ITALY – The year 2021 showed that the pandemic emergency has also acted as a powerful driver for production in many industries.

ITALY – Corporate reorganisation of share capital at the Scm Group, the world leader in machining technologies for a wide range of materials and industrial components.

GERMANY – The Siempelkamp Group recorded an extraordinarily good business year 2021 with a record order intake of EUR 855.0 million, the company clearly exceeded its previous year’s order intake of EUR 552.7 million.

ITALY – The management of KDT group has appointed Mr. Giancarlo Santoro as the General Manager of Masterwood s.p.a. with immediate effect.

GERMANY – The new 5-year plan for the robotics industry in China, released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in Beijing, focuses on promoting innovation – making China a global leader for robot technology and industrial advancement.

GERMANY – The Weinig Group, a leading technology provider in the woodworking industry, is investing 15 million euros in its Panel Processing division to promote its subsidiary Holz-her.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – On December 14, 2021, Al Talah Board from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), produced its first branded “Desert Board” on a new Dieffenbacher plant using recycled date palm tree waste to manufacture OSB boards.

ITALY – The Italian SCM Group and the Swedish company Randek AB have sealed a strategic agreement for the large-scale supply of integral and complete solutions for timber construction.

GERMANY – The Supervisory Board of Homag Group AG has appointed Dr. Sergej Schwarz (49) to the Executive Board effective January 1, 2022.

GERMANY – Dieffenbacher earned nearly 400 million euros in sales in 2021 due to high demand for new wood-based panel production plants, diversification of its forming business, growing customer interest in sustainable solutions and the introduction of a smart plant concept that gives manufacturers more insight into their production and processes.

GERMANY – The German robotics and automation industry forecasts its turnover to grow by 10 percent in 2022.

NORWAY – Compusoft and 2020, two industry-leading software providers for residential and commercial spaces, have successfully united in a merger of equals to create one company dedicated to powering the sales of customers who create spaces for life.