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Prameela vegi
Responding to the coronavirus challenge
As I write this column, the coronavirus pandemic was starting to impact the international woodbased panels industry, with reports of mills starting to adjust production and even temporarily close some operations in North America and Europe.
Trade Show calendar will look different in 2020
The coronavirus outbreak has dominated the news of late and it is now having some ramifications on elements of the global wood-based panels sector and exhibitions.
Sales Manager – for the Wood Panel Market Europe
GOVI is a privately owned medium sized company, located in Ghent, Belgium, active in the development and production of different types of emulsions and dispersions as well as other process chemicals for various industries.
MDF import substitution is advancing in Mexico with three plants now fully operational
The three new MDF plants installed in Mexico by Proteak, Duraplay and Masisa – now Arauco – since 2016 are now fully operational and the process of import substitution of MDF panels in the Mexican market has advanced.
Hardwoods Distribution completes overhaul of its import plywood supply chain
Hardwoods Distribution Inc (HDI) has completed an overhaul of its import plywood supply chain, transitioning US operations supply options away from China, diversifying the origins of its flagship brand, Dragon Ply.
Egger particleboard plant in Biskupiec, Poland starts production
Egger’s state-of-the-art particleboard production plant in Biskupiec, Poland has commenced operation. It is the Egger Group’s 19th plant in the world, with a capacity of 650,000m3 of particleboard representing an investment of €440m.
Ecuadorian particleboard exports grow 7% in first five months of 2019
With a 7.0% growth in the first five months of 2019, Ecuadorian medium density particleboard (MDP) exports exceeded US$51m.
Colombian imports of particleboard up 13% to US$43.5m
In the first five months of the year Colombian imports of medium density particleboard (MDP) reached US$43.5m.
Coillte establishes a new not for profit entity, Coillte Nature
Coillte, manufacturer of Medite Smartply, has established a new not for profit entity, Coillte Nature, which will focus on the environment and recreational forests.
CalPlant I rice straw MDF plant to start operations in Q3, 2019
When construction is completed in Q3, 2019, CalPlant I will be the world’s first commercial-scale producer of rice straw-based MDF supplying approximately 140 million ft2 of no-added-formaldehyde MDF to the building products industry.