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
The US company Louisiana-Pacific plans to expand its European distribution of engineered wood products (EWP) launched in the UK in 2010 into the markets in continental Europe as well this year. The EWP are being sold in the UK under the ...
Tags: US, Louisiana-Pacific, EWP, Belgian
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 ...
Tags: TECO, OSB, plywood, certification
PPG Industries announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the North American architectural coatings business of AkzoNobel, N.V., Amsterdam, in a deal valued at $1.05 billion. The transaction has been approved by the ...
Tags: Architectural Coatings Business, Architectural Coatings
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
Roseburg Forest Products of Roseburg, OR is one of the largest privately held forest products companies in the United States. Established in 1936, today the company owns nearly 800,000 acres of forestlands and produces a diverse line of ...
Tags: forest products, wood products, lumber, engineered wood products
Singapore conglomerate Olam International has posted a fall in annual profits but sales volumes and margins from its food business continued to grow. The company yesterday (28 August) booked a 4.6% decline in underlying net profit to ...
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Europe's wood coatings sector is one in which there are pockets of sluggish growth or even decline but others in which there has recently been strong increases in demand, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe(CEE). It is a relatively ...
The National Wooden Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA) announced today that Brent J. McClendon, CAE, executive vice president (EVP) of the International Wood Products Association (IWPA), has been selected as the new president and CEO ...
Tags: wooden pallet, container, hardwoods, softwoods
HIGH POINT CDI International,a Montreal-based source of case goods,upholstery and accent furniture,will show at the High Point Market for the first time this month as part of a planned expansion into the U.S.market. The company will ...
Zara,the Inditex Group's fashion retailer,opens a flagship store featuring its revamped image at 460-490 Oxford Street in London's city centre.The fourth Zara location on the British capital's busiest shopping street has pride of place in ...
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Finland-based Metso has announced that it will rebuild the white top kraftliner machine at the Pite mill of SCA Packaging Munksund in Sweden, as part of a contract. The line is expected to be fully operational during 2013 and the rebuild is ...
UK-based recycled packaging manufacturer DS Smith has completed the previously announced acquisition of Sweden-based Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget’s (SCA) packaging business for €1.7bn, excluding its two kraftliner mills in ...
Sweden-based Stora Enso Skoghall Mill's CKB packaging board is available with a polyethylene coating made from renewable raw materials. The development and launch of the bio-coated packaging board was a result of a cooperation with the ...
On 31 October 2012, the Federal German cabinet passed a draft amendment s to the Holzhandels-Sicherungs-Gesetzs (HolzSiG – Timber Trading Safeguard Act), which came into force in July 2011. With that amendment, the HolzSiG is ...
Tags: market view, cabinet