Search Results: 'Finnforest'

The bespoken word
15 December, 2001
Koskisen remains a major player amid formidable competition from Finnish forest product giants by working closely with its clients to customise product developments.

Building the future
15 December, 2001
Finland sees huge potential in building with wood. With an abundancy of forest resources, innovation in construction and the increasingly green credentials of timber it's not surprising the country is talking up the future.

Production of sawn goods slumps
24 November, 2001
Output has fallen in the third quarter and, unless log stocks increase, sawmills could face short-term shutdowns next year

Demand remains firm
03 November, 2001
Imports and Sweden's high level of production are making Norwegian forest owners nervous but this year's harvesting levels are expected to match those of last year

Finnforest in Focus
27 October, 2001
The past year has seen Finnforest make major progress towards its goal of becoming Europe's mechanical wood market leader.

Sales rise but confidence falls
13 October, 2001
Softwood supply is difficult and demand is both uncertain and unpredictable – a combination of events that undermines confidence and drives buyers and sellers alike further into a short-term market

Production cuts continue
15 September, 2001
Finland has continued to make cutbacks in production but the reduced supply should reap benefits at the end of the year

Industry forecasts rem ain mixed
01 September, 2001
The economic signals for the timber industry are still mixed. Manufacturing as a whole is being squeezed. But demand for building products generally and sheet materials in particular is holding up – meanwhile more takeover rumours are doing the rounds

Industry performance strengthens in Norway
04 August, 2001
The timber industry is starting to bounce back after a wobbly start to the year and, building on this strength, it is launching a promotion campaign

An I-beam to the future
21 July, 2001

A valuable Commodity
14 July, 2001

Decking continues to come up trumps
07 July, 2001
Overproduction continues to dominate the softwood sector and Scandinavian mills are still reducing production. Meanwhile, in the UK, decking proves to be a saviour again

Weyerhaeuser senses takeover victory
16 June, 2001
Weyerhaeuser's takeover of Willamette is expected to be confirmed soon but it comes at a time when forest products companies around the world are cutting production in response to overcapacity

Finland enters new era
09 June, 2001
The structure of the forest products industry in Finland – and Norway and Sweden – continues to change, forcing sawmills into closer co-operation over timber marketing and forest certification

Tough time for softwood
26 May, 2001
Dogged by oversupply and low prices, the softwood market is suffering a lack of confidence and buyers are looking only to the short term

Keeping a cut above
26 May, 2001
Hard graft has paid dividends for the two school friends who set up in business to offer a 48-hour cut to size panel service.

Weather and low prices dent confidence
10 February, 2001
Swedish suppliers who once complained that Baltic mills were too cheap, are now pulling the market down, and Latvian producers in particular are following suit. But many UK importers feel that, far from generating extra demand, the price cuts will devalue the product further

PEOPLE POWER
03 February, 2001