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Contents AUGUST / SEPTEMBER2025


NEWS


6 — Sonae Arauco starts operating first industrial-scale fibreboard recycling line at its Mangualde factory 7 — IMAL supplies belt dryer for Sonae Arauco’s particleboard line at Beeskow, Germany 8 — Construction of Lumin’s third plywood mill in Uruguay progresses well 9 — Early bird registrations open for Xylexpo 2026 10 — Dieffenbacher Fiber2Fiber plant installation at Unilin’s Bazeilles MDF plant on schedule


FOCUS ON MDF: PART 2 12 — In the second part of our annual survey of the industry worldwide and for the countries outside of Europe and North America, independent industry consultant Geoff Rhodes looks at new developments and summarises the current and future global position for MDF in the ‘rest of the world’


CONFERENCE REPORT 32 — This year’s European Panel Federation AGM in Berlin was an opportunity for the European panels sector to hear about latest industry economic prospects, developments and challenges


FOCUS ON ENERGY 36 — Dieffenbacher Energy continues to build momentum


PANEL PERSPECTIVES


40 — IMA Schelling installs smart storage and delivery system for Egger 42 — The EPF highlights its Strategic Wood Availability policy paper 44 — Complex surfaces are being created with 3D wood veneer 46 — A housing development in England uses MEDITE SMARTPLY OSB panels 48 — The EcoReFibre project enters its final phase


TECHNICALLY SPEAKING 49 — Dr Morwenna Spear on the thermal conductivity of wood fibre insulation panels


Cover: pp32 Matti Rantanen, EPF MD at the EPF AGM 2025 44


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46 In this issue: Focus on MDF: Part 2


IMA Schelling case study EPF AGM


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