17.05.2013 − Ipopema FIZAN 76, a closed investment fund created by Ipopema, completed its purchase of Impress decor from Constantia Industries AG on 8 March once all anti-trust authorities approved the deal. » more

16.05.2013 − The wood-based panel machinery and plants producer Dieffenbacher has now restarted marketing of the Colorizer digital printing technology that it developed over the course of the past three years.» more

14.05.2013 − In view of the currently modest business expectations in the furniture industry and the reduced macroeconomic growth arising from the fiscal consolidation course in many industrialised countries, Surteco is » more

14.05.2013 − The Interprint group is poised to achieve its long-planned entry into the Brazilian market through a Greenfield investment after all. » more

08.05.2013 − In the negotiations which were largely concluded in the third week of April for the fixing of contract prices for raw melamine for the second quarter of 2013, manufacturers and processors have mostly agreed a » more

08.05.2013 − BauschLinnemann North America has bought the remaining shares in BauschLinnemann South Carolina in two instalments.» more

30.04.2013 − The laminates producer Formica has faced a 6 % decline in revenues to NZD387m or €240.7m in the first half of its 2012/2013 financial year ending 30 June.» more

16.04.2013 − The conference organiser Technical Conference Management KEG (TCM) is to organise a conference in Asia again this year after a break. » more

10.04.2013 − Arclin has moved ahead with the integration of North American Coveright subsidiaries into the Decorative & Flooring Surfaces division made up of former Dynea Overlays in recent months. » more

04.04.2013 − The Directorate-General for Competition of the EU Commission has once again extended the deadline for the more detailed investigation (phase II investigation) of the planned merger of Munksjö with » more

03.04.2013 − Dynea Chemicals Oy completed the sale of all shares in the companies Dynea Holding GmbH, Dynea Austria GmbH and Krems Chemie Service GmbH, all based in Krems, Austria, to Cyprus-based Arirang Holdings Ltd. » more

28.03.2013 − Digital print joint venture PadaLuma Ink-Jet-Solutions (Palis), and Decor printer Schattdecor want to collaborate to develop a single pass digital printing system with a working width of 225cm, within the scope» more

28.03.2013 − The special-papers manufacturers Ahlstrom and Munksjö have proposed to the EU Commission an improvement in the planned merger of Munksjö with Ahlstrom‘s Label & Processing division in a new company trading as M» more

28.03.2013 − In the 2012 financial year, turnover at the surfaces manufacturer Surteco at €407.7m was minimally down on the figure achieved in the previous year. » more

28.03.2013 − The German sales branch of the edgeband producer Roma Plastik which trades as Roma Plastik Deutschland and in which the Egger Group has had a majority holding since May 2010, will move from » more

18.03.2013 − Wrede Industrieholding and the Interprint Group achieved further growth in turnover in the 2012 financial year.» more

13.03.2013 − An indemnification agreement between Bulthaup and Rehau for the use of laser edgebanding in the furniture industry still applies. » more

06.03.2013 − Glatfelter Gernsbach a company owned by the US specialty-papers manufacturer P.H. Glatfelter, showeddecline in sales of 10% in the Composite Laminates (overlay papers) division in the fourth quarter of 2012.» more

01.03.2013 − The European Commission’s DG Competition sent a letter to Munksjö and Ahlstrom on 22 February 2013 expressing its objection to plans to merge Munksjö with Ahlstrom’s Label & Processing division.» more

21.02.2013 − High-filled 80 g white decor paper has become €5-10/100 kg cheaper, as recently predicted, in the wake of talks that typically ran until the end of December.» more

04.02.2013 − Constantia Industries is to sell Impress decor to an investment fund belonging to the Polish company Ipopema. » more

30.01.2013 − The Spanish speciality paper manufacturer Miquel y Costas is beginning commissioning a new inclined wire paper machine at its production site in La Pobla de Claramunt in the second half of January. » more

23.01.2013 − Werzalit is closing its beech veneer peeling mill in the German town of Niederorschel.» more

16.01.2013 − Negotiations to find a new buyer for the Impress decor group, which is presently owned by the Austrian firm Constantia Industries are apparently close to an end.» more

11.01.2013 − Manufacturers and buyers report that negotiations currently in progress on decor-paper prices for deliveries in the first quarter of 2013 are dragging on longer than they have done in previous years. » more

09.01.2013 − Dieffenbacher is planning to make a decision about the future marketing strategy for digital printing technology that it developed in the past three years.» more

07.12.2012 − The Spanish supplier of quartz and natural stone surfaces, Cosentino,is presently building a new plant in Cantoria to make its new ultra-compact material, Dekton. » more

02.12.2012 − The shareholders of the Finnish group Ahlstrom voted in favour of the planned spin-off of its Label & Processing division's European activities and the sale of LP's Coated Specialities in Brazil.» more

01.12.2012 − The growth in European laminates markets will likely shift to the east in the years ahead. » more

29.11.2012 − Resopal expects its turnover in the current financial year to be only marginally below last year’s level.» more