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Focus19 Short-Cycle Presses:

Investing In The FutureA newly installed laminating line is helping a uS furniture board manufacturer to face future challenges. By George Hehn, documentation & marketing, Dieffenbacher Maschinenfabrik

22 It’s On The LevelThere is a new sustainability standard in town that the commercial furniture industry has to live up to now. By Frederick D Muëller

24 AHEC: Expanding ChinaOnce the focus was on the major cities of China, now AHEC is branching out into its secondary and interior cities. By Therese Tan

26 Cutting Tools: The Cutting Edge Of Wood WorkingFrom the lumberjack’s axe and saw to powerful lasers, the array of cutting tools is a testament to the numerous ways of processing wood. By Augustine Quek

TEchnoLogy28 Things To Consider Before

Buying An EdgebanderIt’s an investment that simply has to work. And, given today’s belt-tightening climate, it’s best to do your homework beforehand.

30 Profile Wrapping: Strength In Bonding

New approaches in adhesives are yielding positive results in the market. By Keith Boi

32 Presses: Making Belts Last Longer

Extending the working life of a steel belt takes on added importance in today's quest for speed and increased productivity. By J O Jonsson, senior technical manager, WBP Industry, AB Sandvik Process Systems

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ContentsJuly 2009 • VOL. 21 NO. 5

Exhibitions60 ligna Hannover 2009

66 Interzum

69 IFFS 2010

70 imm Cologne 2010

06 Editorial08 Industry News71 Calendar Of Events72a Enquiry Form72b Subscription Form

72Please refer to advertising index on page

for advertisers’ enquiry numbers.

R e g u l a r sPAnELs35 Laminate Worktops: Sealing & Installation

For colour selection and affordability, laminate worktops come out tops. However, the trend towards thinner laminates and thicker chipboard cores are posing challenges. By Vaughan Taylor, section head – materials technology, FIRA

ExEcutivE insights38 Light At The End Of The Tunnel The industry is encouraged to prepare for

the eventual upturn by taking advantage of the readily available new developments, says Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher, president and CEO of the Dieffenbacher Group

MAtEriALs & surfAcEs40 Timber Frames: Smooth Transitions Efficiency of wood in multi-storey dwellings. By Kevin

Hayes, APA – The Engineered Wood Association

hArdwoods & softwoods42 Hardwood: French Oak Recognised for its longevity, the French oak

offers straight grain and fine texture 60

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44 Staining Of Finishes From Water-Soluble Wood ExtractivesThere are several ways to prevent extractives from reaching the topcoat and discolouring the finishing. By APA – The Engineered Wood Association

MArKEt rEPort47 Malaysia Panel Products

Industry: Climate Of Change The panel processing industry is one of

Malaysia’s fastest growing sub-sectors within its wood-based industry. By Dr Jegatheswaran Ratnasingam, universiti Putra Malaysia

50 Russia’s Renewal Plans The country is looking towards increasing

their own industrial base – and its wood processing capacity. By Frederick D Muëller

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y most accounts, a note of optimism was felt all around the recently concluded

Ligna 2009 exhibition in Hannover, Germany.

While a great number of participants were impressed by the vast and diversified

technological exploits showcased at the event, more immediate concerns remain – how to

overcome the challenges posed by the current global economic crisis, and how to reap in

rewards when the expected upturn eventually comes around.

For one, resource efficiency in the wood industry has become such a huge theme that

no manufacturer can afford to ignore. Design-oriented ideas and innovations continue

to dominate discussion about the shape of things to come. And at the same time, new

industrial trends in areas as varied as board processing and surface treatment are pointing

the industry in the right direction.

Industry practitioners can take respite on new technological developments that

have emerged, a view expressed by Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher, President and CEO of

Dieffenbacher, at a recent wood composites symposium (pg 38).

He says that the answer lies in the short-term reduction of production costs – by using

alternate raw materials and lowering resin consumption. He however adds that steps need

to be put in place to reduce resin usage in today’s panelboard plants as resin and all its

applications constitute one of the largest single expenditure item in the manufacture of

today’s vast product line of wood composite materials.

Furthermore, if wood-using mills can take advantage of today’s technology, they will be

better positioned to reap the financial rewards as the economic needle swings into recovery.

He also encourages the search for new panel products to fill “lucrative niches.” Long-term,

he foresees “very favourable conditions for wood products with growth on a global scale as

population increases.”

Meanwhile on the global regulatory front, much attention has been raised about ‘level’,

the new sustainability standard for the furniture industry developed by the Business and

Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) in the US.

With the emergence of ‘level’, commercial furniture makers must now contend with –

and more importantly, conform to – more matters ranging from energy efficiency to material

sourcing. It’s going to be interesting to monitor how this new standard plays out – both in

terms of regulating the furniture industry and impacting the global commercial landscapes.

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Industry News

FDA 2010: Open For Entries

Singapore: Registration is now open for

the Furniture Design Award (FDA) 2010,

organised by the Singapore Furniture

Industries Council (SFIC).

For the first time, participation in the

Young Designers category will be extended

worldwide. In the past years, this category

was only open to participants in the

Asia Pacific region. Similar to last year’s

competition, entries

are not confined

to any given

theme, allowing

participants a free

reign to express

their creativity.

FDA 2010 consists of three categories

– Open, Young Designers and Students.

The Open category targets companies,

seeking participants with entries that

have already been manufactured and

launched commercially; the Young Designers

category caters to local and international

participants, aged 35 years and below. The

Students category is open to all full-time

students from educational institutions in

the ASEAN countries.

The judging criteria include creativity,

marketability and functionality, including

aspects of environmental-friendliness

and ergonomics. The closing date for the

Students and Young Designers categories

is September 1 and the Open category is

December 21. The creations by the finalists

of FDA 2010 will be showcased during

International Furniture Fair Singapore/

ASEAN Furniture Show 2010, held from

March 9 to 12 at the Singapore Expo.

The recently concluded FDA 2009

received a total of 637 submissions from

Singapore and 18 countries globally. FDA

2010 is supported by DesignSingapore

Council, ie Singapore, Spring Singapore,

American Hardwood Export Council,

Designers Association Singapore, Interior

Design Confederation (S’pore), Singapore

Institute of Architects and IFFS.

Singapore’s SM Goh Applauds Mozaic Showing In Italy

Milan, Italy: Singapore’s Senior Minister,

Goh Chok Tong visited the Salone

Internazionale del Mobile 2009 in

Milan, Italy, to lend support to the

country’s contingent.

The country’s furniture industry

was represented under the collective

brand, Singapore Mozaic. SM Goh

was received by Andrew Ng, president

of the Singapore Furniture Industries

Council (SFIC), and accompanied

by representatives from various

government agencies. The Singapore

pavilion included brand ambassadors

Air Division, Getz Bros, Koda, Office

Planner and Star Furniture Industries

as well as Exit Design.

An initiative of the SFIC, Singapore

Mozaic is a B2B industry furniture

brand supported by ie Singapore and

Spring Singapore.

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SFIC Mission Into Untapped Markets Of Eastern Europe

Singapore: The Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) led representatives

from 10 local furniture companies on a business mission to explore new

markets in Eastern Europe. The team visited Hungary, the Czech Republic

and Poland from May 27 – June 6.

Supported by ie Singapore as well as Spring Singapore, and led by Jerry

Tan, VP of SFIC and MD of Jaco Furniture, the mission enabled local companies

to gather first hand knowledge of the Eastern European furniture market.

Participating companies are SFIC members and include Falcon Inc, Jaco

Furniture, Keng Cushions, Koda, QC@Paul, Sitra Holdings (Int’l), Star Furniture,

Suncoast Sitra, Univonna and Valencia Design.

Research by CSIL Centre for Industrial Studies Milano showed that

consumption of home furniture in the new EU Member States amounted to

US$8.5 billion (at factory prices). Over 80 percent are absorbed by Poland, the

Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary.

Singapore’s total trade in furniture with the three countries registered

S$5.7 million (US$4.2 million) in 2006, S$4.9 million in 2007 and S$8.0 million

in year 2008. The bulk of the revenue came from furniture imports, which

accounted for an average of 97 percent of Singapore’s total furniture trade

with the mentioned East European countries.

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Industry News

Enito Secures Singapore Green Label

Singapore: Enito Flooring, the palmwood flooring specialist

has obtained the Singapore green label for its range of

palmwood-based flooring and decking. It is the first

company in Singapore to receive the 100 percent recycled

material label for its products.

The company re-values and reduces waste through

its entire product development cycle. The palmwood is

harvested from cultivated plantation-grown retired palm

trees. From harvesting to production and packing, the

company ensures that its eco-friendly procedures are

enforced at every stage and that its finished products

meet health and environment standards.

With tests conducted with the eco-INSTITUT in

Germany, the company’s coating systems is free of

formaldehyde, and is CE marking certified for quality

and safety.

PEFC Endorses Malaysian Chain Of Custody Scheme

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The

Malaysian Timber Certification

Scheme (MTCS) has become the

first tropical timber certification

scheme in the Asia Pacific region

to be endorsed by the Programme

for the Endorsement of Forest

Certification (PEFC) schemes.

Ben Gunneberg, PEFC

Secretary General, said: “While

the certification movement has

its origins in efforts to protect

tropical forests, over 90 percent

of the world’s certification today

takes place in the temperate

forests of Europe and North

America. Yet tropical forests in

the Southern hemisphere offer

the most benefits to tackling some

of society’s biggest challenges,

including climate change,

combating deforestation and

forest degradation, and maintaining

the world’s precious biodiversity.”

Dato’ Dr Freezailah Che Yeom,

Chairman of the Malaysian

Timber Certification Council,

which operates the MTCS, said

that the endorsement enables

the MTCS to achieve mutual

recognition with 26 other PEFC-

endorsed certification schemes.

This means that the MTCS-certified

timber product manufacturers

and exporters will soon be able to

combine PEFC-certified materials

from Malaysia with other PEFC-

certified materials under the

PEFC logo.

The decision to endorse

the 2002 Malaysian Criteria and

Indicators for Forest Management

Certification was announced on

May 5, 2009 following a general

assembly vote. The endorsement

is valid for a five-year period,

with periodic review to ensure

the continued compliance of

the MTCS. BM TRADA offers

certification under the scheme.

Timber Royalty Reduced In Sarawak

Kuching, Sarawak: The Sarawak government has fixed

a flat rate of RM50 (US$13.70) royalty on all timber with

a diameter of 30 cm and above this year, down from the

RM65 fixed by the state Forest Department earlier this year

following an appeal by the Sarawak Timber Association (STA).

However, the rates will be revised to RM55 next year

and RM65 in 2011, says a report in The Star online. Speaking

at the STA’s AGM in April, association chairman Datuk

Wong Kit Yik urged the federal government to exempt

the industry from the doubling of levy on foreign workers.

The local government has proposed for a higher levy to

reduce the number of migrant workers, but the association

feels that it would be hard pressed to meet the government’s

target of RM53 billion in export earnings by 2020.

The top five importers of Sarawak’s logs were India, Japan,

Taiwan, Vietnam and China, which together contributed to

97.61 percent of the overall log export revenue for the first

two months of this year. Traditional importing countries

such as Thailand, the Middle East and Taiwan were the top

three importers of sawn timber, contributing 62.6 percent

to the sawn timber export revenue.

Global Carbon Project, Canberra, Australia


Industry News

Indonesia Secures Verified Legal Origin Certificates

Jakarta, Indonesia: Two Tropical Forest

Trust (TFT) supported forest projects

and one factory have been issued

certificates of Verified Legal Origin

(VLO) by the Rainforest Alliance’s

SmartWood programme.

Linked together in a supply chain,

the achievement means that wooden

furniture carrying a ‘Verified Legal

Origin’ statement can be exported to

the USA. Such verification helps to

provide assurance to consumers and

companies alike, that their product is

not linked with forest destruction from

illegal harvesting.

This recently ‘verified legal’ supply

chain connects two forests and a

factory in Indonesia through to Crate

and Barrel, a large furniture retailer in the

USA. The forest sources are Perhutani’s

Randublatung District, a state-owned

forest plantation, producing teak and

mahogany and Kostajasa, a co-operative

of farmers that produce predominantly

mahogany logs.

Both forest enterprises have been

working with the TFT for a number of

years to improve forest practices towards

achieving Forest Stewardship Council

(FSC) certification. In the factory, TFT

has helped to develop a robust wood

control system and monitor production to

ensure only wood from known, approved

sources enters the supply chain.

AppoIntments & notIces

Hiller Appointed president of sFctexas, UsA: The Sustainable Fur-

nishings Council (SFC) has appointed

Jeff Hiller as its new president.

The SFC is a non-profit coalition

of suppliers, manufacturers, retailers

and designers. Mr Hiller served as

one of the founding Board members

and for the past two years has

served as Chair of its Marketing &

Education committee.

His goals are to at least double

membership over each of the next

two years, and to continue to develop

programmes that provide immediate

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Tokyo, Japan: The Japanese Ministry

of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

has released its latest statistical data

showing an increase in forestry output

in 2007. The release, dated March 27,

2009 shows an increase in output

for the second consecutive year

due largely to the increase in Sugi

(Japanese cedar).

Forest output was valued at ¥441.44

billion (US$4.4 billion) in 2007, an

increase of 2.1 percent compared to

the previous year. Log output was

¥225.58 billion, an increase of 3.9

percent, attributed to the increase in

Sugi production.

However, a recent Bloomberg report noted that Japan’s

lumber industry, which imports 80 percent of its supplies, may

buy more timber from the US, Canada and New Zealand after

a drop in lumber prices.

Japan Records Increase In Forestry OutputShipments from Russia,

Japan’s largest source of logs

in 2007, slumped after an export

tax increased twice in less than a

year to 25 percent. While Russian

timber is preferred due to its price,

strength and smoother texture,

Russian plans to increase the duty

to 80 percent has in turn caused

furniture manufacturers to seek

alternative supplies.

Residential buildings use most

of the lumber in Japan. About

half the country’s houses are

constructed using wooden posts,

beams or panelling, according to

the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

Japan has allocated ¥500 million in the budget year started

April 1 to provide assistance for small and medium-sized

lumber processors.

Joi Ito, Inbamura, Japan

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Greenply Industries To Build Indian MDF Plant New Delhi, India: Leveraging

on the demand growth for

interior infrastructure products

in India, plywood and laminates

manufacturer Greenply Industries

plans to set up a medium density

fibreboard (MDF) plant with a

projected capacity of 180,000 m3.

The Rs 250 crores (US$53.4

million) MDF plant is scheduled

Binh Dinh, Vietnam: Central Binh Dinh

province, located in Vietnam’s South

Central coastal region, has called upon

Chinese businesses to invest in its local

woodwork industry.

Speaking at a seminar in Quy Nhon

city between Binh Dinh and China’s

Guangdong province, Nguyen Van Thien,

chairman of the Binh Dinh provincial

People’s Committee, called for added

investments from China.

More than 100 woodworking

manufacturers from central Vietnam attended

the seminar held in mid-May. In addition,

some 21 companies from Guangdong’s

Dongguan Furniture Association attended the

event. Dongguan is the largest woodwork

producing area in China and home to

2,200 furniture businesses.

With a backdrop provided by 400,000

ha forest land, Binh Dinh is home to 110

woodworking enterprises with a total

investment capital of US$53 million and

30,000 workers, added the report by

Vietnam Business Finance. Woodwork

exports account for 80 percent of the

province’s total annual export turnover.

Plans in the pipeline to expand the

industry include the addition of 1,000

ha of land in the Cat Lam and Cat Hiep

Industrial Complexes.

Binh Dinh Seeks Chinese Investors

to launch production by

December 2009.

Greenply said the MDF

plant would be India’s first to

incorporate Dieffenbacher’s

CPS continuous pressing

technology. The production

line would also incorporate

Metso’s latest generation EVO

refiner, a Steinemann Satos 8

head sanding line, and the Lukki

2 dimensional panel storage

system supplied by Dieffenbacher.

Engineered panels are said

to have a high utilisation of raw

material resources as compared

to plywood, and the Indian

government’s restrictions on

plywood have also resulted in

engineered panel products like

New Zealand Sees Increased Exports Of Radiata

Auckland, New Zealand: The export of

radiata pine sawlogs have been one

of the few bright spots in the forest

products sector for New Zealand

in the past year. Shipments to the

two major destinations, China and

Japan, were higher in 2008 than

the previous two years and total

exports reached a five-year record

of 6.6 million m3 last year.

In US dollars, domestic radiata pine

sawlog prices averaged US$49/m3 in

the 4Q/08, down from the 12-year high

of US$68/m3 in the 1Q/08, according

to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

In the 4Q/08, the New Zealand

market share of imported logs to

Japan was a record 17 percent, up

from about 10 percent in 2006 and

2007. In China, New Zealand supplied

15 percent of imported softwood logs,

an increase from about four percent

in 2006. Log exporters have recently

been benefiting from a weak NZ dollar,

lower freight rates and higher prices

for logs from Russia, the dominant

supplier of logs to Asia.

The weak New Zealand dollar

has made pulp and sawmills more

competitive as they now have some of

the lowest wood raw material costs, in

US dollar terms, in the world. However,

the decline for lumber and pulp in

New Zealand’s major export markets

remains a concern.

MDF and particle boards to be

increasingly used.

Greenply plans to

manufacture MDF boards

in the following range: plain

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- 30 mm thickness range), and

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Industry News

Eumabois: Foundation For Recovery Prepared

Milan, Italy: The economic

downturn has cut into

orders received by European

woodworking machinery

manufacturers as well.

However, according to a

press release by the European

Federation of Woodworking

Machinery Manufacturers

(Eumabois), it is not a

crash into the abyss, as

woodworking machinery

manufacturers have been

preparing for tough times.

The release adds: “This sector

Chennai, India: Rockworth Systems Furniture (India), a

joint venture between Dubai-based Al Reyami Group

and Thailand-based Rockworth Public, will set up its

first manufacturing facility in India at Sri City SEZ, a

multi-product special economic zone in Chennai.

The memorandum of understanding was inked between

Ravindra Sannareddy, MD, Sri City SEZ, and Sheikh Rashid

Mubarak Saif Al Reyami, Chairman, Rockworth Systems

Furniture (India).

Rockworth Systems, a specialist in office furniture, is

expected to invest close to US$16.8 million in the Indian

facility and will employ over 300 people in its first phase.

According to the company’s press release, production is

expected to start in April 2010.

Sri City, located some 55 km from Chennai, lays

claim as the largest private sector multi-product special

economic zone in South India.

Acimall Report Shows ‘Signals Of Recovering Confidence’

Milan, Italy: In the first quarter 2009, the global economic

situation took a toll on the woodworking and wood-based

materials industry.

The periodical market survey conducted by the Studies

Office of Acimall (the association of Italian machinery

manufacturers) showed a 54.8 percent drop in orders

during the January to March period when compared to

the same figures in 2008. The survey noted a ‘heavy’

trend, with foreign orders down by 56 percent and

domestic orders down by 50.6 percent. Prices recorded

a 0.1 percent decrease.

Despite the decrease of orders in the first quarter, the

survey showed some signals of recovering confidence,

especially in the international markets. According to the

release from Acimall, “the beginning of 2009 seems to leave

room for moderate optimism”.

The survey further indicated that some 30 percent of

those sampled expected growth in foreign orders while

40 percent expected orders to stay at the same level. The

remainder expected a drop in foreign orders.

As for the domestic market, 17 percent of respondents

expect the local market to expand while 40 percent feared

further shrinkage. The remaining 43 percent of those sampled

expect the domestic market to be stable.

