GERMANY – Pfleiderer Germany received the “Winner” award in the “Excellence in Brand Strategy and Creation” category of the German Brand Awards for the campaign for the new 2021–2024 collection – “Make Your Visions Work”.

THAILAND – Metro, one of the largest wood-based material producers in Southeast Asia and the largest particleboard producer in the region, decided for a particleboard plant made by Siempelkamp for the third time.

CHILE – Arauco, one of the world’s largest wood panel manufacturers, reported sales revenue of USD 1,346.7 million during the first quarter of 2021 (1Q-2021).

TURKEY – Kastamonu Entegre celebrated the acceptance of its new Siempelkamp particleboard plant with Generation 9 ContiRoll at the Samsun location in Turkey.

ECUADOR – Ecuadorian Particleboard / MDP exports exceeded USD 15 million in March 2021, a growth of 111.1 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.

AUSTRIA – Egger, one of the largest global wooden panel suppliers, is investing over 70 million euros in pioneering large-scale projects at the main plant in St. Johann in Tirol, Austria.

BRAZIL – Eucatex, one of the largest panel manufacturers in Brazil, with operations also in the paint, varnish, laminate flooring and door segments, announced its results for the first quarter of 2021 (1Q-2021).

CHILE – Arauco, a global leader in sustainable forestry, announced it has closed the acquisition of majority ownership in Odd Industries, the ethically-driven industrial artificial intelligence (IAI) pioneer.

BRAZIL – The maintenance of high levels of demand in all Divisions, Wood Division in particular, coupled to the strategic price increase policy, propelled Duratex Sales Revenue for the first quarter of 2021 to increase 52.2% in relation to the same period in 2020, totaling BRL 1,768.1 million.

CHILE – Masisa S.A. presented its Consolidated Financial Statements for the first quarter of 2021.

PORTUGAL – Sonae Arauco will be part of this Interzum edition, the leading platform for the furniture production and interior construction industry.

GERMANY – Pfleiderer, a leading manufacturer of wood products for high end applications in the Western European kitchen, furniture and construction markets, has  announced the successful completion of the refinancing of its existing debt facilities.