Month: February 2025

190 posts

Northeast Business Trends – February 2025

Northeast Business Trends – February 2025 Thoughts of concern about the marketplace are building in the Northeast as lumber sales representatives list concerns about demand, imitation wood, labor and fuel prices. There are few who are hopeful that the summer will improve the market. A lumber representative located in Pennsylvania had a negative opinion about […]

Who’s Who in Imports/Exports

IWPA Advocates For Sustainable Wood Products Ashley Amidon is the executive director at International Wood Products Association (IWPA), in Alexandria, VA. IWPA represents more than 180 companies and trade associations and advocates for the acceptance and demand for legally sourced and sustainable wood products and has been the leading international trade association for the North […]

Lake States Business Trends – February 2025

Lake States Business Trends – February 2025 Sources that were contacted throughout the Lake States region came to a general consensus that their sales are doing well. A source in Wisconsin noted that his sales are improving due to his company’s ability to raise prices, while a source in Illinois said that he has noticed […]

Sweden: Decreased logging is worrying and could result in sawmill closures

A decreasing supply of forest raw materials leads to increased imports or…

NZ log market steady despite Chinese New Year slowdown

The New Zealand log market has started 2025 on a steady note,…

Danish timber wholesaler expands into Sweden

Global Timber, a Danish hardwood timber wholesaler, is strengthening its presence in…

Trump slaps 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, 10% on Chinese imports, says EU is next

On Saturday, February 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he…

Ziegler acquisition propels Rettenmeier into the forefront of the European sawmill industry

The Rettenmeier Group has officially acquired significant parts of the insolvent Ziegler…

German sawmills struggle with weak domestic demand

Prices for spruce sawn timber in Germany have edged up slightly in…

HMS-Holz closes sawmill in Kleinwallstadt

The shareholders’ meeting of HMS-Holz GmbH, based in Kleinwallstadt, Bavaria, has decided…