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Limab GmbH are now representing WoodEye by Innovativ Vision in parts of the Central European market. This means that Limab will be handling all new sales at this market but services will still be run directly by WoodEye. The countries that are included are Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
“We are pleased to initiate this cooperation with a company with this size of experience from industrial measure technology” says WoodEye CEO Jonas Eklind. “They have worked with the Central European market and also the wood industry a long time and knows the business well”.
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Antique Heart Pine reclaimed from the Union Underwear Inc. factory by Pioneer Millworks was re-crafted into fine woodwork for a new supermarket and restaurant in Rochester, New York.
A prominent supermarket that opened in May in Rochester, New York features timbers, doors, and trim crafted of reclaimed Heart Pine by New Energy Works Timberframers fine woodworking group, NEWwoodworks. The antique pine, also known as Southern Yellow Pine, was salvaged by Pioneer Millworks during deconstruction of the Union Underwear Inc. cotton mill and factory in Alabama.
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Mantis which was unveiled earlier this year, has made an appearance at the Elmia Wood 2013 forestry exhibition (5 – 8 June 2013) in Sweden. The nine foot (2.7 meters) tall robot, which resembles a giant insect and can be driven remotely or piloted from the machine’s cockpit, took four years to develop and features Bosch Rexroth components and know-how.
18 Rexroth 4WREE6 valves provide the integral function of controlling the hydraulic cylinders that operate the Mantis’ six legs. Each leg features three independent closed loop axes, one at the knee and two at the hip, with feedback provided by sensors installed on the outside of the leg.
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Suppliers of temporary road access solutions, walkways and Bog Mats, Timbermat Ltd, has announced its recent accreditation to Constructionline, a UK Government Certification Service and national online database of pre-qualified contractors and consultants.
The criteria for Constructionline accreditation includes the supply of financial information including Directors’ report, Auditor’s or accountant’s report and usual financial statements together with two references for each category, sector or discipline for which the business wishes to be registered.
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The Construction Products Association and Polypipe hosted a visit by the Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Minister of State for Business and Energy, to the plastic pipe systems manufacturer’s facilities in Kent where he saw first-hand an example of the innovative and sustainable product development undertaken within the construction products industry.
The visit included a tour of the Aylesford factory and the 14-acre site’s Centre of Excellence training facility. Polypipe CEO David Hall explained how the business’s technical support function combined with a £100 million investment in equipment across its nine manufacturing sites in recent years have been important factors in the company’s resilience and organic growth, leading to contracts for many of the UK’s most prestigious construction projects, including London 2012.
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The South African timber group PG Bison recently commissioned Dieffenbacher to supply a ClassiSizer at its new 380m³ per day continuous MDF press line in Johannesburg. The company ordered a ClassiSizer for resizing production waste into combustible fine dust for heating the thermal oil needed for their new MDF press line. Assembly is forecasted to begin in June 2013, well in time for the September 2013 commissioning of PG Bison’s new MDF line.
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Homag Group has already broken through the Euro 100 million ceiling.“The Homag Group has made a tremendous start to the new year, already exceeding our targets during the first few months and we were able to pass the Euro 100 million ceiling at LIGNA”, reports Board Member for Sales, Service and Marketing Jürgen Köppel.
Frieder Schuler, Head of the Homag Group Engineering furniture team adds: “Renowned manufacturers such as Bribus from Holland, Friul Intagli from Italy, Formaplan from Germany, Metal Systems from Belgium, Nowy Stil from Poland, Red Apple from China and Stilnye Kuchni from Russia are among countless other customers who rely on us as a trusted partner and on integral solutions from the Homag Group – and not just when it comes to processing wood.”
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Almost one year ago, the Forest Service announced the contractor for the first stewardship contract awarded under the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI). The Forest Service anticipates that work issued under the Ranch Task Order will begin in early June.
This initial task order will provide treatment on approximately 1,000 acres on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests near Show Low. The work consists of removal of trees over 1 inch in diameter and the residue (tops and limbs) in order to meet the desired conditions for the area.
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UPM Tilhill has had its approach to occupational safety and health recognised once again in an awards scheme run by the safety charity, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
The top award in the forestry sector of the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2013 was presented to UPM Tilhill Head of Safety UK Chris Pike during a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel at the National Exhibition Centre.
Chris Pike said: “This is the third consecutive year we have won the forestry sector so I was especially proud to receive the winner’s silver salver on behalf of the company.
“I am delighted that the sustained effort the whole company has put into improving our safety performance over the past four years has been recognised again by RoSPA. The real reward has been achieving a 65 per cent reduction in the number of lost-time accidents.”
