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*Wood products industry leaders take to Capitol Hill *Formaldehyde-free panel products *India to promote responsible forest management *FMC China 2012 to run with FMC Premium *Ainsworth reports higher OSB volumes and prices *Ligna 2013 to focus on skilled worker shortage *Latin American panel producer explores modified wood panels *Premier buys Ireland-based Brooks Group *Thermopal sets strict standards in formaldehyde emissions *ORIS OSB project chooses Carmanah *GKD expands global presence by opening subsidiary in India *Xylexpo below par proves a disappointment *New Moralt business emerges with Anglo-German support *Norbord's North American operations overtake European divisions *Parquet markets present polarised picture *Weyerhaeuser reduces wood product division losses *Second OSB plant for Dieffenbacher in China *Latvijas Finieris celebrates 20th anniversary *Istanbul woodfibre conference with field trips *UKFPA appoints Hazel Newman *Indian plywood conference and a Golden Jubilee *Siempelkamp comes to the rescue of Pallmann *Berneck starts board production on second MDF plant at Curitibanos *Dieffenbacher to design new pellet plant *Masisa to acquire resin production assets from Arclin *Pöyry to publish investor report on Asia Pacific panel and surfacing industry *US demand for siding to exceed 960 million m2 in 2016 *Teknos first to offer 12 year coating warranty for Medite Tricoya *Wood pellets exports from US and Canada to Europe reach record high *Norbord goes live with new UK website *GP and Sherwood Lumber enter engineered wood products distribution agreement *Schelling’s interaction of saws and storage raises productivity and lowers costs *New marketing manager for Coillte Panel Products *Weyerhaeuser engineered wood business grows *Wood fibre flooring and panels suspended *Canada Wood gets behind Wood Awards *Masisa invests US$40m at sites in south east of Brazil *Arauco to raise low pressure panel laminating capacity in Brazil by 50% *Pfleiderer profits grow as parent company files for insolvency *Masisa plant closures and re-modernisation *Homag sales rise but group still records net loss *Arauco and Unilin link up in flooring deal in Brazil *Entrepreneurs spearhead project to build MDF plant *Hans Theodor Pfleiderer relinquishes posiktion on superviksory board *Egger invests in new continuous laminate press *Speciality oil lfor continous fibreboard presses *Interprint wins prestigious award *Mathias Fischer becomes sales director of GreCon *OSB campaign is JOSB well done, says Norbord *First melamine embossing line *Reeta Kaukiainen joins Metsä Group *Joint development between BASF and Finsa *BASF increases its prices for resins and dispersions *Chris Sutton to chairman TTF NPPD *Metso orders pour in for fibreboard industry *Everything you need to know about SEWP *Arauco halts MDP production in Curitiba *Third Coe dryer for Martco plywood plant at Chopin *Successful 2011 for Dieffenbacher Group *Dates for GreCon seminars *Floraplac to install new thin fibreboard production line *Italian woodworking machinery has positive 2011 *AWC statement on Obama’s biobased product procurement memorandum *Potlatch names Eic J Cremers as executive vice president and cfo *TTF engineered wood products division has first meeting *German ZOW attracts 17,500 visitors *Kronospan spends £5.5m on UK embossing first *It’s another “tough year” for LP *Latvian plywood mill hit by fire *Biggest orders yet for Raute from Chile *Weyerhaeuser predicts better wood products performance *Metsäliitto predicts challenging wood products outlook *Canfor ceo writes new blog *Surface Design Show to feature awards scheme *FSC terminates Asia Plywood licence *Steico launches loft panel product *Sonae plant gets hit by fire again *MSc Timber Engineering course at Edinburgh Napier Univeristy *Second Wood Markets conference to be held in Vancouver *Sandvik focus on short-cycle press plates and endless belts for CPL *Pavatex gives Siempelkamp order for wood-fibre insulation board plant *Berneck postpones second continuous press MDF line *Tablemac plans to launch first MDF line at Barbosa *NFP Europe appointed agent for Tecsol
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BREAKING NEWS 
Wood products industry leaders take to Capitol Hill
Published:  16 May, 2012

Representatives from the wood products community met on Capitol Hill recently with members of Congress to discuss federal issues affecting their industry and its more than 300,000 workers.

BREAKING NEWS 
Formaldehyde-free panel products
Published:  16 May, 2012

MDF made with a soy alternative to formaldehyde binders is an equal cost alternative healthier material says Columbia Forest Products, the US’s largest maker of hardwood plywood and hardwood veneer products.

BREAKING NEWS 
India to promote responsible forest management
Published:  16 May, 2012

The Quality Council of India (QCI) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) have signed an agreement to promote responsible forest management in India and boost international trade in forest products.