Rockworth To Manufacture Furniture In Chennai

of industry has provided a

foundation for a recovery

after it gets through these

hard times.”

The momentum that

European woodworking

machinery manufacturers

had gained a year before has

now ground to a halt, but

they maintain their leadership

position in the world market

– with Germany and Italy

the two strongest export

countries, accounting for about

half of worldwide exports.

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We invite applicants for the above position:

· Sales and marketing of timber raw-materials

from around the world to furniture, flooring

and panel manufacturers in Thailand for

further processing

· Experience from the timber industry/

trade is an advantage

· Good in written and spoken English

· Experience with MS Office

· Domicile in Bangkok area

Please send application with

complete personal details to

[email protected]

DLH Nordisk A/S

Mr. Flemming Thomsen

Unit A, 16/F, World Trust Tower

50 Stanley Street, Central,

Hong Kong

DLH Nordisk is a

public listed company

in Denmark and has

been in the timber

business since 1908.

We have companies

in 33 countries world‐

wide, employing ap‐

prox. 3,800 people.

Please visit

www.dlh-group.com for

further information

SaleS executive - thailand

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Industry News

Siempelkamp Acquires HombakKrefeld, Germany: Hombak Maschinen-

und Anlagenbau has been acquired by

Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau.

With the acquisition, Siempelkamp is

able to offer a range of products involved

in the front-end area of production of

wood-based products. This includes

machines for material crushing (for flakers,

chippers, and mills) to machines for

material grading, as well as conveyor

systems and bunker installations.

Hombak, founded in 1924, develops

and manufactures its machines at its

Viken, Sweden: Välinge has

broadened its technology

base from mainly locking

systems to all fields related to

laminate and wood floorings

by extending its research

and development facilities.

Its new R&D centre

is an investment of €35

million (US$49.8 million)

and comprises 17,000 m2

of office and lab space.

Billed as ‘the most advanced

R&D centre in the world

for laminate and wood

flooring’, the facility offers

a machining line with 40

tool station enabling the

production of laminate

and wood floorings from

57 – 2,400 mm in size.

A major part of the

facility is used to develop

and to produce new floor

panels based on its Powder

Technology. According

to the company’s press

release, the R&D centre

Välinge R&D Centre Moves To Viken

headquarters in Bad Kreuznach, a

district in Rhineland-Palatinate area.

The company reported a sales volume

of approximately €6 million (US$8.4

million) in 2008. Hombak will continue to

market its products and services under

the Hombak name.

With Siempelkamp’s technical know-

how, Hombak is set to improve its existing

machines and develop new machines for

the front-end area. The Siempelkamp

Group achieved a total sales volume of

€681 million in 2008.

ALPI Secures TFT Membership

Modigliana, Italy: Since March 2007,

the ALPI Group and the Tropical Forest

Trust (TFT) have been cooperating

in the establishment of sustainable

management of ALPI’s forest

concessions. This has involved the

implementation of a programme of

technical, management and social

actions at the Group’s production

sites in Cameroon, Africa.

In a press release, issued by ALPI,

Scott Poynton, TFT’s Executive Director

said: “ALPI has shown significant

commitment over our two-year

cooperation focussing on specific issues,

and deserves to be a TFT member.

TFT membership is not automatic:

it is only granted to companies that

demonstrate real commitment to

sustainable forest management”.

Vittorio Alpi added: “Now that

the whole company is working to

obtain FSC certification, we believe

that strengthening our relationship

with the TFT through membership

is a wise, logical choice”.

By becoming a member of the

TFT, ALPI enhances its commitment

to excellence in sustainable forest

management.

ALPI is a major international

industrial group operating in the

timber sector, with over 50 percent

of its production being based outside

its native Italy. Its concessions in the

African tropical forests cover over

425,000 ha in the Cameroon.

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to develop new flooring

technology and to make

samples and start-up

products for licensees.

The total investment will

be close to €50 million when

installation is completed

sometime in 2010 - 2011.

Raute Expands Into Cutting Tools & Secures Chinese-Russian ContractNastola, Finland: In order to improve its service performance

to its customers, Raute has started cooperation with the

Slovenian knife manufacturer Ravne Knives.

Cutting tools are seen as a natural addition to

Raute’s scope of products and services as they form

an essential part of many machines used. For eg: in

the veneer manufacturing process.

Ravne Knives, a producer of industrial knives, is

supported by ISO 9001 Quality Assurance System.

Raute’s customers can now purchase high quality

Ravne knives for their Raute equipment directly through

Raute’s worldwide sales and service network.

On a separate note, Raute signed a contract with


Raute Expands Into Cutting Tools & Secures Chinese-Russian ContractChinese investors to deliver veneer mill machinery to Russia.

The contract, signed during Ligna, was worth about €8

million (US$11.4 million) with the Chinese-Russian investment

company Henda-Siberia. The new mill will be built in the

Tomsk region in Russia.

The contract comprises a log handling line, a peeling

line, and a veneer drying and grading line. The contract,

effective in June 2009, will see the deliveries taking place

in late 2009 and early 2010.

Henda-Siberia is a Russian company owned by

Yantai Northwest Forestry and the Chinese Investment

Promotion Agency of Yantai Economic and Technological

Development Area.

Industry News

North Carolina, USA: The High

Point Market celebrated its

100th anniversary in April this

year. With global recession and

competing convention cities like

Las Vegas and Milan putting

on the glitz, total registrations

for last April’s market suffered

only a minor dip of 8 percent

below the 2008 spring market.

The High Point Market

Authority said registrations

totalled 75,537, a figure that

included 29,468 retail buyers

and 14,769 designers. In

addition, some 2,475 buyers

returned to the market after

an absence of a year or more,

and 7,807 were first-timers

at the market.

The figures indicate the

number of who registered

for market, but the Market

Authority does not release

actual attendance figures.

The High Point Market

began in 1909, about 20 years

after the first factories started

up to take advantage of the

ready supply of cheap local

lumber and good railroad

access. By 1925, North

Carolina produced more

wooden furniture than any

other state.

In addition to its

manufacturing base,

central North Carolina has

developed a local array of

specialised skills including

furniture design, advertising,

photography, marketing,

financing, and transportation.

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Industry News

Biesse & Bacci Ink Distribution Agreement

North Carolina, USA: Biesse, manufacturer of high-tech

machinery and systems for wood, glass and stone fabrication,

has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Bacci.

Founded in 1918, Bacci specialises in the solid wood

and chairs markets as well as in 5-axis CNC machining

centres implemented with operating software. The

partnership establishes Biesse America and Canada as

the sole distributor of Bacci machinery in the US and

Canada, excluding the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

Said Federico Broccoli, CEO of Biesse and Intermac in

USA and Canada in a company press release: “The ability

to offer customers Bacci technology allows for greater

expansion into the solid wood markets and will also create

new opportunities in industries such as traditional furniture,

chairs, doors, aerospace, automotive, and plastics.”

Biesse will supply all existing Bacci customers with

technicians, support and parts.

US Now Leading Supplier Of Logs To Japan

Amana Tool Goes GreenNew York, USA: Amana

Tool of Farmingdale, New

York, has launched its green

manufacturing initiatives that

include environmentally friendly

insert tool designs that save

raw materials.

The manufacturer of

carbide cutting tools says

its green initiatives include

energy conservation measures,

mandate material recycling,

water conservation and air

quality preservation.

The company’s main

production facilities recycle

all waste products, including

metals, oils and leftover raw

materials such as carbide

powder, reducing the cost and

environmental impact of the tool

manufacturing process. The

factories feature clean air systems

that prevent toxic emissions into

the environment. It recently began

energy conservation practices

to lower the company’s energy

consumption at workstations

and compressor locations.

The company has a range

of cutting tools that feature

replacement carbide knives that

can be changed, enabling users

to keep the tool body instead

of replacing the entire tool.

This technology will help

save raw materials such as

steel and other alloys.

Rudy Giuliani To Speak At NHLA Convention

Tennessee, USA: Rudy Giuliani, the former

New York City mayor and US presidential

candidate, has accepted The National

Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA)

invitation to be its keynote speaker at the

2009 NHLA Annual Convention & Exhibit Showcase (October 1).

Mayor Giuliani has been widely lauded for his steady hand

during challenging times and, among his many accolades,

was named ‘Person of the Year by TIME magazine.

“In this challenging and unique period in our industry’s

history, Mr. Giuliani’s insight, wisdom and leadership experience

in crisis management should resonate with convention attendees

as we all try to survive the current economic crisis,” said Ted

Rossi, NHLA President in a press release.

The four-day event will be held at the Sheraton Boston

Hotel from September 30 - October 3.

Washington, USA: With declining Russian

log shipments, the US has moved up

to become the leading supplier of logs

to Japan.

Japan is the second largest importer

of logs in the world after China. The

import of logs to Japan has declined

for four consecutive years and was

in 2008, 34 percent lower than the

previous year, says a report in Wood

Resource Quarterly.

Japanese sawmills imported some

35 percent of foreign logs in 2008.

While imports of logs have fallen over

the last decade, imports of processed

products such as lumber, plywood

and fibreboard have shown advances

during the same period.

Russia, considered a major supplier of

logs in the country, has seen its numbers

eroding over the years. In early 2009, the

country’s share of the pie represented

only 17 percent (compared to almost

55 percent at its height in 2006).

According to a report by the Working

Forest, Japanese companies are likely

to increase imports of logs from New

Zealand and North America. With an

expected increase in housing in 2010 – 2011,

Japanese log import volumes are likely to

rise. Countries expected to benefit from

the increase in demand includes: USA,

Canada, New Zealand and even Europe.


China FoCusIndustry News

China Ups Its Tax RebatesBeijing: China has raised export tax rebates on

more than 2,600 items, including machines.

The country’s latest tax rebate, which

came into effect on June 1, is directed

towards shoring up its exports during

this global downturn.

Offered by the country’s Ministry of

Finance, it is the seventh in a series since

August 2008 as the local government

seeks to improve its industrial structure

and upgrade its export-oriented industries.

According to Xinhua news agency, the

Chinese government hopes that the rebate

would help spur the economy and reduce

costs for the exporters.

According to a notice jointly announced

by the ministry and the State Administration

of Taxation, tax rebates vary from 5 percent

to 17 percent for a variety of listed items.

China’s Wooden Door Industry Expected To Excel

China: The development of the wooden

door industry in China is largely driven

by market demand. Many producers

have enlarged their scale of production

over the last couple of years with new

entrants coming into the market to

stimulate it further.

ITTO’s Tropical Timber Report expects

more furniture and flooring enterprises

gaining entrance into this sector with

improved production patterns in 2009 and

Taicang Port Timber Imports Show IncreaseJiangsu: Timber imports through Taicang Port in the Jiangsu Province

recorded a surge of 46 percent (representing 330,000 m3 by volume). By

value, the imports reached US$36.8 million (a 3 percent increase over

2008 figures).

The Taicang Entry-Exit Inspections and the Quarantine Bureau credited the

increase to the port’s installation of a national timber fumigation inspection

zone. In addition, the port’s optimised efficiency to attract wider supply

sources and reduced storage fees helped propel the increase.

To shore up its exports, China’s overall

tax rebate rate is now stands at 12.4

percent. Besides the tax rebates, the

local government has also pledged more

than US$878 billion to aid small- and

medium-sized companies to expand into

the international markets.

Xinhua further reports that China’s

exports fell 24.3 percent in the first four

months this year. But in April alone,

the decline rate was 1.9 percentage

points slower than the first quarter. The

month-on-month figure in April was 10.4

percentage points higher.

The ministry aims to increase rebate

rates on those high-tech and high-value-

added industries, at the same time, eliminate

rebates on industries that consume too

much energy and discharge pollutants.

2010. The Wood Door Committee of the

China Timber Circulation Association

expects that domestic demand for wooden

doors will exceed RMB60 million (US$8.7

million) in 2008.

According to 2009 estimates, there

are more than 10,000 door manufacturing

enterprises in China. Preliminary estimates

indicate that 40 percent of wooden door

enterprises have an annual output of

RMB10 million to RMB30 million.

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Hits All-time High

Beijing: The 2009 National Timber

Production Plan released by China’s

State Forestry Administration (SFA)

forecasted that industrial roundwood

removal in the country will reach

100.39 million m³ this year, an all-

time high in the history of China’s

timber harvest, says the ITTO’s

Tropical Timber Market (June 1-15,

2009) report.

The projected 100.39 million m³

timber harvest is nearly three times as

much as the annual removal before

the implementation of the Natural

Forest Protection Programme (NFPP),

which was developed to protect

China’s natural forests.

The Plan also cites that timber

removed from plantations is 72.28

million m³, with removal from natural

forests at 28.11 million m³ by volume.

According to the Plan, timber

removed in the five provinces in

South China, where plantations

are dominant, amounted to 48.9

million m³, representing close to

half of the total timber removed

in China.

Conversely, only 7 million m³ of

timber were removed in the state-

owned forests of Northeast China

and Inner Mongolia, where natural

forests are dominant.

The statistical data did show three

favourable changes taking place in

China’s timber production practices:

major timber producing areas have

moved from north to south; timber

harvests have shifted from natural to

man-made forests; and collectively

owned forests have become major

timber producing sources instead

of state-owned forests.


Product highlights

Enquiry No: 5003 Enquiry No: 5004

Trada: GuidaNcE documENTs oN cL TimbErTrada Technology has published four guidance documents on cross-laminated timber (Cl).

Wood Information Sheets, Cross-laminated timber: introduction for specifiers Cross-laminated timber: structural principlesGuidance Document GD10: Cross-laminated timber – design guide for project feasibilityGuidance Document Worked Example 12-storey building of cross-laminated timber

Cross-laminated timber offers opportunities to use timber in situations where designers would normally use traditional materials such as steel, concrete and masonry.

As with any new structural material, it is essential that designers understand how to achieve its potential while respecting its limitations.

Product highlights

WEN chih: coLLET hoLdErsTaiwan-based Wen Chih Machinery Industrial specialises in the manufacture of multi-shaft boring products for the woodworking industry.

The company has just introduced its ISO 30 series and HSK63F series collet holders. The ISO 30 series and HSK63F series are designed to work with various router bits. Hardened and precision ground, the polished collet holders are fabricated with SNCM220 alloy, and offer stiffness and rigidity.

It is also highly accurate in running test at speeds of 24,000 rpm/G2.5.

makor: GEmiNi EdGE coaTiNG machiNEThe Gemini developed between Markor and Tecnolegno of the Markor Group is an automatic, single sided machine for inline sanding, buffing, cleaning, varnishing, drying and curing operations of solid wood, MDF or other material panels and profiles.

The edge finishing plant offers a sturdy frame to support the bearing transmission system. Its vacuum head is able to apply paint in a separated suction area. This offers greater uniformity and prevents a heap buildup on the panel edges.

The Moplen templates can be switched quickly thanks to its fast change device. To work a flat edge, there is a roller unit to turn to. The bottom sanding belt for double raised panels serves to complete the unit.

TiTus: cam 3000 & combi doWELTitus offers a wide variety of cams and combi dowels allowing flat-pack furniture to be assembled easily. The range includes two new additions.

The Cam 3000 comes with combined recess, a more efficient cam profile with smooth tightening action and greater pull-up. Its broad range of drilling tolerances ensures faster assembly and a strong joint. The design enables the use of combined slot and universal cover caps and its mainly intended for use with the Combi dowel.

The Combi dowel M6 combines steel and a minimum of zinc. They offer greater resistance to torsion and pull-out while a depthstop collar ensures accurate insertion. Hardware solutions provider Titus is part of the TitusPlus Group.


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I n the midst of the green heart of the uSA, in the heavily forested state of Montana, one of the most

modern laminating lines for furniture boards has been taken into operation for the client, Roseburg Forest Products.

Roseburg Forest Products was founded more than 70 years ago and is based in Oregon. It is one of the largest privately owned suppliers and processors of timber products and employs more than 4,000 people. The company operates production facilities in Oregon, South Carolina, California and other states of the uSA, as well as numerous sales offices and shareholdings.

Right from the planning stage of the project, the family-run company had specific ideas on what they expected in terms of productivity and logistics

A newly installed laminating line is helping a US furniture board manufacturer to face the challenges of the future. By George Hehn, documentation & marketing, Dieffenbacher Maschinenfabrik

for the plant. Following a planning phase of about three months, all the contracts for implementing the project were signed and sealed.

Managing ExpectationsThe plant had a calculated investment framework and combines the dual benefits of production flexibility with those of productivity. It comprise the entire finishing process from the sanded raw board through to wrapping and assignment of the stack of finished and laminated boards. It

is possible for the plant to laminate particleboards, MDF and HDF boards in 2, 3 or 4-board operation.

To avoid downtimes associated with material supply and possible material bottlenecks, two loading roller conveyors and two board singling stations were provided in the raw board supply area. The singling stations are supplied via a fully automatic distribution cart.

The singling function (directly ahead of the raw board cleaning station), can be performed either from the left or right of the feed roller conveyor by way of an automatic push-in system. This enables a continuous sequence of actions.

There is a corresponding buffer module in the foil feed area as well. Here, it is possible to load new foil pallets on a two-daylight chain conveyor at each foil lay-up station. A pallet lift takes the supplied pallet and transfers it to the pallet lifting case. From here, the foil lay-up device picks up the foils and the press package is formed.

Both daylights of the foil-lifting

and combines the dual benefits of production flexibilityThe plant had a calculated investment framework

with those of productivity.

cage can be adjusted lengthways and crossways – independently of one another. This enables them to be automatically aligned according to the edge of the foil. The foil feed system configured in this way operates continuously, enabling new foil stacks to be prepared for subsequent production at the same time.

Precision PackedThe foil lay-up area includes two stations with automatic lay-up systems. Each foil is controlled by light barriers and


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can be placed down accurately to the millimetre. With this, only a small amount of foil is left projecting, reducing the amount of waste material.

The cleaning station for the incoming raw boards comes with motor-driven rotating brush rollers. These are height adjustable to suit the varying board thickness.

Before a press package is loaded into the press, the foils have to be in close contact with the board to prevent the formation of air pockets. The ionization effect over the entire surface means the foils placed on the board are statically charged in the critical edge areas. This method is a more reliable way and serves to avoid damage during transfers.

The press used is a Dieffenbacher short-cycle press unit type KT-SQ with 180 press cycles per hour. It is 7.7 metres in length and designed for two, three and four-board operation. This allows the manufacturer to produce a variety of board formats with greater energy efficiency and, use of available area. The press is designed as a down stroke press and due to the cylinder The patented caul

plate clamping system

arrangement, the press achieves an evenly distributed press of 3.5 N/mm² with a heating platen format of 1,650 x 7,700 mm.

The hydraulic drive is controlled with proportional valves for speed, pressure and position control. As a result, it is possible to achieve the required results even at high speeds when using variable board formats, thickness values and foil properties.

Loaded UpThe Synchron Quick loading station is equipped with two working levels. Even when loading and unloading procedures are in process (in the press unit), it is possible to transport the next board with its foil into the lower working level. This is done by use of a positioning belt to move the board to the pick-up position, in front of the press.

Once the loading device has moved back, the positioned pack is transferred to the loading trays by means of an electric motordriven lifting unit integrated in the positioning belt. The press pack transferred in this way is gripped along

Raw board staging area with raw board loader shuttle and two singling stations

both its length with an unbroken rail during the loading procedure.

For added accuracy, the press pack is placed in the press by means of a motor-driven synchronous kinematic system. The travel movements of the loading and unloading system are coupled. Asynchronous servomotors with low-backlash gear units and frequency inverters are used in the system. The finished board is subsequently removed from the press via suction cups. A dry-running vacuum pump is used to dispense with the problems associated

an oil bath.The caul plates are changed as

complete sets ie: the top and bottom caul plates are exchanged at the same time in one operation. For this purpose,

the press unit has plate-clamping units for clamping the bottom and top caul plates and, pneumatically-operated pack change units that can pick up the entire plate pack.


