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Contents APRIL/MAY2023
NEWS
6 — Roseburg Forest Products announces historic US$700m investment to upgrade and expand its panel manufacturing operations in southern Oregon 7 — Thebault Group is to invest €100m in a new LVL manufacturing unit 8 — The Arauco Group places an order for a complete MDF plant in Mexico 9 — Egger takes over the recycling company M+P Umweltdienste 10 — A new cross-sectoral coalition launches to press the EU on the circular bieconomy
FOCUS ON OSB
13 — Our North America correspondents Dick and Rich Baldwin provide an in-depth report on the North American OSB sector 22 — Stephen Powney reviews the OSB market in Europe and the rest of the world
LIGNA PREVIEW 28 — After a four-year gap, due to the pandemic, Ligna, the world’s largest woodworking technology fair is back occupying the halls of Hannover Messe. We look at some of the highlights and exhibitors share their expectations of this major event
PANEL PERSPECTIVES
45 — Geoff Rhodes looks at the circular economy and provides an update on progress at HONEXT 50 — States Industries partners with Biele in upgrading and improving its production facilities
52 — The 51st CIFF Guangzhou in China is hailed as a great success 55 — WBPI talks to Nicks Timber in the UK about the development of a new edge sealant for panel products
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING 59 — Dr Morwenna Spear of the BioComposites Centre looks at the importance of monitoring the heating process in the press
ARCHIVE 61 — A look back at some of WBPI’s content from the last three decades 50 45
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52 In this issue:
Focus on OSB Ligna Preview
CIFF Guangzhou April/May 2023
Engineering, machinery and complete plants
WOOD BASED PANELS
PRESSED WOOD PACKAGING
PELLETS & ENERGY
WOOD RECYCLING AND WASTE TREATMENT
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