The year 2009 for the German machinery and plant engineering had been one of the worst since decades. Especially the producers of woodworking machinery had to face a dramatic decline of sales. Their turnover in 2009 was reduced by 42 percent compared with the previous year.
On October 13, the Commercial Court of Colmar/France announced that the Swiss company Schilliger Holz AG , Küssnacht (Zurich) took over the sawmill of Klenk in Volgelsheim. After the bankruptcy of Klenk SAS in the spring of 2009, four companies have submitted offers: both leaders in the French softwood business, SIAT Braun and…
Metso has commenced personnel negotiations regarding the reduction of about 400 out of the 1,200 employees in their Fiber business line (FBL) operations in Sweden and Finland.
New orders in the German woodworking industry in the first half of 2009 decreased by 63% with respect to the previous year. The Woodworking Machinery Association shared with VDMA the fact that domestic orders fell by 32% and foreign ones by 69%.
After months of deliberations, Biesse Spa, Cefla Finishing Spa and SCM Group Spa announced that the three will take part in the Rimini Trade Fair, Technodomus 2010, and not in the Milan Xylexpo 2010..
Siempelkamp received a “notice to proceed” for the contract with Sumatera Prima Fibreboard (SPF), Indonesia, for a thin-MDF line. Recently, another contract was signed with Metro Particle Co. Ltd., Thailand, to supply a complete particleboard plant..
Dieffenbacher has acquired 100% of the shares of B Maier Zerkleinerungstechnik GmbH, Bielefeld with signed agreements that B Maier Zerkleinerungstechmik GmbH takes over the know-how and the patents of B Maier GmbH Maschinenfabrik as well as of AB Anlagenbau GmbH for the complete product range of size reduction technology. Production has not been included in the transaction.