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Here the finished boards are stacked accordingly. The stacking station comes equipped with an automatic protection-board supply system. This serves to protect the top and bottom as well as the edges and surfaces of the finished stack of boards. At the Roseburg’s request, the entire system comes with an Allen Bradley sourced controller.

The programme structure was developed by Dieffenbacher Ziasenhausen and uses a visualisation computer.

using the Wonderware software by Intouch,

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The caul plates are transported between the press unit and the caul plate store by means of the caul plate changing frame. This changeover system ensures that the caul plates are transported lying clamped on the changing frames, and accords them added protection. This system can also be used for the exchange of single plates.

The foil projection (at the edges of the board) are removed in a four-side trimming system. The short ends of the boards being processed by three scrapers arranged in sequence and equipped with carbide tips. At the customer’s request, the lengthway sides of boards are trimmed by milling heads. An auger conveyor then transports the residual foil fragments to the extraction system.

Final TouchesFollowing cleaning, the board runs through an automated Grecon monitoring system where its top and bottom surfaces are scanned. They are then assigned to a quality category, and to an appropriate stacking station.

the settings and parameters are offered in an easy-to-understand menu structure. Manual functions for setup and maintenance work can be performed in individual areas via local operating panels.

Roseburg Forest Products sells almost all of its products in the North American market. It sees its investment in a Dieffenbacher short-cycle laminating line as a logical further step in the company’s drive for expansion. “This is an enormous step for our plant,” said plant manager Ken Cole at the commissioning of the new line. I believe it is the most important component we were missing in order to make us ready to face the challenges of the future.” FDM

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F urniture made according to environmental and social responsibility standards – that is what the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers

Association (BIFMA) sustainability standard aims to achieve.level is the multi-attribute, sustainability standard and

third-party certification programme introduced by uS headquartered BIFMA in early June, for the furniture industry.

Created to deliver an open and transparent means of evaluating and communicating the environmental and social impacts of furniture products in the built environment, the new standard addresses how a product is sustainable from multiple perspectives. It takes into account a company’s social actions, energy usage, material selection and human and ecosystem health impacts.

Measuring Friendlinesslevel will give furniture buyers an idea of just how energy efficient, ecologically friendly and socially responsible a solid-wooden desk or made-with-MDF wardrobe cabinet is – and, along the way, secure some green building brownie points as well.

BIFMA, the trade association for the commercial furniture industry, representing firms in the contract furniture market

There is a new sustainability standard in town that the commercial furniture industry has to live up to now. By Frederick D Muëller

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in North America, worked with third-party certification bodies NSF International and Scientific Certification Systems. Basically, they looked into various ways to compare the energy and its greenhouse-gas emissions from the materials used, in addition — the attendant social and ecological impacts associated with their manufactured item.

According to the press release from BIFMA, with level “consumers can make informed choices about commercial furniture that exceed single attribute eco-certifications. The level brand identifies that a product has been vetted by an accredited third party certifier (NSF, SCS, or others) and its numeric marking 1, 2, or 3 indicates what threshold of certification it has achieved.”

The release further adds: “Manufacturers – big and small – now have a methodology to present the environmental characteristics in a clear, easily understood manner with a vernacular that gives end users the ability to make an ‘apples to apples’ comparison.”

An OversightDeveloped with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) oversight in mind, level has to function in ways proprietary standards do not. The ANSI process requires

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Inherent in the standard is an understanding that it is in a state of continual maintenance and review. This means that as part of the standard’s evolution, any emerging issues will be reviewed on an ongoing basis through the ANSI process as opposed to issues being addressed through a ‘batched’ approach.

As a result, the level sustainability standard will be undergoing constant improvements that will be fully open to public input and discourse. In the standards world, this concentration on ‘real time’, continuous improvement for sustainability is necessary due to the growing body of scientific knowledge on these issues as well as the urgent need for actions to benefit the planet.

The world of environmentally responsible products and manufacturing is now more clear. Commercial furniture that meets the demands of environmentally focused purchasing is now level. FDM ENQUIRY NO. 5105

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F DM Asia met up with John Chan, American Hardwood Export Council’s South-east Asia &

Greater China regional director (above pic), during his recent trip to Singapore. In a one-on-one interview with him, FDM Asia finds out more of AHEC's expansion plans in China.

FDMAsiA: The FinAnciAl siTuATion ToDAy is AFFecTing coMpAnies globAlly AnD regionAlly. Why is Ahec sTill TAking on The chinese MArkeT?John Chan: In 1992, lumber exports to China totalled uS$1 million. This number increased to uS$187.4 million by 2008. An estimated half of this went to the interior decoration segment, including flooring and furniture and joinery. The other half was used for exports.

This showed a substantial growth of demand for uS hardwood in China’s domestic market, although exports to China registered a 15 percent decrease in 2008 from 2007 due to the global financial crisis.

While the crisis resulted in a slowdown on imports of uS hardwood to China, a stimulus package of uS$585 billion by the Chinese government has helped to improve spending conditions. China is also offering increased rebates of 11-13 percent VAT to furniture producers to

once the focus was on the major cities of china, now Ahec is branching out into its secondary and interior cities. by Therese Tan

help ease their financial burden during the financial crisis.

We have observed that the Chinese furniture market has expanded rapidly for the last five years. The country’s total furniture production in 2008 reached uS$88 billion. One third of its production was for export, while two thirds were retained for domestic consumption.

The next change in the country came from the relative ease to obtain home loans as a direct result of the stimulus package. New homes sales encouraged the buying of electrical appliances and, of course, furniture. This was reflected from the

growth in demand in the interior decoration sectors domestically. Ten years ago we saw applications of uS hardwood only in hotels, commercial offices and high-end residential projects. But in the past five years, uS hardwoods have been gradually used for interior decoration purposes in medium range residential areas.

FDMAsiA: hoW hAve you been proMoTing Ahec in chinA?JC: Even as markets are facing difficulties, AHEC maintains the same marketing budgets in promoting our hardwoods.

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In addition, you will notice a definite shift to focus on the environment. Programmes are tailored to tackle issues such as sustainability, environmental credentials, legality and responsible procurement policies. This is beside the usual technical, lumber, veneer and flooring seminars held in cooperation with the various trade and designer associations in China.

To promote the diversity of uS hardwood in China’s domestic market, in 2003 and 2005, AHEC co-operated with a developer in two demo units in Shanghai to showcase American hardwoods in interior designs. These two projects featured hardwood species such as cherry, walnut, red oak and birch. We hope to impart more such knowledge on the use of uS hardwoods, to architects and interior designers and homeowners in China. FDM ENQUIRY NO. 5104

and one in Kuala lumpur, one in Bangkok and two in Ho Chi Minh City in the past years. The association has conducted over 100 seminars and exhibited in over 50 trade shows in China and South-east Asia over the last 17 years. In addition, AHEC’s 14th SEA & Greater China convention on The Sustainability and Diversity of uS Hardwood, is scheduled this coming June from 10-11, 2009 in Shenyang.

At present, we cover 22 cities in China. Before, we used to focus only

on major cities in the country. Now we are branching into secondary and interior cities such as Shenzhen, Zhongshan, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Suzhou, Nanjing, Changsha, Xian, Chonqing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Dalian, Shenyang, Jinan, Qingdao, Beijing and Tianjin.

As cost of production in coastal cities has been rising, more factories and production facilities are expected to move into interior cities. Moving inland will also serve the Chinese domestic market better due to the ease of transportation from the factories.

Even as markets are facing difficulties, AHEC maintains the same marketing budgets in promoting its hardwoods.

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Cutting Tools:

Of WOOd WOrking

C utting tools are used in wood working for a large number of uses, from sizing timber into

smaller pieces by mechanical saws to cutting fine threads using grooving tools and holders. The ability to control the way wood is cut is at the very core of woodworking industry. This ability has been augmented by the wide array of tools and instruments invented throughout human history for this purpose.

Wood cutting tools encompass a wide variety of apparatus, including bits, blades, abrasives, water jets and energy cutters like lasers. Routing bits, trimmer blades and even lasers can cut intricate and beautiful patterns, while larger saws and cutters size and shape blocks of wood.

From the lumberjack’s axe and saw to powerful lasers, the array of cutting tools is a testament to the numerous ways of processing wood. By Augustine Quek

Saw Blades: It’s In The TeethSaws are vital in woodworking and are ubiquitous in every workshop. Saws date back to prehistory, and likely evolved from Neolithic tools or bone tools. The first saw was likely to have been a jaw bone of bovid animals, in the Pleistocene era.

The modern serrated saw has each tooth bent to a precise angle, called a set. There are currently a few popular set patterns. The Raker pattern has three teeth in a left, right, straight sequence in a uniform set angle. The alternate set has every tooth set in an alternating sequence.

There is also a multi-tooth sequence depending on tooth pitch with varying set angles. Different saw designs, with

different sets, shapes and sizes are suitable for different jobs.

For example, a rip saw has a flat front edge for each tooth that is angled neither forward nor backward. This is ideal for rip cut, or a cut made parallel to the direction of the grain of the workpiece. Mitre saws are usually circular saws that can change its cutting angle precisely, in making bevels and crosscuts, or cuts perpendicular to the grain.

When space is restricted when cutting is required, a jigsaw can be used for straight or curved cutting. There are also bi-directional tooth configurations that allow saws to cut in both directions with minimal burring.

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cutting force that can be applied consistently, they have also increased the flexibility of wood working with different settings and blades that can be used with one tool, such as the appropriate number of teeth, saw blade type, cutting speed and feed rate.

Power tools are also more accurate. For example, a table saw not only cuts faster than a hand saw, but the cuts are smoother, straighter and more square than even the most skilled man can do with a hand saw.

Tool Bits: About SymmetryThere is undoubtedly a huge variety of tool bits available for wood working, from drilling to routing to moulding. Tool bits include drill, holesaws, routers, and cutters of various types, and are used in just as many types of machines, like lathes, milling machines and machining centers.

For non-rotary cutting tools, the cutting edge is ground to suit a particular machining operation and may be re-sharpened or reshaped as needed. Almost all high-

(HSS), ceramics, sintered carbide, and high carbon tool steels with the appropriate hardening and tempering. However, most tool cutters are now made of carbide or HSS, replacing the earlier kinds of tool steel in almost all cutting applications.

Energy Cutters: Non-Metallic FormsSeveral forms of cutting using non-metallic tools exist. These include waterjets and lasers. However, these forms of cutting wood are still relatively uncommon and do not form a part conventional woodworking.

• WaterjetsWaterjet cutting works by forcing a large volume of water through a small orifice in the nozzle, causing the water molecules to rapidly accelerate. This accelerated stream impacts the material to be cut, exerting extremely high pressures over a small area of the workpiece. The high pressure impact causes the workpiece to develop small cracks within its structure, and eventually breaks when the cracks grow large enough. The waterjet also washes away any excess material from the cut.

Waterjets complement other cutting technologies from blades and bits. No noxious gases or liquids are used in waterjet cutting, and waterjets do not

create vapors or hazards such as dust or chips. A waterjet cut surface also has no heat effected zones or show any mechanical stresses

• Laserslaser cutting uses a high-powered light beam to burn, melt or vaporise a surface. The high energy of the laser is due to the low-divergence light, or light rays that travels in roughly the same direction. The cutting takes place as a result of a chemical degradation process, where wood fibre is burned away and removed under the pressure of an assist gas. Due to this, the edges of wood articles cut by the laser process would appear charred.

The traditional saw cutting method cannot match the level of accuracy and intricacy achieved by laser cutting. Moreover, the durability of the end product is greater and wastage of materials is minimised. However, laser cutting machines are still very expensive and not an affordable option for many.

From the lumberjack’s saw to the tiniest milling tool to the most powerful lasers, the array of cutting tools is a testament to the numerous ways of processing wood. It is also testament to human innovation and technological capability in using wood, one of the oldest materials known to man. FDM ENQUIRY NO. 5111

Delcan InDustrIes: thIn Kerf BanD sawDelcan Industries of British Columbia, Canada, specialises in the Stellite and carbide band saws

and circular saws. The 1.5” - 2” Oregon Cobalt Alloy Tipped is a thin kerf band saw with its

blade prepared with a wood band sawing backer material.

The tips on this blade have great wear resistance allowing them to keep a sharp edge longer,

and because of their composition they are resistant to the acids found in Cedar. The thin kerf

reduces fibre loss in wasted sawdust and the blades can be sharpened approximately 10 times

to provide a smooth finish on the lumber. According to Delcan, the saw offers a smoother, faster

and quieter cut, with far less sawdust left on the

boards than a spring set saw.

The 1.5” saw is available in 1.5 mm (0.060”)

and 1.9 mm (0.074”) kerf sizes while the 2” saw

is available in 1.9 mm (0.074”).

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performance cutting bits use indexable inserts, meaning that they can be rotated or flipped without disturbing the overall geometry of the tool, such as its effective diameter or tool length offset.

These inserts are made symmetrically for a practical reason: they can be rotated when the first cutting edge is dull, presenting a fresh cutting edge. Some inserts are even made so that they can be flipped over as many as 16 times, with as many cutting edges per insert.

Tool bits can be made of many kinds of materials, such as high-speed steel


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Things To ConsiderBefore Buying An

W hile edgebanding is a key process for the competitive landscape of furniture

manufacturing, there are a number of specific areas to consider before making the investment in an edgebander that works according to one’s expectations.

With the diverse range of edgeband processing technologies that are being installed by woodworking enterprises everywhere, the industry is quickly moving towards the use of edgebanders that are able to offer better speed and highly sophisticated automated capabilities.

Wide VarietyThe automated edgebanding machines currently in the market are often packaged together with improvements in line productivity, flexibility in changeovers and system reliability.

On top of that, a broadening range of edging materials and adhesive options are utilised by the furniture industry today – more advanced edge treatments that are being developed to prompt machine manufacturers to build edgebanding systems that are able to match up to new processing demands.

This evolving trend is certainly evident in the development of laser edgebanding, for example, where edgeband makers are keeping in step with the advantages that

It’s an investment that simply has to work. And, given today’s belt-tightening climate, it’s best to do your homework beforehand.

come with the latest laser technology for achieving “jointless edgebanding”.

So a good knowledge of what the market has to offer is key. However, given today’s belt-tightening climate, it’s an investment that simply has to work.

Questions like length of usage should be asked, the main purpose of

future needs of the company. Stefano Turriani, sales & marketing director at Biesse Asia says: “you should take into consideration the capacity to absorb the level of productivity – in line with future development plans of the company. An investor should have a ‘feel’ as to what will happen in a market window of three to five years.”

He adds: “Also consider the machine’s ease of maintenance, the user-friendliness of the machine (especially when there is more than one person working on it). In addition, the availability of spare parts and reliability of service through appointed dealers or direct presence of the manufacturer on the market.”

When selecting an edgebanding machine, it’s best to scrutinise the quality of the working unit instead of how the paint shines or how sturdy it looks. An area of importance that Mr Turriani recommends would-be buyers to look into: the setting time requested. “It doesn’t matter what’s the working speed is if the operator has to continually change the kind of edges. He will have wasted almost half a day just to do this. So, flexibility is of the essence,” he says.

“Talking about the productivity, I repeat that while speed may be important but, please, be careful. My

having the machine and what kind of applications will the machine be used for. In addition, besides its cost, should the edgebander be an automatic or manual version?

Points Of ConsiderationIndustry experts say that generally, the first time purchasers of the machine make the mistake of buying one for the here and now. However, they should take into consideration the

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concern centres on what is called ‘Panel Frequency’. To be clear: if two machines run 20 Mt/min and the space between panels is different, the final result, in term of numbers, cannot be compared.”

Edgebanding With LaserTo further lead the way in edge treatment, the woodworking industry is starting to look at the functionality and precision offered by laser technology.

Ongoing developments in laser technology for edgebanding products are giving the segment new life, with the potential to help set new standards in terms of quality and design for furniture components.

The key here is to achieve a jointless process – by which, the edgebanding process leaves no visble joint – and this process is increasingly facilitated by compatible material and machine breakthroughs.

Rehau has developed laser

edgeband materials that provide a durable, adhesive-free connection between edgeband and surface with an invisible joint. Showcased at this year’s interzum 2009 fair, the Raukantex edgeband material is applied to the surface utilising a ultra sound welding technique.

Benefits come in terms of function and economics. For eg: through the laser edgebanding process, the moisture and heat resistance of the surface can be increased, while achieving a high-quality finish appearance.

The machining side of the edgebanding sector is responding in kind. At ligna 2009, Homag unveiled its venture into laser edging possibilities with the laserTec system.

With the edge and panel being connected by means of laser and not by heat, the edgebander cuts out the time required for glue heating and the technology does not require the use of an adhesive inside the machine.

Plant output can be improved, along with energy saving. Also the soiling of the woodpiece and the downstream processing units can be reduced, cutting down on maintenance and waste, as compared to processing with polyurethane (PuR) hot melt adhesives. FDM

Biesse: Versatile akron 855kAs part of the Akron 800 Series of single-sided edgebanding machines

by Biesse, the Akron 855K comes with a base length of 7,000 mm.

Offering a wide range of applications, it can be used to apply banding

materials of all types on panel thickness ranging from 8 mm up to 60 mm.

Pre-milling with auto-set, a quick-change dual-rotation Tekno glue system

with pre-copy, and four-position end trimmers with Flex programme all

combine to speed up changeovers and optimise production.

Each working unit can be fitted with automatic pneumatic or NC

servo-powered device, while the HSD Rotax electro-spindle motors

provide power. Its NC controls and integrated electronics allow rapid

changeover from one machining operation to another.

DÖllken: aBs eDgeBanDing For leeD PointsIn anticipation of the ‘Green’

trend, Döllken-Woodtape’s ABS

edgebanding are made to be

recycled or incinerated with

general waste.

The product, with similar

features as PVC edgebanding,

comes in thicknesses of .018” (0.45 mm) to 3 mm and widths ranging from

5/8” (16mm) to 1-3/4” (45mm).

Döllken-Woodtape’s ABS edgebanding was recently specified as

a green product in a banking project in New York City in the US. The

contractor typically uses PVC edgebanding, but they were having trouble

getting it approved, so as an alternative, the contractor sourced Döllken-

Woodtape ABS edgebanding instead. It was accepted as LEED compliant

as it did not contain added urea formaldehyde.

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards are

not product but building related and each product that is used in a building

project has to apply for LEED points separately.

Product HigHligHts

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New edgeband materials have been developed for

laser edgebanding

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P rofile wrapping is commonly known as the process by which a decorative film or veneer is

applied on to a profiled substrate, by means of bonding with an adhesive.

While traditionally used adhesives have their proven advantages, new adhesive systems have emerged to offer an even higher level of performance for specific applications – and often, the improved bonding is achieved through overcoming some of the drawbacks

With profile wrapping becoming widely accepted as a finish option in the manufacture of profile-shaped furniture components, new approaches in adhesives are yielding positive results in the market. By Keith Boi

posed by polymers such as EVA, such as a limited heat resistance.

Synthesising Method Indeed, the use of new raw materials can give rise to the development of adhesives for more specialised applications.

CPl materials have to be tested separately before use in serial production. When veneers are used, resilience forces must be observed, depending on the veneer thickness and on the design of the profile.

And the development of even newer

formulations is currently under way, to allow forThe development of even newer adhesive

the wrapping of thicker CPL and veneer.

