the timber network

. The new Dieffenbacher Colorizer applies high quality direct digital printing on THDF/MDF and particle boards for applications such as laminate flooring and for furniture production

Stefan Olsson has been elected as a new Board member at Södra. Stefan is a Master of Science and has spent many years working for ABB. He has been the CEO for Nexans Sweden since 2006

The Supervisory Board of Pfleiderer AG has appointed Elmar Geissinger member of the Board with effect from May 14, 2012. Horst Piepenburg as the custodian has confirmed the appointment

. Most of these raw materials come from mills in Mato Grosso do Sul, Parana and Sao Paulo States where plantation timbers are used for OSB and MDF production

The producer of wood based panels Kronospan will install a medium-density fibre (“MDF”) board production line at its plant in Novovolynsk in Western Ukraine

The German producer of wood products Varioboard closes its MDF plant in Magdeburg, the company announced in a press release yesterday. End of production is scheduled for May 2nd

Sonae Indústria plans to expand its MDF capacity in South Africa. As the two CEOs, Rui Correia and João Paulo Pinto, announced earlier this week, the company has initiated investments to expand MDF-production in this "promising market" by 50

The Federal Association of the German Sawmill and Wood Industry BSHD, elected a new board at its general meeting last week. The former chairman Dr. Josef Rettenmeier has been displaced by Dr

Södra Interiör is to buy UAB Aldrea in Panevezys, Lithuania, which processes MDF panels to make interior products. The company’s present range of products includes boards, panels, levelling pieces, cornicing and kitchen hatches. Södra

. The biggest press ever delivered to Turkey (by press area) forms the core of the new MDF factory. Having a width of 2,65 m with a length of 55,5 m the Dieffenbacher Continuous Press System (CPS

Fill Machine Engineering is pleased to announce a major order from Russia. The Wood Competence Center has been awarded the contract for construction of a complete 3-layer board-making facility and production systems for solid wood house walls

The shareholders of Messrs. Amorim Revestimentos S.A./Portugal, the world's largest manufacturer of cork flooring and one of the leading European importers of timber flooring, decided today to enlarge its Board of Directors and appointed Jürgen Früchtenicht (55

Production costs of wood processing companies are rising. This fact applies to both the production of oriented strand boards (OSB) and of medium density fibreboards (MDF

. More than usual retailers and pallet producers had lowered their stocks before the turn of the year. Most wanted were 22/23 x 80/100 mm sized boards. Therefore prices rose up to 20 Euro per cbm or less.

BIS Shrapnel’s Medium Density Fibreboard in the Pacific Rim and Europe, 2009 – 2013 report forecasts strong growth in the key end-use sectors for MDF