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VOL.18 ISSUE 01 january 2018

A Techno-Informative Magazine EDITORIAL & CORRESPONDENCE 40/76, LGF, C.R. Park, New Delhi - 110 019. Tel.: 011-4678 0023 Email : plyreporter@plyreporter.com ADVERTISING Tel.: +91-9310612999, E-mail: devplyreporter@gmail.com

Contents Regular Coloumn 20-22 Editorial

24-26 Apni Baat

296 Advertiser’s Index

News Watch 48 I 5 % rise in Ply-board prices due to costly chemicals

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50 I Decorative Laminate Price increases by Rs.15-45 per sheet

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52 I No relief indication in Phenol – Formalin prices in January

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54 I Veneer Core Composer becoming essential for plywood makers

ACCOUNTS Tel.: +91-93106 12996 E-mail: bigseamarcomindia@gmail.com

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58 I Costly Pine logs pushes up board-doors prices

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60 I Haryana distributes 2.5 crores seedlings to promote agro-forestry

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62 I Rising demand for 2d/3d ready made doors 72 I UNIQOLABEL presents Anti Counterfeiting Solution for Plywood brands 76 I Product lifting got momentum due to news about more price-rise 78 I D CUBE 2nd edition to be held in Bangalore from 9-11th March 2018

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80 I Prestige Interio Concepts Transforms Into Praveedh Décor 82 I World Class Fully Integrated and MDF Plant by Action TESA 132 I Aica Laminates launches Design Inspirations 2018

Update 74 I Greenply JMD Shobhan Mittal felicitated with the Industry 168 I Swedish Wood focuses on India market 74 I Green River Panels orders Asia’s soon to be longest ContiRoll® from Siempelkamp

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PoSSibilitiES iN 2018

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Plywood supply to rise, exceed demand, Profits to drop

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Decorative laminates demand to grow to smaller cities and towns despite tough competition

Decorative veneers demand to remain stable

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organized Players will begin getting long awaited relief

timber prices to rise beyond 20%

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MDF-Pb Market to Grow above 15 % but Price War imminent

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Shuttering plywood demand to remain Flat in 2018

ACP segment to witness growth in its Value-added category

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PVC boards and WPC Door Frames to grow

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126 ADVANCE laminate launched its most awaited 1mm laminate Collections at GoA Century laminates’ GKb Marathon Event 2017 in Kolkata

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Duro Elites

Mr. Harjeet Singh (in the middle), Chawla brothers, Jalandhar, Punjab

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Loyal of Aica

Mr Ashwani Patel, Proprietor, PSM Enterprises, New Delhi

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acEtEch dElhi 200 Decorative wooD panels glitter in acetech Delhi

Event Watch 278

AMULYA MICA introduces WPC/PVC lead free boards, 1mm and 0.8 mm catalogue in Kolkata 284

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STAR 1mm folder at StylamLaminates Industrieslaunches bags ‘India’s greatest Karnal Haryana2015-16’ award brands in & leaders 286

Samrat Laminates launches new folder of 1mm with celebration 196 Merino opens its first ever Experience Centre in Delhi 198 Ace Mica Unveils Premium Range Texture Laminates in its Brown Paper Brand

TECHNICAL UPDATE 290 Formaldehyde scavengers and its effect on

emission of formaldehyde for wood based panel

Alstone organises Fabricators’ meet at Kochi

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Floresta organises Shop Meet at East Delhi

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2018 is expected to be better but not everything is rosy

Editorial

Pragat Dvivedi, Founder Editor

Year 2018 will witness increase in manufacturing cost, fall in margins and high requirement of capital in books. Year 2018 is expected to be a better year compared to last year in terms of demand but shall need capital, team building and higher spent on marketing and branding.

elcome 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. In 2018, my special caution and advice goes for MDF enthusiast who think that putting up an MDF plant is a guaranteed success formula. The truth is, excessive supply such as 8000 cbm a day will be a sudden overdose against an estimated demand of 3500 cbm (expected). This will lead to unexpected price cuts hence choking the margins and increasing need of working capital in near period. MDF market is expected to grow at the rate of 20-22%, thanks to growing uses in surfacing, Jaali, boxes, replacement of 6 mm, replacement of cheap plywood but it does not mean there is big scope of profit in near 2-3 year terms. Hence if anyone expects MDF industry as a lucrative option, must do his home-work better.

