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Pal says it has demonstrated once again this year that it is a major innovator in the wood based panels industry.
The Italian group (Pal and Imal, with three production...
Headquartered in Pozzagliio de Uniti near Cremona, EMG is a specialist in handling equipment and panel transport.
Of course, ever-faster line speeds for sanding lines...
Saving energy while reducing wear and tear
Instalmec has been designing and building plants for the production of particleboard, MDF and OSB for over 30 years and says it has paid special attention to the study and...
Taking human error out of sanding set-up
Imeas says it has over 1500 lines installed worldwide and has offices in Europe, America, Asia and Oceania.
The company has specialised in special machinery and...
Signs of a turn – slight stirrings in the market
We began our survey last year by saying that 2009 was the year when “dire economic conditions finally caught up with capacity development in the MDF industry”.
Short-time working and...
Imal-Pal to show new ideas to panel makers
For the first time ever, the Imal-Pal group will exceed sales of €110m in 2011, a figure which, in proportion to the number of employees, is probably one of the highest in the wood based...
Kings Mountain International
Kings Mountain International says it is a leading global manufacturer of textured stainless steel press plates for the laminating...
By the mid-Seventies, reports the Ligna website (www.ligna.de ), “wood and forest industry...
Pfleiderer AG resumes Russian expansion
Pfleiderer AG originally announced its plans to build this fibreboard plant in the middle of last year. However, due to the global recession the implementation of the project was suspended, but...
Coordinated approach to the dangers of fire
Afire in a single plant area can cause long downtimes for the whole production process, so fire protection measures for panel factories demand complete system solutions to provide best...
Garnica group: 70 years in poplar
Garnica Plywood Group has its origins in a family sawmill which emerged in 1940 in Baños de Río Tobía in La Rioja, Spain, to process and sell the timber from beech and poplar plantations in that...
New cooperation on measuring emissions
With effect from November 2010, GreCon entered into a co-operative agreement with TimberTest of New Plymouth, New Zealand, to provide exclusive worldwide sales and service for the TimberTest...
Fashion conscious business goes digital
On the banks of the Wupper river outside the small rural town of Ennepetal in North Rhine-Westphalia stands the factory of the company known today as Sandvik Surface Solutions.
For...
Breaking down wood, building up technology
In common with the vast majority of machinery makers, Pallmann of Zweibrücken has been through a period of dramatically reduced order intake for its wood size-reduction machinery and MDF...
Having started as an independent company and then spent a brief period as a subsidiary of Biesse of Italy, Schelling Anlagenbau returned to private ownership in 2003.
Wolfgang Rohner and...
Steinemann Technology AG has two product lines for sanding, both of which comprise wide-belt sanders. They are Nova-H and Satos.
The former range come in widths of up to 1750mm for sanding...
On January 1 this year, Siempelkamp increased its shareholding in CMC Texpan from the existing 40% to 70%, gradually buying out the company’s president Dario...
Sunshine coast is home to success
Luca Zappetti, process engineer and project manager with Instalmec srl of San Giorgio di Nogaro, Udine, said that 2009 was a very good year for the company,...
Highest speed for Brazilian laminate
Established in 1974 close to its present home in Vigevano in Lombardy, Tocchio srl has a well-established global position in the manufacture of paper...
United companies to take on the world
The two constituent companies of the Imal Pal group had rather different experiences during the economic downturn.
While Pal srl of Ponte di Piave saw sales jump by 10% between...
