Steves & Sons has announced the appointment of Chris Cook, Nick Palmer, Daniel White and Michael Vancleave to key leadership roles within the company.
Lumber
The new waste wood recycling plant will process regional class A1 and A2 waste wood to produce pressboard pallet blocks. Pfeifer is also modernizing the log cutting process at the Uelzen site: a new, high-performance sawing line is set to replace the more than 30-year-old system in the second half of 2025.
Exports of lumber from Sweden decreased 8%.
Exports of lumber from the EU to the United Arab Emirates downed 1.7%.
Pulp and wood units drive decline while CLT and biomethanol remain stable.
New CEO joins from Södra Wood.
Funding supports forest-based manufacturing, wildfire mitigation, and energy independence across rural America.
Imports of lumber to Egypt increased 5%.
Exports of lumber from Sweden to Morocco contracted 6%.
Plywood output falls 23% as ruble appreciation, 25% tax rate, and 28% mortgage interest weaken export and housing markets.
Price for cork exported from Portugal contracted 6%.
Price for lumber exported from Lithuania dipped 1.8%.
Exports of lumber from Germany lost 24%.
Hardwood lumber PPI decreases slightly by 0.2%, reversing a 0.2% rise in May.
Shipments drop 5.8%.
Price for lumber exported from Norway contracted 21%.
The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending July 11, 2025 was US$519 mfbm.
For the six months ended May 31, 2025, Goodfellow reported net earnings of $0.2 million, compared to net earnings of $5.2 million a year ago, while consolidated sales were $264.1 million compared to $245.7 million last year.
Imports of lumber to United Kingdom grew 7%.
Exports of lumber from Chile upped 1.4%.