Last year, the new log yard of Sägewerk Kirchner was put into operation in Radstadt. Rudnick & Enners, Alpenrod/DE, received the order for the wood waste disposal system and the infeed to Bioenergie Radstadt’s new biomass heating plant. Read more ...

Once again, Microtec will be strongly represented at Ligna 2025 with its unique scanning and optimization solutions for the woodworking and wood-processing industry. Read more ...

In the first three months of 2025, Japan imported more glulam and CLT from Finland, Russia and China. Meanwhile, smaller volumes were purchased from Austria, Estonia and Romania. On balance, laminated timber imports decreased substantially. Read more ...

In April, there was an upward trend in German purchase prices of all types of wood for packaging. OSB saw the biggest price increase, followed by solid wood for pallets. Read more ...

Liken with softwood lumber, Italy also imported a smaller volume of glulam and CLT in January 2025. In the case of laminated timber, however, a bigger decrease was recorded. Read more ...

28% of Austrian carpenters reported an average year-on-year increase in sales of 9.8% for 2024. At 32% of businesses, sales remained at the previous year’s level, and 40% recorded a decrease of 13.5%. These are the results of the “Trade and Crafts” economic survey conducted by KMU Forschung Austria Read more ...

In 2024, two out of three cubic meters of CLT produced in Austria left the country. Read more ...

In the first two months of this year, Germany imported 17% more flat pallets than last year. Meanwhile, exports grew by 7% in the same period. Read more ...

The FEP is reporting the first signs of a recovery in the European parquet flooring market. Anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese imports are having an effect, but regional differences remain. Read more ...

In the first two months, German exports of chipboards and OSB remained at the same level recorded last year. Increases were recorded in nearly all main foreign markets but were, however, offset by decreases in exports to Poland, China and Italy. Read more ...