JAPAN – Siempelkamp will supply a new chipboard plant to ENboard Co. Ltd., the new joint venture of the furniture manufacturer Eidai Co., Ltd. and leading wooden panel manufacturer Japan Novopan Industrial Company Ltd, a leader for decades among Japanese wood-based panel manufacturers.
Siempelkamp test field at full capacity
GERMANY – Whether ContiRoll® Generation 9 NEO, annual plants or new wood-based panelboards concepts: The future of the engineered wood industry is taking place at the Siempelkamp Research and Development Center; customers worldwide are using one of the largest test centers in the industry for ambitious projects more actively than ever before.
Weinig Group with record sales of € 463 million in 2018
GERMANY – Sales of the Weinig Group reached € 463 million in 2018 representing a 9.5 % growth compared to 2017 and a new record figure for yearly sales revenues.
Order intake continues to decline for Italian woodworking machinery
ITALY – New orders for Italian woodworking machinery continued to weaken in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q-2019).
Inside Biesse 2019, the internal fair of the Italian manufacturer is coming
ITALY – Biesse is gearing up for Inside Biesse 2019, its traditional in-house fair for the woodworking industry to take place from October 3 to 5, 2019 at the Pesaro campus in Italy.
Acimall publishes its 2018 Annual Report and introduces new logo
ITALY – Acimall, the Confindustria member association representing the woodworking technology industry, has published the “2018 Annual Report”.
Biesse Group sales down 3.5% in first half of 2019
ITALY – The Biessse Group, a global leader in wood processing technology, reported sales of EUR 344.2 million in the first six months of 2019 (6M-2019), a 3.5 percent decline compared to EUR 356.6 million in the same period 2018.
The new Holzher headquarters advance as planned
GERMANY – The ground-breaking ceremony was held last year – now the building shell is completely finished.
HOMAG Group lowers earnings expectations
GERMANY - Homag Group order intake was weaker than expected in the second quarter, according to preliminary figures released last week. The main reason for this is the decline in demand in the furniture industry, which is facing declining market volumes, increasing...
Biesse wins Visionary Award at AWFS
ZIMBA the new IoT and service platform designed by IMA Schelling
GERMANY – With ZIMBA, IMA Schelling brings the future into the present. In times of budget trimming and compressed schedules, the new IoT and service platform designed by IMA Schelling gives machine users fundamental insight and target-oriented recommendations for efficient operation of the production chain.
Altendorf’s “ASA” safety wows at Ligna
GERMANY – Nothing drew a crowd to the Altendorf Group’s Ligna stand like the demonstrations of the latest development for the Altendorf sliding table saw.