“2018 is the year for organised players, active retailers and able sales professionals!” The tsunami of new Plywood plants and capacity addons is another big ‘disruption’ building up, which might hit ‘very hard’ to inefficient, unorganised and poor-quality ply-board manufacturers. The price rise of poplar and eucalyptus will also suffocate the financially weak players. Year 2018 will witness increase in manufacturing cost, fall in margins and high requirement of capital in books. Year 2018 is expected to be a better year compared to last year in terms of demand but shall need capital, team building and higher spent on marketing and branding.

“I read The Ply Reporter line by line,” he said Any manufacturing should be backed up with research on supply and demand. Becoming organised in Distribution holds plenty of possibilities. Year 2018 will offer bright prospects for organised distribution and focused retailing. Entering in furniture manufacturing business in 2018 could be rewarding in coming years. The Ply Reporter believes, 2018 will offer demand opportunities from government and corporate sector hence branded segment will have good time. On the occasion of new year, I wish ‘Manufacturers of Plywood, Laminates & Decorative veneers include the payment cycle and interest part in their calculation and check credibility before offering material in desperation’. The Ply Reporter receives a lot of good & interesting reviews but I remember only a few. A growing manufacturer and a long time advertiser have recently commented that he reads ‘The Ply Reporter’ line by line. I really liked the last 3 words, “line by line’. What can be more motivating for us to see readers’ & advertisers’ increasing faith on Ply Reporter year after year? Opinions like these are the best New Year gifts for Team Ply Reporter. Happy New Year!

Pragat Dvivedi Founder Editor www.plyreporter.com

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Skilled manpower Shortage, a growing worry!

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Rajiv Parashar, Editor

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. If not, your crores and crores of investment will be under utilized, led to halt your further growth.

ntire 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. Ply Reporter study finds that Plywood and Laminate industry requires approx. 1500 chemists for their operation but the industry is having around 450 chemists. IPRITI and FRI are training not more than 100 technical people every year among them just 30 percent candidates remain as technical people involved in production in this industry. Besides chemists, the sector also requires approx. 25000 technical operators for running presses, peeling machines, sanding machines, finishing and other purpose. BSMR survey suggests that entire wood panel, HPL, LPL, Doors, WPC/PVC requires thousands of trained and skilled manpower for smooth functioning of operation and maintain their growth. Government, Skill Development Council and Industry Associations should take this issue on priority if they want further growth in their industry and product application. They should raise their manufacturing environment standard and approach B. Tech colleges, offer training of basic of their manufacturing technique and employ them. The Present Body like IPIRTI and FRI should also expand their presence, create awareness to attract more students for learning. There is an immediate need to open their training centres in Lucknow, Yamunanagar, Gandhidham and Perumbavoor to keep the industry depending on these institutions. HPL, WPC and Furniture related industry and their Associations should also work in same direction to generate more skilled people. If not, your crores and crores of investment will be under utilized, led to halt your further growth. This, January 2018 issue, is very much important for entire wood panel industry and trade, because it presents forecast for whole 2018 titles as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;POSSIBILITIES OF 2018â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, a well research analysis on the future of Plywood, Timber, Market, DemandSupply, HPL, MDF & PB, WPC & PVC, Decorative Veneers, ACP etc. It is fact that we print such analysis every year in January issue, which has been striking 90-95 % similarity with actual happenings in fact. The Ply Reporter is only Wood Panel trade magazine, which work hard to publish such reports on basis of its extensive survey and deep research work. Besides, the issue has lots of market updates, product information, new launching, trade happenings etc. Wishing all of you a happy and prosperous New Year 2018 !

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POSSIBILITIES In 2018 With great optimism and combined efforts from a learned and research oriented team, The Ply Reporter is here with its predicted possibilities for the year 2018. Based on updated reports right from the market the team has been able to make striking 95.0 % of its predictions last year.

