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1 Market Overview
1.1 definition and presentation
Veneer and wood panel production is a sub-segment of the wood products manufacturing market and the woodworking market more generally. Veneer and wood panel manufacturing includes the production of:
- veneer sheets, whether polished, dyed, coated, impregnated, reinforced or in the form of patterns
- plywood, wood veneer and panels
- chipboard
- medium-density fiberboard
- densified wood production
- production of laminated wood.
As for wood panel production, there are several market opportunities:
- construction
- furniture
- packaging
- others, including DIY
The global market is growing at a relatively slow rate. Asia-Pacific accounts for the largest market share, at 54.34 percent in 2019. Emerging economies such as China, India and Japan are estimated to contribute to the growth in demand, especially from the packaging and construction sectors. Europe accounts for more than 24.12 percent of the total market share, which is dominated mainly by Germany.
In Italy, this is recorded under ATECO code 16.21.00, which identifies the manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels. The Italian market has been shrinking for several years. In fact, from 2013 to 2018, it declined by 18 percent.
The Italian market is mostly inhabited by small and medium-sized companies; about 70 percent of companies, in fact, have fewer than 10 employees, while less than 1 percent have more than 250 employees. Most of these companies are located in the Northwest, with 27 percent of the total, but their regional distribution is fairly homogeneous.
In recent years, there has been an increase in demand for products made from recycled wood and increased pressure from governments to use more environmentally sustainable materials and processes. In fact, many industry players have modified their production processes and expanded their offerings to meet this new market trend.
1.2 World Market: Stable Growth
According to Mordor Intelligence, the wood panel market reached *,*** million cubic meters produced in ****, and the global market is expected to grow by about +*% each year between **** and ****.
Distribution of global wood-based panel production (***) World, ****, in % Source: ****
Wood-based panels are a widely traded commodity. **.*% of world consumption (***).[***]
Distribution of export volume ...
1.3 Domestic market
Data for this market are recorded in ATECO code **.**.**, "Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels," which includes:
The manufacture of thin veneer sheets for use in the production of plywood or for other purposes: sheets sanded, dyed, coated, impregnated, reinforced (***), patterned The manufacture of plywood, wood veneer panels and similar ...
1.4 External trade
The following data refer to HS Code ****** : "Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood, whether or not spliced, of coniferous, and other coniferous wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness =< * mm."
Italian exports increased sharply from **** to ****, for a change of +**.*% in just ...
2 Demand analysis
2.1 Wood construction, the main driver of demand
Until some time ago in Italy wood was only used for roof construction, whereas today it is used to make entire buildings, whether residential, commercial, industrial, healthcare, hotel or public. Thus, wood construction is experiencing a very strong acceleration: the sector has reached a total turnover of *.** billion euros in **** and ...
2.2 The demand of the wood-furniture sector
Another demand driver positively correlated with the construction sector is the wood-furniture sector, which includes the manufacture of wooden furniture, which requires panels of the same material. According to UNECE (***), the wood-furniture sector can be divided into two different areas of demand:
B*B, Business to Business demand, which concerns a ...
2.3 The demand of the wood packaging industry
The wood packaging sector is also part of the demand drivers for the veneer sheet and wood panel sector. The data in the graph below refer to the"Manufacture of wooden packaging" sector (***), which includes:
The manufacture of wooden crates, boxes, cages, cylinders and similar packaging. The manufacture of pallets, crate ...
3 Market structure
3.1 The structure of the Italian market
The U.S. housing bubble of **** and the great economic recession into which Italy fell in **** had a very strong and very negative impact on the wood industry in Italy. Between **** and ****, the Italian wood industry saw a -**.* percent drop in its turnover.[***] These phenomena also had an impact on ...
3.2 The stages of wood panel production
The operations listed below are performed on **-hour lines with presses, in continuous or discontinuous operation. A panel production line is a very expensive investment. the raw materials needed for production are wood chips and related wood products.
Panel production takes place in * main stages:
Cutting (***);
Low moisture drying. This essential ...
3.3 A multi-sectoral distribution
As we saw in Part *, the construction, wood-furniture and wood packaging sectors are the main outlets for the wood panel industry. The table below reveals the value chain of wood panel distribution.
4 Supply analysis
4.1 Analysis of prices charged in the market
Production costs
Panel prices depend heavily on their production costs. Two main factors influence them:
The price of raw material, which varies depending on world prices and supply and stock levels; The cost ofenergy needed to process the wood and dry the panels once they are produced.
Raw material prices : the ...
4.2 The different types of wood panels and the breakdown in European production
Below, we list the different types of wood panels.
Particleboard or particleboard is composed of wood particles and an organic or mineral binder. The particles must be milled, sorted, dried and glued; Oriented strand board or OSB is made by adding several strips of wood glued together with a binder; Glulam ...
5 Regulations
5.1 Italian regulation and European regulation
The regulations to be complied with for the manufacture of wood-based panels are as follows:
CE marking for wood-based panels: covers the relationship between the manufacturer and notified bodies, the responsibilities of links in the distribution chain in ensuring that the information accompanying the CE marking reaches the construction site or ...
6 Positioning of players
6.1 Segmentation of actors
The following segmentation of market players is noted:
- Gruppo Mauro Saviola
- Fantoni
- Gruppo Frati Luigi
- Cleaf Spa
- S.A.I.B.
- Schilliger Bois
List of charts presented in this market study
- Development of the wood panel market (volume)
- Average output of wood-based panels
- Worldwide panel production
- Worldwide panel exports
- Turnover of the veneer and wood panel industry
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