Search Results: 'Forest Research'

Industry restructures to improve competitiveness
28 October, 2006
Finland's big forest products companies are restructuring to redress the imbalance between production and profitability

All active on the home front
14 October, 2006
Restricted supply from overseas is playing into the hands of UK mills, and full order books are being reported

Finnish firms set sights on Europe
10 June, 2006
The winding up of the Nordic Timber Council has focused Finnish forest product firms on a European promotional push, while new markets in Russia could help buoy timber production levels

Record year for sawn timber
15 April, 2006
According to figures issued by the Swedish Forest Industries Federation the production of sawn coniferous timber in Sweden reached a record level in 2005. Production has been calculated to be 17.8 million m3, which is an increase of approximately 6% on the previous record year, 2004.

Excess supply and high costs hit profitability
07 January, 2006
Finland's sawmills are paying some of the highest prices in the world for their raw material and they're still assessing the impact of last summer's industrial dispute