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*Italian woodworking machinery shows powerful rebound *China's wood deficit creates opportunities *China timber and wood products show *Chris Sutton appointed to TTA *Flakeboard hires Darrell Keeling *ZOW Germany is looking good *Congress weighs in against EPA rule *IPPS Master Class 2010 *Egger installs Steinemann sander *From particleboard plants to combi-plants *New centre for wood based composite materials *Siempelkamp expertise for Vietnamese joint venture *Strong growth from Coveright *Suvi Anttila joins Indufor *Ligna and Interzum collaborate *German wood machinery sales recover *Industry spectrum at APA meeting *Australian distributor for Steinemann *Egger resumes growth strategy after 33% profits rise *Boise instals US$11m plywood dryer *Brazilian plywood exports rise *UPM stages strong recovery *VRG orders largest MDF plant in Asia *LP's sales up 67% in Q2 *Canfor shows improved results *American Wood Council becomes independent *Duty-free plywood quota exhausted *Atcon Plywood receiver hopeful of offers *OSB plant fire damage runs into six figures *Biesse reports 61% order increase *Improved panel demand boosts Plum Creek *Interzum bookings strong *Interprint acquires 100% of Coveright Russia *Norbord in final phase of £25m Cowie investment *Australasia's role in forest industry *US MDF imports run counter to trends *Southern US to become major biomass exporter *Particleboard plant for VMG Industries *Swedspan celebrates investment in Poland *International convention in Geneva *Garnica officially opens plywood factory *Norbord buoyed by OSB demand *Patented green veneer moisture measuring system
Archives » 2000 » December 2000 to January 2001
  • Innovation is key to beating competition
    The fourth annual European Panel Products Symposium took place in Wales in October and featured a wide range of presentations aimed at helping manufacturers to make better panels more economically. Mike Botting reports on some of them
    Published:  25 January, 2001

    The fourth European Panel Products Symposium (EPPS), organised by the BioComposites Centre, University of Wales, Bangor, UK, took place against a backdrop of rising panel production in Europe. As Dr Jamie Hague, director of the Centre, pointed out in his introduction to the conference, the European Panel Federation (EPF) reported a reasonably strong performance for the industry in 1999. He quoted EPF production figures of 33 million m³ of particleboard - the leading volume product - and strong growth in both MDF and OSB production, at 11% and 25%, respectively.

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  • There are lessons to learn
    A foot of early snow had covered the top ski slopes at Sun Valley, Idaho, but warm late September weather greeted nearly 200 inorganic panel experts from throughout the world for the seventh biennial International Inorganic-Bonded Wood and Fiber Composite Materials Conference. Bill Keil was there
    Published:  25 January, 2001

    Experts from all over the world attended The International Inorganic Bonded Wood and Fiber Composite Materials Conference, held in Idaho in September.

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  • Stronger to face the challenges
    The 64th annual meeting of APA-The Engineered Wood Association drew more than 400 North American wood panel and engineered wood industry people to San Antonio, Texas in early October. Bill Keil joined them and brings this report
    Published:  25 January, 2001

    Fear of unfavourable panel prices and far-from-filled order files hung over the APA attendees as they sat down to hear their new chairman, Warren Easley of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, give his impression of the situation.

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  • Uncertain future
    Published:  24 January, 2001
    As I write this column, the United States is still embroiled in the aftermath of an indecisive presidential election. With each new day, the embarrassment for the nation, domestically and internationally, grows, and the uncertainty in political circles and financial institutions worldwide increases. Taking a slightly selfish view, it has made life challenging for WBPI as well, as it happened just as we were going to press with our North American focus.

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