The barrel manufacturer François Frères (turnover of 109.5 mil. euros, 720 employees), which originates from Burgundy, has bought Radoux, a company with a turnover of 29 mil

France's barrel manufacturers at their General Assembly look back on a stable year 2010. Their sales amounted to € 334 million, corresponding to 547,000 barrels, what was on the 2009 level

. The new Dieffenbacher Colorizer applies high quality direct digital printing on THDF/MDF and particle boards for applications such as laminate flooring and for furniture production

The German producer of wood products Varioboard closes its MDF plant in Magdeburg, the company announced in a press release yesterday. End of production is scheduled for May 2nd

The EBRD is considering providing a loan totalling up to EUR 40 million to Kronospan FLLC, Belarus to finance construction of an MDF and laminate flooring plant at Smorgon in the Grodno region of

. The biggest press ever delivered to Turkey (by press area) forms the core of the new MDF factory. Having a width of 2,65 m with a length of 55,5 m the Dieffenbacher Continuous Press System (CPS

Södra Interiör is to buy UAB Aldrea in Panevezys, Lithuania, which processes MDF panels to make interior products. The company’s present range of products includes boards, panels, levelling pieces, cornicing and kitchen hatches. Södra

Sonae Indústria plans to expand its MDF capacity in South Africa. As the two CEOs, Rui Correia and João Paulo Pinto, announced earlier this week, the company has initiated investments to expand MDF-production in this "promising market" by 50

Production costs of wood processing companies are rising. This fact applies to both the production of oriented strand boards (OSB) and of medium density fibreboards (MDF

. An anti-dumping duty on imported MDF (as described below) will also remain in force. The following duties on imported wood and wood products apply for

BIS Shrapnel’s Medium Density Fibreboard in the Pacific Rim and Europe, 2009 – 2013 report forecasts strong growth in the key end-use sectors for MDF

. China on September 18th. This is the 100th Dieffenbacher CPS press line to be installed worldwide. For the Greenfield MDF plant in Fengkai, Dieffenbacher supplied the main plant package, including the fiber preparation comprising the refiner, the gluing system, dryer, fiber sif

French barrel manufacturers and affiliated traders dominated the oak sale organized by Hessen-Forst in Groß-Gerau. Although there is a new agreement regarding the barrique wine trade between the EU and the US, the French barrel manufacturers

French barrel manufacturers and affiliated traders dominated the oak sale organized by Hessen-Forst in Groß-Gerau. Although there is a new agreement regarding the barrique wine trade between the EU and the US, the French barrel manufacturers

French barrel manufacturers and affiliated traders dominated the oak sale organized by Hessen-Forst in Groß-Gerau. Although there is a new agreement regarding the barrique wine trade between the EU and the US, the French barrel manufacturers