Panel processor Premier EuroCase will soon offer a new product — fully processed laser edgebanded flat panel components, marketed as Elements by Premier.

A first laser edgebander in high speed production, Arauco's close of the Flakeboard acquisition, a lumber tax goes into force in California, and the revival of home building are among the wood industry's top reports for the week.

A Homag laser edgebander has been installed at Premier EuroCase, making it one of the first North American manufacturers to utilize this technology in a high-production environment.

Peter Tuenker, president of IMA-Schelling America, discusses new edgebanding technology IMA displayed at Ligna 2011 in Hannover, Germany.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Stiles Machinery Inc. has scheduled the first U.S. demonstrations of the Homag laserTec edgebander.