SPAIN – Global investment firm Carlyle announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Grupo Garnica Plywood, S.A., a leading global manufacturer of premium plywood solutions, from ICG and certain shareholders, some of whom will retain a stake in the business, including the Garnica family and the management team.
GERMANY – A complete wood fiber insulation board (WFIB) plant provided by Dieffenbacher for Bavarian Ziegler Group’s Grafenwöhr site is up and running less than one year after construction began.
CANADA – Canadian wood-based panel producer Uniboard starts third phase of its modernization project in Val-d’Or, Quebec.
MEXICO – Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A. (Arauco) recently announced that its Board of Directors has approved the decision of its subsidiary Arauco Industria de México, S.A. DE C.V. to build a new MDF production line.
CANADA – Roseburg recently announced automation and modernization of its at Pembroke MDF plant in Ontario for Mouldings production.
MEXICO – Proteak, the largest Mexican forestry company, informed that after 10 years of collaborating with the company, Omar Nacif Serio decided to close a cycle both professionally and personally, so he left the company’s General Management on September 14 of this year.
ARGENTINA – Egger, a leading manufacturer of wood-based products for furniture and flooring, made an investment of more than USD 3 million in its plant in Concordia – Entre Ríos, Argentina – in order to modernize and expand its Molding lines.
SPAIN – Garnica, a leading plywood manufacturer, is firmly committed to sustainability, both when it comes to satisfying the user, offering innovative plywood solutions based on wood from renewable sources, and when it comes to committing to the planet to promote environmentally responsible practices and a commitment to the use of this type of material.
UK – Wood-based material manufacturer, Egger UK Limited, has invested over £15 million into recycling operations at its site in Hexham.
AUSTRIA – Michael Egger is withdrawing from the supervisory board of the company.
GERMANY – Responsible and sustainable practices are part of Pfleiderer’s DNA.
FINLAND – Koskisen is a Finnish wood industry company producing sawn timber and panel products, such as birch plywood and particleboard for the furniture, and construction industries.
