Wood Based Panels
Plywood showcase held at Tilbury
Timber traders were invited to the Port of Tilbury last week for a Malaysian rubberwood plywood showcase held by Plaut International and its manufacturing supplier Hok Lai.
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Homag and Luli Wood strike strategic agreement
Chinese panel product giant Luli Wood Industry has a new strategic partnership agreement with German woodworking manufacturer Homag Group.
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Dieffenbacher supplies CEBRO MDF plant to Thailand
Thai MDF producer Wisewoods Co Ltd has commissioned Dieffenbacher to supply a CEBRO MDF plant to expand its production capacity at the company’s headquarters in Khao Yoi in the province of Phetchaburi, Thailand.
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SundsZifter installed at IFI’s new MDF factory
A Sunds Fibretech SundsZifter was chosen by Indonesian Fibreboard Industries (IFI) for its new MDF factory which went live last year.
A Sunds Fibretech SundsZifter was chosen by Indonesian Fibreboard Industries (IFI) for its new MDF factory which went live last year.
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IMA Schelling to hold in-house exhibition
IMA Schelling is holding an in-house exhibition at its Schwarzach base in Austria from June 12-14.
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Andritz reports strong results
International technology group Andritz has seen a strong set of Q1 2024 results despite the difficult economic environment.
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MDF Recovery expands presence with second office in UK
MDF Recovery, the innovator in recycling MDF waste, has announced the opening of its second office at Anglesey's M-SParc, Wales.
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Hunstman reports Q1 net loss
Chemicals giant Hunstman has posted a Q1 2024 US$37m net loss, primarily due to unfavourable supply and demand dynamics and lower MDI average selling prices.
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Plywood manufacturer the Paged Group has signed a new service agreement with Raute and opened a new LabTech R&D headquarters in Pisz, Poland. Stephen Powney reports
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Resisting fire
The addition of expandable graphite and carbon nanotube additives to improve the fire resistance of wood-based materials, including panel products, is showing potential according to a research project. Bartłomiej Mazela, of Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland is leading a research project on the subject – this article is a summary of the research, which was presented at last year’s International Panels Products Symposium in Wales
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Testing times
Graham Ormondroyd from The BioComposites Centre asks why should testing take so long?
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Regency invests €6m
Romanian MDF door front producer Regency Front has invested about €6m to launch a new production line which was recently initiated, doubling the plant’s manufacturing capacity, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski, WBPI Poland correspondent
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Insulation – the natural way
The building industry slowdown has impacted the woodfibre insulation board sector, a star performer in recent years due to its high eco and performance credentials. Stephen Powney assesses the market
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The approach of a New Year often brings an equal measure of trepidation and optimism.
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Birch plywood investigation responds to concerns
In the UK there have been many rumours over the past year of birch plywood originating from Russia circumventing the current import ban on the product.
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Ukrainian panels sector surprise
It seems incredible that wood-based panels factories can operate successfully in a war zone, but that is exactly what is happening in the west of the Ukraine for Swiss Krono’s two facilities there.
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Caution signalled on markets ahead
Gatherings of representatives from the global wood-based panels industry are always a good bellwether of market trends and a means of identifying opportunities and challenges in the sector.
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Getting our Ligna fix - digitally
I’m sure many readers of WBPI have the familiar experience of walking the halls of the Hannover Messe for the biennial Ligna exhibition of the global woodworking industries.