BREAKING NEWS 
FMC China 2012 to run with FMC Premium
Published:  16 May, 2012

Furniture Manufacturing & Supply China 2012 (FMC China 2012) will be staged at the Shanghai Expo Exhibition & Convention Centre from September 11-14, concurrently with FMC Premium 2012. www.fmcchina.com.cn

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Ainsworth reports higher OSB volumes and prices
Published:  16 May, 2012

Canadian OSB manufacturer Ainsworth Lumber Co has reported improved first quarter results thanks to stronger prices and better operating results at its three mills.

BREAKING NEWS 
Ligna 2013 to focus on skilled worker shortage
Published:  16 May, 2012

Demographic change and a shortage of skilled labour pose a major challenge to companies in the global forestry, wood and panel industries. Accordingly, Ligna 2013 May 6-10, 2013 in Hanover, will feature a full programme of events covering all aspects of careers for “young talent and seasoned professionals” in the wood and forestry industries.

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Latin American panel producer explores modified wood panels
Published:  16 May, 2012

Accoya modified wood developer Accsys Technologies plc has entered into a licence option agreement with a leading MDF and particleboard manufacturer in Latin America for the production of Tricoya modified wood panels.

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Premier buys Ireland-based Brooks Group
Published:  15 May, 2012

Premier Forest Products – one of the UK’s leading independent importers and distributors of timber and panel products – has bought Ireland’s largest timber distributor the Brooks Group out of insolvency for an undisclosed sum.

BREAKING NEWS 
Thermopal sets strict standards in formaldehyde emissions
Published:  15 May, 2012

Thermopal GmbH – subsidiary of Pfleiderer AG – has come up with a response to market requirements for products with reduced pollutants with its new Chipboard type P2 F****.

BREAKING NEWS 
ORIS OSB project chooses Carmanah
Published:  15 May, 2012

Providing leading edge technology and equipment to optimise fibre utilisation for the production of wood based panels, Carmanah Design and Manufacturing Inc, located in Surrey, BC, Canada, has received an order to supply equipment to the OOO ORIS OSB Mill to be built in Russia.

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GKD expands global presence by opening subsidiary in India
Published:  15 May, 2012

GKD – Gebr Kufferath AG (GKD), a leading manufacturer of complex solutions based on special technical weaves, has opened a subsidiary in India.

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Xylexpo below par proves a disappointment
Published:  14 May, 2012

The Xylexpo woodworking machinery exhibition took place in Milan from May 8-12 this year.

BREAKING NEWS 
New Moralt business emerges with Anglo-German support
Published:  14 May, 2012

A new company, backed by an Anglo-German partnership, has been formed to continue the business of German laminated board and doorblank specialist Moralt Tischlerplatten GmbH, which filed for insolvency last summer.

BREAKING NEWS 
Norbord's North American operations overtake European divisions
Published:  14 May, 2012

The profitability of Norbord’s North American operations has overtaken that of the company’s European divisions, as the US housing industry picked up in the first quarter.

BREAKING NEWS 
Parquet markets present polarised picture
Published:  14 May, 2012

An increasingly polarised picture is emerging in the European parquet industry, industry executives have heard at a Brussels meeting.

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Weyerhaeuser reduces wood product division losses
Published:  14 May, 2012

Higher sales volumes and prices helped Weyerhaeuser’s wood products division reduce its losses in the first quarter. Pre-tax losses before special items totalled US$22m, compared to losses of US$61m in the preceding quarter.

BREAKING NEWS 
Second OSB plant for Dieffenbacher in China
Published:  14 May, 2012

Dieffenbacher has received an order for a complete OSB plant in China. This is the second continuous OSB plant that Dieffenbacher will build in China. The first OSB plant for Baoyuan began production in 2010. The new plant which will be located in Eastern China will have an annual capacity of 228,000m³.

BREAKING NEWS 
Latvijas Finieris celebrates 20th anniversary
Published:  14 May, 2012

Riga-based Latvian birch plywood manufacturer Latvijas Finieris is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The company has produced more than 4 million m³ of plywood products during its history – equivalent to about 100,000 trucks of plywood.

BREAKING NEWS 
Istanbul woodfibre conference with field trips
Published:  14 May, 2012

The sixth International Woodfibre Resources & Trade Conference (Woodchips & Biomass for Global & Regional Markets) takes place April 7-10, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. This meeting has two optional field trips, plus an optional pre-conference trip to Gallipoli. www.woodfibreconference.com; www.prcc.com.au

BREAKING NEWS 
UKFPA appoints Hazel Newman
Published:  14 May, 2012

The UK Forest Products Association (UKFPA) has appointed Hazel Newman of Egger Forestry Products Ltd as chair of its Joint Raw Materials and Wood Supply Committee.

