2013 Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge Woodworking Competition Winners Announced

Craig Thibodeau of CT Fine Furniture, San Diego, CA, is awarded $3,000 at 2013 Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge Woodworking Competition for his creation that tops this ninth annual design competition recognizing excellence in veneer woodworking .

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Canfor Reports Second Quarter 2013 Results

Canfor Corporation reported net income attributable to shareholders (“shareholder net income”) of $110.3 million, or $0.77 per share, for the second quarter of 2013,

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Plum Creek Timber Announces Second Quarter 2013 Earnings

Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. announced second quarter earnings of $46 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, on revenues of $303 million. Earnings for the second quarter of 2012 were $36 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, on revenues of $294 million.


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Construction Products Association And UKTI Partners To Assist Non-Export Firms

The Construction Products Association to receive funding from UK Trade & Investment for a two year project to identify and assist more non-exporting companies in the construction products sector to start exporting.

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Continential Wood Products Launches A Rapid Delivery Service

Swede Speed will offer customers quick delivery of C24 whitewood, direct from Continential Wood Products’ (CWP) Swedish mill.

Softwood marketing manager Jerry Wilson said the service would be particularly helpful for merchants that wanted a pick-a-pack service as it provided newly-produced timber for delivery in less than a week.

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BWF Announces New President And Council

Woodworking and joinery manufacturing firms that are part of the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) will receive increased benefits and opportunities to participate in industry development

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Turkey’s Burgeoning Construction Sector Boosts DOMOTEX Middle East

DOMOTEX Middle East is recording solid bookings for exhibition space from Turkish and international companies. Turkey’s buoyant economy no doubt has a part to play in prompting registrations from key players in the global floor coverings market.


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UK Economy Indicates Improved Figures

Recent GDP figures show that the UK economy grew by 0.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the previous quarter and 1.4 per cent compared to the same quarter a year ago. In particular,

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Steico Reports New Second Quarter Revenues

The insulated board manufacturer Steico raised its revenues by 9.3 % to €41.0m in the second quarter of 2013. This upswing came on the heels of a minor slump in the first three months of the year.


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Metsä Wood Adds Its Name To The BIM Family

Metsä Wood has launched its BIM components in Revit. Organised into BIM families, the company’s key engineered wood product systems and solutions for construction and architecture are all represented.

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Norbord Credits OSB Prices and Housing Recovery for Upsurge in Earnings

Norbord Inc. has reported EBITDA of $102 million in the second quarter of 2013, compared to $31 million in the same quarter last year and $111 million in the first quarter of 2013. 

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UK Bans Sweet Chestnut Import to Fight Fungal Blight

Imports of sweet chestnut trees from areas affected by a fungal blight will be banned to prevent a repeat of the disease that has been the reason behind the devastation of the UK’s ash population.


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CE Marking Gets Mandatory from July 1

CE marking is going to be mandatory in the UK for many construction products from July 2013. BM TRADA’s new Technical Bulletin discusses the regulations and obligations for manufacturers, importers and distributors of construction products, as well as those for designers, builders and specifiers.

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EU Forest Strategy Struggling Delayed Release by European Commission

European forest related organisations are concerned about the delay in publishing the new EU Forest Strategy by European Commission.

 
The European Commission is postponing publication of the strategy, even though forests represent 40% of land use in Europe.

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Building Completions Up By 9.5% In 2012, Reports Federal German Statistical Office

According to the Federal German Statistical Office, there was growth of 9.5% to 200,466 in the number of housing units completed in Germany last year. Of that number, 180,611 units were completed in newly erected buildings, representing a rise of 10%.


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SCA Timber Supply UK Expands Its Market

The doubling in size of SCA Timber Supply UK’s business in the coming months has resulted in changes across the company’s senior management team.

Anders Ek takes over as managing director in addition to his existing responsibilities as UK chairman from 23rd July. Neil Emsley has left the company.

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Sveaskog Reports Improved Earnings In First Half Of 2013

Sveaskog’s profit improved in the first half compared with the same period last year to reach SEK 544 million (446). Sales volumes increased by 4%. Selling prices fell by an average of 10%.

Per-Olov Wedin, President and CEO: “The improvement in earnings despite lower price levels is due to higher deliveries from the company’s own forests and lower production costs.

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SCA Timber Supply UK Signs Agreement with Travis Perkins Group

SCA Timber Supply UK signs an agreement to provide a range of planed softwood products to Britain’s largest builders’ merchants, the Travis Perkins Group, commencing in 2014.

“We will be investing immediately £5 million in new facilities on Humberside, dedicated to producing builders’ merchant products,”

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New HR Director Appointed At Södra

Wood & Panel reports that Christer Thörn has been appointed the new HR Director of Södra. He will be part of Södra’s group executive team, reporting to CEO and Group President Lars Idermark.