Take Jowat’s latest generation of Jowat-Toptherm 236.50 adhesives, developed based on a new synthesising method to create a new class of polymers that brings benefits to the profile wrapping process.

According to ulrich E Schäfer, VP of Jowat’s woodworking industrial division, this new product is a polyolefin-based hot melt that has been specially developed by the company.

The resulting adhesive is said to be tailored for use in wrapping processes that use wide-ranging materials the likes of resinated paper foils, thin CPl, thermoplastic foils (with reverse primer) and thin veneers.

adhesive formulations is currently under way, to allow for the wrapping of thicker CPl and veneer.

Mr Schäfer explains that woodworkers would particularly relish the long open time and processing performance, via slot nozzle, blade or roller, provided by the new adhesive.

The higher measure of thermal stability is another key advantage – with deposits of thermal degradation within the machine parts conveying the adhesive brought to a minimum, cost and maintenance can in turn be reduced.

For the Jowat-Toptherm 236.50, the softening point of approximately 110°C

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is considerably above the one for EVA hot melt adhesives and slightly below the softening point for conventional APAO-based hot melts.

This new adhesive also has a higher heat resistance in comparison to standard EVA hot melt adhesives for profile wrapping.

Gloss Edge Mr Schäfer is also seeing more furniture makers going into high-gloss applications with new sets of technology, and this trend shall impact the aesthetic outlook for profile wraps as well.

“High-gloss surfaces are conquering the market: already they are everywhere, in kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms,” he adds.

For this purpose, high-gloss thick foils are seen as the cost effective option for achieving “brilliant surfaces” on profiles, applied with a moisture-curing polyurethane (PuR) hot melt adhesive.

And when suitable methods for colouring or patterning the foil are used, it is possible to achieve the optical effects of matte, aged or whitewashed products effectively, and in one single processing step, with the use of PuR hot melts. FDM

NordsoN: ApplicAtioN HeAdsThe Nordson PW series profile wrapping application heads are suited for coating paper,

vinyls, veneer and other foils with hot melt adhesives that are applied onto profiles of varying

shapes and materials. The application system processes demanding PUR hot melt adhesives,

as well as other hot melt types.

The PW applicators come in wrapping gun widths that range from 200 mm to 800 mm.

The closed system of the PW series prevents moisture and contaminants from entering the

system, providing high bonding quality

while reducing maintenance. Closed

profile wrapping systems present

an alternative for replacing open

rollers and glue pots, which are time

consuming and costly to maintain.

Particularly when using reactive PUR

adhesives, closed systems protect

the adhesive from premature curing.

Suited for processing veneer,

continuous pressure laminate (CPL)

and high pressure laminate (HPL),

the PWII 350 adjustable profile

wrapping slot nozzle showcases

flexibility: a configurable number

of modules, exchangeable nozzle

assemblies and user-friendly web

guides adapt the PW 350 II head

to specific application requirements.

Through the development of new adhesives, some of the common processing drawbacks can be overcome.


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Wood Based Panels:

Last LongerMaking Belts

T he steel belt is one of the most versatile tools available to industry and as far as the wood

based panels industry is concerned, the steel belt is the fundamental machinery element in all continuous presses, be they rotation or double belt presses.

Once the steel belt was introduced to the market in the 1950s, it didn’t take long for wood based panels (WBP) producers or press manufacturers to recognise this combination of qualities.

Q: How long can belts last?A: Steel belts are designed to have the same operating life as the press itself but, in practice, their working life will be limited by general wear and tear.

The belts with the longest known operational life were installed by Sandvik in a Siempelkamp line in Meppen Germany, now owned by Sonae group. These ran for 13 years – producing thick MDF – before finally needing replacing in 2001.

Q: wHat can reduce tHe working life of a belt?A: Many factors can adversely affect the life of a belt but primary causes include:

Too many instances of damage sufficiently severe to mark the board

extending the working life of a steel belt takes on added importance in today’s quest for speed and increased productivity. by J o Jonsson, senior technical manager, wbP industry, ab sandvik Process systems

An excessively high percentage of rejects or lower grade boardAccidents during operationIncreased belt speed, eg: up to 120 m/min for thin board (glues and resins allow faster processing, hence more revolutions and bending cycles)Inexperienced staff

Q: wHy do i need sPare belts?A: Accidents can and do happen and downtime costs can be very high. As a result, the loss of only a few days production can equate to cost of a new belt.

If an accident happens, the support people will do their utmost to help, but manufacturing a new belt will still take several weeks. your insurance

company may well insist that you keep at least one spare belt to keep your premium down.

Q: are belts more at risk wHen a new Plant is started uP?A: Experience shows that it is particularly important to hold a spare belt or belts when starting up a new plant as the risk of damage through accidents is higher than normal due to inexperienced maintenance and operational people.

However, even if personnel are well-trained, the start-up of new systems/processes still carries an increased risk – such as from foreign particles, double-matting – especially when running thin board.

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Q: Can variations in mat thiCkness Cause problems?A: The risk is greatest when you start up production and/or change thickness, or when you have a combination of thin mat, high density and high speed: the resistance of the mat may be too low in relation to the pressure of air inside the mat, causing it to burst and resulting in a local variation of the mat thickness.

This could in turn lead to high stresses in the belt of such magnitude to cause permanent deformation. local deformation will eventually result in cracks of the steel belt.

During normal running, the risk is lower – unless you have a very light and dust-prone wood fibre. Speed of steel belt and feeding belt must match exactly.

Q: What other issues Can result in damage to steel belts?A: There are many, but here are a few:

Metal objects in press (but most modern lines now have metal detectors)uneven mat formingGlue lumpsTracking problemsChain breakageMistreatment of belt edge(s)Poor cleaning – too much dust and chipsFires caused by oil and dustunsuitable lubricating oil or excessively high temperature that carbonises oilTroughingRoller and chain condition can also affect belt lifeWrong pressure setting

Q: What Causes belt traCking problem?A: Belt displacement can be caused by a number of different factors, but 80-90 percent of such problems result from mat-forming. Other possible causes include:

Deviations, distortions and tolerances in respect to the optimum straightness.Varying pressure, temperatures and speeds.uneven tensioning of chain or rollers can have an extremely negative impact on belt tracking.

Q: Why shot peening?A: One of the most common problems in the press is belt deformation in the form of elongation of the back or roller side, caused by rollers or a chain making an impression on the surface.

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The result is a curled or troughed belt and the most efficient method of repair is shot-peening.

using compressed air, hardened steel balls of different size (depending on the belt thickness and grade) are blasted onto the belt surface in order to achieve an elongation, or to even out the stresses between product side and back side of the belt.

When the differences in stress and elongation are eliminated, the belt is once again returned to its original flat condition.

Q: Can the upper belt and lower belt be of different thiCkness?A: yes, but their respective speeds will have to be adjusted individually. Check the adjustment by marking both belts at the inlet and outlet to see if the marking coincides.

Q: what is the best way to deteCt a CraCk?A: Most cracks can be detected by the naked eye – look out for visible oil marks on the board or visible light reflection on the belt surface (edge cracks). Other methods include:

• Magna flux test• Penetrant test• MilliQ test

Q: how long Can a CraCk be before you have to repair it?A: Transversal cracks are the most common and can be up to 25 mm at the belt edge or 50 mm inside the belt before they must be repaired. longitudinal cracks can be longer than this as risk of belt rupture is much less, but remember that it is easier to repair a short crack than a long one!

Q: is it possible to Change to thiCker belts?A: The basic answer is yes, but the plant manufacturer must be consulted first. Most presses are designed so that the

thickness can be increased to the next nominal standard dimension, ie:

• from 1.8 to 2.0 (2.3) mm• from 2.0 to 2.3 mm• from 2.3 to 2.7 mm• from 2.7 to 3.0 mm

Q: is it better to work with a thiCker belt?A: Thicker belts are certainly more resistant to hard particles and dents and less susceptible to troughing. However, a thicker belt is also more sensitive to fatigue due to surface defects, and the bending stress is higher.

Q: why is grinding neCessary?A: Grinding improves the thickness and flatness of a steel belt, especially over

Sandvik: Steel Belt GuideSandvik Process Systems has published the 4th edition of its steel belt guide for professionals in

the wood based panel industry.

The latest edition provides information relating to the different production

processes pioneered over the years by WBP equipment manufacturers, and

explains the relative strengths and benefits of each.

With input from virtually every major name in the industry, including

Siempelkamp, Dieffenbacher, Hymmen, Pagnoni, Held and, in the past,

Küsters and Metso Panelboard (Bison) too, the 52-page book serves as a

guide to current technologies.

the longitudinal weld. It also gives the defect-free surface needed for production of unsanded board.

Q: is there a differenCe between belts for Mdf and partiCle board?A: yes, thin MDF is more demanding, requiring closer tolerances for thickness and surface finish of the belts.

Q: Can different widths be produCed in the press?A: yes they can but in order to avoid deformation of belts the press should not run too long with narrower width belts (maximum two to three days at a time with up to 600mm (2ft)difference). FDM

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Sealing & Installationlaminate Worktops:

L aminate surfaced worktops have been the fitted kitchen industry’s proverbial workhouse surface

for some 40 years or so. Their high durability characteristics, almost limitless surface design options, low maintenance and relatively low cost is testament to their longevity as the most commonly specified kitchen worktop surface option.

Whilst the basic make up of this type of worktop has remained essentially the same, the subtle changes in surface design and texture as well varied options for edge profiles has kept the product lively and fresh within the marketplace.

In the early days of worktop

For colour selection and affordability, laminate worktops come out tops. However, the trend towards thinner laminates and thicker chipboard cores are posing challenges during setup. By Vaughan Taylor, section head – materials technology, FIRA

manufacture decorative surface laminates were relatively thick, often 1 mm or greater, and in this form of construction it was important to balance the panel on the reverse face with a non-decorative laminate of similar type and thickness to ensure panel stability. The backing laminate also provided an effective barrier against water ingress.

A Question Of SizeNowadays the majority of laminate surfaced kitchen worktops are constructed from a wood-based particleboard substrate (chipboard), typically 28 mm or 38 mm thickness, and surfaced on the decorative

face with a 0.5 mm - 0.8 mm thick post forming grade laminate.

The trend toward using thinner laminates, whilst undoubtedly lowering manufacturing costs, was primarily employed to allow the forming of tighter radius bends along the front edges of worktops. The potential for post forming laminate with bends down to 3 mm radius became possible, thus allowing the production of ‘squarer edge’ styles of worktop having a continuous surface appearance.

However, the use of laminates of thickness much less than 0.5 mm may prove unsuitable for worktop applications due to lower impact resistance, mainly of concern along front edges. Additionally, the masking of the coarse particleboard cores of thick worktops can present a problem when using thin laminate, particularly in the case of high gloss or plain light colourways.

Generally, the effects of combining thinner laminates and thicker chipboard cores has eliminated the need to fully balance panels and the use of a fully matched backing laminate is now largely omitted by the majority of producers. To some degree the reduced ‘pull’ of thin laminate and the increased bending resistance of the thicker chipboard core has removed the need for a balancing laminate on the back surface of worktops.

Bowing ProblemsMost kitchen worktops are now supplied with either a resin impregnated kraft paper or resin coat backing. However, it should be recognised that such worktops are effectively unbalanced and that some bow may develop following production.

It is therefore particularly important that care is exercised during production to ensure that moisture content levels within the particleboard core and laminates are correct for the intended service environment. Extreme differences here can still result in bowing problems.


Panels

Worktops with bow levels up to 0.5 mm over 600 mm span should not present major difficulties during installation as this level of curvature can normally be pulled out when fixing down to the base units. Bow levels greater than this can present difficulties when installing and jointing worktops particularly those requiring a ‘mason mitre’ flush surface joint.

Cover strip type joints, requiring a flanged plastic or metal fitment, are less problematical. Generally worktop bow problems are rare in respect of replacement kitchens but excessively damp conditions present on building sites have been known to cause difficulties. It is therefore important that worktops are correctly stored on site in dry conditions and retained within their polythene wrappings until required for fitting.

All Sealed UpThe correct sealing of worktop edges is equally important. The exposed short edges of rectangular worktops are normally sealed by adhesive bonded edging strips matching the surface laminate. As the kitchen fitter normally carries out this work the quality of bonding is less easily controlled but should not present major difficulties.

The long back edge of a kitchen worktop is normally factory sealed with either an edging strip or hot rolled wax or resin sealer, which completely fills the open pores in the edge of the chipboard. Where worktops are supplied without a back edging or seal, or where the sealed edge is cut away as part of the installation procedure, then sealing of the exposed chipboard edge must be reinstated.

Sealing can be carried out on site using a silicone, acrylic or similar sealant before fitting to the back

wall. This will provide adequate initial protection against, for example recently re-plastered walls, but it is imperative that this is supplemented by additional sealing between tile and worktop. The use of moisture resistant grades of chipboard can provide improved resistance to degradation caused by water ingress but such boards

double wrap post form worktops. This provides an additional defence against water ingress into the core board.

Joints RequiredPerhaps the most difficult and vulnerable aspect of worktop installation is that concerning the jointing of runs of worktops. The cover strip system, popular with DIy’ers is reasonably straightforward and more forgiving of installation errors. Worktops are simply straight cut to length and sealed on the cut edge with silicone sealant or similar.

The cover strip is screwed and bonded to one worktop edge and the adjoining worktop fitted into position. Additional sealant underneath the cover strip will ensure a good ‘belt and braces’ water-resistant joint. The downside is that the raised appearance of the cover strip is not to everyone’s liking.

The ‘mason mitre’ is perhaps visually preferred but this type of joint requires specialist routing jigs and some skill during installation to ensure a waterproof joint. Of primary importance is achieving a perfectly flush surface at the interface between abutting worktops – not always that easy if the worktops have developed some bow.

Various worktop jointing sealants are available and these are available

colour matched to the worktop, thereby increasing the visual masking of the joint line. If carried out correctly

and ensuring thorough coverage of the raw chipboard edges and sound

bolting between worktop sections, such joints will perform satisfactorily over the lifetime of the kitchen.

Wherever possible worktop joints are best positioned away from excessively wet areas to minimise the risk of water ingress. understandably this is not always easily implemented but joints close to sink areas and continually under water or directly under a hot leaky kettle may struggle to perform over the long term.

Spiral-cutting router bits provide a glassy smooth

finish in woods that are normally prone to chipping or tear-out.

will not eliminate swelling problems and hence should not be considered an excuse for poor installation practice.

Similarly cuts outs required for sinks, pipe cut outs and so on should also be sealed to prevent water ingress. Most worktop manufacturers also make provision for a factory, applying front edge seal in the form of a hot wax or PuR resin coating applied to the immediate front edge of single post form worktops or at the laminate return edge in the case of


Panels

Use Of A DiffuserThe greater use of under worktop appliances, washing machines, dishwashers and tumble dryers has resulted in an increased risk of water damage to the underside of kitchen worktops.

The normal kraft or resin seal, applied at the time of manufacture of the worktop, is not always fully effective against water vapour and associated condensation emitted from appliances and some form of additional sealing of the under surface of worktops at the time of installation is advisable.

A secondary vapour proof strip or foil bonded to the underside of the worktop, often termed a diffuser, is advisable in areas likely to be subject to such water damage. An alternative to the above is the use of a special backing paper incorporating a plastic water vapour barrier and applied during worktop

manufacture. This will ensure protection over all underside areas of the worktop.

The method of tiling the wall behind a worktop is also an important factor affecting the long-term performance of worktops in service use. All too often, tiles are set immediately above the worktop with just tile grout to fill any gaps. This is inadequate and good practice requires a 3-5 mm gap between the top of the worktop and the bottom edge of the tiles for filling with a silicone sealant.

This thickness of sealant provides an impermeable ‘gasket’ and ensures a waterproof barrier with enough elasticity and strength to accommodate small movements and deflections at the junction between worktop and tile.

Plastic laminate worktops are available in a wide range of profiles including both single and double post form wrapped front edges. Even square edging strip designs

have seen a renaissance – design ways a full circle back to the original early worktops before the advent of post forming laminates.

In certain situations, where prolonged or heavy deluges of water over the front edge are likely to be encountered, the specification of a double post from profile can help to minimise water penetration problems. The radiused under edge profile is particularly effective in shedding water from the worktop. FDM

About FIRA…Established 60 years ago, the Furniture Industry Research

Association (FIRA) with its industry knowledge, raises

performance throughout the furniture supply chain by offering

research, information, testing, consultancy, customer service

and after sales service to the furniture and DIY markets.

Based in the United Kingdom, FIRA membership is open to

all sectors of the UK and international furniture supply chain,

including manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and specifiers.

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Production of Laminate WorktoPs


Wolf-Gerd dieffenbacher

Light At the end Of the tunneL

President and CEO of Dieffenbacher

W olf-Gerd Dieffenbacher, President and CEO of Dieffenbacher is urging the

industry to take proactive steps amid the current economic downturn, to turn from despair over today’s recession and to prepare for the eventual upturn by taking advantage of the readily available new technological developments.

Speaking at the 43rd annual International Wood Composites Symposium at the end of March, in Seattle, Washington in the uS, his keynote speech emphasised a need “to recognise the pressures on the raw material supply side, pointing out that the composites industry’s traditional sources of raw material are the sawmill and plywood mills.”

Potential MarketsHe added that the ‘down side’ these plants now face, are its greatly reduced output, which translates into less available wood waste, or the purchase of more-expensive fibre to keep operating. “This means competing with government-sponsored biomass power plants for the same wood

The industry is encouraged to prepare for the eventual upturn by taking advantage of the readily available new

technological developments.

source, thus raising the cost. It also can mean less available and overly expensive raw material for industry.”

Mr Dieffenbacher received this year’s Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his significant contributions to the wood panel industry at the symposium. In his keynote speech, he added that while environmental protection costs are now higher, cheaper resin costs have become a plus factor for mills, thanks to lower oil prices.

On the global front Dieffenbacher’s CEO remarked on the “huge potential for additional consumption of wood based panels in Russia, China, India and South-east Asia.” He noted that Europe and North America have ‘topped off’ in per capita panel demand without further growth between 2003-2006.

Reduction Of ResinsTaking a global look at today’s economic crisis, he observed that the answer lies in the short-term reduction of production

Executive Insights


Executive Insights

Taking a global look aT Today's economic crisis, he observed ThaT The answer lies in The Short-tErm rEductIon of productIon coStS by uSIng altErnatE raw matErIalS and lowErIng rESIn conSumptIon.

costs by using alternate raw materials and lowering resin consumption. He spoke of the need for vital steps to be taken to reduce resin usage in today’s panelboard plants. Resin (and all its uses and applications) remains one of the largest single expense in the manufacture of today’s vast product line of wood composite materials.

Furthermore, he added, if wood-using mills can take advantage of today’s technology, they will be better positioned to reap the financial rewards as the economic needle swings into recovery. For example, he encouraged the search for new panel products to fill “lucrative niches.” long-term, he foresees “very favourable conditions for wood products with growth

Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher, president

and CEO of the Dieffenbacher Group

received the Distinguished Service

Award from the Engineering faculty

of Washington State University and,

at the same time was inducted into

the faculty’s Hall of Fame.

The US university organises the

annual International Wood Composites

Symposium in Seattle, Washington.

At this year’s 43rd symposium Mr

Dieffenbacher was presented with

the distinguished service award in

‘Recognition of Significant Scientific

and Industrial Contributions in the

field of Wood Composite Materials’.

Dieffenbacher’s ceO inDucteD intO hall Of fame

on a global scale as population increases.”His observations were similarly endorsed

by other speakers in Seattle, especially in the realm of improved technical controls in MDF, PB, plywood and lVl.

