Search Results: 'UPM'

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

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

Redwood regains price dominance
18 March, 2006
First quarter demand for carcassing has turned out to be much weaker than expected, but landed stocks are still high enough to satisfy demand. In the redwood market, shortages have already started to bite, and prices are rising sharply. Jerry Wilson reports

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