UK flooring giant Headlam moves towards administration after liquidity runs out

Headlam Group, the UK’s largest floorcoverings distributor, is preparing to enter administration…

Major Austrian sawmill files for insolvency

Austrian sawmill and wood-processing company Schaffer Holz has filed for insolvency with…

Holmen cuts Linghem sawmill output by 64% in weakest lumber market in 30 years

Holmen will cut production at its Linghem sawmill in Sweden by almost…

Pfeifer Nordics remains loss-making three years after Pölkky acquisition

Pfeifer Nordics, the Finnish wood processing company formerly known as Pölkky, reported…

Europe’s softwood lumber market remains caught between weak construction and tight mill economics

Europe’s softwood lumber market is entering the second half of 2026 with…

LP to indefinitely curtail 475 million sq ft of OSB capacity as segment losses deepen

LP Building Solutions will indefinitely curtail OSB production at its Jasper, Texas,…

GWMI’s Top 20 most-read stories of August 2026

August brought a sharper divide between weak demand and an increasingly constrained…

IKEA’s answer to Europe’s furniture slump: Cut prices!

IKEA is launching a major price-cutting programme across Europe, committing EUR 1.2…

James Jones seeks European or North American buyer for Australian CLT producer XLAM

James Jones & Sons is looking for a new owner for XLAM,…

EUDR meets a changing tropical timber market

EUDR will change the conditions for selling tropical timber into the EU…