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HOLZMA conducts in-depth analysis of processes related to cutting operations and offers more and more concepts to reduce inefficient non-productive time. In the interest of the customer, HOLZMA provides for increased efficiency in production. The latest innovation was launched at the LIGNA fair: the new destacking concept.
This guides the operator intuitively, from depositing the first part to forming the perfectly stacked pallet. The solution is underpinned by a general software and hardware concept that enchances efficiency and ergonomics in all work steps.
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Louisiana-Pacific now also boasts the CE mark and the European Technical Approval (ETA) seal for the LSL products LSL Q-Lite, LSL-Q and LSL-G, which are all marketed under the Solid Start umbrella brand. LP had already been granted the CE mark and ETA seal for I-joists in March. LP aims to use the quality seals to push sales of various engineered wood products (EWP), including not only I-joists and LVL but also LSL (Laminated Strand Lumber), more strongly on European markets.
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The Turkish markets for particleboard and MDF/HDF, which had shown a relatively stable trend in recent years in spite of the ongoing capacity enlargements, have increasingly started to slow down since the second half of 2012.
Supply has grown again sharply during the course of last year, due to the commissioning of several production lines in quick succession. At the same time, various foreign wood-based panels producers, especially from Spain, Italy and south-east Europe, have continued to step up their deliveries to Turkey. This coincided with a softening in demand for particleboard and MDF/HDF on the Turkish market.
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The "LEUCO p-System Profile Cutter" ranked third at the LIGNA 2013 Innovation Symposium in the category "Mechanical Processing Innovations". LEUCO developed the cutter together with the saw mill specialist EWD (Esterer WD GmbH).
The "LEUCO p-System Profile Cutter" revolutionizes in saw mills the removal of the wood edge before cutting off the side boards. So far, this process was made by means of a combination of wood chip knives and saw blades and after 60,000 running meters the machine had to be stopped to change the tools.
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With the World’s First, the SuperSilent, AKE takes first place at the Novelties Symposium of the LIGNA 2013 with the assessed segments of machine production, surface technology, handling/logistics/mounting.
This prize was awarded by Schuler Consulting, DRW publishers Weinbrenner and the Rosenheim university of applied sciences.
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Palis (Padaluma Inkjet-Solutions GmbH), a digital-print specialist based in Markt Erlbach, and the decor paper printer Schattdecor of Thansau have formed an exclusive development partnership.
The declared goal of the two companies for the next two years is to take a new type of high-performance single-pass digital printer with a 225 cm print width into operation, initially at Schattdecor exclusively. Printing from roll to roll at, the unit will have a working speed of 75 - 150 m/min and be capable of efficient and economic short run work. Printing is to be performed on decor base paper with pigments identical to those used in rotogravure printing.
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Rougier, major player in the business of certified African tropical timber , has obtained FSC (Forest Stewardship Council ) certification for three forest concessions located in the Mbang forest area in South East Cameroon and managed by the Rougier subsidiary SFID (Société Forestière et Industrielle de la Doumé).
During the past years, SFID has been strongly involved in forest certification and the FSC certification of responsible forest management [FSC - C014550 ] delivered by the Rain forest Alliance is a natural consequence of this commitment.
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A stronger shaft and bearings make the new radial piston motor MCR-W type from Bosch Rexroth ideal for the more demanding conditions including eucalyptus harvesting.
Rexroth MCR-W: 60 percent higher radial load capacity compared to standard radial piston motors. The Bosch Rexroth MCR range of radial piston motors has been specifically developed for a number of forestry vehicle applications including feed rollers, rotator heads, wheel and slew drives. Central to the range is the new MCR-W type designed for forestry harvester head feed roller applications.
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This year will be DOMOTEX Middle East’s second time at its new location at the Istanbul Expo Center, having staged its successful debut there in November 2012 after an illustrious six years in Dubai. The upcoming season, which runs from 7 to 10 November 2013, will further cement the reputation of DOMOTEX Middle East as the leading trade fair for carpets and floor coverings in Turkey and the Middle East. “Turkey is an up-and-coming market of key importance for the carpets and floor coverings sector,” said Martin Folkerts, Director of Global Fairs at Deutsche Messe, the company that organizes the fair. “For its exhibitors, DOMOTEX Middle East is a gateway to new markets – and not just in Turkey, but in the Arab countries as well.
