The largest grant, $7.7 million, will expand pallet production from low-grade wood as the state tries to shore up demand for timber from its private forests.
Lumber
The mass timber group will move production to three other Austrian sites by year-end, and most of the plant's 40 workers will stay with the company.
Canada remained the largest supplier as its share rose 4.1 pp; Romania's shipments rose 9.7% and Germany's fell 48.6%.
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, who has led CMPC since 2018, will leave on April 30, 2027, and the board has started searching for a successor.
Price for lumber exported from Norwegian slid 3.8%.
The Chilean wood-based panel maker’s revenue rose 5% to $72.3 million; it also plans to concentrate production in Chile.
The Finnish packaging and wood-products maker expects annual maintenance to raise costs and cut volumes in the fourth quarter.
Price for lumber imported to Japan rose 1.6%.
Pulp and paper producers swung to a loss, and 56.2% of sawmilling companies were loss-making, up from 43.7% a year earlier.
The timber giant's latest land sale, at about $1,800 an acre, comes as third-quarter profit fell 24% and it braces for a softer fourth quarter in wood products.
Former Huber Engineered Woods president brings 30 years of industry experience as board expands to 11 directors.
Investment in wood processing fell 19% and in pulp and paper 31.9%, while manufacturing as a whole was nearly flat.
Sawlog deliveries rose 4% while sawmill margins stayed under pressure; Sveaskog expects lower log prices to gradually improve sawmills’ conditions, with some delay.
Lower housing starts reduced organic sales and gross profit; the company expects $60 million to $70 million in productivity savings in 2026.
The curtailments will cut annual capacity by 500 million square feet of OSB and 225 million board feet of southern yellow pine lumber.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 5.2%.
The U.S. maker of pallets, decking and building components kept its 2026 outlook unchanged.
Most of the funding is a repayable contribution under Canada's Regional Tariff Response Initiative.
Finland remained the largest supplier as its share rose 6.8 pp; Austria's shipments rose 77-fold and Sweden's fell 43.4%.
Price for lumber imported to Tunisia grew 5.4%.