USA – Roseburg Forest Products, the largest family-held wood products company in the United States, announced that Grady Mulbery will retire from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Sept. 30, 2023.

GERMANY – Interzum, the biennial reference fair in furniture production and interior design, was held in person last may after the 2019 break caused by the coronavirus.

CANADA –  Uniboard, a leading North American wooden panel manufacturer, recently annouced that Val-d’Or Particleboard Plant Modernization Program Going to Plan.

BELGIUM – Unilin Technologies, the IP and technology division of Mohawk Industries, is pleased to announce the signing of the digital printing licensing contract with Swiss Krono, a leading global manufacturer wooden panels and innovative laminate flooring solutions.

GERMANY – Indian MDF manufacturer Greenpanel Industries Ltd. has ordered from Dieffenbacher a MAIER chipping line for an MDF plant to be installed in Routhusuramala, Andhra Pradesh, India.

USA – Roseburg recently announced  that it will permanently end operations at its Taylorsville, Mississippi, particleboard plant on Aug. 21, 2023.

USA – Egger Wood Products recently informed that its USD 41 million recycling center in Lexington, North Carolina, has reached full operational status.

COLOMBIA – Primadera, a 100% Colombian company, manufacturer of MDP particleboard, pioneers in urban wood recycling in Latin America and unique in the region with a circular economy model in wood, launched its new Alma 2023-2024 collection during the Expoconstrucción and Expodiseño fair in Bogota.

SPAIN – Garnica will open a new factory in Uruguay, the first factory in the Americas, in whose final stage finished plywood panels will be produced. The factory will be located in the city of Treinta y Tres, located in the northeast of the country, in the region of the same name.

USA – Roseburg Forest Products, a leading wood-based panel manufacturer in the US, has selected Siempelkamp, the  German machinery producer, to supply machinery and equipment for its upcoming Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) plant.

SPAIN – With an investment of more than EUR 400 million, this new Kronospan plant is one of the largest foreign investments ever recorded in the area and will lead to the creation of around 180 direct jobs and around 1,500 additional indirect jobs in timber supply, logistics, maintenance, and services.

USA – CalPlant, based in Willows, Ca., has opted to initiate an orderly liquidation of its assets under bankruptcy protection.