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Devin Stockfish Elected as General Counsel for Weyerhaeuser

Weyerhaeuser Company board of directors has elected Devin Stockfish corporate secretary for the company. The appointment was effective July 1, 2013. Stockfish will continue to serve as assistant general counsel and his practice includes corporate governance, securities law compliance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance matters.

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Weyerhaeuser Takes Over Longview Timber

Weyerhaeuser has completed of its acquisition of Longview Timber LLC from affiliates of Brookfield Asset Management. The transaction increases the total amount of U.S. timberlands Weyerhaeuser owns or controls to approximately 6.6 million acres.

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20-20 Technologies Unveiled Visual Impression Mobile At Neocon 2013

20-20 Technologies Inc released Visual Impression Mobile – a mobile companion to 20-20 Visual Impression.

Visual Impression Mobile extends the impact of Visual Impression and allows a designer to publish the images they create in Visual Impression to the cloud for their sales teams to view and present on their iPad or web browser.

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Arpa Introduces The Kataba Table

PeLiDesign has carefully designed for Arpa the KATABA table. This elegant and beautiful table features a solid (compact HPL) laminate top that is connected through a snap-mechanism to its stylish legs made of European oak wood.


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BARGSTEDT To Be Unveiled At The HOLZMA Treff 2013

In the Swabian Holzbronn to be held the inhouse show, HOLZMA Treff from September 24- 27. Along with the associate companies WEEKE, BRAND and of course HOLZMA, also BARGSTEDT is on the field again and will present interesting innova-tions around the storage technology.


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Flexible Timber Work from Weinmann

For a number of years now, timber work has experienced continual growth, and if it gains even just one percent from solid construction each year, the order books of carpentry businesses will be full in the coming years.

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New Salice Futura With 3-Way Adjustable Clip

The 3 adjustments can be achieved without using any tools, they are accessible from the drawer front and allow the alignment of the drawers also in the relation to the cabinet.

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CIFM / interzum guangzhou set to rock once again in 2014

CIFM/ interzum guangzhou, one of Asia’s leading events in woodworking machinery, furniture production and interior design industry, will be back again in 2014, this time, longer and bringing more benefits!


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British Woodworking Federation Campaign To Attract Young People Into Joinery Wins Award

The ‘Wow I made that!’ campaign set up by the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) to attract young people into the joinery industry has won the 2013 ‘Electronic Communication of the Year Award’ at the Trade Association Forum awards.

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Wood Market Update of 2013

According to Research and Markets this market update examines the UK market for timber and joinery, focusing on two main sectors: finished wood products; and timber processing and semi-finished goods. In 2012, the apparent UK market for timber and joinery products was estimated to have grown year-on-year by 1.1%.


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Dieffenbacher Reports Certification from Federal Aviation Office

The Federal Aviation Office certified the operating facility in Eppingen as an “officially recognized known consignor” on July 4, 2013. An inspection of the headquarters in Eppingen confirmed compliance with all of the separate provisions of the new Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 regarding civil aviation security.

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Collano comes up with New Water-Based Contact Adhesive Collano TAC 9592

 Collano, France has come up with a new Collano TAC 9592 adhesive an ideal solution for manual application of water-based contact adhesive. This innovative product is can be applied easily with no dripping.

This new adhesive is suitable for gluing foams to each other or to other soft or rigid substrates, with immediate and strong setting. It is odourless, solvent-free and ideal for working safely on building sites.

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Stora Enso CEO Jouko Karvinen Comments On Second Quarter 2013 Results

“The second quarter was a demonstration of the mixed reality we have in Stora Enso. Whereas the overall performance was according to our second quarter outlook, including solid cash flow, the picture is very different in the different businesses. 


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Mastercam Becomes The Choice Of Many

Douglas Fluid & Integration Technology, LLC help energy market researchers bring their concepts to the testing stage faster. When the company started doing its own milling, it purchased a user-friendly CAM software package that allowed Douglas to create basic machining programs semi-automatically, with very little programmer intervention required.

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Wood & Panel Launches ‘Scan to Win’ Campaign at AWFS

Wood & Panel– the leading e-zine for the wood and wbp industry has launched an exciting campaign ‘Scan to Win’.

A surprise is waiting behind the QR code which will take the winner to the right avenue after being scanned.

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The Forest Practices Board To Audit BC Timber Sales

The Forest Practices Board to examine the activities of BC Timber Sales in the Prince George District during the week of July 22, 2013. The audit will examine timber harvesting,

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Rise In FSC Certified Indonesian Timber Leads To Increase In Forest Area

The timber market is developing a growing awareness of responsible forestry practices, resulting in an increasing demand for FSC certified Indonesian timber. In recent years, the growth of FSC certification in Indonesia has been particularly encouraging.

