Borg Manufacturing orders a new particleboard plant in Oberon, New South Wales, as well as a retrofitting concept for an existing plant.

Klöckner Pentaplast has introduced Pentadecor films made of Resysta, a rice husk and polymer composite film. It is anticipated the material could be put to use on exterior composite panel surfaces. Solid 'wood' versions have been used on facades, outdoor furniture, and decking.

The Freedonia Group forecasts US demand for decking will increase 1.8 percent per year through 2020 to 3.6 billion lineal feet, at a value of $7.1 billion.

Health care organizations are driving changes in architectural finish standards, but so are businesses in general - concerned for their employee well being and happiness. Sessions at NeoCOn 2016 in Chicago next week will take a look at the trends and identify solutions in materials and techniques.

Lumber exports by Russia have fallen for two consecutive quarters, with first quarter 2016 shipments being almost ten percent lower than in the third quarter of 2015. Only China and Japan increased their purchases.

European wood manufacturers say that after the excellent annual result in 2015 with an increase of 10.9% and in total over 100m EPAL pallets, 73.6m of which were newly produced EPAL Euro pallets, the upward trend is continuing in the first quarter of 2016.

Gavin Munro used to be a conventional furniture designer in the U.K. His work previously required the typical subtractive process of taking lumber from trees and removing material to make furniture. But today he and his company Full Grown have developed an entirely different approach: They grow the furniture by managing the shape that trees grow. Literally, it’s furniture that grows on trees.

The first Ligna Conference, a summit staged in a non-Ligna year, was held in the Robotation Academy at the Hannover Exhibition Center in Germany, attracting 140 participants and sold out weeks in advance. IKEA, Jeld-Wen and SAP were among the presenters.

A new rubberwood table features a topper that divides a kitchen table from a surface completely customized for board games.

You can manufacture cabinets, furniture or other wood products for eight hours a day, six days a week, but you don't make any money until the product is sold. The key to selling your product promptly and profitably is to make a product the customer wants.