Sonoco will raise uncoated recycled paperboard prices by €60/ton across the EMEA region (PaperAge)
A potential investor has pulled out of the financing process for insolvent German boardmaker Baiersbronn Frischfaser Karton, clouding the mill's rescue prospects (PaperAge)
Forestry & Timber
LP Building Solutions will indefinitely curtail ~475 million sq ft (3/8" basis) of OSB capacity at its Jasper, Texas mill starting October 2026, after its OSB segment swung from profit to loss in H1 on weak prices and volumes (Timber Industry News)
The US lumber market enters September with restrained demand and sawmills reacting quickly to weak order books, though benchmark prices have stayed more stable than conditions suggest; wildfire damage and pulp capacity losses are reshaping supply (Global Wood Markets Info)
Europe's wood industry is in a broad capacity-adjustment phase — permanent shutdowns, indefinite halts, shift reductions, and insolvency-driven restructuring centered on Sweden and Finland and spreading to Germany, Austria, Poland, Lithuania, France, Bulgaria, and Northern Ireland (Timber Industry News); Vida's CEO says Swedish sawmills must run at full capacity to remain profitable (Timber Industry News)
Up to 7 million m³ of storm- and fire-damaged maritime pine is hitting French markets, pressuring pulpwood and low-grade wood prices while sawlog markets hold up (Timber Industry News)
Co-generation at Mills
Ontario is investing $17.3M in four northern forestry modernization projects: $9.6M for Interfor's Elk Lake sawmill modernization including a biomass energy system, $5.9M plus a $1.6M biofuel feasibility study for GreenFirst in Chapleau, and $180K for control-system upgrades at Atlantic Power's Calstock biomass power plant — projects that could add demand for 500,000+ tonnes of forest biomass annually and protect 320+ jobs (NetNewsLedger)