Other speakers included lynn Michaelis, Vice President, Chief Economist for Weyerhaeuser, who provided information on the economic and wood composite panel market outlook; and Shobhan Mittal, Director of Greenply Industries in New Delhi, who discussed the status of forests and the composite panel industry in India along with potential markets and applications.

Social event supporters included Dieffenbacher, Flamex, GreCon, Metso, and Siempelkamp. fdm ENQUIRY NO. 5801

ENQUIRY NO. 5802

Dieffenbacher acquires majOrity shares in sWPm

The Dieffenbacher group has concluded

an agreement with Kronospan group

with regard to the take over of the

shares of Shanghai Wood Based Panel

Machinery (SWPM).

By becoming a majority shareholder

at SWPM, Dieffenbacher is strengthening

its position in the Chinese market.

According to the company’s press

release, SWPM, located close to the

Volkswagen Shanghai facility, is the

most accepted local supplier in China

for wood based panel production plants.

SWPM produces multi-opening

lines for MDF and particleboard and

short cycle lamination lines as well as

presses for HPL. It recently developed the

4 ft wide continuous press. SWPM and

Dieffenbacher production programmes

are complementary and as such, the

company does not expect any negative

effects for its employees in Germany.

Besides its presence in Shanghai,

Dieffenbacher has a sales and service

company in Beijing and a manufacturing

facility in Changzhou.

The company expects a lower

order intake for 2009. Based on the

order intake of the last two years, it

forecasts a 10 percent increase in

turnover for the current business year

with a group turnover of €330 million

(US$469.5 million).

The wood unit is expected to

contribute 80 percent to the turnover

with aid from its newly developed

products including: mechanical dry

blending systems for MDF; microwave

mat preheating systems for particleboard

and MDF; energy generation systems;

cleaning and drying systems plus, a line for

direct digital printing on board surfaces.

Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher receiving the Distinguished Service Award from Prof Dr

Robert Tichy, Washington State University

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�Materials Surfaces

Smooth tranSitionS

T he Tokyo suburb presented a setting for an experimental construction. Summit House, a

500 sq m, three-storey building was built in just eight months and was designed to show to its Japanese audience both the beauty and efficiency of wood for use in multi-storey dwellings.

The structure, designed by architect yugi Noga of Tokyo, incorporated a selection of engineered wood products

Efficiency of wood in multi-storey dwellings. Contributed by Kevin Hayes, APA- The Engineered Wood Association

such as non-veneer APA performance-rated sheathing panels, I-beams fabricated from laminated veneer lumber for flanges and orientated strand board (OSB) for webs.

laminated veneer lumber was also used for headers, beams and in the construction of a special sunroom. Pre-finished performance-rated lap siding was used on the exterior.

Traditionally, buildings in Japan

have been post and beam construction. But since the mid-90s, the Japanese housing market has been increasingly turning to Western construction experts for alternatives.

Summit House demonstrates the benefits of the more robust uS-style timber frame buildings (plywood sheathed, prefabricated 2x4 construction) for this earthquake-prone area. FDM

Timber Frames:

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�Materials Surfaces

Enquiry No: 5512

EggEr: gloss surfacE TExTurEThe new gloss finish surface texture ST30 by Egger offers a gloss level of 103 and a good scratch resistance. With its visual appearance providing an impression of depth, ST30 is suited

for use as carcass material and frontals as well as in shopfitting, exhibition stand construction and partition walls.

uni colours with the new surface texture can be integrated into a coordinated interior design concept with matching edgings and laminates. Eurodekor boards with the gloss finish surface texture have a stock programme available consisting of 10 decors in matching combination. All woodgrains as well as uni colour papers with a high grammage can be produced with ST30 applied on both sides of the boards.

DTs: HigH gloss THErmoplasTic foilManufacturers of decorative surfaces hardened by electron beams, DTS Systemoberflachen GmbH, has launched its latest thermoplastic foil product line at Interzum.

ElESGOtherm is a thermoplastic foil made from PVC, ABS or PET and cured using an electron beam technique. It offers a high gloss surface, and is scratch resistant to 2 – 3N.

In addition, the chemical resistance of ElESGOtherm is matched against EN 438 standards, setting a grade 4 – 5 in various tests conducted. Available for 2D-application and flat lamination with widths matching those offered by its Elesgoo range.

Product HigHligHts

Enquiry No: 5511

lama: sofT closiNgSoft door closing enhance a furniture user’s experience and perceived value. lama’s Glissando offers an 'one for all' damping system that suits a variety of hinge applications. using only one piece of Glissando per two to three hinges is required. A quarter-turn adjustment provides closing speed for different door dimensions and weight.

Three new additions to its range include a stand-alone damper that offers tool-less installation on the side of the cabinet into the standard 32 system of holes. The Glissando 170i fits on a 170-hinge design and comes with adjustable damping force while the Glissando 125 is a snap-on version for gentle door closures with 125 degrees opening angle.

Huwil: furNiTurE fiTTiNg soluTioNsHuwilift from the TitusPlus Group has introduced its latest addition to the Huwilift Electric Opening range.

With its multi-control unit that enables up to five cabinets to be operated by a single control unit, the new range is able to reduce the number of components to be installed and increases cost efficiency.

Another, the Huwilift Free, is a lift-up door opening system that enables an effortless door lifting action, even when the user’s hands are occupied. Features include a touch-control function which ensures that the door remains open in any position the user leaves it and a damping mechanism that allows a door to close softly, regardless of its size and weight.



Hardwoods & Softwoods

Hardwood:

FRENCH OAK

F rance has a long forestry tradition that dates back several centuries with oak accounting for one third of the forests, representing a surface area of more

than 4 million ha. All the country’s state-owned forests that were formerly royal estates, locally owned public forests as well as private products forests are recognised through PEFC certification.

With 3 million m3 of logs exploited annually (see Table 1), the French oak harvest is equivalent to the entire harvest of other European countries.

Recognised for its longevity, the French oak offers straight grain and fine texture.

Oak In FranceSurface area of French forestry 16,925,000 ha

Surface area of oak forestry 4,175,000 ha

Volume of oak/ha 159 m3

Oak growth 5.7 m3/ha/year 5.7 m3/ha/year

Production of oak sawn timber 900,000 m3/yearSource: Afocel 2008

Table 1

OakQuercus Pedunculata; Quercus Sessiliflora

Roble Europeo

French oaks are generally about 40 meters tall

with a diameter of up to 1 meter. Valued for its

straight trunk, the slow growing trees make up

an annual sawn timber production of some

950,000 m3.

General CharacteristicsThe clear oak sapwood is distinctive from its

yellowish brown heartwood. It is mainly a straight

grain wood with a heterogeneous structure.

Oak heartwood has naturally high durability. It

is used without any treatment (Class 3: timber

exposed to weathering). Sapwood is easy to treat

and after impregnation, Oak can be used in Class

4 (contact with water).

Main UsesThanks to its easy machining, oak is often meant

for cabinetmakers, interior (flooring, stairs, edged

glued panels) and exterior joinery. It is also very

Carry out with caution

Rather easy

Very easy

Drying

Machining

Jointing

Finishing

Conditions of implementation

much appreciated in wine barrel production

and traditional frameworks. Its durable

properties enable oak to be used for exterior

uses (decking, piling, etc) as well as for

manufacturing railway sleepers.

Figures given at 12% moisture content(straight-grain timber and free from defects)

Average density 710kg/m3

Total average volumetric shrinkage 15.3%

Brinell hardness perpendicular to the fibres

32 N/mm2

Modulus of rupture under bending 97 MPa

Breaking stress under axial compression

58 MPa

Modulus of longitudinal elasticity under bending

12 500 MPa

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This resource is used mainly to supply national sawmills, with a tiny portion of the sawn logs and other peeler logs being exported abroad without being processed on-site. Out of the 2,000 sawmills operating within France, approximately 40 percent work with hardwood and concentrate on oak as their principal resource. French sawyers produce almost 1 million m3 of sawn oak timber a year, a production figure that has been stable for the last decade.

European appearance grading standard EN 975-1 for sawn timber guarantees the user that purchases correspond to specific dimensional and qualitative characteristics. Besides sliced veneer and cooperage, boules form another key product of French oaks.

A large and handsome tree, remarkable for its longevity, the oak is used for a variety of products. Cant pieces used for railway sleepers or switch ties are

available without chemical treatment as oak is naturally resistant to the vagaries of damp environments (Class 4). longer cant pieces such as baulk are used in construction. Selected boards, standard dimensioned lumber and strips have multiple uses in furniture, decoration, construction, renovation, carpentry, wooden flooring, etc.

Square-edged oak timber is also a made-in-France specialty and complements the range of boules used by craftsmen. The square-edged oak is usually intended for manufacturers looking for more standardised products. Square-edged timber is available in all dimensions and in qualities adapted to the requirements of purchasers.

“Square-edged timber, also available in fixed dimensions depending on the order, is ideal for kitchens and wooden flooring, particularly in large widths,” says René Maechler, the director of a French company running a sawmill near Strasboug, in the Eastern part of France. From exceptional to standard quality products, French oak offers a wide variety capable of satisfying the needs of a large group of users. FDM

Credits: Extracts with permission from French Timber 2009.

The Oak BOule: French nOBiliTyThe boule (or ‘plot’ in French) is made of

sawn boards that are a reconstituted into the

original shape of the log, non-staining spacer

stickers separating each plank.

Generally, boules like those produced in

the Mutelet sawmill (located in Eastern France,

not far from Switzerland), are of exceptional

quality. Available in relatively small quantities ie:

not more than 5 percent of the total volume of

oak harvested from French forests, says Henri Mutelet, who runs the sawmill.

In addition, the products have minimum diameters of 55 cm, lengths

of 3.5 m or more, remarkable straightness and very few knots inside the

wood. The selection is guaranteed by the European standard EN 975-1

grading that the majority of French oak sawmills use.

Boules come in large widths and lengths, allowing the user to achieve

high materials yields. In addition, as all sawn timber produced come from the

same log, the wood is perfectly homogenous in terms of grain and colour.

The boule is intended for premium-quality applications such as furnishing,

renovation, fittings, furniture manufacture, stairs, doors, windows, wooden

floors, all of excellent craftsmanship.

“The boule represents one of French oak’s truly noble products,”

says Mr Mutelet.

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Staining of FinishesFrom Water-Soluble

Wood Extractives

M any wood species, such as redwood, western red cedar and Douglas-fir, contain

natural chemical compounds known as extractives. These extractives have no significant effect on strength properties of the wood or on gluelines of plywood.

Some extractives are coloured in

There are several ways to prevent extractives from reaching the topcoat and discolouring the finishing. By APA-The Engineered Wood Association

various shades of yellow, red and brown. Others are colourless. Among other properties, extractives help instil the natural colour and beauty of wood.

The concentration of extractives may vary greatly between species, between trees and within a tree. For instance, the wood just inside the inner bark of

a tree (sapwood) will normally contain few or no extractives while the extractive penetrate permeable latex or oil-based (heartwood) can be very high.

Since the face veneers may come from different areas of a tree, it is not unusual for plywood to have considerable variation in extractive content.

Finish DiscolorationExtractives are soluble in various solvents such as water, alcohol and benzene. When a wood substrate containing sufficient moisture, the extractives may water-soluble extractives is exposed to dissolve and migrate to the surface of the wood. This phenomenon can lead to discoloration (ie: extractive staining) of finishes – especially light-coloured finishes.

The moisture required to dissolve extractives may develop from the application of water-thinned finishes in conjunction with other sources of moisture already present in the environment or the wood.

In this case, the discoloration may develop during or soon after application of the finish. Extractive staining may also develop months after the finish is applied. For example, if water-soluble extractives are present in sufficient quantity but not enough moisture was present at the time of finishing to dissolve them, the



extractives may still be dissolved by subsequent moisture from heavy dew, rain, or condensation.

The moisture can wet and content of the inner part of a tree finishes. It then dissolves the extractives and allows them to leach out through the finish.

The intensity of extractive staining is frequently associated with the colour of the wood. Darker coloured woods often stain more heavily than lighter coloured woods. However, its occurrence is difficult to predict. It may occur on one panel but not on another. Or it may even occur only on certain portions of a panel face.

Removal of Extractives A good test to determine if extractives can be removed from a finished surface is to scrub the finish with a mild

The intensity of extractive staining is frequently associated with the colour of the wood.

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detergent solution using a soft bristle brush. Then rinse thoroughly with clean water. If this approach is effective, all discoloured surfaces may be cleaned in a similar manner.

In some instances, the extractives will wash away during weathering and virtually disappear. This is normally the case if the staining is not heavy and it occurs during the beginning of the rainy season.

When staining occurs at the end of the rainy season or during the summer, ultra-violet light and air may chemically alter the extractives so that they are no longer water-soluble. If this occurs, re-finishing may be necessary.

Finishing RecommendationsWhether the wood surface is new or has been previously finished, liberal application of a paintable water repellent to all exposed edges and ends prior to priming and/or top coating will help to minimise the ingress of moisture into the wood.

Extractive staining is most frequently associated with light-coloured one-coat finishes. Discoloration of finishes from extractives is not as apparent when earth tones or dark colours are used.

The extractives may still migrate to the surface of the finish, but they are not as noticeable because they blend in with the finish colour. Finishing with these colours is generally the simplest solution to avoid discoloration from extractives.

The best method for retarding extractive staining is to use a primer formulated to prevent the extractives from reaching the surface of the finish coat. One way of accomplishing this is

to use a primer which forms a physical barrier (film) that blocks the migration of the extractives.

High quality latex or oil-based primers may be so formulated. Another method is to use a stain-blocking latex primer that is formulated to chemically react with the extractives. This type of primer is often discoloured by the water-soluble extractives. However, if the primer is effective, the extractives should not discolour the topcoat.

To test the effectiveness of a primer in preventing extractive staining, select a small area of the primed surface that is most heavily discoloured by extractives.

Make sure that the primer is dry. Apply the topcoat to this area and allow it to dry. If discoloration of the

topcoat occurs, another prime coat may be required. If no discoloration of the test area is observed, proceed with application of the topcoat over the previously primed surface.

Previously Finished WoodAs discussed earlier, extractive staining may occur soon after application of a finish, or months later. If discoloration from extractives occurs over a previously finished surface, the solutions are similar to the procedures outlined under New Wood.

If using a darker colour or earth tone is satisfactory, select a small

test area that is the most heavily discoloured and apply the

finish. If the appearance is satisfactory, proceed

with application of the new finish.

If a lighter colour is preferred, apply a stain-blocking primer to the test area. Then proceed according to the procedures outlined under New Wood.

For best overall p r o t e c t i o n , durability and general finish performance on plywood, one to two coats of acrylic latex primer formu-lated to prevent extractives from reaching the

topcoat are recommended (consult finish manufacturer’s recommendations). The topcoat should be compatible with the primer, preferably an all-acrylic latex formulation from the same manufacturer. FDM

Variety of wood species and stain colours available from YourNuDoor using the Environ factory finish. The thermoplastic acrylic topcoat cladding forms a protective film that provides a barrier against UV light and pollutants. As its formulated with waterborne technology, the coatings are low in emissions and offer an environmentally responsible approach to finishing.

ENQUIRY NO. 5605


MARKET REPORT

Malaysian Panel Products Industry:

Climate Of Change

T he wood-based industry is the second most important commodity sector in Malaysia,

and it contributes an average of 8 percent towards the country’s annual gross domestic product (GDP).

One of the fastest growing sub-sectors within this industry is the wood-based panel processing industry, which has been growing steadily at an average of 3 percent over the years. And, the demand for wood-based panel products such as plywood, particleboard, medium density fibreboard, oriented-strand board and laminated veneer lumber (lVl) is expected to increase on a global scale.

These wood-based panels are also known as wood composites, engineered

The panel processing industry is one of Malaysia’s fastest growing sub-sectors within its wood-based industry. However, given today’s economic conditions, only the more ingenious are able to forge ahead. By Dr Jegatheswaran Ratnasingam, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia.

wood products and reconstituted wood products – as they refer to wood products that are manufactured to specifications that minimise the natural weaknesses of the solid wood resources. All these wood-based panels are reconstituted of wood elements of various dimensions that range from veneer, particle, fibre, strand, etc.

Although the supply of large diameter peeler log resources has been on the decline over the years, particleboard and medium density fibreboard has been gaining market interest in Malaysia.

Plywood Takes A TumbleThe Malaysian plywood industry started in the 1920s and the plywood was

manufactured using the Malaysian timbers such Kembang Semangkuk (Scaphium macropodum), Mersawa (Anisoptera spp), Nyatoh (Palaquium spp), Meranti (Shorea spp) and Rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis) are widely used for manufacture of plywood.

To date, there are 165 plywood processing mills operating in the country with a combined production capacity of 650,000 m3 per annum. However, plywood production in Malaysia has been on the decline with production figures of 515,000 m3 recorded in 2008. From this total, 245,000 m3 of plywood were exported primarily to the nations in East Asia and Middle East.

In terms of export value, plywood registered earnings of uS$1.7 billion in 2008, but this number is expected to drop due largely to escalating competition from cheaper producers in Indonesia and China. The price of plywood of thickness 4mm, 6mm and 9mm were uS$4.5, uS$6.7 and uS$10 per sheet respectively in late 2008, while shuttering board of 12 mm thickness was traded at uS$13.5 per sheet.

Although the plywood manufacturing industry in Malaysia is beginning to lose its lustre primarily because of the short-supply in peeler logs, the industry remains somewhat viable in the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. The productivity of plywood mills in West Malaysia remains lower

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plywood, particleboard, medium density fibreboard,The demand for wood-based panel products such as

oriented-strand board and laminated veneer lumberis expected to increase on a global scale.

Sarawak Timber Association organises seminars, dialogues, meetings and training courses for the benefit of its members.

than those of their counterparts in East Malaysia. This is attributed to: insufficient investments into the latest technologies, escalating production cost and depleting wood supply.

Despite these challenges, the demand for tropical plywood remains strong in the global market and plywood millers are using their ingenuity to overcome these challenges to forge ahead in the global marketplace.

Particleboard: Steady As She GoesParticleboard is manufactured from wood particles, such as wood chips, sawmill shavings and agriculture residues or even saw dust, and a synthetic resin or other suitable binder, which is pressed and extruded.

In Malaysia, Rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis) and mixed hardwoods form the raw materials used to produce the particleboard. To date, there are 16 particleboard-manufacturing plants in operation, with a combined capacity of 500,000 m3. In 2008, the total particleboard output in the country was 385,000 m3, with an export earning of uS$100 million.

Although exports account for about 73 percent of the production capacity, domestic demand for particleboard has been holding steady due to the country’s

booming furniture manufacturing sector. The main export destination for Malaysian particleboard is East Asia, Middle East and South Asia.

The price of particleboard in the Asian market has also acted on its behalf – holding steady at about uS$180 per m3. However, particleboards are faced with increasingly stiff competition from medium density fibreboard.

MDF: Increasing Domestic DemandIn Malaysia, Rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis), Acacia mangium and mixed hardwoods form the raw materials used to produce the MDF. To date, there are 14 MDF processing mills in operation in Malaysia (nine in Peninsular Malaysia, three in Sarawak and two in Sabah).

With a combined production capacity of 1.4 million m3 per annum, Malaysia has emerged as the third largest exporter of MDF in the world, with an export volume

of 1.2 million m3 in 2008. MDF exports amounted to uS$435 million in export earnings in 2008. This figure represents about 5 percent of total wood-based export earnings.

