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Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Columbia asks for government help to survive

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Columbia Forest Products executives have lobbied provincial government officials for confirmed availability of affordable raw materials and training dollars for the company's struggling Hearst hardwood plywood facility.

North American panel production starts climbing

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

North American structural panel production increased 9.6% in the third quarter to 6.702 billion ft2, up from 6.114 billion ft2 in Q2 and the highest since Q3 last year (8.050 billion ft2), according to the latest quarterly statistics from APA-The Engineered Wood Association.

Grant Forest Products could be acquired by GP

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Grant Forest Products Inc, which has been under court bankruptcy protection in Canada since June, could be on the verge of having a new owner, with local sources and media linking its name with that of Georgia-Pacific LLC (GP), Forestweb reports.

Grupo Ferrum wins effective control of Fiplasto SA

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Grupo Ferrum, the parent company of old established Argentine MDF producer Tableros Guillermina, has won effective control of Fiplasto SA, the national plywood and RTA flat-pack furniture manufacturer.

Colombia to get its first MDF line

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Colombia is to get its first MDF production line with the decision of local panel producer Tablemac SA to invest around US$30m to build a new fibreboard plant.

Masisa reports sales recovery

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

South America�s leading wood panels producer Masisa SA reported a financial loss for the first nine months of 2009 due to falling demand resulting from the global economic crisis.

Weihua Fengkai MDF starts up in record time

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A record Installation and start-up time of only 4.5 months was achieved by the Weihua and Dieffenbacher erection and commissioning teams when the first MDF board was produced on September 18, 2009 at the new Weihua Fengkai site in Guangdoing Province PR, China.

ZOW Italy

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The ninth edition of ZOW Italy which was held in Verona from October 21-24, attracted 9,352 trade visitors (corresponding to approximately 12,000 entries), including 2,783 foreign visitors from 81 different countries.

Wood Tech Show

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The 2010 biennial Wood Tech Show will be held March 9-11, 2010 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Over 175 manufacturers will showcase virtually every product in the primary wood processing industry. wwwwoodwideweb.com

Ecobuild 2010

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) will be showcasing the environmental benefits of timber as part of its presence at Ecobuild 2010, Earls Court, London, March 2-4, 2010. The association is also sponsoring the Timber Works section of the exhibition.

Rebate for lowering carbon dioxide emissions

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

With the completion of a biofiltration system in an effort to meet federal emission standards, Humboldt Flakeboard Inc has been rewarded with its work with a $531,508 rebate from Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

ZOW 2010 looking very good

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Well over two thirds of the stand area for ZOW 2010 in Germany have been sold.

Choosing success

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

'Choose the original � choose success' is part of a Eumabois promotional campaign which aims to defend the federation�s members consisting of European manufacturers of woodworking technology.

PELICE beat

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The 2010 Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) will be held February 4-6 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. www.pelice-expo.com

Emergency wildfire fund approved

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has applauded passage in the US Senate of Legislation to improve efforts to fight catastrophic wildfire by creating a dedicated fund within the Forest Service to pay for fire suppression activities and prevent other valuable land management programmes from being raided in heavy fire years.

Turkish delight for Norbord

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Contractors working on the restoration of one of Istanbul�s most important mosques completely enclosed the building with a protective scaffold clad with Norbord�s Sterling OSB.

Nelson celebrates 25 years

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Nelson Pine Industries� biggest wood processor celebrated its 25 anniversary last October. On October 2, 1984, a joint venture agreement was signed between the original partners, Newmans Group Ltd, Nelson. C A Odlins Ltd Wellington, and Sumitomo Forestry Co Ltd, Tokyo, Japan.

Post-masters degree at ECB

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The Ecole Sup�rieure du Bois (ESB) in Nantes, France, is launching a post-master degree entitled �Bioresource composites: innovation and ecodesign� in 2010.

Composites symposium

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The 44th International Wood Composites Symposium sponsored by the Composite Materials and Engineering Center (CMEC) and Washington State University Extension will be held at the Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue in Seattle, Washington from March 29-31, 2010.

Australia leads in chips

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Exports of wood chips from Australia have declined 28% in 2009 but the country is still the largest chip exporter in the world, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.

Choose success

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

�Choose the original � choose success� is part of a Eumabois promotional campaign which aims to defend the federation�s members consisting of European manufacturers of woodworking technology.

Uniboard invests US$2m in melamine press

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Pfleiderer subsidiary Uniboard is investing more than US$2m in a new short-cycle melamine press at its Canadian plant in Val-d�Or.

North America�s biggest MDF plant starts up

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

What is said to be the biggest MDF plant in North America has just gone into production.

HWP act as carbon stores and need recognition

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Participants in an �International Conference on Carbon Storage in Wood Products� held in Brussels recently, unanimously agreed that Harvested Wood Products (HWP) act as carbon stores and that this needs to be recognised in future international agreements on climate change.

Italian exhibitions on collision course

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A war of words has broken out between leading Italian woodworking technology exhibition Xylexpo and newer rival Technodomus.