• October 6, 2025
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The global timber (wood) market is currently under heavy pressure. Rising demand, supply chain disruptions, and increased tariffs have led to a sharp surge in lumber (teak and other processed...

• October 10, 2025
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The world’s largest furniture company has a new CEO after Inter IKEA, the parent company of IKEA and the world’s largest furniture retailer, appointed Jakub Jankowski as its next Chief...

• October 25, 2025
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]India has sharply increased fertiliser imports ahead of the rabi (winter) sowing season, bringing in nearly six times more urea and three times more di-am-monium phosphate (DAP) in September 2025...

• November 11, 2025
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If everything—from steel to mobile covers, glass, PET, and solar panels—needs protection, while hundreds of other products are already under some form of safeguard, then we must ask ourselves a...

• November 11, 2025
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The Federation of Indian Plywood and Panel Industry (FIPPI) has issued an important advisory to all its primary and affiliated members, urging strict adherence to the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985...

• November 11, 2025
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Recently, I had the privilege to visit the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun, to attend a short-term course on plywood manufacturing. The program, though brief, was immensely enriching — blending...

• November 11, 2025
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With the implementation of National Forest Policy-1988, forest management in India while ensuring conservation of Recorded Forest Areas (RFAs) to secure the country's ecological security, has shifted its focus towardsgreening...

• November 12, 2025
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Mr. Surinder Arora, Managing Director of Virgo Plywood, has been appointed as the President of the Indian Laminate Manufacturers Association (ILMA). Mr Vishal Dokania, Director, Durian laminate has been chosen...