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GWMI Forecast: Europe’s wood industry enters final 2026 and 2027 with less capacity, stubborn log costs and weaker export outlets

Europe’s wood industry is approaching the final quarter of 2026 without the…

GWMI Forecast: Swedish sawmills face a difficult winter despite falling log prices

Sweden’s sawmill sector is likely to spend the remainder of 2026 reducing…

Lithuanian MDF/HDF plant pushes Homann deep into the red

Homann Holzwerkstoffe recorded a sharp deterioration in earnings in the first half…

GWMI Interviews: Tino Aalto, Managing Director of the Finnish Sawmills Association, discusses the outlook for Finland’s sawmills and Europe’s forest industry

GWMI InterviewS Global Wood Markets Info spoke with Tino Aalto, Managing Director…

Why an Austrian sawmill dynasty is buying into Scandinavia?

There is a certain irony in the fact that HS Timber Group’s…

GWMI Interviews: How Norway became a strategic supplier for Europe’s timber industry

Norway has become one of Europe’s largest log exporters, with rising harvest…

GWMI Interview: HASSLACHER group’s Raffaele Parlato on timber demand, prices and mass timber

Global Wood Markets Info spoke with Raffaele Parlato, Vice President Sales Division…

Latvijas Finieris expands Swedish birch log procurement as demand for veneer logs grows

Latvian plywood producer Latvijas Finieris has significantly increased its procurement of Swedish…

GWMI Interview: HASSLACHER’s Raffaele Parlato on timber demand, prices and mass timber

Global Wood Markets Info spoke with Raffaele Parlato, Vice President Sales Division…

Austrian timber giants capture more value as they expand into Sweden

Austria’s largest timber companies are steadily expanding across Northern Europe, combining acquisitions…