The Austrian company Egger increased its consolidated revenues by 14%to€1.114bn in the first half of 2012/2013(30 April).The group tied its stronger performance to the take-over of the Russian particleboard mill in Gagarin in Smolensk ...
Tags: particleboard, OSB, price
A number of recent acquisitions by major woodworking businesses indicate a general sense of economic optimism across the woodworking industry.For used woodworking machines suppliers to help customers understand how newly purchased machines ...
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Egger Holzwerkstoffe delivered significant growth in its earnings during its 2011/12 financial year, which ended on 30 April. The company erased a weaker start in the first six months as the year progressed. EBITDA had risen by just 5% ...
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The Chilean wood-based panels producer Maderas y Sinteticos (Masisa) has reached a deal with the Mexican firm Grupo Kuo to acquire the assets of the particleboard and laminate manufacturer Rexcel. As the Particleboard strategic business ...
Tags: Chilean, Mexico, wood-based panels, acquire
The Italian Gruppo Trombini now intends after all to close down the particleboard plant in Frossasco, which operates under the name of Annovati, on a permanent basis. The remaining 127 employees at the Annovati plant immediately went on ...
Dieffenbacher sold a particleboard mill to the Chinese wood-based panels producer Zhangzhou Hong Wei Woods, which has its main office in Longhai in Fujian province. The contract includes all technology from wood processing to raw board ...
Tags: Dieffenbacher, wood-based panels, Chinese, German, particleboard mill
TECO is North America's value-added, truly independent third-party certification agency for building products. We certify all types of structural and non-structural panel products including: OSB, plywood, particleboard, and MDF panels ...
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BWA Water Additives has been a major supplier of water treatment additives for almost 40 years. The company’s antiscalant additives are now playing a vital role in keeping reverse osmosis systems working efficiently in desalination ...
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Formaldehyde is produced on a large scale worldwide. One major use includes the production of wood binding adhesives and resins. The Air Resources Board (ARB) evaluated formaldehyde exposure in California and found that one of the major ...
Tags: CARB, ATCM, MDF, particle board, certification
10.12.2012 − Sonae Industria is planning to shut its particleboard mill in the Spanish town of Solsona, which is part of Tableros Tradema. According to a statement released on 4 December 2012, the company has begun talks with ...
Tags: particleboard mill, employment adjustment plan, employees, trade unions
According to information circulating in the wood-based panels sector, the Columbian manufacturer of laminates, Lamitech, also intends to become involved in the production of particleboard over the course of next year. During recent months ...
Tags: wood-based panels, laminates, particleboard
21.11.2012 − Unlike particleboard and MDF markets, which are experiencing pressure at present, Central European sales markets for OSB have continued to fare well in the past few weeks. The recovery in demand seen in the third quarter ...
Tags: OSB, MDF market
Siempelkamp has installed a total of 32 wood-based panels lines so far this year. Of that number, 17 had already been started in 2011 and completed only in 2012. 15 new installations have been started in 2012, of which six are in China, two ...
The closure of its particleboard mill in Knowsley in the UK in mid-September placed an additional burden on earnings reported by Sonae Industria, which were already on the decline. According to its interim report for the third quarter, ...
Tags: Sonae, Sonae Industria, particleboard, particleboard mill
Central European particleboard markets turned out to be much weaker than expected in September and October. Particleboard manufacturers’ order intake had gradually improved during September. However, this improvement in demand was ...
Tags: market view, particleboard, demand