{"id":88056,"date":"2024-09-11T01:40:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T01:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/europes-wood-panel-manufacturing-sector-anticipates-improvement-this-year\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:28:53","slug":"europes-wood-panel-manufacturing-sector-anticipates-improvement-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/europes-wood-panel-manufacturing-sector-anticipates-improvement-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe\u2019s wood panel manufacturing sector anticipates improvement this year"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>According to the European Panel Federation\u2019s (EPF) latest Annual Report, Europe\u2019s wood panel manufacturing sector had a difficult 2023. This year the EPF expects to see a degree of improvement in sales, however, a stronger upturn is not anticipated until 2025.<\/p>\n

A summary of the EPF report, covering market development and European panel producer performance through 2023\/24 was presented at the EPF agm in Riga in June.<\/p>\n

The event was reported by Wood Based Panels International as attracting an audience of 180, drawn from across particleboard, plywood, MDF, OSB, hardboard and softboard industries. It underlined the EPF\u2019s \u2018representation of all panel types and the whole of Europe\u2019, said WBPI, with the organisation reporting market statistics for the EU 27, UK and EFTA and some \u2018all-Europe figures\u2019, including those of Belarus, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Delegates heard that Europe\u2019s total wood panel production declined by 6.3% in 2023 to 56.5 million cu.m, hit by poor construction and furniture production. European wood furniture output was 8% down and consumption11% in 2023 after declines of 11% and 12% respectively in 2022. Furniture production in the EU27+UK was valued at \u20ac39.7bn and consumption at \u20ac39.4bn. Euroconstruct reports that overall construction output last year in the 19 countries it covers was down 1.4%.<\/p>\n

According to the EPF report, last year\u2019s contraction in European panel production followed a 7.7% decline in 2022 after the post-pandemic home improvement surge resulted in record output the year before.<\/p>\n

Oriented strand board (OSB) was the only panel product area that saw production growth in 2023, with an EU27\/UK\/EFTA increase of 2% to 6.6 million cu.m, versus 6.5 million cu.m in 2022.<\/p>\n

Particleboard output was down 5% in 2023 at 30.9 million cu.m, while MDF production fell 11% to 11.1 million cu.m. After growing significantly in recent years, softboard production \u2013 mainly for the insulation sector - was 6% lower in 2023 at 4.8 million cu.m. Down most sharply was hardboard production, which was 17% lower than 2022 at 400,000 cu.m. Plywood manufacture fell 15% to 2.6 million cu.m.<\/p>\n

The EPF reports that furniture production remained the biggest consumer of European wood panel products last year. But with furniture sales falling due to the uncertain economic situation, high interest rates and inflation and consequently decreased consumer confidence, the sector accounted for 47% of total panel output, down from 48% in 2022. The building industry accounted for 39%, while 3% went to the packaging sector and 11% to other applications.<\/p>\n

The EPF projects that 2024 will see a return to market growth, but with total European wood panel output up only about 500,000 to 600,000 cu.m at 31.5 million cu.m. OSB output is forecast to rise 150,000 cu.m to 6.75 million cu.m, with MDF production up around 90,000 cu.m.<\/p>\n

Plywood production is also expected to show a slight rise. EPF forecasts that EU27 output will be up 40,000 cu.m, with a total Europe production increase (including output from Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey) of 50,000 cu.m.<\/p>\n

Discussion topics at the EPF AGM also included the European Commission\u2019s communication on \u2018Building the future with nature\u2019 and its potential impact on the wood panel sector. It states that biotechnology and biomanufacturing are among the most promising technological areas for the EU in the 21st century, with the capacity to modernise and advance forestry and bio-based materials sectors, among other industries.<\/p>\n

Katharina Knapton-Vierlich, Head of Unit at the EC Directorate General which supports growth and resilience of the EU economy detailed possible next steps for developing the bio-based materials sector. These include creating an EU biotech hub, introducing labelling for biobased materials, and revising Product Environmental Footprint rules to ensure fair comparisons between biobased and fossil- based products.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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