Panels & Furniture Asia January/February 2024
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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FROM THE EDITOR<br />
New year, new look<br />
Happy new year to all!<br />
Seasoned readers of this magazine will<br />
notice that the magazine has gotten a new<br />
look. Once in a while we try to freshen up<br />
the design so that it does not become stale.<br />
The last time we redesigned the layout was<br />
around four years ago; this time we have<br />
gone for a cleaner, tighter-looking layout.<br />
Let us know what you think of it.<br />
Speaking of new things, in this issue we<br />
featured a range of new products that<br />
cater to different segments of the wood<br />
and woodworking industry. On the wood<br />
panel industry end, we interviewed Emulco<br />
on their new AquaVeg bio-based wax<br />
emulsion, which is said to perform better<br />
than mineral wax emulsions for coating as<br />
well as in mass dosing of all kinds of wood<br />
panels (p.28).<br />
On the furniture industry end, Biesse<br />
has introduced their new robotic arm<br />
system ROS FT, which aims to streamline<br />
and optimise “the unloading process of<br />
machined parts from nesting machines,<br />
offering better speed, accuracy and<br />
adaptability in production” (p.30).<br />
For design applications, Dürr’s new<br />
EcoSupply2 Core is a modular paint supply<br />
station that makes painting in confined<br />
spaces easier (p.34). These are just a few<br />
examples — flip through the magazine and<br />
get a taste of the innovations companies<br />
have come up with.<br />
Of course, before we embark on the new<br />
year, this issue also rounded up some<br />
significant events in the last few months<br />
of 2023. We covered Andritz’s Customer<br />
Day for their medium-density fibreboard<br />
(MDF) customers, which took place in<br />
Bangkok, Thailand back in November 2023<br />
(p.8). The show review on Malaysian Wood<br />
Expo 2023 is finally out as well: Hear what<br />
some of the exhibitors have to say about<br />
the expo and its success (p.58).<br />
I think I can say for all of us that nobody<br />
ever knows how exactly this year will turn<br />
out. Who could say they anticipated how<br />
badly the year had turned out in 2023 for<br />
the industry — or, in fact, the entire world?<br />
Regardless, we still have to trudge on.<br />
New year brings new opportunities, as the<br />
saying goes. Let’s hope this turns out true<br />
for everyone.<br />
Yap Shi Quan<br />
EDITOR<br />
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6 PANELS & FURNITURE ASIA | JANUARY / FEBRUARY <strong>2024</strong>
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