26.07.2018 − Novopan del Ecuador has ordered the essential components for a particleboard line from the Dieffenbacher Group. » more

26.07.2018 − Wemhöner Surface Technologies intends to complete the planned reorganization of production and assembly at its headquarters in Herford by mid-2019. » more

26.07.2018 − The New Zealand construction products group Fletcher Building has undergone further management changes in recent weeks.» more

23.07.2018 − After significant growth in the first four months, Brazilian exports of Elliotis Pine plywood declined again for the first time in May compared to the same period last year. » more

19.07.2018 − Parallel to the construction of the new particleboard plant, Arauco North America also intends to improve the supply capability of its existing North American plants through various measures.» more

17.07.2018 − The Spanish plywood manufacturer Garnica plans to build a second veneer plant in the French region of Grand Est.» more

16.07.2018 − The Swiss Krono Group intends to significantly expand its OSB capacities by means of debottlenecking measures in existing plants and the construction of additional production lines.» more

13.07.2018 − XyloSuisse, founded by Swiss investors, yesterday completed the contractually in mid-November 2017 agreed takeover of particleboard production from the Russian furniture manufacturer AO MK Shatura.» more

12.07.2018 − With the commissioning of three particleboard plants and two MDF/HDF plants, North American production capacities for wood-based panels will increase significantly over the next two years.» more

10.07.2018 − The Brazilian company Asperbras plans to expand the MDF/HDF plant at the Água Clara/Mato Grosso do Sul site by a second production line in the foreseeable future.» more

09.07.2018 − Latvian birch plywood producer Latvijas Finieris has decided on a new investment package for the period 2018 to 2023 totalling €200m.» more

06.07.2018 − In addition to continuing high investment activity in the particleboard, MDF/HDF and OSB product segment, the Kronospan Group also plans to enter plywood production in the course of the next year.» more

04.07.2018 − After mostly double-digit growth in 2016 and 2017, British particleboard and MDF/HDF imports declined slightly again in the first quarter.» more

03.07.2018 − According to figures compiled by the European Panel Federation (EPF), European wood-based panels production increased last year by 3.0 % to 57.6m m³.» more

02.07.2018 − Neil Foot, Managing Director of the Irish MDF and OSB manufacturer Medite Smartply, was elected to the Managing Board of the European Wood-Based Panels Association.» more

27.06.2018 − The Spanish Grupo Losán recommissioned the particleboard plant Fuentes/Cuenca, operating under the name Losán Pina, at the end of April. » more

27.06.2018 − Malaysian Mieco Chipboard generated sales of 80.6m ringgit in the first quarter.Great Platform, the MDF and particleboard manufacturer acquired at the end of February, contributed 8.8m ringgit.» more

26.06.2018 − Effective August 1, the Advisory Board of the Siempelkamp Group has appointed Christoph Michel to the Management Board of G. Siempelkamp GmbH & Co. KG. » more

25.06.2018 − The Kronospan Group intends to invest a total of US$463m in the ongoing expansion of its US site in Eastaboga/Alabama, creating 310 new jobs. » more

25.06.2018 − The Thai wood-based panels manufacturer Vanachai generated consolidated total sales of Baht2.301bn in the first quarter, down 14% year-on-year. » more

22.06.2018 − Lithuanian UAB Vakaru Medienos Grupe (VMG) has ordered a drum dryer in dimensions of 6.5 x 35 R for its particleboard project in Alkmene in northern Lithuania from German Büttner. » more

21.06.2018 − Turkish particleboard and MDF/HDF manufacturer Starwood has ordered the essential components for a particleboard plant from the Dieffenbacher Group. » more

15.06.2018 − Supply problems that have existed on Germany’s OSB market for a few months now have left their mark on foreign trade statistics too in the first quarter of 2018. » more

15.06.2018 − The third English-language special edition of EUWID has been released today. » more

15.06.2018 − Pollmeier will probably not be putting the new veneer lay-up line for LVL production into operation until the end of 2018. » more

14.06.2018 − Schattdecor has partly expanded a programme of investments announced in spring 2017, which was to involve investing about €120m in increasing production capacity by the end of 2018 under plans at that time.» more

11.06.2018 − Supply problems that emerged on Germany’s raw particleboard market in February and, above all, in March have hardly had an impact on foreign trade. » more

07.06.2018 − The “Medite Smartply” division of Irish Coillte Teoranta boosted its MDF sales volume by 3 % in the business year 2017 to 429,000 m³.» more

06.06.2018 − The growth registered in sales generated by the US-American Hexion in the first quarter was governed mostly the transfer of the higher costs for raw materials.» more

06.06.2018 − The Wood Products division of Chilean Celulosa Arauco y Constitutión (Arauco) markedly increased output and deliveries of wood-based panels compared with the previous year as well as the previous quarter. » more