Showing posts with label furniture and kitchen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label furniture and kitchen. Show all posts

Tuesday, 4 September 2018

Sabah Imposes Logs Export Ban, India to Be Affected



Sabah, a state of Malaysia also known as the major source of hardwood logs to India, has announced to impose logs export ban with immediate effect. Although state says that the ban is temporary to ensure there is enough to meet domestic needs first. Shafie Apdal, newly sworn Chief Minister in the state, is reportedly in process of instructing the the state Forestry Department to immediately impose a ban on the export of logs from Sabah, however it is a temporary measure designed to safeguard the resources in Sabah. Speaking to reporters after being briefed by the Sabah Foundation, he said the ban would be in force until further notice. “The purpose of this ban is to ensure that logging activities are in direction of benefiting the state with better management ofresource wealth before it is exported,” he said.

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Wednesday, 25 July 2018

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.

Read Full Article:- http://www.plyreporter.com/article/20080/skilled-manpower-shortage-a-growing-worry

Imported Core Veneers Bring Relief to Plywood Units

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