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Contents DECEMBER2025 / JANUARY 2026


NEWS


05 — Sumatera Prima Fibreboard enters particleboard business 06 — Egger Wismar OSB modernisation project completed 07 — Pfleiderer commissions new short-cycle press facility 08 — West Fraser to indefinitely curtail High Level OSB mill 09 — Metro Decoratives place repeat Andritz order


FOCUS ON PARTICLEBOARD: PART 2 12 — We chart PB markets and capacity developments in the Rest of the World Region, with significant updates from China


FOCUS ON GERMANY 24 — Dieffenbacher has updated its EVORIS digitalisation platform 26 — A visit to Fagus-GreCon, which speclaises in measuring systems and fire protection solutions 28 — Wemhöner celebrated 100 years in 2025; its management updates WBPI on latest news and assessment of markets 30 — Kleiberit’s market-leading HotCoating technology is making waves


FOCUS ON RESINS 33 — A Q&A with release agents and speciality chemicals producer Fusoni 34 — Hexion charts the next era of resins 36 — Stora Enso talks about its bio-resin NeoLigno 39 — Evertree’s Pierre Tabbagh outlines the advantages of bio-resins


PANEL PERSPECTIVES 40 — Research institute Fraunhofer talks AI 42 — The FLA gives a detailed breakdown on Italy’s economy and wood sectors


46 — Siempelkamp outlines its Service Excellence Initiative


TECHNICALLY SPEAKING 49 — Dr Morwenna Spear looks at laser cutting of panels Cover: Wemhöner’s Heiner Wemhöner and Kathleen Wemhöner pp28


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42 In this issue: Focus on Germany


Focus on Particleboard Part 2 Focus on Resins


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