GERMANY – Homag Group AG is among the best at the 26th edition of the TOP 100 innovation competition.

ITALY – The Italian Association of Manufacturers of Machines and Tools for Wood industry, Acimall, has elected the new board of directors.

GERMANY – Effective July 1, 2019, Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher resigned from the Management Board of the family-run machine and plant manufacturer.

GERMANY – Digitization in woodworking is a hot topic, and not just for large furniture manufacturers. Digital tools can also help woodworking shops and SMEs render their production more efficient and flexible. It is specifically for these customers that the Homag Group has developed quick-to-deploy solutions for entry into digital production.

ITALY – Despite the more than EUR 40 million of signed orders achieved during the Ligna fair in May, the Biesse Group recognizes the slowdown in dynamics that is affecting the industry as a whole.

RUSSIA – Raute Group’ new Service Center has been inaugurated in Kirov, Russia on June 19, 2019.

GERMANY – The Homag Group received two awards at the German Brand Award 2019 for its new brand image.

GERMANY – The Weinig Group achieved a good result at the world’s leading trade fair for the sector in Hanover. A total of 273 machines and systems of the two brands Weinig and Holz-Her were sold.

ITALY – Biesse Group is, for the second consecutive year, among the “Best Managed Companies” of Deloitte, for having distinguished itself among Italian companies for its entrepreneurial passion, skills and management skills.

GERMANY –Barberán, in collaboration with ZeeTree, has developed Truetexture, a technology that will mean the definitive advancement of digital printing technology in the furniture and flooring industry.

GERMANY – Ligna 2019 was a great success for SCM. The Smart&Human Factory, which took center stage at SCM’s stand, was a key attraction at this top quality international event, and its more than 90 thousand visitors, from more than one hundred countries.

ITALY – According to the Acimall (Italian Woodworking Machinery and Tools Manufacturers’ Association) Studies Office, the first quarter 2019 showed an overall reduction of orders, which can be considered “inevitable” after the booming growth of 2017 and further expansion last year; moreover, at least on the domestic side, a “beneficial effect” will certainly come from the reintroduction of Superamortization in the “Growth Act” and the preservation of Hyperamortization to support the digital innovation process of companies and consequently their global competitiveness.