Indian DéCor Paper Market Grows, Europe Drops

Indian Decorative Laminate Industry has given super boost to base paper consumption that has hugely benefited the Indian and Chinese printers. Growing market of High Pressure Laminates and Prelam Boards at good pace is pivotal factor behind growing demand of décor base paper used for Print and as Plain. At recent survey by BSMR, market research wing of ‘The Ply Reporter’ magazine, indicates that consumption of print base paper of Indian HPL and LPL industry has reached approximately 80,000 MT per year in 2018.

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Alternate Materials Taking Share of Wooden Window Frames

Increasing cost of imported wood is giving a smooth road for alternate material for window frames application in metro and big cities. A recent survey in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Chennai, Surat, Pune etc found that the builders started preferring other materials such as Aluminium, UPVC, LVL, Steel, etc for window frames. Builders say that imported wooden window frames prices are fluctuating every day, and prices are going beyond their budget, so they have started preferring alternate options.

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Plywood Supply to Rise, Exceed Demand, Profits to Drop

In 2018, The plywood manufacturing capacity is set to rise by 25-30 percent thanks to new factories and expansions taking place at various places in North India. Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh shall witness beginning of around 150-200 new units within 2018 which will certainly flood over the market compared to anticipated demand. The pressure on sales will push the market towards “Buyers’ market” hence there will be a drop-in price of finished goods specially after May 2018.

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PPMA Seeks Special Status for Plywood Industry

Punjab Plywood Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has sought to the central government to put the plywood industry in the special category and reduce the interest rate by 2 percent because plywood industry has been considered as the agro-based industry. They asked the government to direct financial institutions and banks to reduce the interest rate. Mr. Ashok Juneja, Chairman, PPMA addressing a meeting of plywood producers of state-organized recently in Ludhiana said, “Plywood had been duly declared by the government as an agro-based industry but no concessional treatment was given to it.”

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Skilled Manpower Shortage, a Growing Worry!

Entire Indian wood panel & plywood, decorative laminates, doors, WPC/PVC, furniture and kitchen manufacturing sectors are adding to their production capacity year on year. Report says that more than 200 plywood presses are being added in ply, MDF and Particle manufacturing capacity is growing, HPL and WPC on the same way apart from addition of various next generation engineered doors units. Furniture and kitchen sectors are also expanding their production capacity etc but all are ignoring a big issue. Do the companies know that how and from where would they find skilled manpower for smooth running of their operation. Data suggests that the entire wood panel, decorative and PVC sector are making big losses may be in tune of 300-400 cr annually due to shortage of skilled manpower and lacking of able technical heads. Increasing production of B-grade materials, growing overhead cost and under utilization of installed capacity is good enough to justify the numbers.

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No Relief Indication in Phenol – Formalin Prices in January

Wood panel and decorative laminates industry has to bear the cost of high phenol and formaldehyde prices in a month because sources confirm that there is no relief in prices in January as well. The chemical importers indicated the prices of phenol will maintain its same price level of December last month till mid of February 2018. Importers reasoned that the inventory at Indian ports are very low, which is supposed to fill by first week of February then the prices are expected to soften although they anticipate that it will not come down below 90 levels till March.

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2018 Is Expected to Be Better but Not Everything Is Rosy

Welcome to the year of hope and beginning of a new growth cycle. The retarding effects of GST, DEMO & RERA are still present but market recovery and growth is expected, especially from the first quarter of FY 2018-19. Past one and half year have been riddled with slowdown, liquidity crunch, reforms led uncertainty in general where building materials segment is worst affected. Despite ofextremely slow demand in Wood, Panel and Decorative materials category, a huge capacity addition has taken place in this segment thus Year 2018 is set to witness a storm of competition in wood, panels and decorative surfaces category.

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WPC-PVC Producers Increase Prices by 5 %

WPC and PVC board producers have decided to increase the prices of finished goods by 5 percent during a meeting held in Delhi on 18th Nov 2017, which was attended by more than 60 producers from across the country. During the meeting, the members of newly formed Association of “Entire WPC-PVC Manufacturers” unanimously elected their office bearers, board members, President, General Secretary and Vice President representing every region and state. Mr. Pawan Garg, MD of Alstone has taken charge of President.

