumber Board. Members newly appointed to serve three-year terms are: T. Furman Brodie, Effingham, S.C. (U.S. South) Jim D. Neiman, Hulett, Wyo. (U.S. West) Timothy Biewer, St. Clair, Mich. (Northeast & Lake) Ray…
Measuring lumber bundles volume accurately and efficiently has always been a challenge for the industry, as it is a costly process in terms of time and money. Until now it has been that the more accurate you want to be the more expensive it is to achieve. Specialized machine tally…
