Blog Why are Chinese not buying plywood mills from Russia? June 2, 2023 / April 25, 2025 by Panu Anttila Friday 2 June 2023. – According to Yale School of Management’s list, over 1,000 companies have curtailed operations in Russia by May 2023. While the list is mainly occupied by Western companies, very few Chinese companies have stopped operations in Russia. Chinese companies don’t bear the same reputational risk as companies in the West. Last […] Read more »
Blog All logs in one basket August 15, 2022 / July 9, 2024 by Panu Anttila August 12, 2022. – Traditionally plywood mills have been built on domestic log supply. There has been plenty of forest around, and the procurement area has been defined as a distance radius around the mill. Some mills still enjoy this luxury, but for some things have started to change. Log supply used to be easy […] Read more »
Blog New markets in Asia April 8, 2022 / July 9, 2024 by Panu Anttila April 8, 2022. – While the western trade routes fade away, the Russian authorities tell that exports will be re-directed to Asian markets. It gives a feeling like the Asians are standing still without materials, and will quickly start buying Russian products once they get the opportunity. That is hardly the case. Business deals are […] Read more »
Blog Plywood streams drain March 25, 2022 / July 9, 2024 by Panu Anttila March 25, 2022. – The birch plywood buyers are in big trouble. I bet that nothing this quick and drastic has ever happened on the supply side. In 2021, Russia and Belarussia exported together 3 Mm3 of birch plywood in round figures. At the same time, the European producers’ exports were 1 Mm3. European producers […] Read more »
Blog 60 years’ rotation November 19, 2021 / February 1, 2022 by Panu Anttila November 19, 2021. – When discussing with plywood experts everybody says how difficult it is to predict the near future. The market factors are various from rising costs to log shortage, and anti-dumping to crazy freight prices. The normal time perspective of the wood panel business is in months, quarters, and years. Company strategies are […] Read more »
Blog Factors of production in plywood October 16, 2020 / February 1, 2022 by Panu Anttila October 16, 2020. – In economics the factors of production are the things needed to produce output, like plywood. The three basic factors of production are land, labour and capital. In modern business there are other factors as well, but let’s play a game and examine the plywood industry in relation to these three, classical […] Read more »