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The quarterly survey executed by Acimall’s Studies Office reveals a 2.7% decrease of orders compared to the January-March 2012 period, resulting from 2.8% decrease of foreign business and 2.4 shrinkage on the domestic market. The orders book spans two months approximately, with prices up by 0.4% since the beginning of the year. Slight reduction for turnover: minus 0.7 compared to the corresponding quarter in 2012, as Acimall said in a press release received by Lesprom Network.
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European output of particleboard, MDF/HDF and OSB all declined last year. Preliminary figures released by the European Panels Federation (EPF), which include EPF member countries apart from Turkey and Russia, show that European particleboard production slipped another 5 % to 28.5m m³.
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Substantial stability is the trend of Italian woodworking and wood-based materials technology in the first quarter 2013, a result that can be deemed positively after the big difficulties recorded in the final period of 2012.
Let’s take a look at figures: the quarterly survey executed by Acimall’s Studies Office reveals a 2.7 percent decrease of orders compared to the January-March 2012 period, resulting from 2.8 percent decrease of foreign business and 2.4 shrinkage on the domestic market.
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“Europe's weak economic situation is eroding the future prospects of the Finnish forest industry. Finland should now focus on the rapid implementation of measures that ease the industry's cost burden,” says Timo Jaatinen, Director General of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation.
“It is essential to maintain the competitiveness of the Finnish forest industry at a higher level than that of our rival nations,” Timo Jaatinen points out. “For example, the windfall tax should be repealed entirely, and not just reduced as has been decided.”
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Several gluing presses type PPL II with an extended infeed area have been started up in the past months, for the manufacturing of different products. For example Holzwerke Zöchling in Austria, a wood processing company which invested in an optimizing cross-cut saw OptiCut 450 Quantum II and a ProfiPress L II Comfort.
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As exhibitor bookings pour in for the extended Confor Woodland Show, plans are firming up for the events to be held in Confor's marquee, under the Grown in Britain theme.
Grown in Britain is a campaign launched earlier this year to promote the use of home-grown timber. It is the direct result of work by Confor, following the Independent Panel on Forestry report, which recognised the very significant contribution our woodlands and forests make to our economy, society and the environment.
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The intensive preparation and committed appearance at LIGNA 2013 have paid off for WEINIG. On all five days our stand attracted great interest in new and proven technology. The sales closures were highly satisfactory and also reflected this strong demand. Given the large proportion of innovations shown, we expect good follow-up business.
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EACOM Timber Corporation (“EACOM”) and Kelso & Company (“Kelso”) jointly announce that ET Acquisition Corporation (the “Offeror”), a corporation indirectly owned by funds managed by Kelso, has extended the expiry time of the offer by the Offeror to acquire all of the common shares of EACOM (the “Common Shares”) for $0.38 in cash per common share (the “Offer”) until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on June 14, 2013 (the “Expiry Time”) to allow required regulatory approvals to be obtained. All other terms and conditions of the Offer described in the Offeror’s Offer and Circular dated April 5, 2013 remain the same.
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On Thursday (16 May 2013) interzum came to an end with very good results. The world's leading trade fair for furniture production and interior finishing recorded a slight increase in visitor numbers compared to 2011 with around 53,000 visitors - including estimates from the last day of the trade fair - from 148 countries.
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The German machinery and plant manufacturer Robert Bürkle ended up missing its revenue forecast for 2012 by €2m. The forecast was issued in spring 2012 and confirmed in August. The group achieved turnover of €92m rather than its goal of €94m, a 4 % decrease compared with the previous year.
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The Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission has begun a pilot project on artisan milling as part of measures aimed at curbing illegal chainsaw milling.
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Biesse introduced our NEW, innovative bSolid software, capable of simplifying the management of numerically controlled machines to the greatest possible extent. Biesse has been developing this ambitious software for years and is excited to present it at Ligna. With bSolid, it is possible to simulate and design with a simple and intuitive approach, allowing any user to access sophisticated feautures: from an idea directly to the visual designing of the “part”, going from a concept to its visual designing in a few clicks.
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Every two years, Koelnmesse collaborates with red dot to host the “interzum award: intelligent material & design”. The competition awards the best designs in the international supplier industry for the furniture and interior decorating industries. On 12 May 2013, the proud prize winners were given their awards on the occasion of the start of the interzum cologne.
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On the second day we can already state that interzum has got off to a very good start. The international mix of visitors was particularly high in the first two days. The 1,512 exhibitors are very satisfied with the dynamic beginning to the trade fair.