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Arrival of Bagasse Brings Smile to Particle Board

With start of Sugarcane harvesting season, the supply of Baggase has started arriving to Particle Board industry located in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Particle Board producers are in hurry forgetting access to raw materials and stocking as much possible. The hurry is creating a price rise in bagasse raw material segment in Gujarat.

It is noted that production at particle board plants is on almost halt from last two months because of non-availability of sugarcane waste (baggase) for making boards. Gujarat based Particle Board producers hope that supply of finished board will be smoother after mid of November and thus they have started taking new orders.

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Be Alert, Timber Shortage to Loom Over 2019-20

Hundreds of new units and presses in North India and another hundreds are planning to expand after easing up in law by central government for setting up new wood based manufacturing unit in “Haryana, Punjab, UP, Rajasthan etc” is certainly going to create a survival crisis for those who are entering in unplanned way. 3000 cbm a day capacity in MDF & Particle Boards manufacturing are also announced or in a way to begin production is adding to the timber requirement which looks already suffocated.


We have seen the situation happened with Baggase based Particle Board Industry in Gujarat, which was almost shut down due to non-availability of raw material since 75 days. You can easily calculate the cost of investment for setting up a particle board manufacturing unit and the loss a producer have had incurred due to the shut down period. Such losses might not be compensated to the company even if they run smoothly for next three hundred days.

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Chinese Highlighter Panels Losing Charm Due to Crowded and Competitive Offerings

The market sentiment for ‘cheap and imported highlighters’ is getting weak due to huge flow of designer panels and lack of exclusivity. There are many new players and importers who are now offering designer panels in Mumbai, Delhi and even in other metros that has led to a reduction on margins. The prices offered by importers are much lesser compared to that of a year ago due to rise in number of suppliers. “The highlighter panels of similar materials and designs have become a common choice for each new display showroom hence at the end. “It offers similar concept and similar look,” this is a common statement being made by showroom owners. The showrooms of metro cities are showing desperation to differentiate themselves from new showrooms which are bringing same materials. That is why the leading showroom players are giving lesser wall space to such highlighter panels. The common reply is “because of very common designs and same pricing everywhere the choice of exclusiveness is not there” and display of China range is common with every retailer, hence designer community is drifting from it.

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Why a Retailer Must Sell Decorative Wood Veneers

We all know, selling decorative veneer is not just price based selling, instead it is an art. It is a belief in nature and a package of class, satisfaction and status, you choose to create around you. This article is an honest effort of the Ply Reporter to update those plywood-laminate counters who believe that decorative veneer is not for them. In fact, the article allows you to narrow down your though process towards clarity and the eagerness to take the next step forward. The article is prepared based on the observations made by Reporter’s team on the ongoing practices in different markets.

We felt the need to highlight the core facts behind selling and presenting decorative veneers at retailers place today. The concept of decorative wood veneer is very strong in West and South India compared to Northern India. The Ply Reporter team worked on finding the purpose that “why and what shall be the real motive of a dealer to sell wood veneers” and highlight the fact behind why a customer may like to purchase and use natural veneers instead of decorative laminates.

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A period of hope & despair !

The plywood laminate and timber markets are still struggling even after 2 months of GST implementation. ‘Sales are weak, payments are not coming and uncertainty looms everywhere, be it for a manufacturer or a dealer’.

The sales in plywood have seen a massive drop of around 35-40 percent from its levels recorded in Feb-March 17. Timber suppliers are not much happy either. Touble faced by small retailers and traders and their complaints to the new GST law is genuine because it is giving them sleepless nights. Particle Board and MDF sales are at average level but that too is based on discounting support. The sales in decorative laminates are down by 20-25 percent. You may come across few people who claim, they are not that affected which is mainly due to addition of new stockist in every region and the sales are largely primary.

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Hundreds of New Plywood Units: Boom Time or Trouble Ahead ?

