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Staff Writer
Seeking resistance to water
Dr Morwenna Spear FIMMM of the BioComposites Centre looks at resistance to water swelling
Woodpop launches policy paper
WoodPoP launches a new Policy Paper to strengthen the role of wood in Europe’s transformation
Decorative surfaces go centre stage
The Global Decoration Surfaces Conference 2024 (GDSC) was successfully held in China in November
Argentina seeks to emerge from economic turmoil
Argentina has experienced much economic turmoil over recent years, but falling inflation and reforms could help to boost the country’s furniture and panels sector in the years ahead. WBPI correspondent Eugene Gerden reports
Keeping it real
Dr Manuel Fleisch, product manager for Fagus-GreCon, writes about real-time monitoring of formaldehyde emission in wood-based panel production
Central flow
A new way of MDF gluing – the Internal Resin Injection System using the concentric flow principle has been developed by Sunds Fibertech, reports Stephen Powney
Seeking sustainability
The 13th European Wood-Based Panel Symposium was held in Hamburg in northern Germany in October. Mike Botting reviews some of the resin-related presentations given at that symposium
PB Capacity will keep growing
WBPI’s Focus on Particleboard Part 2 report finds plenty of PB investment activity in Asia, with India and China leading the way. Stephen Powney reports
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.