Custom cabinet sales rise 7% in the month, partially offsetting declines in other categories.
Price increase takes effect for March deliveries across all business areas.
Company begins collective consultation citing competitive landscape changes at Boston and King's Lynn sites.
New-contract rates fall for pine and spruce logs, small timber, pulpwood, firewood, and gravel.
Weak lumber markets and higher U.S. trade costs pressure results, and the company expects early 2026 prices to fluctuate with winter weather and industry-wide lumber production curtailments.
Inventory totals 1.22 million units, while the median price rises to $396,800.
Imports of lumber to the United Kingdom lost 9%.
Price for wood chips imported to the United Kingdom downed 3%.
Price adjustment addresses cost pressures and tighter supply-demand balance.
Äänekoski facility produces Metsä LigO for Dow's bio-based construction chemical development.
Purchase application activity rises as 15-year rate averages 5.44%.
Three new 3,500 mm lines in Tai’an, Liaoning and Chongxin will make facial and toilet tissue for China’s domestic market.
Import value increases 8.3% and the average import price rises 3.4%.
Weaker demand, adverse currency moves and higher raw material costs outweigh record pulp output and cost reductions.
Deal adds $2.4 billion in annual revenue, expands addressable market beyond $200 billion with Florida and Texas accounting for 40% of sales.
Nippon takes 70% stake in Marusumi Whangarei Company, renamed NP Wood Fibre, to secure supply for Japanese market.