MDF boards of 4mm, 6mm, 9mm and 12 mm in thickness were traded at uS$3.5, uS$4.7, uS$5.5 and uS$9.5 per sheet, respectively in 2008. Although East Asia, South Asia and Middle East are the

main export markets for Malaysian MDF, the increasing demand from the domestic furniture market is expected to impact the export performance of the sector in the foreseeable future.

At present almost 85 percent of production capacity is exported, but this growth trend is expected to decline in the future. From an industrial perspective, the MDF industry in Malaysia has also experienced greater consolidation compared to the particleboard and plywood industries over the years.

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Such business strategy is driven primarily by the capital intensive MDF industry that necessitates large-scale operations in order to remain buoyant in the market. However, particleboard and plywood are niche-market products that have come under increasing market share competition from MDF suppliers.

Challenges AheadIn terms of industrial productivity, the Malaysian MDF and particleboard sectors are highly competitive as these industries employ the latest in technology (as opposed to the plywood manufacturing sector which has been experiencing steady decline in technological investments over the years). See Table 1.

remains to be seen in the years to come.Recently, two new fibre resources

are being explored in the manufacture of wood-based panels in Malaysia. Oil palm biomass and kenaf (a member of the hibiscus family) are being hailed as crops that can help solve the problems associated with limited raw materials supply.

However, preliminary research and development on industrial fronts have shown that successful commercial actualisation with the fibre resources remains a long way away.

The Way Forward The Malaysian wood-based panels industry has progressed much over the years, and the industry is expected to show

Table 1: Status of the Malaysian Wood-Based Panels Industry

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Although the cost of resins/adhesives and energy has been on the rise, the MDF and particleboard industries have been able to cope with these cost increases through technological approach. In fact, the Malaysian MDF and particleboard industry has been environmentally compliant to most of the regulations imposed by the destination markets, in terms of product certification, formaldehyde emission, etc.

Nevertheless, the single biggest concern of wood-based panel products manufacturers in Malaysia is the future availability of sufficient raw materials supply. In order to allay these fears, the government has embarked on a large forest scale plantation programme, which is expected to overcome the wood materials supply deficit in the future. However, the success of this ambitious program

positive growth in the future amidst the challenges faced.

Through innovations, productivity enhancement and R&D value adds, the industry is poised to ride the wave of competition. Thinner boards, direct-printed boards, laminated boards, overlaid boards, cut-to-size boards are some of the product variations offered by wood-based panel manufacturers to remain competitive. As the supply of solid wood declines further, wood-based panels is expected to expand its applications into non-traditional areas held previously by solid wood resources.

With the ability to engineer products to preferred specifications, the future of the wood-based panels industry in Malaysia remains promising. After all, wood-based panels can be re-engineered to remain on a directed growth path. FDM

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Russia's Renewal Plans

R ussia offers a total area of 1.2 billion ha of forestland and forests (outside forest fund) representing

some 69 percent of the country.Stocks of wood in forests account

for 82 billion m3 representing more than a quarter of world reserves.

However, the country contributes only approximately 2.3 percent in global

The country is looking towards increasing their own industrial base – and its wood-processing

capacity. By Frederick D Muëller.

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timber production and 2.8 percent in the timber trade. In addition, only 20 percent of its harvested wood goes through further production.

In April 2009, uS-based Discovery Research Group completed a study of the Russian market for wood-based panels and plywood. The report, showed that the value of Russia’s domestic

market for timber and forest products amounted to more than uS$4 billion (excluding wood fuel, waste, wood chips and shavings).

According to the Russian Forestry, the report showed that some 47 percent of its market is dominated by raw wood (industrial roundwood, including sawlogs, pulpwood and other materials) and its domestic wood product market is valued between uS$2 – uS$2.5 billion.

In RetrospectSawn timber in 2008 accounted for more than 50 percent of the market segment with plywood taking a 40 percent share and hardboard panels and particleboard taking a 10 percent share.

The Discovery Research Group forecasts a further increase in the market of wood based panels and plywood due to expected increases in construction, repairing and finishing works in its markets.

up to 2008, the Russian timber industry has been steadily growing. However, the global financial crisis and, the increased export customs duties, has since taken a toll on its industry. The volume of timber harvested declined by almost 22 percent – from 206 million m3 in 2007


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to 162 million in 2008. And, according to Russian State Statistics Service, the export volume of round logs reached 36.7 million m3.

Exports of timber and sawn timber in 2008 from Russia are estimated to be worth some uS$8.8 billion, of which uS$3.4 billion are for raw wood required for further production (valued at an estimated value of uS$10.2 billion).

As a result of the export customs duties imposed on roundwood (E10/uS$13.30 – in 2007 to E15 per cubic metre in 2008), the percentage of exports to foreign countries in 2008 decreased (2.3 percent in 2008 versus 3.4 percent in 2007). Despite the postponement of the Russian log export taxes (set for E50 per m3 by the end of this year), many countries – including Japan, China and Finland – have already turned to the markets in the uS, Canada and New Zealand for alternatives.

Self Renewal PlansIt has become increasingly evident that Russia would like to broaden its industrial base and become less dependent on raw-material exports. By gradually making raw timber exports more expensive, Russia is trying to force foreign companies to consider

moving their wood-processing capacity on its own soil.

The country plans to enter a new phase of the industry’s development – with long-term forest planning based on the sustainability, and expanded contributions to the socio-economic development of the country.

Timber production is being stepped up with its Minister of Forestry

demand in the market. So far, this year seems to be a promising one as some 17 major timber complexes (from the total of 20) are in operation, a significant improvement from the original eight that were recorded at the beginning of this year.

A Question Of SizeWith the recent opening of the Russian’s

industry's development – with long-term forest planning The country plans to enter a new phase of the

based on the sustainability, and expanded contributionsto the socio-economic development of the country.

Complex, Vladimir yuryev recently reporting an increase in production numbers in the Olonetsles, ladenso, Porosozero, Shuyales, leseko Nord, lahdenpohsky, Svedvud Karelia and Kostomuksha regions.

Already, this year, the country’s federal budget allocated for forestry industry came up to 17.6 billion rubles (uS$535.2 million), an increase from 17.1 billion rubles in 2008.

However, the Ministry added, further growth is dependant on the recovery of

largest wood processing company, the country’s exports are predicted to be more active in the world’s market soon.

The new woodworking complex situated in the Boksitogorsk district is the result of a joint project between the Austrian Mayr-Melnhof Holz GmbH and lSR Group. The investment is worth some E80 million and in its first phase, located on a 24-ha sawmill area.

In its second phase, a factory will be constructed by 2010, for the production of glued laminated beams. In total the

JGC Forest of St Petersburg, Russia, offers spruce and pine sawlogs; birch,

aspen and coniferous pulpwood; birch, aspen and coniferous firewood,

woodchips and wood pellets.


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timber sent out from the lesosibirsk Timber and Sawmilling plant (in Krasnoyarsk region). From the port of Novorossiysk, the packaged timber is transferred to ships for export to the countries in the Mediterranean within a two-day period.

Coming SoonThe annual production of timber in Russia is more than 500 million m3 and this figure is predicted to grow. While the government’s policies do not serve to encourage the export of timber, it does however, create an impetus for the development of harvesting and integrated timber-processing sectors within the country, and the upgrading of production techniques.

Investors can gain easier access to the forest resources and a permit to sell the value-added wood-based products almost duty-free. Given the low production costs, the government is sure that Russian products will remain competitive in the global markets. FDM

The Russian government decree no: 982,

issued in December 2008, said that it would

postpone the last raise of export duties by

12 months.

The gradual increase of round log

export duties started in January 2007,

moving up to 25 percent in April 2008. The

next increase (up to 80 percent) was to be

made in January this year, but due to current

economic situation, implementation of new

export duties was postponed for a year.

The decision to increase export duties

for its timber remains in conflict with the

efforts by World Trade Organization to

promote and liberalise world trade. An

unpredictable customs policy will make

international companies less willing to

make investments in Russia.

Export duties cannot be considered an

acceptable means of promoting investments

because, at least in this case, they are a

clear trade restriction and, ultimately, will

have impacts similar to export bans. For

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plant, complete with access roads and railway line, will occupy some 42 ha of land.

The facility will offer an annual output capacity exceeding 650,000 m3 of roundwood and 350,000 m3 of finished lumber per year. Spruce will be its main raw material and about 80 percent of its supplies will come from Boksitogorsk and Tikhvin districts of leningrad region.

Besides supplying its own domestic markets, the company will be exporting its products to Japan, Western Europe, and the united States.

The country has also looked at improving the logistics behind the

Russian (Baltic) Birch lumber

The annual production of timber in Russia is more than 500 million m3 and this figure is predicted to grow.

transport of timber and timber products to its export market. In late April this year, Pervaya Gruzovaya Co started the ‘Siberian Express’ running timber from lesosibirsk to Novorossiisk.

The first train on the route was loaded with 4,000 m3 of packaged


Foreword


J ust few weeks ago, the world’s biggest woodworking show ligna closed its gates in Hannover,

Germany. Despite of a loss of 4 percent in exhibitor numbers, the show is widely considered a success.

For the woodworking industry worldwide, ligna is the lighthouse in stormy seas. Even with 22 percent less visitors, most exhibitors were satisfied – as the business activity exceeded their expectation. The keynote theme ‘resource efficiency’ proved to be a direct hit. A large number of exhibitors incorporated this motto into their presentations, and worldwide visitors gave the megatrend for the next decade great attention.

Nevertheless, this success will not be the turning point in the current economic downswing. Many projects in Asia as well as in other parts of the world are on stand-by due to a lack of financing partners. Consumers in the big markets for South-east Asian made furniture, the uS and also the Eu, are reluctant as

German

– Ingo BetteVDMA Marketing Director

their credit line is much tighter as in the past. It may take some time – maybe even years – before their buying power has recovered to the level of early 2008, before the crisis started.

What should the Asian timber industry do in the meantime? Surely it will not be enough to just wait inactively until times get better.

Now is the time to prepare for the next growth phase, to question any aspect of one’s business approach, to catch up with necessary adaptions that have been postponed for too long already, in short: To do the entrepreneurial homework.

Those who are able to react flexibly to the changing business environment, for instance manage to source raw material favoured by customers from reliable

Showcasing the latest German woodworking machines, materials and components to respond to the changing business environment.

origins, or are successful in binding a skilful workforce, will be ahead of the competition when consumer request picks up again. Offering the right product at the right price, and time, is crucial – this may mean solid wood garden furniture in one year and solid wood or even panel board indoor furniture the next.

This kind of flexibility constantly brings new technological challenges. luckily, when bearing these one can rely on experienced partners. German manufacturers have introduced numerous innovations at ligna 2009. Some of them are featured in this issue of FDM Asia. Many more are waiting for you.

Ingo Bette: “Now is the time to prepare for the next growth phase.”



Homag Asia Pte LtdNo.68, Sungei Kadut loop, #04-00 Nutzcentre, Singapore 729504Tel: +65 63698183 | Fax: +65 63698313Email: [email protected] Person: Bernd Schwarze

HOMAG Holzbearbeitungssysteme AG

Company ProfileFollowing the invention of the world’s first edge banding machine using the hot-cold technique in 1962 by company co-founder Eugen Hornberger, HOMAG has now taken another step towards revolutionising the world of edge processing with an innovative

Latest Innovation – HOMAG revolutionizes Edge Processing - laserTec

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new technique by the name of laserTec, which takes the quality of edge and panel connection to a whole new level. The development earned HOMAG the Innovation Prize at the lIGNA 2009 Innovation Symposium.

The greatest problems encountered to date in the processing of edges are associated with the use of conventional hot melt glues. The consequences: unproductive heating-up time, and in many cases soiled workpieces and processing units. These systems call for additional storage of adhesive and also necessitate changeover of the glue tank with every change of colour. Added to this is undoubtedly the greatest drawback from the quality point of view: A visible join is created between the edge and the panel.

HOMAG Holzbearbeitungssysteme AG has invented a new technique which has already been developed to series maturity and is setting whole new standards in the field of edge processing. The best news first and foremost: The edge and panel now form a perfect unit without any visible join – coupled with optimum gluing results and outstanding economy.

These benefits are all achieved using the patent-registered laserTec technique.

This involves joining the edge and the panel with an aligned laser beam which oscillates to melt a wafer-thin functional layer of the edging material. This laser-active layer made of special polymer is previously applied to the edge, eliminating the need for any additional hot-melt glue and with it the associated heating time, meaning that the plant is immediately ready for production. unproductive waiting times are consequently just as much a thing of the past as the need to exchange glue tanks when changing to a new colour. Because there is no longer any need to procure separate glue, not only the material input but also the logistical effort involved in its purchase and management are eliminated.

Another bonus of this innovative method: It substantially reduces the incidence of soiled workpieces and downstream processing units and tools. laborious cleaning work is no longer required, and system availability is enhanced.

Because the colour of the functional layer is identical to the edge decor material, a jointless transition from the edge to the panel is guaranteed after pressing. The result are edges conforming to a previously inconceivable standard of quality. In contrast to conventional techniques, the new diode laser ensures a consistent and homogenous standard of product quality on the very highest level and consequently – also due to the extreme ease of operation – enhanced process reliability. The quota of rejects and also personnel deployment needed for follow-on processing and finishing

ENQUIRY NO. 5906

HOLZMA panel-sizing saws – always a good solution

The new 4 series: The follow-up models of the 11 series and the HPP 510 are here: the HPP 430 and HPL 430 with 125 mm saw blade projection, and the HPP 410 and HPL 410 with 110 mm saw blade projection and cutting lengths of up to 5 600 mm. That is pure performance!

Transport and storage systems Save time and money – with automatic feeding and destacking solutions from HOLZMA and with storage systems from BARGSTEDT.

Improved CADmatic: Real-time, 3D moving graphics, a new design and many other innovative features make the HOLZMA control software even more attractive.

Speed up your internal processes: Cut RiteHOLZMA’s own optimisation software Cut Rite is the leading product of its kind on the market and has been enthusing customers for decades. Request your trial version now!

More than just cutting: handlingHOLZMA has developed a number of solutions to ensure gentle handling of pressure-sensitive material and to protect scratch-sensitive surfaces.

More than just cutting: Triple Mix The new HOLZMA Triple Mix standard permits, for the first time ever, an objective comparison of the performance of panel-sizing saws.

NEW!

HA Malaysia Sdn BhdMALAYSIATel: +60 3 7880 [email protected]

HOMAG Asia Pte LtdTAIWAN (R.O.C.)Tel: +886 3 397 [email protected]

CUT TO SIZE TECHNOLOGY

HA (Thailand) Co LtdTHAILANDTel: +66 2 681 [email protected]

HOMAG Asia Pte. Ltd.729504 SINGAPORETel: +65 [email protected]

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are substantially reduced. HOMAG laserTec can be used to process all customary edging types currently available in the market.

The overall effect of using HOMAG laserTec is to enhance productivity due to a substantial improvement in plant efficiency. Staffing costs for repair work, finishing processes and waiting times are markedly reduced, as is the incidence of rejects. As a result, and due to the lower energy consumption, the system facilitates extremely economical operation. But its single most important benefit are perfectly finished edges with outstanding visual appeal in an unbeatable standard of quality.



Headquarters:Ernst-Hilker-Straße 10 - 14, D-32758 Detmold, GermanyTel: +49 (0) 5231 749-0 | Fax: +49 (0) 5231 749-105Email: [email protected] | Website: www.jowat.de

Jowat AG

Local Office in Asia Pacific Regions:Thailand: Jowat(Thailand)Co.,Ltd.Tel: +66 2 681 0370 | Fax: +66 2 681 0372Email: [email protected] Person: Dieter Steinert

Company ProfileThe Jowat AG with headquarters in Detmold is one of the leading suppliers of industrial adhesives. These are mainly used in woodworking and furniture manufacture, in the paper and packaging industry, the textile industry, the graphic arts, and the automotive industry. The company was founded in 1919 and has manufacturing sites in Germany in Detmold and Zeitz, plus three other producing subsidiaries,

Latest Innovation – Jowatherm® 280.50Reliable processes, clean bond results


– your partner in bonding

the Jowat Corporation in the uSA, the Swiss Casanin AG, and the Jowat Manufacturing in Malaysia. The supplier of all adhesive groups is manufacturing over 70,000 tons of adhesives per year, with around 650 employees. A global sales structure with 15 Jowat sales organisations plus partner companies is guaranteeing local service with close customer contact.

The Jowat innovation for edge and profile: Hot melt adhesive Jowatherm® 280.50

Detmold.- When edgebanding and profile wrapping is made by roller application and using hot melt adhesives, the quality of the finished items depends on various parameters - for instance on good compound strength data, safe processing and easy finishing procedures. The Jowat AG in Detmold has developed an innovative adhesive which fulfils all of these requirements perfectly: Jowatherm® 280.50 - convincing due to a long open time, a high hot tack, and developing a very good compound strength with reduced grammage. These are the best preconditions to make a production most efficient, while also reaching top level product quality.

All processors are aware of this problem: When hot melt adhesives are applied by rollers, a certain combination of unfavourable processing parameters will lead to a marked stringing effect. The Jowat AG, in Detmold carried out in-depth research to find the causes for this phenomenon. The result: The stringing is not only enhanced by a wider roller pattern but also slow feed speeds. Additionally, a higher

temperature during application and processing, as well as a higher adhesive grammage, will reinforce the stringing tendency - but exactly these factors ensured up to now the most reliable processing with regard to the compound strength to be reached.

For excellent compound strength levels and a reliable process combined with easy finishing without soiling by stringing, Jowat has found the key to success in a formulation which exhibits a corresponding open time respectively hot tack, accompanied by a reduced adhesive grammage.

These findings led the adhesive specialists at Jowat to formulate another innovation:

Jowatherm® 280.50, the optimum for edgebanding and profile wrapping, and well-suitable for roller and nozzle applicators.

"The new and multi-purpose hot melt adhesive - Jowatherm® 280.50 - really provides the answers and solves the problems faced by the processors, at the same time offering a good cost-savings potential," declares ulrich Schäfer, Industrial Division Director Woodworking, Construction and Furniture. "Soiling of the chain belts and pressure rollers, resulting in a sustained reduction of wear on the machines, will be an issue of the past."

Reliable processes, clean adhesive results - due to Jowatherm® 280.50.

Other Product Range 2. Jowatherm-Reaktant®

Whether "Polygloss" or "High gloss": flat, square designs with brilliant surfaces have become the main appeal factor in the furniture market. The dominant industrial manufacturing process is here the bonding of high-gloss materials onto particleboard or MDF panels, using PuR hot melt adhesives. The panel materials used so far are now complemented by veneers and decor papers on reels that can also receive a high-gloss foil finish. This is possible thanks to a PuR hot melt adhesive specifically developed by Jowat for this application: Jowatherm-Reaktant®.

Beijing: Jowat (Beijing) Adhesives Co. Ltd.Tel: +86 10 8260 0725 | Fax: +86 10 8260 0875Email: [email protected] Person: Dr. Ralf Schelbach

ENQUIRY NO. 5901

1. Jowat-Toptherm® 236.50Jowat-Toptherm® 236.50 is a new hot melt adhesive for profile wrapping. The polymers used for this new product group Jowat-Toptherm® are based on a new synthesizing method for tailor-made polymers. Jowat-Toptherm® 236.50 contains an exclusive polymer designed for the sector profile wrapping – and this provides the best results in wrapping with resinated paper foils, thin CPl, thermoplastic foils and thin veneers.