Haryana Forest Department has granted new licences for plywood, veneer, block board and door making units and released 1680 new licences last month. Issuing of new licences for plywood industries has opened the blocked path to start new plywood units in the region after one and half decade. The Forest department has issued the list of successful applicants and selected new licensees have to deposit their licence fee for formal issuance of final licence.

In a survey done by the government in September 2016, it was observed that wood supply was 10 percent higher than the last year. The Haryana Poplar Safeda Growers Sangharsh Samiti had been struggling since long to convince the government for taking measures to prevent the falling prices of plantation wood. The prices of poplar have come down by 200 percent during last two years thus forcing farmers to uproot poplar plants and stop plantation.

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Canadian Wood Species: Well Priced Alternatives for High Value Solid Wood Furniture

CANADIAN WOOD SPECIES: WELL PRICED ALTERNATIVES FOR HIGH-VALUE SOLID WOOD FURNITURE MANUFACTURER PROFILE Ekbote Furniture has been in business for over 50 years and has a well-earned reputation for fine quality wooden furniture. They use a variety of sustainable hardwoods and softwoods mainly sourced from Europe.The company has a state-of-art manufacturing plant, pan-India retail presence, and online e-commerce. They come with an immense understanding of the Indian furniture market and are currently using steamed Beech, German spruce, and European pine. Read Full Article:- http://www.plyreporter.com/article/10031/canadian-wood-species-well-priced-alternatives-for-high-value-solid-wood-furniture

Celebrating an Evergreen Bond

Innovation in the manufacturing process and excellence in services define Greenply Industries Limited as a brand. As the largest plywood manufacturing company in India, Greenply has managed to gain the trust and confidence of countless consumers across the nation. The journey that it had started, over three decades ago, has flourished into one of the most successful ventures known to the plywood manufacturing industry. But excellence in the manufacturing process isn’t the only reason why Greenply enjoys such popularity.

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Trends in Décor Paper

European based décor paper and plates producers influence design trend in High Pressure Laminate and Flooring industry worldwide. Emerging social, economic and design trends from around the world influence interior designers as well as producers of surfacing.Because there is high chance to recreate and design any visual in Laminates and Flooring through décor paper and plates, so Interzum is very much important show for décor paper and moulds manufacturing companies. World leading décor paper manufacturers such as Schattdecor, Chiyoda, Surtco, Interprint, Impress, Lamigraf, Toppan, Decotec, Technocell, Munksjo, Idecor etc will showcase the new design trend in the show.

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Amulya Group sets double export growth target by 2020 Mr Rakesh Agrawal, MD, Purbanchal Laminates Pvt. Ltd

Gandhidham, Gujarat based leading laminate manufacturing company AMULYA MICA, Purbanchal Laminates Pvt. Ltd will show case its different ranges of Interior & Exterior grade products and at the same time its new venture AMULYA WPC – Purbanchal Composite Panel India Pvt. Ltd., product WPC & PVC foam Board and PVC bending Laminates will be showcased in Inerzum-2017 at Cologne, Germany during May 16th-19th, 2017. The products in ranges include: Synchronised Laminates – 1.25 mm, Amulya Cladding -6mm, Amulya Plus Laminate (scratch Resistance), Seven Wonder Exclusive series from Chiyoda Japan – 1.25mm, WPC LEAD free Foam Board, PVC LEAD free Foam Board and PVC Bending Laminate. They are participating in Interzum the second consecutive year.

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Greenlam maintains No. 1 Position in HPL export

Greenlam will showcase the latest offering in Laminates and Compacts. The other offerings such as Engineered Wooden Flooring & Doors will also be displayed. Distressed Veneer and Mikasa’s new collection will be launched there. Greenlam Laminates brings to the table a legacy of exceptional artistry, unsurpassed quality and unyielding passion and myriad of colours and designs. Greenlam Industries Ltd. is amongst the top three producers of laminates globally. With a production capacity of 12.2 million sheets every year, Greenlam has always ensured that superior quality products are available to you. Innovative technology and creative solution has been Greenlam’s guiding principle since day one.

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