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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
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  • Awaiting new life in the markets
    Published:  10 August, 2006
    Writing this column in mid-May in the UK, I am blessed with warm spring sunshine and blue skies (and an official drought in several regions of the country by the way!). Everyone in the industry in the northern hemisphere should be seeing the first green shoots of new spring growth after what was, for many, some long hard winter weather this year.

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