Seventeen US plywood importers, distributors and users formed the American Alliance for Hardwood Plywood (AAHP) at the start of October. This move came in reaction to a preliminary investigation launched by the US Department of ...
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The Portuguese cork flooring producer Corticeira Amorim reckons with a continuing positive turnover trend this year. According to António Rios de Amorim, CEO of the Amorim group, total turnover will likely be in excess of? 500m. The ...
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Two certification organisations - the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) - are presently making changes to the information required as part of their certification ...
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BAC Sag & Hyvleri filed for bankruptcy at the responsible district court in Luleå. In an interview with the Swedish press, managing director Gosta Gustavsson said the situation was due principally to a decline in sales figures. On ...
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The Spanish national competition commission decided to open formal proceedings against a total of 24 Spanish pallet manufacturers, repair businesses, and the Spanish EPAL national committee Asociación Calipal Espana (Calipal). ...
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At what was its 20th Homag Treff in-house fair, held this year from 25 to 28 September Homag showed a total of 20 production-ready large-scale lines on an area of more than 10, 000 m². The lines, which were completed in the third ...
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At the beginning of October, Klausner Holz Thüringen started to dismantle the sawmill plant in Domat/Ems, Switzerland. Prior to that, the bankruptcy and execution agency in the district of Imboden in Trin had approved the start of ...
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USA-based flooring group Armstrong is selling its kitchen and bathroom furniture activities, which are consolidated in the cabinets business division, to American Industrial Partners for a price of US$27m. Both companies announced a ...
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Homag encountered a significant slump in Eastern European business in the first half of 2012. Order intake (excluding commercial products, replacement parts and services) was down 39.2% compared with last year. The company blamed this on ...
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Homag is to supply Swedwood with a second reacTec unit during the fourth quarter of 2012. The first plant had now been installed at an unnamed Swedwood location in Poland. The machinery ordered by Swedwood in the fourth quarter of 2011 ...
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If you own a woodworking business or work as a finishing contractor for residential or commercial properties, it may be beneficial to own your own moulder. A moulder is a piece of equipment that utilizes sharp blades or knives to cut a ...
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On 1 October, the Canadian firm Kaycan completed its take-over of Pfleiderer’s North American wood-based panels activities, pooled in Uniboard Canada. Uniboard presently employs some 800 workers at four sites located in ...
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MDF/HDF prices have come under mounting pressure again in the course of recent weeks after stabilising briefly in July and August. Central European MDF/HDF manufacturers have run their mills at relatively normal levels again since August ...
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In spite of an extra working day compared to last year, turnover generated by German furniture manufacturers in July 2012 showed year-on-year growth of only 0.4% to .365bn. However, compared to the situation in 2011, there was also a shift ...
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Southern and western German softwood lumber producers are of the opinion that business activity on German and foreign softwood lumber markets has not increased to any significant extent even now the summer holiday period is over. Although ...
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