PORTUGAL – Sonae Arauco, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of wood-based panels for furniture, construction and interior design, has started operations at the first industrial-scale MDF recycling line at its Mangualde plant in Portugal. The EUR 8 million...
ITALY – Gruppo Saviola has strengthened its industrial network through the acquisition of Tecnogarden Service, a Vimercate-based company with ten operational sites across Italy. The company now becomes part of Savionet, Saviola’s business unit dedicated to...
FINLAND – Finnish wood products company Koskisen is celebrating 50 years of particleboard production at its factory, established in 1975. Since its commissioning, the plant has supplied the furniture and construction industries with high-quality,...
CANADA – Georgia-Pacific has announced a USD 140 million investment in its Englehart, Ontario OSB (Oriented Strand Board) mill. The project will fund a new log processing system and expand the finished-goods warehouse. The investment marks the facility’s...
BELGIUM – Unilin Technologies, the intellectual property division of Unilin, has officially obtained U.S. patent US 12,325,148 for its groundbreaking Osiris recycling process. The newly granted patent expands international protection for the technology —already...
CHILE – Masisa, a leading Latin American company specializing in wood-based solutions for furniture and interior architecture, reported EBITDA of USD 9.5 million for the first half of 2025 (6M-2025), representing a 5.6% increase from the USD 9.0 million...
SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Krono Group has officially completed its acquisition of Collins Pine Company's particleboard and engineered wood siding facilities in Klamath Falls, Oregon (USA) The transaction, effective August 25, 2025, marks the final step in a...
BRAZIL – Eucatex, one of the largest manufacturers of wooden panels in Brazil, with operations also in the paint and varnish, laminated flooring and doors segments, posted solid results in the second quarter of 2025, with sales reaching BRL 784.1 million,...
TURKEY – Kastamonu Entegre, a global brand in the wood-based panel industry, strengthened its market position by climbing to 61st place in the Capital 500 — the annual ranking published by Capital magazine listing the 500 largest private companies in Turkey by...
CHILE – Arauco posted mixed results for the first half of 2025. In the second-quarter (2Q-2025) sales revenue reaching USD 1,524.7 million, a slight 0.6% decrease from the same period in 2024. Wood Products sales rose 3.4% to USD 782.3 million. EBITDA for...
BRAZIL – As part of its commitment to innovation and sustainability, Novopan carried out a technical tour with its Genetics team to deepen the use of forest genetics technologies. In its Biotechnology Laboratory, the company is implementing multiple...
BRAZIL – Dexco, the largest wooden panel manufacturer in Latin America, reported a notable operational improvement in the second quarter of 2025 (2Q-2025), with strong gains in its Wood Division and EBITDA despite a sharp drop in net profit year-over-year. From...
