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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Godfrey OSB project in US adds to a slew of OSB investments in North America
The announcement in March of a new OSB mill in the US for Godfrey Forest Products is the latest in a slew of OSB new plant investments and re-openings in North America.
The announcement in March of a new OSB mill in the US for Godfrey Forest Products is the latest in a slew of OSB new plant investments and re-openings in North America.
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EcoReFibre fibreboard recycling project takes decisive step forward
The EcoReFibre consortium has met at Dieffenbacher’s Eppingen base to demonstrate and discuss interim results of the research project which aims to to recycle waste fibreboards and use the material in the manuacture of new fibreboards.
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Vietnam wood product exports grew in March
The value of Vietnam’s timber and wood products exports grew by 46% in March compared to the previous month but are lagging year ago rates, according to Vietnam’s Customs Office figures cited by the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s latest market bulletin.
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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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Andritz to supply refiner for new Lignatherm AG wood fibre insulation board plant
Andritz has received an order from Lignatherm AG to supply a pressurized refining system for a new wood insulation board production plant in Küssnacht am Rigi, Switzerland.
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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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EPF builds momentum
The European Panel Federation is active on multiple fronts at the start of 2024 as it lobbies and works on behalf of the wood-based panels industries
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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.
