European wood-based panel production falls by 6% in 2022

European wood-based panels production fell by more than 6% in 2022 according to provisional figures released by the European Panel Federation (EPF) at the Interzum fair in Cologne. The decrease compared to 2021 was communicated by EPF managing director Clive Pinnington and technical director Kris Wijnendaele. When final numbers are released in June at the EPF’s AGM in Spain, the 2022 production rate is expected to finish at approximately the same level as the pre-crisis year of 2019. “2022 was a year characterised by a relatively strong first half, followed by a noticeably weaker ...