CFM Group announced it is licensing its patented hollow core panel technology, called EcoLight Panel, which can be used for cabinetry, furniture, RV, airplane, closets, decorative walls and other applications where design and weight are factors.

The estimated $235 million USD project is expected to begin operation during the second quarter of 2025 and should add about 300,000 cubic meters of MDF production per year.

LP Building Solutions (LP) has closed on the previously announced sale of its Engineered Wood Products (EWP) business to Pacific Woodtech for $210 million.

The management of Tafisa Canada has appointed Pierre-Luc Bérubé as vice-president of sales and marketing effective August 15, 2022. He will succeed Eric Dedekam, who will retire at the end of October.

Tafisa Canada, a manufacturer of particleboard and TFL decorative panels, has invested $62 million in investments in its facilities in Lac-Mégantic. 

With Kiri, Toppan envisions better consistency and sustainability in staining and finishing.

LAVAL, Quebec –Uniboard, the largest Canadian based producer of biocomposites and value-added products servicing a variety of interior and exterior uses, has invested $250 million in a new state-of-the-art particleboard press line at its Val-d’Or plant.  The new continuous press will feature the latest in particleboard production technologies. Construction will begin in the summer of 2022 and start-up is targeted for 2025. Approximately 190 people will be employed at the plant when the project is completed.

  LEXINGTON, N.C. -- Egger Wood Products, which opened its first U.S.-based laminate plant in 2020, is looking to expand the Lexington, N.C., facility. The company, according to a June 13 Triad Business Journals report, has filed for a building permit valued at $19.5 million for its new lamination line. 

Roseburg is exploring the feasibility of locating a second MDF panel plant or bioenergy production facility within its current Western operating footprint.

The Boise Cascade Co. has reached an agreement to acquire Coastal Plywood Company, including its two manufacturing locations, from Coastal Forest Resources Company for $512 million, subject to certain closing adjustments.