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Articles in December, 2002 issue of Wood Based Panels International
- Unilin comes on stream.(News)
- CanFibre Riverside sold to truss maker.(News)
- L-P sells Missoula particleboard plant.(News)
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Research and flexibility: Siempelkamp is one of the giants of the panel manufacturing machinery industry with its own resources, coupled with subsidiaries and associate companies in many fields, enabling it to operate as a general contractor. In the first
by Botting, Mike -
Technical terms.(Words & Acronyms)
by Irle, Mark - Babcock rescued by Grenzebach Maschinenbau.(News)
- Not the government.
- New mill for Agrolinz.
- Kronospan expands.
- PAL wins orders.(News)
- A liquid alternative: the decorative surfacing of panels takes many forms, often involving lamination with a paper based decor. But Treffert GmbH & Co KG, as a manufacturer of liquid coatings, has a different approach which it is now bringing to the d
- Laminex sale.(News)
- Weyerhaeuser axes HQ staff.(News)
- L-P takes downtime.(News)
- Dynea in China.
- World survey part II.(Focus On Particleboard Part 2)
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Mixed fortunes for inorganic panels: international political conditions somewhat thinned the ranks during the eight Inorganic-Bonded Wood and Fibre Composite Materials Conference at Sun Valley, Idaho, US, but they saw a rosy future for the products.(Confe
by Keil, Bill -
Particleboard and WBPI looking to the future.(Comment)
by Botting, Michael I - Extra shift for TMR.
- Andritz buys ABB assets.
- Minister opens HeveaPac site.(News)
- Metso scoops new deals.(News)
- Transporting without any bridges: like many aspects of the panel production process, storing and transporting the raw material for particleboard, MDF and OSB is not as simple as it looks. From its base in Aalen, east of Stuttgart, SHW specialises in such
- L-P to defend against class action.(News)
- Vertex buys Reynolds.(News)
- Eumabois axes Asian shows.(News)
- BPB buys Gyproc.
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Look east and west to find new capacity: in the last issue of WBPI, we published listings and commentary on the particleboard industry in Europe and North America as at the end of 2001. Here we publish the data and analysis for the rest of the world--and
by Wadsworth, John -
Good news to round off a difficult year.(Comment)
by Botting, Michael I - OSB plans cancelled.
- Upbeat future forecast.
- New composite developed at WSU.(News)
- Six new plants for Siempelkamp.(News)
- Chips with everything: Pallman Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co KG, which is celebrating its centenary in 2003, specializes in the manufacture of size reduction machinery for a number of diverse industries and raw materials. It offers a complete service from
- CHH to buy Starwood.(news)
- Price cut at Woodmac.
- Decor prices up.
- And expands again.
- Nelson opens new plant.(News)
- Sumitomo wins Dominance.(News)
- Brazil's Duratex looks to raise US$54m.(News)
- NPPD chairman slams "cowboy" traders.(News)
- Dates for Pullman.
- De Beers changes its identity.(News)
- Integrated site offers role model for the industry: it may not be one of the biggest European panel making companies, but Kunz thinks big, and internationally, as witnessed by its 15 production sites and its Canadian subsidiary Uniboard. But the latest an
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European event, global attendance: the sixth annual edition of the European Panel Products Symposium (EPPS) took place in Wales in October and attracted one of its most international audiences to hear 25 presentations on a wide range of subjects. Mike Bot
by Botting, Mike - New MDF line for Malaysia.(news)
- Weyerhaeuser law suit.
- Hornitex struggles on.
- More orders for Dieffenbacher.(News)
- At every link of the decor paper chain: the slogan for Technocell Dekor is 'Quality must be measurable' and the company applies that philosophy to the manufacture of decor papers for panels at its plants in Germany and North America. WBPI visited Technoce
- Steaming ahead with furnish preparation: Schenkmann & Piel Verfahrenstechnik GmbH & Co KG, or SPV as it is also known, started its business in air grading equipment 25 years ago. Since then, the company has diversified into drying, developing a re
- Investor comes to the rescue of Vits.(news)
- Stimson Lumber closes plant, faces legal action.(News)
- No need for CPD.
- Glunz chairman quits.
- Acimall points to order shrinkage.(News)
- Shaping up for today's market: cutting and machining is an area of panel processing which has seen dramatic developments in recent years, with increasing demands for accuracy and clean finishes at ever higher speeds. Leitz has specialised in this field fo
- New president for G-P.
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