Kastamonu raises wood-based panels production at Alabuga plant in Russia
Turkish Kastamonu increased its output in 2017 at the Alabuga plant in Russia. Production of wood-based panels and laminate [...]
February 12, 2018
Companies & Industry Events / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe / Russia
Tarkett invests EUR 70 million in LVT production capacity
Tarkett announced it will invest EUR 70 million during the next three years, for expanding its luxury vinyl tiles (LVT [...]
February 8, 2018
Companies & Industry Events / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe / North America
Guangdong wood-based panels exports went down in 2017
Chinese plywood exports from manufacturers in Guangdong Province fell in the first 11 months of 2017 with the largest drop [...]
February 8, 2018
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...China
Egger grows production at St. Johann mill with Siempelkamp technology
Egger invests in a new short-cycle press at its St. Johann mill in Austria. With the new equipment, the [...]
February 5, 2018
Companies & Industry Events / Wood-based Panels / ...Woodworking Machinery / Europe
European parquet market reports third consecutive year of growth in 2017
Consumption figures for parquet in Europe keeps increasing for the third year in a row. During [...]
February 5, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Europe
Kronospan, Pfleiderer and and Swiss Krono accused and fined for forming cartel in Poland
The Polish Competition and Consumer Protection Bureau announced on 28 December 2017 that it had imposed fines on several wood [...]
January 18, 2018
Companies & Industry Events / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
European laminate flooring market stays stable in 2017
In 2017, manufacturers within the EPLF association achieved worldwide sales of laminate flooring made in Europe totalling 477 million m2 [...]
January 18, 2018
Market Analysis / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
China: Guangdong’s province sawnwood imports up by 21%
According to Guangdong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, between January and November 2017 log imports into Guangdong Province rose [...]
January 18, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / China
Innovations4Flooring and Kronospan sign global strategic partnership agreement
Innovations4Flooring (I4F), a technology company providing innovative flooring technologies, announced on the 8th of January that it has signed a [...]
January 9, 2018
Companies & Industry Events / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
Despite Brexit uncertainty, the UK consumption of timber and panel products increases
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has issued its Statistical Review 2017. The publication shows that growth in the consumption of [...]
January 8, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Europe