PossibiliTies 2018

The continuous movement and passion to keep hang on the pulse of dealers, retailers, stockiest, importers, contractors, furniture makers and designers across the country has given certain hints that we would like to share on the occasion of the new year 2018. The spill-over effect of DEMO, RERA and GST had a dramatic impact on housing and building materials in 2017. Now, with RERA and GST settling down, the realty sector is ready to embrace 2018 on a better show hope. Year 2018 is expected to witness ‘more end consumers buying homes and doing interiors or buying plywood and laminates’ whereas big investors have diverted their focus to industrial spending or commercial spaces. Enjoy underlining the mentioned possibilities and plan yourself better… Have a successful year ahead.

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Plywood suPPly to rise, exceed demand, Profits to droP

possibilities 2018

n 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.

The plywood production capacity in Haryana alone is about to witness an increase of 35 percent during 2018. The numbers will further blow up after freeing up of license in UP, hopefully in January month of 2018 itself. The addition in number of factories in UP will take time but would create a pressure build up on existing establishments involved in distribution and manufacturing. The small and mid-segment factories will have to spend more to sustain in the growing competition during 2018 and 2019 because of huge flow of plywood, boards and doors in markets. Those who are entering in plywood manufacturing with a notion of decent profit-making sector will confront the reality by 2018 year end.

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5 % rise in Ply-board Prices due to costly chemicals

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anufacturers Associations of Haryana, Punjab and Delhi-NCR has decided to increase the price of plywood products by 5 percent which is effective from January 1, 2018.The Associations have given the rise in the input cost due to increase in the prices of phenol, formaldehyde, timber and other expenses after implementation of GST.

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In a meeting held in Yamunanagar, Haryana Plywood Manufacturers Association reasoned that the raw materials prices such as Formaldehyde, phenol, wood, and urea have gone up, hence the prices of finished good such as plywood, block boards and doors are to be increased by 5 percent and 12mm film faced plywood by Rs. 2 per square feet. Mr. J K Bihani, Secretary of Association informed that the new rates are being implemented from January 1, 2018. Punjab Plywood Manufacturers Association (PPMA) has also announced to increase the prices of finished plywood products by 5 percent from January 1, 2018. The meeting held in Ludhiana, was presided by Mr. Ashok Juneja, Chairman and Mr. Inderjeet Singh Sohal, President, and attended by more than 25 producers. Delhi-NCR Plywood manufacturers Association is also decided to increase the prices due to high input cost due to exaggerating raw material costs. “The increasing input cost has left us with no other option but to increase the cost of end product. We are forced to pass on the burden to the consumers,” said Mr. Juneja, Chairman of the PPMA. According to another plywood manufacturer, a significant portion of the raw material, such as pine timber, which gives finishing to the plywood, is imported and a minor fluctuation in the dollar also affects the input cost.

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Decorative Laminate Price increases by rs. 15-45 Per sheet

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igh cost of phenol, formaldehyde and melamine has badly affected the prices of decorative laminates sheets for consumers. According to industry and trade report, the prices of 1 mm laminate have gone up by up to Rs. 40-45 per sheets, whereas 0.92 mm, 0.8 mm, door skin laminates and liner grade prices have increased by Rs. 35, Rs. 25, Rs. 20 and Rs. 15 respectively. Decorative Laminates producers opined that the prices of phenol have increased more than 15 percent in November – December and it keeps increasing regularly, forcing them to pass this burden to market. Market sources confirmed that the distributors had received indication of price rise with affect from December 25, 2017 from their respective supplying companies and they have also conveyed the same to their dealers and consumers. Market sources also confirmed that the new rates might be implemented from first week of January, because the decision of price rise is taken unanimously by pan India decorative laminates producers. A laminate producer says that there is a huge competition in decorative laminate market because of increasing number of producers leading to over supply scenario, hence they are forced to do business on little profit margin. They do not have capacity to observe any price rise in raw materials cost, so they are compelled to pass this burden to the consumers. It is reported that India has been adding 25 to 30 lacs sheets per month capacity every year since last 7 years, and this is also following the same patterns because more than 2 dozens presses are reported to start in 2018.

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Century Laminates’

GKB Marathon EvEnt 2017 in KolKata event watch

ike every year, Century Laminates launched its biggest trade partner programme “Gadiyon Ki Barsaat (GKB)” in the month of Aug-Sept which came to an end with its signature event held in Kolkata, the City of Joy, this year at the Westin Hotel. The two days event comprised of gala night award function followed by plant visit, city tour and a river cruise party.

