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Paged introduces waterproof DesignPly
Plywood manufacturer Paged is expanding its range with an innovative product – Paged DesignPly, a waterproof plywood with a decorative surface that combines exceptional aesthetics with excellent durability.
Siempelkamp Service and Sonae Arauco enjoy joint symposium
Siempelkamp Service and its customer Sonae Arauco jointly organised a symposium in Porto on October 29.
Pierre Tabbagh appointed CEO of Evertree
As biosourced resin manufacture Evertree enters a new phase in its development, it has welcomed Pierre Tabbagh as its new chief executive officer. He will lead the company – which already boasts a portfolio of more than 25 registered patents and a host of industry clients – through this next stage.
Metsä Group to end plywood production in Suolahti
Metsä Wood, part of Metsä Group, plans to discontinue plywood production in Suolahti, Finland.
Cracking down on illegal plywood
The question of illegal Russian birch plywood still entering the EU market has been a prominent one in the European forest products industry. The European Panel Federation recently held a webinar to educate the industry on the topic
Can we be sure about wood moisture content?
Dr Morwenna Spear FIMMM of the BioComposites Centre looks at moisture content of wood
Superfici opens new technology centre
A new SCM Superfici Technology Centre has opened near Milan to give customers improved access to its range of finishing solutions. Stephen Powney toured the new facility during Xylexpo
CMC invests in R&D
Leading woodworking technology supplier CMC Texpan gives an update on its activities in the wood-based panels industry
Global MDF Capacity Increases
In the second part of our annual survey of the industry worldwide and for the countries outside Europe and North America, independent industry consultant Geoff Rhodes looks at new developments and summarises the current and future global position for MDF in the ‘rest of the world’. The current dynamics, issues and realities are also considered
Fibre recovery landmark
In WBPI’s latest coverage of innovative efforts to solve the problem of waste MDF, we take a look at Italian company PAL’s partnership with MDF Recovery and progress so far. Stephen Powney reports