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| Robert Bürkle Goes Into Photovoltaics |
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Freudenstadt, Germany: Specialists for press and laminating lines, Robert Bürkle, raised its turnover from Ä108 million (US$140 million) to Ä115 million last year. |
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| Homag Wants A Return To Positive Operating Result |
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Stuttgart, Germany: The Homag Group aims to return a positive operating result for the year 2009 as a whole, despite the anticipated substantial drop in sales revenue. |
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| Eumabois ‘Choose The Original’ Campaign Focuses On Quality |
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Milan, Italy: The European Federation of Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers (Eumabois) promotional campaign to protect the intellectual property rights of those working in the manufacturing woodworking technologies and tools, kicked off with its first topic – on quality. |
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| US Imposes 10 percent Duty On Imports Of Canadian Lumber |
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Washington DC, USA: The United States Customs and Border Protection’s Office of International Trade has advised the trade community that its officers has imposed a 10 percent duty on imports of softwood lumber from Canada as of April 15. |
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| CARB: Setting The Standards |
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California has passed a strict air-quality measure that has significant ramifications for the woodworking industry on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean – and beyond. By Jason Wang, GM, Franklin Guangzhou Adhesives |
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| CSIL: Profiles Of 200 Major Furniture Manufacturers |
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World furniture production is worth about US$352 billion and about 30 percent of the total is produced by the 200 major furniture manufacturers listed in CSIL Milano’s report: ‘Profiles of 200 Major Furniture Manufacturers Worldwide.’ |
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| GreCon: Ultrasonic Measuring System |
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Grecon’s blow detection system UPU, type 3000, is billed the only ultrasonic measuring system with automatic calibration. |
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| Heradesign: Wood Wool Decorative Panels |
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Austria headquartered manufacturer of wood wool decorative panels, Heradesign, has expanded to cater for the premium, luxury market with its acoustically-superior Executive product line. |
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| Modul Systeme: Glue Preparation & Dousing Systems |
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Independent engineering firm, Module Systeme, provides technical services and equipment for the particleboard and fibreboard industry as well as for lamination lines for wood based panels. |
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