All articles by Rachakatla Srinivas
Rachakatla Srinivas
UCM Timber (Specialties) Ltd bought out by management
UCM Timber (Specialties) Ltd, the only surviving part of the UCM Timber plc business, has been bought out by management for an undisclosed sum.
Schattdecor puts new printing press into operation at its Polish plant
Schattdecor has put a new printing press into operation at its plant in Tarnowo PodgÛrne, Poland, thus gaining a further, variable-width printing line that can be added to according to requirements.
Setra reduces shifts at glulam factory
Setra is reducing shifts at its Långshyttan glulam factory in Sweden because of weak market demand.
Dynea’s fifth resin plant in China up and running
Dynea’s latest resin production plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, has commenced regular production making this the company’s fifth plant in China since 1997 with earlier investments of two plants in Shanghai, one in Beijing and one in Guangdong.
Duratex to acquire 25% stake in Tablemac
Leading Brazilian panel manufacturer Duratex has received the go ahead for a deal through which it will acquire a 25% stake in the Colombian MDF and particleboard maker Tablemac.
Cross-laminated timber panel construction has begun to make inroads in North America
Timber Systems a company that describes itself as a “project design and engineering firm that delivers high-performance wood buildings made from cross-laminated timber panel system,” has become an advocate for CLT.
UPM opens rebuilt plywood mill
UPM has completed the extension and modernisation of its plywood mill in Savonlinna, which it planned as the most modern of its type in the world.
Texas considers turning brush into biofuel
Biomass gasification is being considered as a possible technology for converting 60 million acres of Texas brush into biofuel, according to Dr Jim Ansley, Texas AgriLife Research rangeland ecologist in the US.
In an uncertain world, focus on the positives
In my column in the last issue, I said that nobody could confidently predict where panel markets will go this year and nothing has happened since I wrote those words in late November 2011 to suggest that such forecasts are going to get any easier.