IMA AG Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.Tel: +65 67496588 | Fax: +65 67496577Email: [email protected] | Contact Person: Burkhard Sydow

IMA Klessmann GmbH, Lübbecke Germany

Company ProfileIMA Klessmann GmbH is the global market leader in the provision of technologically leading products and services for the woodworking industry

With about 750 employees and the presence in more than 60 countries the IMA group of companies has been accepted since more than 50 years as the leading company within the industrial sector.

Latest Innovation – IMA laser Edging: high-end edging


– leading technologies

The unique “competent IMA high-tech solutions to miscellaneous challenges” whether it is stand-alone machines and machine lines for edge processing or machining centers for realizing individual product solutions: IMA always attempts to meet the needs of the customer – supply depends solely on demand.

The IMA laser Edging process will give you perfect joints in terms of visual appearance and functionality. The edging and DKS surface form a decorative bond, hence no joint is visible. There are no capillary holes through which humidity can enter into the glue layer and the panel material. With the laser edging process, IMA offers the most advanced edge banding technology currently on the market.

When the standard jointing method, i.e. hot-melt gluing is used, the joint gap can be minimised through optimisation of the glue application quantity and the glue temperature. Only in rare cases can this technique produce an entirely invisible joint reliably and permanently.

Even the best joints, which are almost invisible when supplied, will gradually become clearly visible again due to the ambient conditions, specifically due to condensed steam and cleaning agent. In practice, the glue layer can also have very small gaps through which humidity can penetrate into the adhesive joint.

The laser Edging process uses a special polymer instead of the conventional glues. This material has the same colour as the edging material and is bonded to the decorative edging in the coextrusion process. It is a uniform layer just a few tenths of millimetres thick. The polymer layer has responsibility for reliably bonding the decorative edging to the panel. For this purpose, it has particularly good adhesion properties in the melted state and a high softening point of approx 135°C. Accurate heating of the polymer layer is effected by a high-energy laser beam. In the case of the laser edging process, the output of the laser source takes the place of the glue applicator. The laser source itself is disposed outside the gluing zone, i.e. beside or above the edge banding machine. A number of guarding measures make the class 1 laser as safe as a laser pointer.

The polymer layer absorbs the energy of the laser beam and melts. A few centimetres after the focus of the beam, the edging and the panel are joined together. Due to the force applied by the pressure rollers, the molten mass penetrates and fills the surface structures. The high forces of adhesion on the smooth surfaces and the hardening of the molten polymer,

which has become an integral part of the surface, guarantee the excellent tightness and strength of the adhesive joint. Also from the point of view of the machine, the laser edging technique has significant advantages. No pre-heating is required, and hence the machine is operational directly after power-on. The laser technique does not need specific release and cleaning agents, and the pressure rollers are not smeared in the event that tape faults occur. Gluing faults caused by burnt glue belong to the past. There are no glue pots which need to be cleaned; external pre-heating is not required either. Parameter settings can be changed and saved to adapt to variable conditions of use, which allows these parameters to be applied quickly, safely and with great repeatability. Tools are no longer smeared and remain functional for a much longer period.

This process is based on patents of the company Bulthaup Küchen in Aich (Bavaria). The coextruded edging system was developed by REHAu in Rehau (upper Franconia). With the laser Edging process, IMA offers an excitingly new edge banding technology which sets completely new standards in terms of visual appearance and working strength of sophisticated furniture components.

The heart of the laser Edging process: a highly accurate laser beam and the pressure roller station.

Other Product Range 1. CNC- processing centers with edge banding2. throughfeed edge banding machines3. batch size one solutions

ENQUIRY NO. 5902

Ihr entscheidender Wettbewerbsvorteil:Das weiterentwickelte IMA-Verleimaggregat ist langlebig,beständig und praktisch wartungsfrei – erleben Sie das IMA-High-End-Finish mit der neuen Flachziehklinge fürperfekte Werkstücke.

Langlebigkeit!Die IMA Kantenbearbeitungsmaschine NOVIMAT

Info unter www.ima.deoder Tel. 05741 -3310

engineering solutions .

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Area of ApplicationFurniture manufacturing industry

ADVANTAGES OF LASER EDGING • Perfect visual appearance

– Joint-free bond between edging and panel

• Maximum quality – Perfect processing of the joints and of the parts

using IMA working units

• Laser of protection class 1– Small risk potential for your people

• Variable– A laser system and a conventional gluing unit

can be used on the same machine

• Precision tape guide – Minimum tape overhangs at both ends of the

panel can be achieved by innovative technology



Headquarters:Am Kirchberg 1, 63754 Alzenau, GermanyTel: +49 6023 9610 | Fax: +49 6023 961 166Email: [email protected]: www.treffert.com

Treffert Holding GmbH & Co. KGCompany ProfileFrom its beginning in 1937, TREFFERT has cultivated expertise in the development, manufacture and application of industrial wood coatings.

Four decades ago, TREFFERT was already dedicated to environmentally sensitive wood coating solutions. In recent years, the Company concentrated its

Latest Innovation – Wood Grain Enhanced Flooring


research on developing water-based and acrylic uV coating technology to fit industrial applications, including:

Wood flooring (solid, engineered, veneer and cork)Printed Décor laminates (PDl flooring, PDl furniture panels and PDl backings).

The concept of Wood Grain Enhanced Flooring (W.G.E.) is to provide customers with a finish that appears to be forest hardwood using sustainable plantation timbers such as Bamboo, Hevea, Plywood, Rubberwood amongst others. using the Treff®Guard System, it is extremely difficult to differentiate between W.G.E. plantation grown timber and exotic species.

Wood Grain Enhanced Flooring is a combination of a controlled staining process (defined spot application) with so-called High Performance Coatings (HPC). The HPC coating system is typically applied as multi-layer systems by roller coating technology and cured by ultra-violet (uV) energy. The coatings are either micro- and/or nano-particle modified acrylated resins, which yield extreme hardness resulting in high mechanical resistance to scratch, impact and abrasion. Depending on the degree of mechanical, chemical and thermal resistance required, HPC offers vast application possibilities in the wood-based industry, particularly for flooring. The advantages of HPC are superb technical surface properties at optimum production and material cost in combination with the possibility of product differentiation. The final appearance can be practically anything desired. The combination with Wood Grain Enhanced System will bring a clear ecological and competitive edge over competitors who use unsustainable forest grown timbers.

Wood Grain Enhanced Flooring is produced in continuous coating lines consisting of roller coaters, filler and printing machines followed by thermal or radiation curing equipment. The line velocity may

Other Product Range 1. PDl Flooring2. PDl Backings3. PDl Furniture Panels

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Today, the TREFFERT Group is recognised as a global coatings innovator, operating regional production sites with fully equipped technical labs in Germany, Malaysia, China and the uS. The Treffert network of technical sales offices, distribution centres, associates and licensees combine to give the Company a true global presence with local reach.

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Technical PropertiesAll technical requirements imposed by the European Standard (Elasticised) of EN 14354 Class 21, 31 and 33 and the American Standard (Alox Containing) of ASTM-D-4060 S33 Residential and S42 Commercial have been successfully produced and passed using the Treff®Guard Wood Grain Enhanced products. The choice of the standard dictates the coating process. The production process remains unchanged for all classes. The technical surface quality for the different stress classifications is merely controlled via the application weight of the Elastic Sealer or the HPC (Alox Containing) Sealer depending on the selected standard. Guidance and assistance with Application line Recommendations is available from TREFFERT.

Who Does The Wood Grain Enhanced Technology Apply To?Flooring producers currently using Bamboo, Hevea, Plywood or Rubberwood but wishing to diversify their existing product range (stained and/or clear coated) and supply an unlimited variety of Forest Hardwoods or Wood Grain Enhanced products to their customer base. Manufactures planning to produce flooring using Plantation Timbers and wanting to be at the cutting edge of technology with an infinite versatility in product range.Concerned Parties who wish to play a role in the sustainability of our livelihood, the Timber Flooring Industry, and contribute to the reduction of global de-forestation, whilst providing a market-accepted product.

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Local Office in Asia Pacific Regions:Malaysia: Treffert Coatings (S.E.A.) Sdn BhdTel: +60 7 251 5115 | Fax: +60 7 251 4115Email: [email protected] Person: Eunice Tan / Mark Poole

China: Shanghai TREFFERT Special Coatings Co., LtdTel: +86 21 5165 1818 | Fax: +86 21 5165 1388Email: [email protected] Person: Thomas Weil ENQUIRY NO. 5904

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Optimised RippingEconoRip from Raimann:

The WoodWorking indusTry in seA finds itself in a daily battle of ever growing competitiveness! One essential key for survival will be to have the necessary modern and efficient machinery and processes in place that provide higher yield achievements in the rough mill area. A successful, profitable way is through optimising the raw material input! Waste less and recover more! Measuring and analysing the wooden raw material in terms of width and length, as well as defects and short pieces

Optimise with the new EconoRip from Raimann:The versatile multi-blade gang ripsaw for all applications

before processing it, is optimising! Optimising is the only way to achieve maximum possible yield and value from each individual board. Working hard on its mission to offer maximum yield and value to its customers, the Weinig Group over the years has developed highly sophisticated equipment like complete system solutions, interlinked with mechanical handling and combined with intelligent software. Offering state of the art wood working machinery and consulting services, Weinig provides great solutions for multinational companies and small, local enterprises alike.

Coming up with the new EconoRip from Raimann, which is the ideal multi-blade ripsaw for businesses with a high quality standard and the main focus on simple applications. Robustly built, easy to operate and very short set-up times are facts that especially characterise this machine. The EconoRip was designed with the focus to build a reliable rip-

saw for easy, day-to-day operation.

With a maximum cutting height of 110 mm and a cutting width of 310 mm, the EconoRip

fits many applications. The backbone

of the machine is the prismatic guided feed

chain which is used for all Raimann ripsaws. The

prismatic guides ensure absolutely straight wood conveyance which guarantees excellent cutting results. The closed design of the feed chain prevents splinters from getting

between the chain links, which could jam the machine and cause frequent downtime.

Raimann EconoRip: The state-of-the-art, easy

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Part of the Weinig Group’s complete system solution offering, the new EconoRip from Raimann is a versatile multi-blade gang ripsaw for all applications

Lubrication of the chain is done automatically and the filling status of the oil container is monitored. The feed speed is frequency-controlled and infinite adjustable from 5 to 35 m/min. A main advantage of the newly designed pressure system of the EconoRip is that the pressure rollers tilt around the saw blades when adjusted in different heights. When the pressure unit is lowered, the front end rollers and the back end rollers move towards each other ensuring maximum guidance of the timber as close to the saw blades as possible. If narrow strips are to be cut, a pressure shoe can be added.

The height adjustment of the saw arbour and the pressure unit are motorised for faster adjustment again cutting down on non-productive time. (Fig. 1)

Setup times are greatly reduced by the patented, hydraulic saw blade clamping system named “Quickfix”. No bushing, spacers or tools are required for changing the arbour set up. The saw blades can be shifted directly on the saw arbour resulting in a setup time of less than one minute (Fig. 2). Compared with an average setup time of up to 20 minutes for conventional systems, the time savings achieved with Quickfix can easily add up to one hour per shift. A simple, but yet intelligent way to increase productivity and profits.

The newly developed dust extraction hood is integrated in the upper cover, so that it tilts away automatically, when opened. When closed, the dust extraction hood completely encloses the saw package and therefore ensures maximum extraction efficiency – an extremely helpful benefit in case the suction speed is not up to an ideal pace.

A comprehensive safety package ensures maximum protection for the machine operator. Raimann rip-saws have always been equipped with the best anti-kick-back system available. The patented safety system “SafetyPlus”, is a curtain made of Kevlar® which is added to the conventional anti-kick-back fingers. The Kevlar®-curtain drags on the feed chain of the rip-saw and closes the gap between the chain and the anti-kick-back fingers. The hazardous area is steadily sealed. The operator gets maximum protection.

Raimann SafetyPlus: Maximum operator protection (Fig. 3) With several options such as the stronger motor for using multiple saw blades or a laser for indicating the cut on the board, RAIMANN also offers the opportunity to extend the scope of the multi-blade ripsaw in accordance with customer requirements.

Fig 1: Motorised height adjustment of the saw arbor Fig 2: Raimann Quickfix: One-minute setupFig 3: Raimann SafetyPlus:

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Exhibition Review

LIGNA Hannover 2009

A ttracting an international audience, ligna Hannover 2009 closed on an upbeat note, capping five days

of brisk business activity and giving the wood industry hope of renewed growth.

Billed as the “world fair for the forestry and wood industries”, 1,758 exhibitors from 50 nations presented their products and services on total display space of 130,152 sq m. In total, the event attracted about 83,000 visitors to Hannover, Germany.

Dr Bernhard Dirr, MD of the German Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers’ Association within VDMA, referred to the fair as a “shelter in the storm”, adding that ligna’s popularity among exhibitors and visitors underscored its status on the international trade fair scene.

Number CrunchingVisitors came from over 90 different

countries and in terms of countries and/or regions of origin, the percentage remained stable, most notably for the Americas and Asia. An upswing in attendance was registered for Sweden, Switzerland, Poland and France.

“While visitor numbers did reflect strained economies around the world as well as the fact that many firms have been forced to drastically cut travel budgets, well over a third of all trade visitors with decision-making authority still came from abroad,” said Deutsche Messe Managing Board member Stephan Ph Kühne on the drop in visitor numbers (a decline of 22 percent for the forestry and wood industries).

Trade visitors again accounted for over 95 percent of total attendance. In terms of audience background, the construction industry and the interior finishing sectors accounted for an increased share of

visitors, while attendance by machinery trade professionals was down. As Mr Kühne explained, these figures represented “a clear reflection of current economic realities.”

A Question Of EfficiencyThis year’s exhibition also focused on the use of wood to generate energy, highlighting heating processes with various combustion materials and their energy behaviour. Efficient timber construction systems, machinery, equipment and tools for joiners, carpenters and cabinetmakers could be seen at Handwerk, Holz und mehr (Wood Crafts) section.

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overview and highlights all the international trends in materials, function and design, while LIGNA HANNOVER is a unique show-case of all the latest developments in woodworking technology.

These two major shows have been scheduled so that one takes place shortly after the other – almost on each other’s doorstep! A mere 2 1⁄2 hour journey by train separates the two locations. And after interzum closes in Cologne the organizers have allowed one day which can be used for travel. This arrangement is ideal for visitors from abroad who will appreciate the fact that it is cheaper to travel at the weekend.

Our offer – how you benefit:We offer a day ticket for interzum Cologne and a day ticket for LIGNA HANNOVER for only 15 euros. Alternatively, for only 30 eu-ros, you can obtain a day ticket and a catalogue voucher for both interzum Cologne and LIGNA HANNOVER. These ticket package offers can be obtained from any representative of the organizers – Deutsche Messe or Koelnmesse.

Package-Offer 1: Package-Offer 2:

15,- EuroPay one – get one for free.

30,- EuroPay less – get more.

LIGNA HANNOVER 2009 (18 to 22 May) Making more out of wood – technology for resource efficiency

LIGNA HANNOVER, the leading international trade show for the woodworking and wood processing industries, embraces the entire production chain – from forestry and the timber trade through to industrial mass production of wood products and surface treatment technology. In short, LIGNA HANNOVER is the interface to every area of woodworking!Keynote displays at LIGNA HANNOVER:

Forestry (management and technology) Sawmill equipment and technology Solid wood working Wood materials and veneer production Handwerk, Holz und mehr: Joinery, cabinet-making and car-

pentry trades, engineered woods, materials, accessories and services

Furniture industryNumerous special presentations dedicated to practical the-mes, informative seminars and conferences, as well as matchmaking and B2B meetings and congresses underline the significance of LIGNA HANNOVER as the trade’s international summit.FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.ligna.de

Deutsche Messe AG – LIGNA Team PHONE: +49 511/89 32134E-MAIL: [email protected]

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Koelnmesse Pte. Ltd.PHONE: +65 6500 6718FAX: +65 6296 2771E-MAIL: [email protected]

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showcased scores of new ideas on solid wood processing in Halls 12 and 13, featuring live displays of advanced systems for drying sawn timber and utilising waste wood.

In the halls devoted to the furniture industry, visitors were able to view the latest industrial furniture manufacturing equipment in operation. Resource efficiency was also a common theme in the associated displays. Innovations in this area included new painting and surface treatment technologies intended to reduce energy and material costs.

In summing up the event, Mr Kühne said: “ligna was eagerly anticipated, and ended up successfully mobilising the strengths of the wood and forestry industries.” The next show will be staged from May 30 to June 3, 2011, at Hannover, Germany. FDM

Homag group: order volume exceeds expectationsHomag Group AG reports a highly satisfactory outcome from the Ligna fair.

Despite what still remains a very subdued market situation with investment activity

proving sluggish since the start of 2009, Homag registered lively interest in its machines

and systems, as well as its newly extended services portfolio, said a press release from

the company.

Although the actual order volume at the fair was “slightly down” compared to its

takings in Ligna 2007, it was “well above expectations”. Spokesman for the Board, Dr

Joachim Brenk said: “Even when times are tough, customers are receptive to genuine

innovations and willing to invest”.

The group displayed its new co-developed technique for applying edges to panels

using laser technology. This new development won the Innovation Prize at Ligna’s

Innovation Symposium.

cefla: preparing for tHe upturnThe Cefla Finishing Group offered a range of

products developed with particular attention to

cost, to give concrete support to the business

of its customers.

Said Roberto Scala, its MD: “We focused on

supplying our customers with all the necessary

working tools in order to cope with the difficulties

of the market with efficiency and flexibility, taking

into consideration both the actual situation and

the future upturn in the market.”

Its Mito spraying machine now comes

with a new plenum and revised air circulation

in the spraying area to ensure application and

maintenance quality. Cefla’s 3D application

process is made more efficient with a robot for an effective glue

application while its UVRay integrates the UV body and the control

board, saving time during assembly.

Other items exhibited include the JetDekor, a new

ink-jet printing system; EasyWrap, a machine for the

wrapping using a new integrated glue application

system; Performa, a spraying machine for

mouldings with interchangeable trolleys

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Ligna Exhibition highLights

GRECon: Simply pRoduCE moRE EffiCiEntlyThe GreCon product range for this year’s ligna has as its motto: simply produce more efficiently. Inline measuring systems for the wood based panel industry, spark detection and extinguishment systems for preventive fire and explosion protection are rounded off by scanners for different areas in the production and processing of wood based panels.

The new series of measuring systems, GreCon 5000 offer efficient production that is kind to resources. The cost advantages that can be achieved with these tools include blow detection using ultrasound; thickness measurement by scanning with measuring rollers or, in a non-contact way, by means of lasers; moisture measurement with infrared or microwave technology for chips, fibres and panels.

lEitz: GRowth thRouGh EffiCiEnCyProduct launches from the leitz Group at this year’s ligna fair included:

marathon Coated finish Cutter: leitz has designed a new spiral roughing – finish cutter featuring Marathon coating and chip-splitting geometry. The design reduces cutting pressure, allowing the tool to perform at faster feed rates and eliminates the need for a separate roughing pass. Suited for use when manufacturing doors, windows, stairs and furniture components.

profix C: The new ProFix C tool system is used in the production of slotted joints, tenon joints and

counter joints. Cutting geometry and staggered cut are designed for cross grain machining. Due to its construction, the tool system can be reground many times remaining constant in terms of profile and diameter.

