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Ponsse’s consolidated net sales for the 1Q 2017 amounted to Euro 129.9 million, which is 12.9% more than in the 1Q 2016, Net sales were regionally distributed as follows: Northern Europe 47%, Central and Southern Europe 19%, Russia and Asia 15.8%, North and South America 17.8% and other countries 0.4%. The operating result amounted to[…]

Global trade of wood chips has seen spectacular development the past 15 years with a steady increase of about four percent annually (volumes year-over-year were up 11 of the past 14 years), according to the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). In 2016, an estimated 35.6 million tons were shipped, predominantly to pulp mills in China and[…]

Global trade of softwood lumber has gone up 66% in seven years, while lumber prices have fallen substantially over the same time-period, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.   This is an excerpt from the newly released market report Wood Resource Quarterly. For subscription to the full 52-page report, please visit www.woodprices.com   Global Lumber[…]

As the rapid growth in timber exports to China is showing no signs of slowing down, the Swedish Forest Industries Federation has predicted a 40% increase in 2016.“Imports of timber products into China has really taken off in recent years, far exceeding our expectations,” said Magnus Niklasson, Market analyst of The Swedish Forest Industries. “The[…]

Chinese wood products production and demand increased in 2016, fuelling log and lumber import gains from Russia, but also from the USA, New Zealand (logs), Australia (logs), Canada (logs) and Europe (lumber). Final year-end statistics for 2016 show that China’s imports of logs and lumber have rebounded strongly from the slowdown in 2015. Softwood lumber[…]

The German truck manufacturer MAN sees Europe’s forestry sector as an increasingly important market. That’s why the company is exhibiting at the world-leading forestry fair Elmia Wood 2017 in the new Load & Transport area, which brings together everything to do with logistics en route from the forest to the industrial consumers. “Our focus is[…]

Another sales success for Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH: Yildiz Entegre Agac Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. Kocaeli, long-standing customer of the Krefeld specialist for wood-based material production plants, ordered two new MDF/HDF production lines in September. With this order, the cooperation of the long-time business partners as well as the success story of the continuous[…]

Wood fibre costs, the major cost component when producing wood pulp, increased in practically all major pulp-producing regions around the world in the 2Q/08, according to the market report Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). This was both a result of a continued weakening of the US dollar against most major currencies and because of higher transport[…]

Softwood sawlog prices have gone up faster in Europe than in any other region of the world the past two years, according to Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). Because wood costs account for 65-75% of the production costs when producing softwood lumber, they are the key factor determining a regions or company’s competitiveness. In the 1Q/08,[…]

The predicted slowdown in output in the Finnish wood products industry is uppon us because of falling demand for sawn goods and an excess supply of such goods in Europe in particular, according to TTJ, a timber industry magazine. The strength of the euro has also played a part. The situation has been exacerbated by[…]