U.S. – On July 9th 2020 announced the planned merger of its business operations with Brazil’s Promob Software Solutions (Promob).

LUXEMBOURG – Luxscan Technologies Sàrl, producer of scanners for the optimization of cutting processes in wood processing, received the Export Award 2018 of the Luxembourg Ministry of Economy.

INDIA – StylamIndustries Limited will produce Hot Coating panels at the end of the year with its new acquisition of Barberán /Spain) varnish.

AUSTRIA – The Homag Group has expanded the production capacity of the Schopfloch, Germany site by commissioning a hall in neighboring Horb.

GERMANY – With the aim of continuing to press ahead with digitization, Weinig, market leader in machines and systems for solid wood and panel processing, has created a new business unit “Automation & Digital Business”. The new unit will have the structure to achieve maximum efficiency and face future challenges.

ITALY – The Italian company Vitap won the first place in the XIA 2018 (Xylexpo Innovation Awards), in the category of wood panel processing with its POINT K2 machine, a compact CNC for the optimized board sawing, operations for machining, squaring and contouring, among others.

GERMANY – The General Director of Biesse Deutschland Jacek Pigorsch, together with representatives of local institutions, kicked off the work of the new Ulm Campus in Biesse Deutschland.

ITALY – For the fifth year in a row Cefla continues its path of strong growth.

ITALY – On an area of more than 1000 m2, the Weinig Group presented a total of 25 exhibits, all of which were presented live. Potential customers from over 60 countries were welcomed over the five days of the fair.

ITALY – A record 21.6 million euros in orders at Xylexpo is evidence of the constant growth already anticipated by the results of the 2018 quarterly results, which showed a +18.2% increase in incoming orders for the wood division compared to the previous year.

ITALY – The SCM Group was the exhibitor that received the most awards at the XIA-Xylexpo Innovation Awards 2018. A result backed by the Group’s investment of 7% of its turnover for R & D.

ITALY – The “Autonomous Cell” from Homag did not fit into any of the existing categories in the selection of the winners at the XIA-Xylexpo Innovation Awards 2018 — nevertheless, the jury decided that this innovation from Homag deserved a prize and awarded the cell an extraordinary prize, a “Special Mention by the Jury.”