WASHINGTON --- The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that there is enough evidence to continue antidumping and countervailing duty investigations against Chinese manufacturers of hardwood plywood. All six ITC ...
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Pfleiderer Grajewo is presently exploring two different scenarios for its Russian operations in Novgorod. The first option would see the company sell the particleboard producer Pfleiderer OOO and an MDF/HDF project being undertaken by ...
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09.09.2012 − The Ikea subsidiary Swedspan ordered key machinery for a lightweight particleboard project at a site in Malacky, Slovakia that does business as Swedspan Slovakia in August. Under the terms of a contract signed on 10 ...
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In spite of yet another weak trend in the second quarter of 2012,German raw-particleboard exports still showed year-on-year growth for the first half of 2012.However,the increase of 6%to 448,232 m3shown in provisional figures from the ...
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Pfleiderer Grajewo,which is majority owned by the Pfleiderer group,is presently exploring two different scenarios for its Russian operations in Novgorod.The first option would see the company sell the particleboard producer Pfleiderer OOO ...
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The recovery observed on the North American particleboard and MDF/HDF markets is increasingly reflected in the shipments statistics of the Composite Panels Association. North American particleboard volumes recorded the largest ...
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The Portuguese wood-based panels company Sonae Industria has revealed that it is exploring the options for its Knowsley particleboard mill near Liverpool, which does business as Sonae UK. The firm will soon enter into consultations with ...
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Sofa frames are generally made out of metal or wood. Metal is most common in sofas that might have moving parts, such as recliner sofas or futons. Metal is a solid sturdy option that lends itself well to most sofa roles. Wood sofas can also ...
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European particleboard production dipped 1.7% to 30.220m m³ last year after edging slightly higher in 2010. By contrast, MDF/HDF production improved 1.7% to 11.7m m³ in 2011. Both figures are still significantly lower than the ...
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Pfleiderer generated consolidated turnover in the first quarter of of €388.9m, virtually unchanged year on year. The decline of 0.6% was attributed by Pfleiderer primarily to the sale concluded on 24 Januaryof the Moncure particleboard ...
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The Chilean wood-based panels manufacturer Masisa intends in the coming years to invest roughly US$120m in setting up its own production sites in Peru and Columbia, according to reports from various South American business newspapers. The ...
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The minor slump in particleboard prices in the first quarter of 2012 continued in April and May, as well. Prices thus once again failed to stabilise, something that had been expected at the end of March. A variety of particleboard producers ...
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Pfleiderer Holzwerkstoffe now intends after all to install a new line during the planned replacement investment at its Neumarkt II plant. The plans presented in May 2011, which envisaged replacement of the two multi-daylight systems by a ...
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The particleboard line damaged by deflagration on 11 April 2012 at the French company Darbo, which is owned by Sonae Industria, resumed operations in mid-May following completion of repair work. The roughly four-week shutdown of raw board ...
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Brazil’s production of particleboard, MDF/HDF and rigid fibreboard was unchanged last year after skyrocketing in 2010. The latest figures released by the wood-based panels association Associação Brasileira da ...
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