BREAKING NEWS 
Indian plywood conference and a Golden Jubilee
Published:  14 May, 2012

The Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute (IPIRTI) is organising an international conference on the Future of the Panel Industry – Challenges and Key Issues to be held September 26-28, 2012 at IPIRTI campus, Bangalore, India to commemorate the Golden Jubilee Year of the institute. www.ipirti.gov.in/conference

BREAKING NEWS 
Siempelkamp comes to the rescue of Pallmann
Published:  11 May, 2012

Just as it looked as though German size-reduction machinery maker Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co KG of Zweibrücken could go under financially, Siempelkamp of Germany came to its rescue in a dramatic last-minute share purchase.

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Masisa expands its wood panel finishing capacity
Published:  11 May, 2012

South American panel maker Masisa has announced a new investment in the expansion of wood panel finishing capacity at its Chilean board production site of Cabrero.

BREAKING NEWS 
Berneck starts board production on second MDF plant at Curitibanos
Published:  11 May, 2012

Brazilian panel maker Berneck has finally started commercial board production on its second MDF plant at Curitibanos, Santa Catarina state.

BREAKING NEWS 
Dieffenbacher to design new pellet plant
Published:  11 May, 2012

Dieffenbacher has received an order from ffk environment GmbH to design a new pellet plant and supply the main pelletising (Dieffenbacher PelletPress) and size reduction (ClassiSizer) components for the different raw materials.

BREAKING NEWS 
Masisa to acquire resin production assets from Arclin
Published:  08 May, 2012

Latin American panel manufacturer Masisa is consolidating its position in Mexico through an US$8.8m deal to acquire resin production assets from the Canadian bonding and surfacing materials group Arclin Inc.

BREAKING NEWS 
Pöyry to publish investor report on Asia Pacific panel and surfacing industry
Published:  02 May, 2012

The demand for wood based panels originating from Asia Pacific accounted for more than half of the global demand in 2010, by far overtaking Europe, the historical leader, contends Pöyry Management Consulting, and 76% of the 2010 Asian Pacific demand came from China.

BREAKING NEWS 
US demand for siding to exceed 960 million m2 in 2016
Published:  02 May, 2012

Demand for siding in the US is forecast to advance 8.4% per year through 2016 to 965 million m2, valued at $11.4bn.  Growth will be spurred by a

BREAKING NEWS 
Teknos first to offer 12 year coating warranty for Medite Tricoya
Published:  02 May, 2012

The first official long term warranty for a coating applied to Medite Tricoya is being offered by Teknos, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of industrial wood coatings. The warranty is for up to 12 years.

BREAKING NEWS 
Wood pellets exports from US and Canada to Europe reach record high
Published:  30 April, 2012

Pellet exports from North America to Europe reached a new record high in Q4/11. Shipments have increased practically every quarter for four years, up from 130,000 tons in Q1/08 to almost 600,000 tons in Q4/12 according to the North American Wood Fiber Review (NAWFR).

BREAKING NEWS 
Norbord goes live with new UK website
Published:  30 April, 2012

Wood based panel manufacturer Norbord has launched a new UK website designed to bring the company and its products closer to end users in the UK whereas the old site was geared towards global investor relations. www.norbord.co.uk

BREAKING NEWS 
GP and Sherwood Lumber enter engineered wood products distribution agreement
Published:  30 April, 2012

Georgia-Pacific Wood Products and Sherwood Lumber Company have announced a new distribution agreement involving GP's full line of engineered wood products.

BREAKING NEWS 
Schelling’s interaction of saws and storage raises productivity and lowers costs
Published:  30 April, 2012

The latest technical versions of Schelling’s fh 4 and fh 6 cut-to-size saws offer the high productivity and precision the company is renowned for and retains this standard even when used as standalone machines.

BREAKING NEWS 
New marketing manager for Coillte Products
Published:  30 April, 2012

Coillte Panel Products has appointed Joanna Smith as the new marketing manager for the UK and Continental Europe.

BREAKING NEWS 
Weyerhaeuser engineered wood business grows
Published:  25 April, 2012

Weyerhaeuser is to recruit more than 100 new workers in its US engineered wood plants following an improvement in the construction market.

BREAKING NEWS 
Wood fibre flooring and panels suspended
Published:  25 April, 2012

German manufacturer MeisterWerke has suspended production of its recently introduced wood fibre floor flooring and panels marketed under the Nadura brand.

BREAKING NEWS 
Canada Wood gets behind Wood Awards
Published:  25 April, 2012

Canada Wood, the international marketing and information organisation of the Canadian timber sector, has become one of the major backers of the Wood Awards.

BREAKING NEWS 
Arauco to raise low pressure panel laminating capacity in Brazil by 50%
Published:  16 April, 2012

South American forest products group Arauco plans to raise its low pressure panel laminating capacity in Brazil by 50% to produce up to 830,000m3/year of melamine coated board by the end of 2012.

BREAKING NEWS 
Masisa invests US$40m at sites in south east of Brazil
Published:  16 April, 2012

Panel maker Masisa do Brasil has announced investment plans worth more than US$40m at the sites of its two board production complexes in the south east of Brazil.

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