GERMANY – German furniture exports remained nearly stable in the first nine months of the year, reaching EUR 6.2 billion (-0.7%), according to preliminary foreign trade data from the Federal Statistical Office. Despite ongoing tariff disputes and...
USA – Siempelkamp hosted its North American “Service & Technology Symposium” in Marietta from November 5–7, bringing together plant operators and service specialists to share updates, identify customer needs and strengthen long-standing...
USA – Roseburg Forest Products announced that it permanently ceased operations at its veneer plant in Weed, California, effective Dec. 3, 2025. The company is consolidating veneer production at its mills in Oregon, where newly installed, high-efficiency equipment is...
INDONESIA – Indonesia’s largest MDF producer, Sumatera Prima Fibreboard (SPF), has entered the particleboard market with the purchase of a complete CEBRO particleboard and Super PB plant from Dieffenbacher for its Indralaya site near Palembang, South...
ITALY – Scm Group, a global leader in material-processing technologies and industrial components, will expand its portfolio to include MES/MOM digital systems—Manufacturing Execution Systems and Manufacturing Operations Management—by integrating Tecnest’s...