Wood Based Panels
Vietnam’s Mekong Wood orders full MDF line from Siempelkamp
The Vietnamese Mekong Wood MDF Joint Stock Company has placed an order for a complete MDF plant with Siempelkamp.
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Soprema Group orders second plant for Pavatex wood fibre insulation brand
The Soprema Group has commissioned Siempelkamp to supply a second plant for the production of its Pavatex wood-fibre insulation.
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Büttner embarks on new dryer partnership
Büttner Energie- und Trocknungstechnik GmbH has agreed a sales co-operation with NEW eco-tec Verfahrenstechnik GmbH.
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Berneck orders the world’s largest drum dryer from Dieffenbacher
Brazilian wood-based panel manufacturer is to more than double its particleboard capacity in Curitibanos with a new energy system and drum dryer from Dieffenbacher.
Brazilian wood-based panel manufacturer is to more than double its particleboard capacity in Curitibanos with a new energy system and drum dryer from Dieffenbacher.
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Nordtreat launches Norflam at Carrefour International du Bois
Finnish fire protection solutions manufacturer Nordtreat introduced a new product at the Carrefour International du Bois tradeshow recently.
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Sonae Arauco Innovus MFC decorative range wins Green Product Award
The Innovus MFC decorative product range from Sonae Arauco has won the Green Product Award 2022 in the Interior & Lifestyle category.
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GreCon Ltd celebrates 30th anniversary
GreCon Ltd has celebrated a significant milestone, with 30 years of business and commitment to the UK & Ireland market.
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IDS acquired by Chiltern Capital
Surface materials specialist distributor IDS has announced that it has been acquired by private equity investor Chiltern Capital.
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Biele has completed a complex project in two stages for Hessen-based Bürstadt Furniture and the installation has given the company the ability to produce lightboards
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Innovus marks decade
The Innovus decorative panels brand of international wood-based panels producer Sonae Arauco has reached a 10-year milestone in the market
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Investor brings leading brands together
Consolidation in the wood processing technology industry has been advancing, with the USNR and Wood Fiber Group acquisitions and merger by a private equity group one of the most recent examples
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Turbo charged Turboden
Turboden SpA’s biomass and wood-based industry consultant Alessandro Guercio, highlights the company’s drive towards energy efficiency and decarbonisation
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Homanit full steam ahead in Lithuania
Germany’s fibreboard maker Homanit is advancing plans to ramp up the company’s production capacities in eastern Europe with its recently launched project to build a new MDF and HDF factory in Pagiriai, in south-eastern Lithuania, reports WBPI’s Poland correspondent Jaroslaw Adamowski
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I’m sure many readers of WBPI have the familiar experience of walking the halls of the Hannover Messe for the biennial Ligna exhibition of the global woodworking industries.
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Responding to the coronavirus challenge
As I write this column, the coronavirus pandemic was starting to impact the international woodbased panels industry, with reports of mills starting to adjust production and even temporarily close some operations in North America and Europe.
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Trade Show calendar will look different in 2020
The coronavirus outbreak has dominated the news of late and it is now having some ramifications on elements of the global wood-based panels sector and exhibitions.
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Investment and growth continues
Judging by the amount of investment and expansion news we have in this issue, the buoyancy in the global panels industry continues unabated.
