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Sales of leading Colombian furniture manufacturers up 10.5% in 2022
COLOMBIA – Sales of the top 12 Colombian furniture manufacturers totaled COP 955.1 billion in 2022, which compares to COP 864.7 billion in 2021. This represented a growth of 10.5 percent.
Brazilian Furniture Exports to Latam Down 6.4% in 5M-2023
BRAZIL – The value of Brazilian wood furniture exports to the Latin American region reached USD 73.78 million in the first five months of 2023 (5M-2023).
Spanish Particleboard Exports Improve 25.9% in 4M-2023
SPAIN – The value of Spanish particleboard exports (PB / MDP) reached USD 179.19 million in the first four months of 2023 (4M-2023).
IMA Schelling Acquires Two automation Specialists
GERMANY – Effective immediately, IMA Schelling is taking over the specialist companies Carmet Automazioni and Blumenbecker Engineering System Technology, enabling it to offer its customers an even broader range of automation, handling and transport solutions.
Arauco Promotes Wood as a Key Factor for Sustainable Urban Development
CHILE – Creating compact, diverse, accessible and sustainable cities is one of the main challenges facing the world today.
Scm Group Record Turnover of EUR 850 million
ITALIA – The Scm Group S.p.A. shareholders’ meeting met to approve the annual financial statement as of 31 December 2022 and to appoint the Board of Directors.
Domus Line Internacional Targets Latam Market
MÉXICO – Domus Line and Chapas y Maderas Importadas S.A. (CYMISA), its long-standing Mexican premium partner, have recently consolidated their strategic collaboration by founding Domus Line Internacional.
Schuler Consulting Obtains the Top Consultant Award
GERMANY – Schuler Consulting has won the TOP Consultant Award for the third time. The award honors Germany’s best medium-sized business consultants.
European Wooden Panel Production Down 7.8% in 2022
BELGIUM – European wood-based panel production fell 7.8% in 2022, according to figures recently released by the European Panel Federation (EPF).
Interzum Awards Rewards Finsa’s Innovative Development of Wood Solutions
GERMANY – Interzum, the biennial reference fair in furniture production and interior design, was held in person last may after the 2019 break caused by the coronavirus.
USDA Forest Service Invests USD 188 million to Conserve Forests
USA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a USD 188 million investment to conserve some of the most economically and ecologically significant forestlands across the nation.
Uniboard’s Particleboard Plant Modernization Advances
CANADA – Uniboard, a leading North American wooden panel manufacturer, recently annouced that Val-d’Or Particleboard Plant Modernization Program Going to Plan.
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Particleboard production to expand in India
INDIA – Kerala is emerging as another centre for particleboard manufacturing according to an article from Plyreporter, the India timber sector magazine.
CIFM / interzum guangzhou rescheduled to July 2022
CHINA – Following the COVID-19 measures released by the Guangzhou Municipal Commerce Bureau in March, Koelnmesse – the organizer of Asia’s leading furniture production, woodworking and interiors trade fair – has announced the rescheduling of the annual event which was originally slated to take place from March 28-31.
Spanish furniture exports grow 8.8% in 1Q-2022
SPAIN – According to ANIEME (Spanish National Association of Furniture Manufacturers and Exporters), from January to March 2022 (1Q-2022) Spanish furniture exports show an increase of 8.8%, exceeding EUR 649 million.
Sharp drop in Brazilian Wood Panel Consumption in 1Q-2022
BRAZIL – As reported by IBA (Brazilian Tree Industry), in the first three months of 2022 (1Q-2022) the consumption of wood-based panels (Particleboard/MDP, MDF and Hardboard) in Brazil reached 1.66 million m3, a sharp decrease of 18.7 percent compared to the 2.04 million m3 consumed in 1Q-2021.
German furniture exports increased by 11.8% in 1Q-2022
GERMANY – The German furniture industry noticeably increased its export business in the first quarter of 2022. As determined by the Federal Statistical Office, furniture exports increased by 11.8 percent to EUR 2.1 billion compared to the same period of previous year.
German furniture industry sales up 16 percent in first quarter
GERMANY – The German furniture industry increased its sales in the first quarter of this year by 16.1 percent to EUR 4.8 billion.
interzum bogotá Attracted More than 10,000 Visitors
COLOMBIA – With the presence of more than 10,000 visitors touring the halls of Colombia’s most important fairgrounds, interzum bogotá, the Forestry, Furniture and Wood fair, an event organized by Corferias and Koelnmesse, ended with business expectations of more than USD 3 million for this version.
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