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Contents DECEMBER2023 / JANUARY 2024
NEWS 6 — Gutex starts production at its new Eschbach im Breisgau factory 7 — Siempelkamp and Sunds Fibertech sign agreement for sale of KüstersPress and ContiPress service business 8 — Kronospan completes purchase of PB plant from Roseburg 9 — Egger predicts market uncertainty 10 — CIFM/Interzum Guangzhou has theme of “Surpass”
FOCUS ON PARTICLEBOARD PART 2 12 — Following on from Part 1 – Europe and North America – we list all the mills in the rest of the world, summarise the global capacity figures, and look at the prospects for the industry in the future
FOCUS ON GERMANY PART 1
26 — The acquisition of the assets of BERTSCHenergy has supercharged Dieffenbacher’s capabilities in the energy generation technology field 29 — Dieffenbacher’s milestone 150th anniversary year finally culminated at the end of November with an event in Finland
FOCUS ON ENERGY SYSTEMS 31 — WBPI talks to energy generation specialist Vyncke about latest developments and projects 34 — Intec Engineering has a long background and expertise in energy systems, as WBPI finds out
PANEL PERSPECTIVES 36 — Italian wood-based panels producers have faced challenges over the past two years, but the future is potentially brighter 38 — UK wood panels processor TFS has been acquired by US-based chemicals producer Arclin in a move which will see benefits for both parties 40 — Emulco has created AquaVeg bio-wax emulsions for wood panels suitable for eco-building 42 — Dieffenbacher has helped Swiss Krono optimise and expand its wood recycling line at its production hub, Sully-sur-Loire, in France
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING 44 — Dr Morwenna Spear examines the use of FTIR spectroscopy to identify glues, binders and coatings used in panel products
40 In this issue:
Focus on Particleboard Part 2 Focus on Germany Part 1 Focus on Energy Systems
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