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Virtual Machine “realityPlus” Created By HOMAG

Under the banner of “realityPlus”, the HOMAG Group has linked the virtual world to an actual environment to secure a decisive development edge over its competitors – while helping customers to benefit from increased safety, performance and efficiency.

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Dr. Andreas Hettich Announced OWL Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013

Dr. Andreas Hettich has been recently named as East Westphalia-Lippe’s entrepreneur of the year 2013.


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BWF Spending Review Gets Lukewarm Response from Joinery Sector

Joinery and woodworking firms are struggling to find the positives in last week’s Spending Review, according to the British Woodworking Federation (BWF). 


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UPM Moves Further with Aigrefeuille and Docelles Mill Agreement

UPM has proceeded on schedule published on 17 January 2013 to identify buyers for the Docelles paper mill and Aigrefeuille further processing mill in France.


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Weinig Holds A Good Grip In Italy

Despite the economically difficult times, an Italian customer decided to invest in a Powermat 600 of WEINIG. In fact, the crucial point was not the equipment with groove guide and CNC-axes,


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Ashton Woods Homes Phoenix Receives Housing Award

Ashton Woods Homes Phoenix, a premiere builder of energy-efficient new homes, today announced that have recently earned a 2013 ENERGY STAR Leadership in Housing Award.

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Hurst Hardwoods Provides More Options

Hurst Hardwoods realizes the importance in giving options to consumers. Not every type of wood is appropriate for every flooring project, as each has different characteristics.

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Russia Looses Grip Over Asian Wood Market

In the 1Q 2013, Russia has decreased logs supply to China by 21.1% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, China’s share in Russian wood export fell to 50%.


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Weinig Unveils New Powermat 2500

The new Powermat 2500, one of the highlights at this year’s LIGNA show, can now be watched in the ExpoCenter in Tauberbischofsheim. 


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Lesnaya Innovacionnaya Kompanya Takes Over Pestovo Sawmill In Russia

UPM has signed an agreement on the sale of Pestovo sawmill real estate and machinery with Lesnaya Innovacionnaya Kompanya (LIK) LLC. The parties have agreed not to disclose the sales price. UPM announced the search for a buyer for the Pestovo sawmill on January 10, 2013.


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Pfleiderer Sells Its Mill In Gschwend

 Pfleiderer has sold the premises for its particleboard mill in Gschwend to Rüdiger Lang, also headquartered in Gschwend. The mill closed permanently in October 2010. The regional newspaper Südwestpresse reported that the purchase agreement had been signed on 27 June.

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Formica Group To Abide By New Regulations

 There have been changes to the use of CE Marking in line with the new Construction Products Regulations; that will be effective from 1st July 2013. Formica Group's Compact grade products, for both interior and exterior use, are affected by these regulations. These products have previously been routinely marked with the CE Mark. 

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New Chief Forester At Western Forest Products Inc.

 Western Forest Products Inc. appoints Shannon Janzen as Chief Forester, effective immediately. 

Previously Manager, Strategic Planning, Ms. Janzen is a Registered Professional Forester and clearly demonstrates the leadership qualities required for the role of Chief Forester. 


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Stora Enso's Non-Recurring Items In Second Quarter 2013

 Stora Enso will record non-recurring items (NRI) with a negative net impact of approximately EUR 33 million on operating profit in its second quarter 2013 results. The NRI will have a positive tax impact of EUR 8 million and decrease earnings per share by EUR 0.03.


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Timber Expo 2013 To Hold Seminars

 Timber Expo 2013 will run Timber Talk seminars sessions focusing on hot topics and issues in the industry and these are designed to be interactive with each Talk including a facilitated Q&A session. 


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Agreement Between Deutsche Messe AG and IEC-Ural

 Deutsche Messe AG signed a joint venture agreement with the Russian tradeshow organizer LLC Interregional Exhibition Company-Ural (IEC-Ural) for the staging of LESPROM-Ural Professional in Yekaterinburg, Russia. This represents another move on the part of Deutsche Messe to extend its international operations as an organizer of woodworking trade fairs. 

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Drytac To change Its Business Strategy

 Drytac, an international manufacturer of adhesive-coated products and graphics finishing equipment and supplies, has signed a formal agreement with Advanced Finishing Technologies/Digital2You to sell its UV liquid coating division, including UV coaters and UV liquid coatings. The sale is a direct result of a recent corporate review during which Drytac decided to shift its business strategy.

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Construction Product Sales Bounce Back In Q2

The Construction Products Association’s latest State of Trade Survey indicates that sales of construction products recovered slightly during the second quarter of 2013. This recovery was driven principally by exports and a ‘bounce’ following a Q1 slump which had been exacerbated by poor weather. 

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