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PREVIOUSLY… IN WBPI 1993
Delving into the WBPI archive, we look at some of the issues and news affecting the timber trade in previous decades
NORBORD BREAKS GROUND Norbord-Highland has marked the start of work on its second OSB line in Inverness, Scotland, with a ground breaking ceremony performed in late March. The £24m (US$36.5m) expansion at the factory will double capacity to a total of 200,000m3
/year by May 1994. The go-ahead for the second production line at the mill was given by
the company’s Toronto-based parent, Norbord Industries, about a year ago (WBPI May 1992). Norbord Industries operates seven panelboard mills in North America and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Noranda Forest, Canada’s biggest forestry group. Arkadi Bykhovsky, president of Norbord Industries, said the ambitious project represented a critical stage in the company’s growth “not only in the UK, but throughout all of Europe”. The mill is Europe’s largest OSB producer. The company exports about 30% of output to Europe but expects to
boost EC sales to 50% when the investment is completed in 13 months’ time.
The mill reportedly made a profit of £2.3m last year. 2003
CHH UNVEILS AMBITIOUS EXPORT PLANS Australian wood products group Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) is aiming to generate A$1bn (US$606.8m) in export sales to China within the next five years. The company’s current export sales to China amount to about A$200,000, but CHH’s CEO, Peter Springfield, views China as key to growing the Asian export market. “We want it to be a A$1bn market within five years,” said Mr Springfield. He added that China had stopped harvesting its own forests and that there was a gap in the market for his company’s MDF and particleboard. CHH expects a 9% jump in demand for MDF from north Asian markets by 2006. Increased production at its Australian sawmill and MDF facilities in the New South Wales town of Oberon, as well as the newly-acquired Bell Bay sawmill in Tasmania, would help increase MDF exports. CHH, which is 51% owned by
International Paper, is currently Australia’s number one wood processor, with about a 27% market share.
DYNEA SELLS OPERATIONS IN AUSTRALIA AND ASIA
Dynea Chemicals Oy, Finland has sold its 50% stake in Australian joint venture Dynea Australia Pty Ltd to Momentive Speciality Chemicals of the US. The sale was effective on January 4, 2013, when the new company was named Momentive Specialty Chemicals Australia Pty. Panel manufacturer Laminex Pty continues to hold the other 50% stake in the producer of formaldehyde and urea formaldehyde resins for Laminex and other customers in western Australia. Momentive now has five locations in Australia and New Zealand.
Dynea also sold its Asian operations, under Dynea Asia Pacific Holding Pte Ltd, to Japanese chemicals company Aica Kogyo Co Ltd of Kiyosu-Shinkawa. The sale includes Dynea’s
stakes in Beijing Dynea Chemical Industry Co Ltd, PT Dynea Mugi Indonesia, PT Dynea India, Dynea (Thailand) Co Ltd and Dynea Krabi Co Ltd.
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