Solid Carbide hinge Boring Bit: According to leitz, its solid carbide hinge boring bit achieves up to three times the performance times and 50 percent higher feed rates as compared to conventional hinge bits. With modified boring bit geometry, the tip is able to eject the chips, decrease cutting friction, reduce power consumption and eliminate surface damage during the back-stroke. optiCut lownoise Saw Blade: leitz expanded its

product range of noise-reduced saw blades for applications which do not allow for

the casing of the saw blade. Its new generation of AS OptiCut circular saw blades offers improved cutting quality for the sizing of panel materials

on circular saw benches and vertical board-sawing machines.

maRtin: finiSh poliShinG on SlidinG taBlE SawFor over three years, Martin, the Bavarian manufacturer of woodworking machinery, has been pursuing the idea of finish polishing the edges of polymethylmethacrylate (acrylic) on the sliding table saw. As more wood-workers are crossing over into man-made materials, the idea would enable operators to finish polishing of acrylic panels directly after cutting them, saving valuable time.

The T74, a sliding table saw and a polishing machine, represents a suitable option for this job. The composite frame, cast iron ribbed tabletop and the hardened steel guide system on the sliding table makes it a sturdy choice.

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HolzHER: ARcus EdgEbAndERs FoR dooR PRoductionDoor production is made easy with Holzher’s mid-class range of edgebanders: the Arcus 1330 doors and 1336.

The Arcus 1330 doors is the high performance edgebander for gluing on solid wood edging (up to 20 mm and on maximum panel thicknesses of 60 mm). Suited also for finishing work on unfinished doors, the Arcus offers adhesion on thick panels through use of waterproof PuR glues.

Its counterpart, the Arcus 1336 offers an optimum mix, starting with the jointing cutter unit right up to finishing work with scraper, flat scraper and buffing units. The basic machine is equipped with an extending workpiece support (up to 690 mm) to the run-in stop.

iMA: EFFiciEncy oF REsouRcEsFollowing the motto of the fair, ‘Making more out of wood – Technology For Resource-Efficiency’, IMA presented a number of new and advanced machines and services at ligna.

• laser Edging ProcessBilled as the most advanced edgebanding technology currently on the market, the IMA laser Edging process uses a special polymer instead of the conventional glues. This material is bonded to the decorative edging in the co-extrusion process. The high forces of adhesion on the smooth surfaces and the hardening of the molten polymer guarantee the tightness and strength of the adhesive joint.

• bima 400 cnc Machining centre With its machining centres, IMA covers all core areas of

panel processing. universal machining tasks in stationary operation are solved by the Bima centres of the new Bima 200, 300 und 400 families.

Whereas worktable sizes of the Bima 200 and 300 series range up to 5300 mm, the Bima 400 covers the range up to 7300 mm. The two smaller types permit a panel width of 1250 mm, the Bima 400 covers the range up to 1450 mm.

scHElling: Plus concEPtSchelling specialises in developing customer-oriented solutions for cutting applications.

• DuPlus+ConceptThe development engineers at Schelling have come up with new, customer-oriented solutions. Introduced at ligna 2009, the DuPlus+ Concept increases output of panel saws by utilising two independently working feeders for material positioning in the saw. It then becomes possible to cut the head and main parts, or two strips of staggered cuts, at the same time. Seen in combination with Schelling’s latest turntable, the board yield is increased, as with attendant output.

• Automatic Label ApplicatorFirst labelling, then cutting. Before a board is pushed off the stack, labels are applied to the board. This solution leads to

elimination of errors as well as a reduction of workload for the operator. This makes the DuPlus system more efficient as the operator is able to focus on off-loading the finished parts only.

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Siempelkamp: power DiScDrive ‘Higher operating and resource efficiency’ is the motto which

Siempelkamp used for ligna 2009, reinforced by the new service packages which the company had on offer. Next to the modification packages from the ecoline concept, the Krefeld specialist for machine and plant

engineering presented its latest drive technology system – the Power DiscDrive.

Developed from the linear drive, the technology is available exclusively for its Siempelkamp ContiRoll lines. This drive has a considerably higher degree of efficiency even at partial loads. In addition, it has a low number of revolutions and fewer moving parts.

The drive system is based on a motor type and a gear type, a single-stage planetary drive, as well as a uniform concept for power electronics and control.

Schmalz: Flexible vacuum clamping SyStem Mobile and multifunctional – the vacuum clamping system Multi-Clamp VC-M from Schmalz of Glatten, Germany, can be used on almost all surfaces in the workshop and on construction sites.

The system consists of a multi-clamp vacuum plate and the multi-base turn/swivel fixture. The modular structure of the basic system of the Multi-Clamp vacuum plate VC-M-P and Multi-Base turn/swivel fixture VC-M-B allows for individual clamping, positioning and fixing in all positions. Depending on requirements, tension forces of up to 1,500 N (at -800 mbar) can be established, which makes it possible to undertake bulky operations on the secured workpiece. It is available with integrated pneumatic vacuum generation (vacuum ejector) or, with vacuum pump.

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interzum

O n its 50th anniversary, interzum amassed a total of 47,000 visitors from more than 130 countries

to its doors.According to its organisers, a total of

1,370 suppliers from 63 countries exhibited future-oriented solutions and concepts for a global furniture world. Held from May 13 – 16, 2009, the event in Cologne, Germany utilised a 5 percent increase in occupied exhibition area.

Gerald Böse, CEO of Koelnmesse said: “Given the unfavourable economic and financial situation, the anniversary event still managed to generate important momentum for the whole sector and gave a clear signal that runs counter to the current economic trend.” Support came from the international sector with 70 percent of suppliers and about 65 percent of visitors recorded from outside Germany.

interzumCologne, GermanyMay 13 – 16, 2009

Areas Of ApplicationIn addition to the furniture industry, many exhibitors registered an increased number of architects, interior designers, designers and representatives of the mobile world, such as Airbus, BASF, lufthansa, Porsche and VW, who wanted to find out more about current new products.

The new project ‘innovation of interior’ focused on innovative materials, as well as surprising areas of application. An exciting contrast to the exhibitor innovations was offered by the trend shows and speeches that were held at the centre of the halls. Here, experts from diverse fields discussed current crucial issues affecting the sector. There was also a very high level of interest in interzum’s supporting programme, which included the innovation workshop, the

European Veneer Conference and the Interior Designer Day.

Global TrendsThis year, interzum once again offered an overview of the global trends:

lightweight panels are coming on strong in the market accompanied by readily available binding and fastening systems. Expect a clear increase in lightweight honeycomb panels and furniture made from these materials.

The variety of materials that can be printed on is increasing. Whether wood-derived panels, mineral panels or glass surfaces, specialists in the field are now able to offer printing processes that can even be used for smaller batches.

Suppliers in the furniture industry are paying special attention to issues related to sustainability and the conservation of resources. The target group of consumers concerned with ecology is growing.

Electric motors are incorporated into furniture of the future. Whether the motor is used to open drawers or used as motorised fittings in adjustable upholstered furniture, its development point to comfort and convenience for the end consumer. Visitors to interzum once again got the opportunity to experience technologies and design for fittings and surfaces, wood-based materials and veneers, leather, upholstery and upholstery machines.

The next edition of interzum will be held from May 25 – 28, 2011. FDM

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Hawa: Sliding Hardware ProgrammeHawa AG has hardware systems for wood and glass applications at their stand in interzum.

Available later this year, the Hawa-Purolino 80 designer sliding door hardware for frameless all-glass doors comes with concealed suspension. Ideal for room partitions,

Its pivoting/sliding hardware Hawa-Concepta 25/30/50, offers furniture makers design freedom and construction for doors weighing up to 50 kg. The system enables doors to be opened conventionally with a pivoting movement and then slid into a space-saving recess.

The Hawa-Antea 50-80/VF, is a hardware system with optional soft closing for glass or wood doors and wood/glass combinations running in front of the cabinet body. This sliding hardware is suitable for doors weighing between 50 and 80 kg.

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alfa: ligHt, natural woodHigh-quality natural wood is playing an increasingly important role in interior design and finishing. Alfa G3 by Team 7 is a three-layer board manufactured in thicknesses of up to 80 mm.

According to Alfa, an Austrian company specialising in the production of ecological hardwood panels, it is suitable for any kind of interior finishing. Its middle layer of Dendro light (a material made of spruce) makes the board is particularly light. A 70 mm thick beech-faced board weighs just 285 kg/m3 – a property which lightens the load of processing and transporting the material.

The Alfa G3 is suited for tabletops, countertops, partitions or furniture carcasses. The hardwoods come from sustainably managed forests, are glued with formaldehyde-free adhesives and treated with herbal oil.

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HEtticH: Making nEw connEctionsHettich showed its new solution for connecting furniture side panels and shelves at interzum. Its new connector is highly flexible and can be used for lightweight panels made of any material. For design purposes, once the connector is inserted into the edge of the panel, it remains invisible to the observer.

The Hettinject VB insert creates a sturdy connection between the individual parts while a tightening mechanism evens out gaps between the side panels and compensates for tolerances in the board material.

intERpRint: paRtnERsHip witH pflEidERER & s-pRixInterprint also demonstrated how new markets can be successfully developed through cooperation with industry partners. An inspiring example is the partnership with the derived timber products manufacturer, Pfleiderer, and the furniture manufacturer, S-Prix.

The three-party team developed a colouring-desk and -shelf – furniture for children aged four to eight. The décor’s cartoon outlines can be coloured and then cleaned with a plastic cleaner.

REHau: sEal, connEct & accEntuatEWith the new Rehau joint profile, the company is able to provide a multi-functional profile solution for sealing, connecting and accentuating in different areas of application.

The sealing function can be used as an alternative to silicone joints in plumbing applications or as a seal around acrylic or ceramic mouldings. Available in stainless steel and aluminium surfaces, in classic white or elegant black, the joint profile fits into

designed pieces of furniture or living spaces. With installation dimensions of 14 mm x 14 mm and without screws, common corner solutions can be achieved using mouldings or alternatively, with mitre cuts.

The joint profile is supplied as cut lengths or on a roll to facilitate integration into dispenser systems.

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REHolz: aRc VEnEERsVeneer manufacturers, Reholz GmbH (now part of the Danzer Group), has managed to get the fibres of veneers to run in an arc rather than a straight line. The curve is variable and can be adapted to suit the design of the individual piece of furniture.

Reholz uses the properties of its main product, 3D veneers, and distorts the strips of 3D veneer in the plane. These veneers are meant to be particularly suitable for modular table systems, the outer edges of cabinets or curvaceous wooden chairs. While the texture of the mechanical treated veneer is preserved, it still offers lightweight construction with reduced material thickness and high stiffness and strength.

IFFS/AFS 2010:

Fresh Impetus

P ositioning itself as the premium furniture trade event in Asia, the International Furniture Fair

Singapore 2010, held in conjunction with the 27th ASEAN Furniture Show (IFFS/AFS 2010) from March 9-12, 2010, will be a four-day event showcasing the latest design capabilities and product developments in the higher end spectrum of the industry.

Show organiser International Furniture Fair Singapore is mounting an aggressive campaign to market IFFS/AFS 2010 as a design-oriented furniture show.

Richard Koh, the newly appointed chief operating officer of IFFS, expects next year’s exhibition to further expand the spotlight on various design-led initiatives.

“In terms of space for 2010, we would like to stay humble on the size of exhibition and work on 60,000 gross square metres with the current economic situation, but we’re quietly confident that those spaces will be choc-a-block full and we will make room for expansion,” Mr Koh said.

Breath Of Fresh Air Mr Koh, 50, was formerly the COO of Buylateral Group and responsible for developing a range of international marketing and product design and development programmes.

Seen as a businessman who has been actively involved in the local furniture industry, Mr Koh hopes to bring some fresh perspectives on the running of the exhibition by leveraging on his 30 years of trade experience. He has also been associated with the Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) through the years, having served as an executive committee member in various capacities since its inception in 1981.

Mr Koh pointed to the success of the

SingaporeMarch 9 – 12, 2010

Singapore Mozaic showcase in Milan this year as an example of how local furniture firms are starting to develop their market niches. Likewise, he believes IFFS/AFS should develop its own proposition by focusing on design.

“We are still trying to grow the IFFS/AFS as an Asian show, and we expect the exhibitors to come primarily from ASEAN and the Indochina regions,” Mr Koh added.

Promotional Boost To promote the event, IFFS has organised a slate of promotional road shows in China, Malaysia, India, Europe and the US to garner interest from both exhibitors and buyers. In its promotional push for next year’s exhibition, the show organiser will be spending close to S$2.5 million (US$1.7 million) for marketing and publicity purposes, essentially on the various activities and trade show participation for IFFS/AFS 2010.

While acknowledging that this year’s event has experienced a slight dip – as compared to 2008, the number of exhibiting companies fell from 517 to 471 while the number of trade visitors dropped from 18,361 to 15,606 – somewhat reflecting the market sentiments caused by the economic downturn, Mr Koh expresses his confidence in the strong credibility the IFFS/AFS has already established to pull in the right crowds next year.

“These are the buyers who are not bargain-hunters. They look out for quality and new design trends. The targeted buyers for next year’s show will come mainly from Europe,” he explained.

Besides honing in on design elements, IFFS/AFS aims to achieve approximately 10 percent growth in several areas of the furniture showcases next year, such as in the upholstery and outdoor furniture segments.

“We’re leaving no stones unturned to boost the other segments of the show, as mentioned upholstery and outdoor/garden furniture, to give a more holistic presentation to the buyers and visitors,” Mr Koh added.

IFFS/AFS is also exploring plans to further engage woodworking industry partners in the ASEAN region, with various long-term collaborations being discussed at the moment.

With the flurry of activities and promotional efforts, expectations are raised for IFFS/AFS 2010 to live up to its billing as the region’s top design-oriented furniture exhibition. FDM

Richard Koh, COO of International Furniture Fair Singapore (IFFS), sheds light on the trade show's forays into design. By Keith Boi

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Richard Koh, the newly appointed chief

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imm cologne 2010:

What's Next?

T his year’s imm cologne has had a polarising effect. Reflecting on various issues after the fair was

over, Gerald Böse, CEO of Koelnmesse spoke at a press conference on what the imm cologne 2010 will offer to retain its attendees.

Addressing the European Press Conference in Cologne, Germany, Mr Böse said: “First, imm cologne is taking place in the world’s strongest sales market; and second, it generates concrete business by showing innovations that are ready for the market.”

To elaborate these two points, he brought up the point that Germany continues to be the biggest furniture market in Europe. According to estimates made by Dresdner-Cetelem Kreditbank, the furniture market in Germany has a volume of €27 billion (uS$37.7 billion). The

In 2010, visitors can expect a new order and new opening times even as imm cologne seeks to reclaim the top brands.

second-largest European furniture market, the uK, accounts for €16.8 billion, and the third-largest, Italy, for only €13.6 billion.

Ready PlatformIn this respect, the event provided the trade with a ready international platform where the industry can showcase its market-ready products – at the beginning of each new year for buyers to purchase and distribute to the retail outlets by the third quarter of the year.

He told delegates that next year’s event would be one day shorter. It will be held from January 19 to 24 and its opening hours will be changed from 10am – 7pm. In terms of the concept behind the fair and the themes it will deal with, the most important goal remains: To regain the strong German and international brands — in all segments.

Mr Böse notes that as the various purchasing associations play a key role with regard to German brands. “Our declared goal is to form a coalition of the active parties in the sector,” he said. In order to continue the trend toward a trade fair for complete home interiors, they will be focusing on specialised product ranges (eg: lighting systems, carpets and textiles). “I think that 8,000 architects, interior decorators and designers are persuasive arguments for our event,” he added.

Closer CooperationTo persuade strong brands to return to the trade fair, Koelnmesse will be looking to boost its visitors’ count in two ways. Mr Böse said: “Koelnmesse will back up their efforts by means of special packages. This campaign will focus on Central Europe. The second measure will target visitors

from outside Europe. Here there will be a special VIP campaign, in the course of which we will invite approximately 4,000 dealers to attend the trade fair.”

In addition, they will again be cooperating with the French export organisation GEM. In addition: “We will also be paying close attention to the small and medium-sized furniture shops and developing tailor-made travel packages for them.”

In 2010, Koelnmesse will transform the entire Boulevard into a catwalk for innovations. Together with the interior innovation award contest, it seeks to show visitors a glimpse of the trends in the coming season. Kitchens will also play a significant role at next year’s fair. “The time is ripe for an international kitchen trade fair located in Germany, and Cologne is the best venue for a strong presentation of the kitchen sector,” said Mr Böse.

Some 100,000 visitors visited Cologne 2009 to find out what 1,057 companies from 49 countries had to offer. The trade fair recorded a distinctly smaller decrease among visitors from the Eu. In all, around 40 percent of the trade visitors came from abroad. FDM

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Iteca

Tel: 7 727 2583434

Fax: 7 727 2583444

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.iteca.kz

6-9 – China International Furniture Fair (Guangzhou)China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex

Guangzhou, China

Tel: +86 20 2608 0427

Fax: +86 20 8666 3416


Website: www.ciff-gz.com

9-12 – Furniture Manufacturing & Supply China Shanghai New International Expo Centre

Shanghai CMP Sinoexpo International

Exhibition Co, Limited

Tel: +86 21 6437 1178

Fax: +86 21 6437 0982

Email: [email protected]

22-25 – Furniexpo 2009 Exhibition Centre ‘Acco International’

Kiev, Ukraine

ACCO International

Tel: +380 44 458 4621

Fax: +380 44 458 4621


Website: www.acco.ua/furniexpo/eng/index.html

24-27 – Vietnamwood Saigon Exhibition Convention Center

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Chan Chao International

Tel: +886-2-26596000

Fax: +886-2-26597000


Website: www.linkage-vn.com/hcm/wood/

1-4 – ZOW Istanbul Istanbul Expo Center

Istanbul, Turkey

Deutsche Messe, Survey Marketing + Consulting

Tel: +90 212 324 9610

Fax: +90 212 324 9609


Website: http://www.zow.com.tr/en/

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Manila, Philippines

Global-Link MP Events International Inc.

Tel: +632 750 8588

Fax: +632 750 8585


Website: www.globallinkph.com

8-10 – Designbuild Perth Convention Exhibition Centre

Perth, Australia

Diversified Exhibitions Australia

Tel: +61 3 9261 4500

Fax: +61 3 9261 4545


Website: www.divexhibitions.com.au

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& Exhibition Centre

Guangxi, China

Tel: +86-771-5813158

Fax: +86-771-5813355


Website: http://www.caexpo.org

21-24 – ZOW Italy Verona Exhibition Centre

Verona, Italy

Survey Marketing + Consulting GmbH

Tel: +39 0458 298111

Fax: +39 0458 298288


Website: http://www.zow.it/en/

27-29 – WMF Shunde Shunde Exhibition Center

Shunde, China

Adsale Exhibition Services

Tel: +852 2811 8897

Fax: +852 2516 5024


8-11 – China International Building & Decoration Fair China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex

Guangzhou, China

China Foreign Trade Guangzhou Exhibition

Corp.

Tel: 020-26081622 / 26081623

Fax: 020-86681629-03


Website: http://www.fairwindow.com

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Cebu, Philippines

Global-Link MP Events International Inc.

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Fax: +63 2 750 8585


Website: www.globallinkph.com

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AWFS Fair

Tel: 323-838-9440

Fax: 323-201-8246


Website: www.awfsfair.org

1-3 – Wood & Furniture Asia Karachi Expo Center,

Pakistan

Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.

Tel: +92 (21) 453 6321

Fax: +92 (21) 453 6330

6-9 – Zak Office Technology Expo Palace Grounds, Bangalore

India

Zak Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd.

Tel: +91 (80) 2521 7700

Fax: +91 (80) 2521 5511


Website: www.zakinteriorexterior.com/info/2009/

Bangalore/april/aboutevent/index.html

2-6 – Kazbuild Atakent Exhibition Centre

Almaty, Kazakhstan

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