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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 » 2001 » December 2001 to January 2002
  • Back to the basics of panel making
    The third biennial European Wood Based Panel Symposium organised by the EPF and WKI took place in Hannover in September. Around 300 delegates attended 25 presentations on a variety of topics.
    Published:  10 January, 2002

    As delegates gathered for the third European Wood Based Panels Symposium in Hannover on September 12, their own industry was not uppermost in their minds. At the evening buffet reception at the Maritim Airport hotel, it was little over 24 hours since the horrific events had unfolded in New York and Washington and it obviously dominated the conversation.

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  • A research forum of practical value
    The fifth annual edition of the European Panel Products Symposium, organised by the BioComposites Centre, University of Wales, Bangor, took place in October. Mike Botting reports on highlights from the event which included 24 presentations, a poster display and a trade exhibition
    Published:  10 January, 2002

    The European Panel Products Symposium (EPPS) has become an established annual event since the BioComposites centre staged the first conference in 1997. It has always been a forum for presenting the latest scientific advances by universities and research organisations and retains the lead in that area, while at the same time adding presentations on marketing and machinery to the programme in recent years.

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  • Marathon run
    Published:  10 January, 2002
    Nearly 86 million cubic metres. That is the figure we have come up with for world particleboard manufacturing capacity at the end of part ll of our marathon survey. We are by no means saying that is the definitive figure, but it is a start in trying to establish the first realistic catalogue of the world's mills and their capacities.

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