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It is a pan India programme wherein trade partners from all zones show an extraordinary enthusiasm in the participation during these two months. There are various surprise elements related to the incentive prizes kept in the programme and ultimately ends with a gala event wherein trade partners from all across India are invited to attend the final event with announcement of the last but the biggest attraction of the programme, i.e., cars through a transparent lucky draw mechanism. This signature programme by the company was started in the year 2011 with the name ‘Gadiyon Ki Barsaat’ as a one-time programme. However, due to overwhelming response from the trade, it was converted thereon to an Annual Programme with a new theme every year. In the year 2012 it was ‘Phir Se Gadiyon Ki Barsaat, Century Laminates Ke Saath’ followed by GKB Returns, GKB Season 4 and GKB Grande. Last year GKB was called ‘GKB Smart’ as the company decided to provide its complete 1mm product portfolio on one of its kind company owned digital platform “CenturyPly Studio” for the first time. The GKB Smart Programme was also presented through CenturyPly Studio App. Programme details and gift slabs were shown through this app, where the retailer could scan the GKB logo and see the gift slabs. The programme provides trade partners to win both assured gifts and lucky draw cars www.plyreporter.com

Mr. Sajjan Bhajanka, Chairman, Century Ply inaugurating with lighting the lamp

This year Draw Prizes were follows: 1. Lucky Draw – 8 Renault Kwids 2. Super Lucky Draw – 8 more Renault Kwids 3. Mega Lucky Draw – 4 Hyundai Creta 4. Bumper Lucky Draw – 1 Audi A3 And the assured gifts were - Gold & Silver Coins, Mobile phones, Tablets, ACs Latest IPhones, Jewellery vouchers and many more. This year the company organized this two day event on 6th& 7th of December 2017 and went a step ahead in making GKB bigger both in terms of prize and reach by giving rewards as big as 21 cars. Making GKB Marathon now the Laminate Industry’s biggest reward Programme. Gadiyon ki Barsaat, GKB Marathon this year had three types of lucky draws including 1 AUDI A3, 4 Hyundai Cretas & 16 Renault Kwids. In an effort to make the luck

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Mr. Sajjan Bhajanka, Chairman, Century Ply

Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, MD, Century Ply

draw process transparent, the event was streamed live on company facebook page, a first of its kind initiative in the industry, so that even the farthest distance retailers can watch the event with the click of a button.

connect with the trade partners and discuss growth prospects for the years ahead.

This programme takes place once in a year hence it is the most awaited event. Event gives an opportunity to

Shri Sajjan Bhajanka, Chairman, Century Plyboards (India) Ltd., thanked all the trade partners for their participation

Presence of all dignitaries from CenturyPly added the enthusiasm in the event on 6th December.

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Hillwud Plywood

marks its presence with range of new products

illwud from the house of Haploos Plyboards Pvt Ltd based in Yamunanagar , Haryana propelled itself into the market by participating in the exhibition held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Already an established name for Plywood, Blockboard and Flush Doors, brand HILLWUD has dawned into a new era by introducing several new products such as Shuttering Ply, Calibrated Ply, Flexi Ply and a Liner range. During the exhibition a huge number of architects/ interior designers flocked in at the stall and showed interests towards the wide variety of the products at display. People from all over the country starting from the peaks at J&K to all the way down south to Tamil Nadu were curious about this supposedly new brand which has been existent in the market for almost over two decades. Company’s MD Shri Shyam Agarwal was himself present in the exhibition along with Mr Aman Agarwal , Mr Nikhil Agarwal and Hillwud’s authorised dealer Mr. Pramod Goyal from Goyal Plywood Traders, Delhi to greet all the valuable guests. Talking about the objective to participate in this exhibition Nikhil Agarwal said, “We have been manufacturing Plywood for about 30 years now, and all along that our customers have bought it because of the sole reason which is our quality. It’s a well established and ever consistently strengthening bond of trust. We don’t just sell wood based products, we are here to form and www.plyreporter.com

strengthen that bond of trust. Today we sell our products all across India and it’s only sold at the counters in the name of quality. With this exhibition and many more our single goal is to reach out to more people, to share this trust of quality, to give them the opportunity to use our product with all the faith in their heart.” They received a tremendous response from all sectors of design and construction groups and individuals. Everyone was looking to get a taste of Hillwud. The

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