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Conifex to temporarily curtail Mackenzie sawmill in British Columbia, Canada

Conifex Timber Inc. will be temporarily curtailing its Mackenzie, British Columbia (BC) sawmill commencing February 21, 2023 for up to two weeks. Unsustainable inventory levels due to rail transportation challenges impacting the interior BC region have necessitated this step. Conifex will closely monitor its inventory levels and evolving transportation availability over this period as the rail network […]

HS Timber sells its pellet distribution company in Austria

HS Timber Group GmbH announces the sale of PelletsOne GmbH to RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG. The closing for the purchase was completed on 20 January, 2023 following approval by the relevant competition authority. The parties agreed not to disclose the contractual details. PelletsOne is a direct sales company for pellets in Austria, based in Wiener […]

Sawmills in Europe and North America enjoyed record profits in 1H/21

Sawmills in Europe and North America enjoyed record profits during the first half of 2021, but fell in the 3Q when lumber prices plunged Sawmill profits in North America and Europe continued to rise in the spring and early summer of 2021, surging to all-time highs on both continents. With lumber prices reaching unprecedented levels […]

Mercer solicits support for new sawmill project

Mercer International Inc. is in the planning stages of a new investment project in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Under the umbrella of Mercer Timber Products, which currently operates one of Germany’s largest sawmills out of the Thuringia region, there are plans to build another sawmill in Arneburg located near the Mercer Stendal (MS) pulp mill, one of […]

Canfor announces investment in Arbios biotech biofuel plan

Canfor is announcing its positive final investment decision in support of the construction of the first phase of Arbios Biotech’s (Arbios) innovative biomass to low carbon biofuel plant in Prince George, British Columbia. The plant will use first-of-a-kind technology to convert sawmill residues, primarily bark, into high value renewable biocrude which can be further processed […]

Microtec announces new collaboration with Suzuko in Japan

Microtec, global leader of scanning and optimization solutions for the sawmilling and wood processing industry, this May announced the official integration and inclusion of FinScan and WoodEye within the Microtec family. From then on, the two companies situated in Finland and Sweden are working under the common corporate brand of Microtec, reflecting the merge and […]

Resolute announces $50 million in lumber investments

Resolute Forest Products recently announced additional capital investments of $50 million in its wood products operations to support its continued growth, and it confirmed the repayment of all amounts outstanding under its revolving and term credit facilities, reducing debt by $180 million in the second quarter. “The cash generated with our lumber platform in these […]

Interfor to acqure four US sawmills from Georgia-Pacific

Interfor recently announced that it has reached an agreement with Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC and GP Wood Products LLC to acquire four of its sawmill operations located in Bay Springs, MS, Fayette, AL, DeQuincy, LA and Philomath, OR, in the US. The total purchase price of US$375 MM, which includes working capital, will be funded […]

Versowood invests in increasing sawmill productio in Vierumäki

Versowood will increase the Vierumäki unit’s annual sawmill production from the current 475,000 cubic metre level to more than 600,000 cubic meters. The company will replace one of their sawmill lines in Vierumäki and build a new green sorting line during the spring of 2022. This investment will significantly improve the cost efficiency and productivity […]

Taigatech uses artificial intelligence to track logs

Taigatech has developed a unique technology that, in a cost-effective and time-efficient way, can recognize a log with the help of artificial intelligence, which makes it possible to recover more timber per sawn log. The company now becomes a member of the bioeconomy cluster Paper Province. Taigatech, from Sweden, has developed a recognition technology that […]