Wood-based Panels

Siempelkamp to deliver particleboard plant to Green River Panels in Thailand

Green River Panels invests into a new particleboard plant close to Trang in South Thailand, the center of the Thai [...]

DOMOTEX to feature latest wood flooring trends in next edition

During DOMOTEX 2018, the world‘s leading trade fair for carpets and floor coverings held annually in Hannover, Germany, a [...]

Softwood sawn timber and plywood production in Finland increased significantly during January-September

Finnish softwood sawn timber production in January-September increased by 5.9% compared to the year ago period and totalled [...]

Germany’s parquet production drops in the first half of the year

The German parquet manufacturers recorded a decline in production during the first half of 2017.    According [...]
December 6, 2017 Latest Trends / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe

Sveza to acquire 90,000 m3/yr plywood plant in Russia

Sveza signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Tyumen Plywood Plant from its current owner Almira Karimova.    [...]

Italy: SICAM 2017 confirms the upward trend of the furniture industry

Once more, SICAM did not fail to meet expectations this year, with more exhibitors and more visitors compared to the [...]

Arauco and the European Panel Federation joined PEFC as Stakeholders members

Chilean Arauco, the European Panel Federation (EPF) and the European Pulp Industry Sector Association AISBL (EPIS) have recently joined PEFC [...]

Mohawk agrees to buy largest flooring company in Australia and New Zealand

Mohawk Industries has agreed to acquire Godfrey Hirst Group, a leading flooring company in Australia and New Zealand.   [...]

French competition authority fines leading flooring producers for price fixing

    The French competition authority (The Autorité) has imposed sanctions totalling €302 million on the three leading [...]

Masisa to sell Brazil wood-based panel operations plant to Arauco

    Masisa announced the sale of its manufacturing operations in Brazil to Arauco (Chile), for USD 102 [...]