As a consequence of the overcapacity that still exists in the European glass industry, the NSG Group has informed the employee representatives concerned that one of its UK float lines, “CH2” Float Line in Cowley Hill, will be ...
Tags: Float Capacity, Float Capacity Reduction, glass, European glass industry
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, July 28, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The construction industry has always needed construction management documents like blue prints, specs, and project drawings to control the execution of projects. Today, more and more ...
Tags: construction industry, construction management, digital reprographics
Global decor paper deliveries (excluding China) improved 16% to 655,000 tonnes in 2010, according to a market analysis contained in Munksjö's annual report for 2011. Some 344,000 tonnes of this sum was destined for decor printers. ...
Tags: decor paper, global, wood-based panels, laminates
A Missouri University of Science and Technology effort to investigate environmentally benign, corrosion-resistant coatings for military aircraft and other weapons systems has received national recognition from the U.S. Defense Department. ...
Tags: Environmentally Benign Coatings Project, National Award
The foil manufacturer Klöckner Pentaplast will open a service centre for foils with attached warehouse in St. Petersburg, Russia, in the spring of 2012. KP already runs a production site in St. Petersburg under the name Klöckner ...
Tags: foil, Klockner Pentaplast, service centre, St.Petersburg
The US conglomerate Illinois Tool Works is set to sell a 51% stake in its Decorative Surfaces division to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R). ITW and CD&R announced that an agreement to this effect had been signed on 16 ...
Tinseltown's biggest star–The Hollywood Sign–has been restored to its full beauty once again thanks to a historic"face-lift"from Sherwin-Williams and The Hollywood Sign Trust.Over the nine-week refurbishment,the Sign's nine ...
Since the middle of March and on a wave of general growth in demand, the majority of central European gluelam beam manufacturers have started to give their respective customers notification of forthcoming price increases. However, in terms ...
Tags: gluelam beam, central European, price increase, growth in demand
The garden- and thermally-modified timber producer Menz Holz filed a voluntary application for institution of insolvency proceedings on 6 July at the Fulda district court in Germany. The court appointed lawyer Dr. Jan Markus Plathner from ...
Tags: garden-wood products, Menz Holz, insolvency proceedings
The Austrian company Johann Offner has acquired a 74.9% holding in the cross laminated timber producer KLH Massivholz. Secrecy was agreed regarding the purchase price. The remaining 25.1% of shares remain in the ownership of Christian ...
Tags: Austrian, cross laminated timber, KLH Massivholz, wood sector
Biesse suffered an 18% drop in order intake during the first half of 2012 compared with the same stretch one year earlier. However, the group emphasised that order intake from commercial projects had been exceptionally strong in the first ...
Tags: Biesse, drop, order intake, Howden Joinery, furniture
According to the trade-fair company Köln Messe, a total of 612 companies had made binding reservations by the expiry of the early-booking deadline of 31 May for the next staging of Interzum, which is to be held from 13 to 16 May 2013. ...
Tags: Interzum, Germany, Köln Messe, exhibition
The wood-processing trade fair Trä & Teknik, which will be held from 21 to 24 August 2012 in Gothenburg, Sweden, is already virtually fully booked. The organiser Svenska Mässan reports that by 8 May 2012 roughly 215 exhibitors had ...
Tags: Trä&Teknik, wood-processing trade fair, Svenska, exhibition
Container freight rates for shipping from China to Europe (Far East Westbound) did not meet the target of US$4,000/40ft container that shippers had set for May shipments, a number of European importers note. Instead, shippers actually had ...
Tags: container freight rates, shipping, Far East Westbound, reductions
The European umbrella association Euroconstruct again made a downward correction to the building-performance forecast for Europe at its spring conference, which was held on 14 and 15 June in London. In 2011, building performance had already ...
Tags: European umbrella association, Euroconstruct, building-performance