Wood-based Panels

European parquet market reports third consecutive year of growth in 2017

    Consumption figures for parquet in Europe keeps increasing for the third year in a row. During [...]

Kronospan, Pfleiderer and and Swiss Krono accused and fined for forming cartel in Poland

The Polish Competition and Consumer Protection Bureau announced on 28 December 2017 that it had imposed fines on several wood [...]

European laminate flooring market stays stable in 2017

In 2017, manufacturers within the EPLF association achieved worldwide sales of laminate flooring made in Europe totalling 477 million m2 [...]
January 18, 2018 Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe

China: Guangdong’s province sawnwood imports up by 21%

According to Guangdong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, between January and November 2017 log imports into Guangdong Province rose [...]

Innovations4Flooring and Kronospan sign global strategic partnership agreement

Innovations4Flooring (I4F), a technology company providing innovative flooring technologies, announced on the 8th of January that it has signed a [...]

Despite Brexit uncertainty, the UK consumption of timber and panel products increases

The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has issued its Statistical Review 2017. The publication shows that growth in the consumption of [...]

Egger Group reports rising turnover

    Egger Group concluded the first half-year of its financial year 2017/2018 with a consolidated [...]

Arauco acquires Masisa’s industrial assets in Mexico

Arauco has signed in December a purchase agreement for Masisa’s industrial assets in Mexico.     The [...]

Indian Greenply predicts growth in India’s MDF and plywood production

Indian Greenply Industries showed optimism about organized players gaining market share in plywood and medium density fibre (MDF) post GST [...]

Italian woodworking machinery in booming abroad demand

The Italian woodworking machinery and tools sector closed its Q3/2017 with an order increase of 42.9%, as compared [...]