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With the takeover of the wood-chip producer Fulghum Fibres and the planned conversion of two former wood-based-panels sites in Ontario, Canada, the US-American fertilizer manufacturer Rentech aims to enter the business of pellet production
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The city of joy welcomed a host of Malaysian delegates today who enlightened them on the Malaysian Timber species. Organised by Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) in collaboration with PDA Trade Fairs, this technical seminar, Timber Marketing Mission to INDIA, held in Taj Bengal was an impressive presentation on the details of Malaysian timber species and their workability.
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: On 12 May 2013, the proud prize winners were given their awards on the occasion of the start of the interzum cologne.
Around 500 manufacturers, designers and marketing decision makers converged at the Koelnmesse site to celebrate the high point of this year's competition together at the interzum party. A total of 200 entries from 16 countries were submitted in 2013. From Materials and surfaces to Fittings, glass and lighting to Upholstery manufacture and bedding, there was great demand for innovative designs for the furniture industry and interior decorating. The jury, comprising five renowned design experts, gave awards to 51 of the entries.
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The latest Construction Trade Survey, shows that activity in the majority of the construction industry fell during the first quarter of 2013 with the impacts of falling demand exacerbated by the adverse impacts of poor weather. Looking forward, industry prospects remain downbeat with contractors, specialists and civil engineers all reporting declining orders for future work.
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A national statistical workshop was convened from April 1-3 in Haikou (Province of Hainan, China). ITTO co-sponsored the workshop with FAO and it was co-hosted by the Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNet). Around 40 participants took part in the workshop.
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On 13 May interzum opened its doors. This year, more international exhibitors than ever are proof positive that interzum is the world's leading trade fair in the industry. Overall, almost three-quarters of the exhibitors - 1,500 in all - come from abroad. Excellent advance ticket sales suggest that the trade fair will be a complete success. Well over 50,000 visitors are expected overall.
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Due to the cold, wet weather in the last few months, logs are currently in short supply in broad sweeps of western Europe.
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With the full support of its industry members, the Forest Industry Safety Accord (FISA) has announced the introduction of mandatory refresher training with effect from 1st October 2013. The training compliance is targeting all chainsaw operators and site supervisors operating in the forest industry.
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Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment of Keith Oates as a Forestry Commissioner for England. Mr Oates has been a non-executive member of Forestry Commission England’s National Committee since 2007.
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Stiles Machinery is pleased to be exhibiting at the 2013 Ligna exhibition in Hannover, Germany. At the 2013 Ligna fair, product experts from Stiles will be available to provide hospitality and guide guests to demonstrations of the latest innovations in manufacturing technology presented by the company’s vast array of suppliers who will be exhibiting at the fair. Highlights will include:
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For five days, May 6 to 10, 2013, Hannover becomes the world capital of woodworking technology during the biennial Ligna Fair with visitors from over 90 countries. Biesse is introducing many high performance, technologically advanced solutions as well as innovative new software that one should not miss!
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While the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) reported a drop in orders received for January in comparison to the previous year, Dieffenbacher has experienced an extremely positive first few months of the new fiscal year. The current order level stands at over EUR 800 million, which will secure full capacity utilization through to the end of 2014.
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Enhanced information and intelligence collection, evaluation and sharing were identified as key areas for law enforcement to more effectively combat illegal logging, the illicit trade in timber and other forestry crime across the Asia-Pacific region during an INTERPOL training course.
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LIGNA 2013, the five days show that is on from May 6- 10 have begun with its innovations and here on the second day of the show we give you the time schedule.
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LIGNA 2013 the most awaiting show in the world of woodworking has kicked off today after much awaiting. The five day show that will run till 10th of this month will put up immense range of innovations and state-of-the-art technologies from all walks of the industry.
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Last month alone Siempelkamp recorded two orders from Chinese plant operators convinced of Siempelkamp competence in the area of wood-based material production plants: Jixiang Plantation Timber Products Ltd. (Jixiang PTP) as well as Changge Tianzheng System Board Co., Ltd., – both new customers – ordered partial MDF lines from the Krefeld machine and plant engineering company.
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There are only a few weeks to go before the interzum 2013, furniture production and interior finishing opens its doors to visitors in Cologne on 13th May. The realistic textile production line in hall 10.1 demonstrates how leather is fashioned into a car seat, and the “Textile & Machinery” piazza in hall 10.2 offers an interesting series of lectures to accompany the “Upholstery & Bedding” workshop.
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Italy shall again welcome the largest foreign delegation at LIGNA, the biennial exhibition of wood and wood-based materials technology, to be held in Hanover, Germany, from May 6 to 10.
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