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Editor’s pickNew Sandvik Quickdisc enables ‘biggest ever’ belt repair at Arauco

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Steel belt manufacturer Sandvik recently used its new QuickDisc Plus tool to complete its biggest ever patch repair project: removing and replacing a 480mm diameter area of a damaged press belt for a particleboard plant and restoring it to perfect working order. Damaged press belt on a particleboard line restored to health. The work was carried out for Arauco at its particleboard plant in …

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Sandvik, Biggest belt repair, Arauco, QuickDisc Plus 500, LIGNA 2017

Editor’s pickA canine training hall with an architectural edge

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The Rosersberg Palace Park in Sweden now holds a new weather shelter for the Swedish Police Force’s K-9 Unit , providing a protected space for canine training on the listed heritage site.  The Dressyrhallen Training Hall is constructed of cross-laminated timber mounted on a standard glulam frame (All images are credited to Peder Lindbom) The surrounding site has a long tradition of …

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Dressyrhallen Training Hall, AIX Architects, Sweden, Swedish Police Force K-9 Unit, canine, dog, training

Editor’s pickGreen River to build third PB line, featuring SE Asia’s longest continuous press

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Green River Panels is set to build Southeast Asia’s biggest particleboard plant, boasting a 50.4-metre continuous press—the longest in the region. The new line, which is Green River’s third, will see the company double annual production capacity to over one million cubic metres, making it one of the largest production powerhouses in Southeast Asia. It will be delivered by …

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Green River Panels, Southeast Asia, biggest particleboard plant, longest continuous press, Siempelkamp, Hatyai

Editor’s pickRefurnishing Sweden's oldest christian church

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In 2005, excavations in a hill near Varnhems monastery church let to the discovery of remains of a farm church from the 9th century, testifying that Västergötland was christened 100 years earlier than commonly believed. The ruins belonged to Sweden's oldest Christian church and probably even the oldest Swedish building. Kata was the woman who ruled the farm and allowed the church to be …

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Kata Farm Church, Varnhems monastery church, Sweden, Oldest Christian Church, Oldest Swedish building, glued laminated timber, pine tar treated wood roof

Editor’s pickTo infinity and beyond

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San Lim Furniture is constantly in search for innovative ways to improve their production line. Their search ended with WEINIG, which provided the furniture manufacturer tremendous benefits: improved efficiency, cost reduction and impeccable service. The relationship between WEINIG and San Lim Furniture traces back to more than two decades ago when San Lim Furniture (San Lim) purchased their …

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San Lim Furniture, Indonesia, Vietnam, Dong Nai, WEINIG, OptiCut, CNC machine, Powermat

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China wood products trade in 2017

Figures from China Customs shows that total value of China’s wood products trade (imports and exports) in 2017 climbed 10 per cent to US$156.4 billion. The growth in wood products imports grew 21 per cent to US$ 52.6 billion, significantly higher than the growth in exports (1.3 per cent), reported Wood Week. The US is the main importer of …


BIFA WOOD VIETNAM 2018

Italian wood-furniture technology:new elements to be considered…

The climate of recent times, characterised by a consistent improvement of all indicators, could not last forever. The first trend emerging in the second quarter of this year, namely the widespread slowdown of orders. The traditional quarterly survey by Acimall, the Confindustria member association, reveals a 9.9 per cent decrease compared to the …


IFMAC 2018

GREENPANEL launches Club Grade HDF

GREENPANEL (part of Greenply Industries), India’s largest wood panel manufacturer, has launched Club Grade HDF (High density fiber board). An extremely strong and heavy-duty board, Club Grade …


EXCITECH to expand sales and service locations

EXCITECH, the renowned Chinese engineering company expands its sales and service locations. The company expands with a sales and service company for the European region based in Germany. The responsible partner company ATROGO GmbH, relies on a market-oriented engineering department in addition to the clear specifications for the technological …


Revenue growth of Russia's largest forest products companies has slowed sharply …

In 2017, the total revenue of the ten biggest forest products companies in Russia amounted 339.4 billion rubles ($5.1 billion), according to the annual Top 50 Russian forest-based sector companies rating published by Lesnaya Industriya Magazine. The top three leaders of the rating have not changed: Ilim Group, Mondi Syktyvkar, …


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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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