GERMANY – SCM celebrated the 35% growth in orders during the last year in the important German market with a stand of more than 1300 m² at Holz-Handwerk, the trade fair for professionals in the wood industry held from March 21 to 24 in Nuremberg.

GERMANY – The Homag Group and KUKA, one of the world’s leading suppliers of intelligent automation solutions, announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement at the HOLZ-HANDWERK trade fair in Nuremberg.

GERMANY – On march 21, at this year’s Holz-Handwerk trade fair in Nuremberg, Biesse Deutschland GmbH presented ‘Campus Ulm’, the new company building of the Bavarian branch.

ITALY – The Board of Directors of Biesse S.p.A. has approved the updated version of the Group business plan covering the three years 2018-2020, which will maintain a strong focus on investments in innovation, services and marketing / commercial activities.

GERMANY – The Homag Group can look back at 2017 as a successful financial year.

GERMANY – The IMA Schelling Group, one of the global leaders in woodworking machinery and systems, reached the turnover threshold of EUR 250 million and launched the first joint product with the “Combi.cut 1” cutting system.

GERMANY – After one and a half years of construction, the Siempelkamp logistics and service center is now ready to ship more than half a million spare parts from its 10,200 m² storage area in Bad Kreuznach, Germany to clients all over the world – all within 24 hours, 7 days a week.

GERMANY – From 21 to 24 March at Holz-Handwerk Homag will debut with a completely new image: machines with a modern and innovative design, new unified and consistent product names, as well as machines compatible with the tapio open platform to submerge in the digital future.

ITALY – At Xylexpo and with an exhibition booth of over 3,000 square meters, located in Hall 2, the SCM Groupwill present its customers with Industry 4.0 applicable solutions.

GERMANY – Dieffenbacher anticipates 2018 as one of its busiest and most significant years ever based on the completion of record-setting wood-based panel plants across the globe.

ITALY – Guangzhou KDT Machinery Co. will buy 75 percent of Masterwood, a recognized Italian brand of machinery for wood processing, for EUR 16 million (USD 20 million) through its subsidiary in Hong Kong.

ITALY – Visitors to Xylexpo, May 8 – 12 in Milan, will be able to take a closer look at Sophia, the Biesse service platform.