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- Columbia asks for government help to survive
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Well over two thirds of the stand area for ZOW 2010 in Germany have been sold.
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- Choosing success
'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
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
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
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
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
The Ecole Supérieure du Bois (ESB) in Nantes, France, is launching a post-master degree entitled ?Bioresource composites: innovation and ecodesign? in 2010.
- Composites symposium
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.
