Panel Industry Surveys - Page 2
Stay up to date with the latest panel industry surveys features from the global wood based panel industryPANEL CRISIS - WHAT CRISIS? Regionally and globally, 2007 proved to be one of the most dynamic, if not the most dynamic, of recent years, says John Wadsworth, introducing our survey of 2007 in the ‘rest of the world’, outside Europe and North America
Valwood Valwood is a material developed in Western Australia and utilizes regrowth Jarrah thinnings from reclaimed farmland. The wood is used in such a way as to eliminate inherent stresses in young wood: small pieces of regrowth hardwood 10mm thick and 80mm wide are glue-laminated together. This enables quality sawn timber to be obtained from younger trees.
New capacity faces old problems
There looks certain to be a sharp decline in profitability for MDF manufacturers in the coming months in both Europe and North America, as John Wadsworth reports in the first part of our survey of the world MDF industry
This survey, covering North America and Europe to end-2006, contains more than 70 modifications and additions to the listings published last year. The new information received has had an effect...
New mill plans show exceptional growth
For most of the MDF World, 2006 was an unremarkable year, with just 1.56 million m3 added to world capacity, representing growth of 3.4% over 2005. Those readers whose memories...
Major group player invests in adding value
The Mauro Saviola Group comprises a total of 16 companies involved in particleboard and MDF manufacture and surfacing, ready-to-assemble furniture and furniture component production, as well as...
