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Koelnmesse pursues further growth in Indonesia with new joint venture
Koelnmesse is strengthening its strategic presence in Southeast Asia through the establishment of a joint venture with the Indonesian exhibition organiser AMARA Expo.
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Plywood 2.0: industrial modernization, efficiency, and bio-based binders in the new race for panels
A recent modernization investment in a European plywood mill shows where the sector is heading: more automation across the flow, stronger in-line quality control, and growing pressure to cut footprint without sacrificing performance. Panels are moving from commodity thinking to a technology platform where energy, fibre and chemistry are decided in the same equation.
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Screws as a process lever: heat treatment and coatings for wood-industry fasteners
Casermeiro manufactures CASER screws highlighting controlled-atmosphere heat treatment and measurable coating performance, improving repeatability and corrosion behavior in wood and mixed assemblies.
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Impregnating stains on wood: water repellency and smart maintenance
Hugo Daniel Valetto offers Polisten (impregnating stain) for wood, combining water repellency, fungicidal/insecticidal action and renewal-friendly maintenance for exterior and interior use.
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Interzum Bogotá 2026: a trade fair as a control room for an industry that can no longer "improvise"
With the 2026 edition at Corferias (May 12-15), the wood and furniture sector arrives with a clear agenda: real productivity, process control and increasingly demanding surfaces. More than a showcase, the event acts as a thermometer of what has become essential to compete-consistent edging, fittings as systems, practical digitalization and a supply chain that now demands traceability.
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Pine trees, exotic willow and rose hips: the challenge of Parque Lanín to restore the native forest
The Department of Conservation and Management promotes a strategic plan to mitigate the impact of invasive flora. The focus is on the control of the species, but also on trying to reverse the human decisions that altered biodiversity in Patagonia.
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Plywood under pressure: how an anti-dumping measure reshapes the panel supply map
The European Union imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on softwood plywood imports from Brazil. Beyond the specific case, the news highlights a broader industry reality-panels have become strategic inputs, and their price is increasingly shaped by trade policy, traceability and supply risk, not only by factory costs.
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Water-based polyurethanes on wood: performance and repeatable finishing
Productos MIRO SRL positions water-based polyurethane finishes like Hidrolake 1817 around film performance and process discipline, enabling repeatable results in furniture and woodworking.
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The planets forests are changing: more and more weak and less resistant species
Slow-growing trees with high ecological performance are being replaced by less effective and useful ones.
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