Baillie Homag 2020

Editor’s pickRussia could ban softwood log exports by 2022

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In a recent statement, Russian President Mr Putin ordered the government to strictly control the exportation of roundwood and low-value forest products, and to clamp down on the illegal trade of logs (in his terms: “hard-hitting decriminalisation of the industry”). He also requested a “complete ban on shipments of unprocessed or roughly processed conifer and …

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Editor’s pickAcimall: Partial improvement in Italian wood and furniture technology industry in 2020 Q3

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Acimall, the association of Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers, has reported the figures for the July-September 2020 period and what's happening in the wood and furniture technology segment of the Italian mechanical engineering industry. In general, orders of machinery and tools for wood and furniture are recording a decreasing trend below expectations, which …

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Acimall, woodworking technology, wood manufacturing, economy, COVID-19

Editor’s pickAmerican Wood Council: CLT passes full-scale diaphragm tests

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CLT undergoing diaphram test The American Wood Council (AWC) reports the successful completion of two full-scale cross-laminated timber (CLT) diaphragm tests to provide strength and deformation data important for evaluating CLT diaphragm resistance to lateral wind and earthquake forces. The tests were completed at Weyerhaeuser’s ISO 17025 accredited test facility in Federal Way, …

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CLT, cross-laminated timber, testing

Editor’s pickEuropean softwood lumber exports hit 45% in 2020

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European lumber exporters have expanded their sales overseas from 30% to 45% over the past ten years, with Asia receiving a fifth of total exports in 2020, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Sawmills in several European countries have long been exporting large volumes of softwood lumber outside their domestic markets. Historically, most of the shipments were to neighbouring countries on the …

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Europe, export, trade, softwood

Editor’s pickSMAU Innovation Prize awarded to Scm Group for digital and IoT systems

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Marco Mancini (centre), Scm Group's General Manager, with Pierantonio Macola (left), Smau’s President, and Simona Regina (right), journalist at Radio Rai SCM and CMS, the two benchmark brands in the Scm Group's machinery sector, were key players in the 57th edition of Smau, the annual Innovation trade fair held at the Fieramilanocity on 20 and 21 October 2020. The digital software and …

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SCM, award, prize, technology, IoT

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American Hardwood Export Council

HOMANN HOLZWERKWERKSTOFFE builds new production plant in Lithuania

HOMANN HOLZWERKSTOFFE GmbH has signed a contract for the acquisition of 77 ha of industrial land near Vilnius, Lithuania, in October. A further thin board plant is to be built on the site in order to meet the needs of the customers represented there and to satisfy customer demands for even faster and more effective delivery of HOMANIT products. In …


Indonesia wood exports better than expected despite COVID-19 pandemic

Despite the ongoing global pandemic, wood product exports for the first three quarters of the year jumped to US$8.3 billion, only just below the US$8.5 billion earned in the same period in 2019, reports the International Tropical Timber Organization's (ITTO) Tropical Timber Market Report (TTM Report). The value of Indonesia’s wood product …


Raute receives orders worth 55 million euros from Russia's LLC Plitwood

Raute Corporation has received orders worth approximately EUR 55 million from Russia's LLC Plitwood. The scope of orders includes all machinery and equipment for the production process of an entire plywood mill and also services related to the installation, commissioning and production start-up of the mill. The machinery and equipment will be …


ITTO: EU plywood trade recovery faster than expected

It’s still too early to say for sure, but it’s variously estimated by European plywood importers and distributors that the Covid-19 pandemic will slice 10% to 20% off their 2020 bottom line, reported the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO).  Trade has since seen a bounce back, varying in degree from country to …


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WMF 2016 - Exhibitor Interview: Mr. Piergiorgio Franca, Chief Executive Officer of Biesse China 专訪比雅斯中国首席执行官Piergiorgio Franca先生

1.「智能制造」成为制造业的热点，针对这一形式，比雅斯如何应对中国市场需求？ 
Piergiorgio Franca先生：自2014年起，智能制造在全球都显得非常重要，比雅斯致力在中国市场成为行业领导者。正因为此，我们来到到中国，并努力拓展中国市场。比雅斯为中国制造企业提供可以满足客户多样化需求的生产解决方案。就家具生产和设计而言，比雅斯设备拥有高灵活性和多样性，可以协助改善生产技术，让企业在国内外更具竞争力。

Homag: Drilling and dowelling – ABD 260 Optimat

Drilling and dowelling – more efficient than ever before

CNC Drilling and dowel inserting machine - always keeping a tight grip on everything
• Incredibly fast drilling and dowel insertion
• 8 clamping cylinders keep a tight grip on wokrpieces
• Flexible handling due to lowerable center stop
• SORB TECH machine bed - heavy and sturdy

Kuang Yung: MRS-610M Optimizing Movable Rip Saw

• Choice of 1-6 movable blades
• Extra large 450 / 610 mm cutting width
• Optimizing cut function
•  American designed and developed scan system which has decades of experience since the first system made in 1996
• Worldwide success with more than 200 sets sold in the USA, Europe and Asia.
• Easy to operate, learn, update and maintain with multi-language window operating system such as English and Chinese.
• Rip 10 - 12  lumbers (3.6m each) per minute. (The results may vary according to operator performance, timber length and feeding speed)
• A 7 -10% increase in yield compared to conventional multiple rip saw

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