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Dieffenbacher to deliver MDF plants with One Million cubic meters yearly Capacity to Vietnam
GERMANY – Headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnamese Kim Tin Group has commissioned Dieffenbacher to supply two MDF plants, with a combined production capacity of one million cubic meters per year, for its sites in Chon Thanh, Binh Phuoc province and Dau Giay, Dong Nai province.
Weinig acquires Machinerie Godin to strengthen sales network in Canada
CANADA – Weinig Holz-Her Canada announces the acquisition of Machinerie Godin. Founded in 1989, the company had been a Weinig sales and service office in Quebec and the Maritime provinces for several decades.
Ethan Allen Acquires Dimension Wood Products
USA – NC—Furniture maker Ethan Allen acquired Dimension Wood Products, Inc. a Claremont, CA manufacturer of wood frames and machined parts used in upholstered furniture manufacturing.
FIMMA -Maderalia will explore wood innovations
SPAIN – FIMMA – Maderalia is finalizing the details of an edition that will once again feature an ambitious program of activities and conferences.
Kronospan seeks approval to acquire Pfleiderer Polska
BELGIUM – On 15 February 2022, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration in the wood-based panels market.
Record orders and significant improvement in earnings for Homag
GERMANY – The Homag Group achieved by far the highest order intake in its history in the fiscal year 2021.
Slight Increase in Brazilian Particleboard exports in 2021
BRASIL – Brazilian Particleboard (PB / MDP) exports reached USD 86.80 million in 2021.
Positive Fourth Quarter for Italian Wood Technology
ITALY – The year 2021 showed that the pandemic emergency has also acted as a powerful driver for production in many industries.
German Furniture Industry grows 2% in 2021
GERMANY – According to Jan Kurth, Managing Director of the Associations of the German Furniture Industry (VDM/VHK) despite the adverse framework conditions, the German furniture industry held its ground well in 2021.
SCM Group corporate reorganisation of share capital
ITALY – Corporate reorganisation of share capital at the Scm Group, the world leader in machining technologies for a wide range of materials and industrial components.
36 000 m² of solar panels for Kronospan plants in Spain
SPAIN – Kronospan is realizing one of the largest self-consumption projects in Spain.
1st Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference to be launched on 1 and 2 June 2022
GERMANY – After its cancellation in autumn 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1st Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference is now being launched in summer 2022.
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Germany: furniture trade with China strongly affected by coronavirus
GERMANY – The managing director of the Association of the German Furniture Industry (VDM), Jan Kurth, explains the effects of the corona virus on the German-Chinese furniture trade:
CSIL publishes second edition of the Furniture Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
ITALY – With almost 640 million inhabitants, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have a total furniture consumption exceeding USD 16 billion.
German furniture exports up 2.1 percent in 2019
GERMANY – Exports of German furniture developed positively in 2019 with an increase of 2.1 percent. Kitchen Furniture in particular accounted for the positive development, while exports to China declined significantly.
Another event affected by the coronavirus: Xylexpo 2020 is postponed
ITALY – Xylexpo 2020 will be postponed. This is the painful but necessary decision taken on March 9th by the Managing Board of Acimall, the association of Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers, owner of the biennial exhibition.
Duratex holds first event with carpenters and architects in Bolivia
BOLIVIA – Getting closer to customers and understanding their needs was the focus of the first training event from the Duratex Madeira Export area, held in Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Bolivia.
Salone del Mobile and Holz-Handwerk/Fensterbau Frontale also postponed due to coronavirus – Covid 19
ITALY/GERMANY – On February 27the organizers of the most important event for design in the furniture and decoration industry, the Salone del Mobile Milano took the decision to postpone the event until June 2020.
Spanish furniture exports close 2019 with a growth of 4.7%
SPAIN – The National Association of Furniture Industrialists and Exporters of Spain (ANIEME) has presented the report on the results of the foreign trade of the Spanish furniture sector for the year 2019.
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