The particleboard market reached a value of $17 billion in 2016, growing at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 6 percent during the last seven years.
After Arauco's announcement that it will construct a new particleboard operation in Grayling, Michigan, the company has announced a restructuring of its sales organization.
The Composite Panel Association’s December Industry Snapshot Report indicates that North American composite panel shipments of particleboard and MDF totaled 5.511 BSF for the year 2016, a slight decrease of 0.9 percent below 2015.
SierraPine said it will divest its two remaining composite panel mills to Roseburg Forest Products and Timber Products Co. The news was announced Aug. 11.
Uniboard will invest more than $29 million at its Sayabec plant to increase the capacity of its particleboard line. The composite panel and flooring maker also will add a thermally fused laminate (TFL) line at the plant. The investment will be implemented early next year.
SMITHERS, BC - A Northern Engineered Wood Products (NEWPRO) particleboard facility is filing a permit amendment to become a wood pellet manufacturing plant. Particleboard production has been halted at the Smithers, BC, plant since January 2014.
Panel producer Arauco North America expands its capabilities with the purchase of Suddekor's decorative paper treating business in Biscoe, NC. It follows Arauco's announcement yesterday of a $30 million investment.