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Stay up to date with the latest wood based panels features from the global wood based panel industryOpening doors North American door manufacturing giant VT Industries has partnered with Biele in extensive growth and expansion projects over the last few years
Tecnologia Italiana It’s been four years since the last Xylexpo due to Covid, but organisers are looking to get the show back on track in Milan in October. Stephen Powney reports
European panels sector gathers in times of uncertainty European panel sector representatives came together in Belgium to hear about industry developments at a time of increasing economic uncertainty. WBPI’s Stephen Powney was there
Innovating the future IMAL PAL Group has completed the turnkey installation of a wood fibre insulation plant in Sardinia and is progressing with a unique wood fibre moulded pallet plant installation in Italy, reports Stephen Powney.
Expansion of MDF capacity globally continues In this Part 2 report of our annual global MDF survey, independent industry consultant Geoff Rhodes focuses on countries outside Europe and North America, looking at new developments and summarising the current and future global position for MDF.
Dry phenolic process in spotlight Surfacing and finishing technology specialist Longoni has taken remarkable steps forward on a dry phenolic resin application process, which it believes could revolutionise operations for HPL manufacturers. Stephen Powney reports
Downstream challenges of diversification The BioComposite Centre’s Dr Morwenna Spear says the wide range of feedstocks and adhesives being considered in the panels industry will keep future recyclers on their toes
EPF prepares for symposium The EPF’s Wood Based Panels Symposium will take place in Hamburg in Germany from October 13-14
Global ambitions Kastamonu Entegre eyes top three spot in the global wood-based panel market
Bioproducts serving society Ambassador José Carlos da Fonseca Jr, executive director of IBA (Brazilian Tree Industry), explains how Brazil’s wood-based panels sector has been ready to meet heated demand
BC centre embarks on recycled wood research The BioComposites Centre at Bangor University, Wales, has embarked on a recycled wood research project to improve perspectives on use of the material in particleboard
Founded on innovation TOMRA is a Norwegian-headquartered company celebrating a 50-year history in recycling technologies. Over the last 10 of those years, the company has specifically focused some of its attention on the wood recycling sector, as WBPI consultant Mike Botting reports
MDF expansion continues Changing ownerships in France, UK and North America, US Rice Straw plant files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and significant investment continuing in Canada, Mexico, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, and Turkey. Geoff Rhodes reports
Biele delivers higher yield 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
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
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
Turbo charged Turboden Turboden SpA’s biomass and wood-based industry consultant Alessandro Guercio, highlights the company’s drive towards energy efficiency and decarbonisation
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
Nature’s way Stora Enso has partnered with several players in the wood-based panels industry in the innovative use of its lignin-based binders. Stephen Powney reports
Updates on MDI Global chemicals giant Huntsman Corporation is a leading provider of formaldehyde-free, fast curing resins, helping to pioneer the use of MDI in the sector – facilitating its introduction into particleboard in the 1970s and OSB in the 1980s. WBPI talks to Erik Vangronsveld, Huntsman global materials and industry sustainability director, about MDI, regulations and training
