Panels & Furniture Asia November/December 2023
Panels & Furniture Asia (PFA) is a leading regional trade magazine dedicated to the woodbased panel, furniture and flooring processing industry. Published bi-monthly since 2000, PFA delivers authentic journalism to cover the latest news, technology, machinery, projects, products and trade events throughout the sector. With a hardcopy and digital readership comprising manufacturers, designers and specifiers, among others, PFA is the platform of choice for connecting brands across the global woodworking landscape.
Panels & Furniture Asia (PFA) is a leading regional trade magazine dedicated to the woodbased panel, furniture and flooring processing industry. Published bi-monthly since 2000, PFA delivers authentic journalism to cover the latest news, technology, machinery, projects, products and trade events throughout the sector. With a hardcopy and digital readership comprising manufacturers, designers and specifiers, among others, PFA is the platform of choice for connecting brands across the global woodworking landscape.
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CONTENTS<br />
CONTENTS<br />
PANELS & FURNITURE ASIA (ISSUE 6)<br />
<strong>November</strong> / <strong>December</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
6<br />
Editor’s Note<br />
8<br />
News<br />
Market Report<br />
14<br />
Hanoi market: Prospects and opportunities<br />
16<br />
Timber and turning points: Thoughts of a<br />
businessman<br />
In Person<br />
18<br />
“We are moving to a customer-focused organisation”<br />
20<br />
How can Taiwanese woodworking machinery<br />
manufacturers stand out?<br />
Product Highlight<br />
22<br />
aimi software system: Homogenous software on all<br />
machines<br />
24<br />
Camera-based system can prevent injuries even<br />
during rapid movements<br />
Panel Manufacturing<br />
26<br />
Time to innovate: Developing eco-friendly products at<br />
UP-CYCLE IMALPALAB<br />
30<br />
Manufacturing high-quality panelboards with<br />
increased recycled content: A case study by Tomra<br />
34<br />
Siempelkamp in China: “It is not the wind but the set<br />
of the sail that determines the direction”<br />
36<br />
Out with the old, in with the new<br />
<strong>Furniture</strong> Manufacturing<br />
39<br />
Pushing against tradition with FinChinaSoft<br />
40<br />
Innovation: Six-sided CNC drilling centre for more<br />
possibilities<br />
42<br />
Synchronously adjustable jointing cutter for office<br />
and kitchen furniture production<br />
44<br />
‘Saudisation’ leads to automation wave in furniture<br />
industry<br />
47<br />
“The most innovative technologies are, on their own,<br />
not enough”<br />
Materials<br />
50<br />
Freedom to experiment in American hardwood<br />
52<br />
Timber laminating adhesives market projected to<br />
worth US$1.331bn by 2028<br />
32<br />
Structural Elements<br />
54<br />
Nanyang Technological University Academic Building<br />
South<br />
Columnists<br />
58<br />
“Who cares wins”<br />
Show Review<br />
60<br />
CIFM/interzum guangzhou 2024<br />
Show Review<br />
62<br />
IFMAC & WOODMAC <strong>2023</strong><br />
63<br />
Calendar of Events<br />
64<br />
List of Advertisers<br />
14<br />
4 <strong>Panels</strong> & <strong>Furniture</strong> <strong>Asia</strong> | <strong>November</strong> / <strong>December</strong> <strong>2023</strong>
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