Circularity at the heart of Kronospan future investments
There is only one planet Earth, yet by 2050, the world will be consuming as if there were three. Global consumption of materials such as biomass, fossil fuels, metals and minerals is expected to double in the next forty years, while annual waste generation is projected to increase by 70% by 2050.
Read moreFirst panel production – Kronospan Oxford, Alabama
Kronospan’s Oxford, Alabama particleboard operation produced its first panel on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, establishing Kronospan as the only manufacturer in North America to produce MDF/HDF, MUF/UF resins, treated paper, laminated HDF and TFL/MF PB, laminate flooring, and particleboard on one site.
Read moreThe Kronospan Research and Development Center is open now
Thanks to the research carried out in the center's laboratories, the Kronospan offer will be extended with additional, innovative products. There are some works carried out on the production and improving of wood-based panels with exceptional surface quality and hygiene, environmentally friendly paints and varnishes, wood-based panels with even better strength parameters, as well as ecological resins with unprecedented physic mechanical properties. The Kronospan Research and Development Center is an innovative place, where theory and practice meets, science with industry as well, where scientific theories are consulted with practitioners with extensive experience in the production of wood-based panels. The best theories will be implemented. - says Dr Izabela Siebielska who is managing the Center.
Read moreFirst prize of Forbes Diamond competition for Kronospan
This is not a first time, that this producer of wood based panels from Szczecinek wins a prize. Kronospan is also a laureate of such awards as: Orły Wprost, Orły Eksportu and Pracodawca Jutra (The Employer of Tomorrow). The company has also received a special certificate from the late President Lech Kaczyński – Environmetally Conscious Company. In the West Pomeranian Region 84 companies had been selected to the Forbes Diamonds ranking in 2017. This is 30 more than the previous year. There are 62 companies from our voivodeship on the list of laureates. The awards ceremony took place on 23rd March in Dana Hotel in Szczecin and it was hosted by Roman Młodkowski – the Managing Director of Business&Finance Segment at Grupa Onet Ringier Axel Springer Poland.
Read moreSubsequent jobs in Szczecinek Cluster furniture
February 7th , this year, in the presence of representatives from the media and the authorities of the province, the county and the city of the German company BHK Holz und Kunststoff KG, H. Kottmann signed a declaration of accession to the Kronospan Szczecinek Furniture Cluster. Between the parties it has also concluded a cooperation agreement, under which the BHK will soon begin production of components for furniture production in Szczecinek. The company will employ 50 workers. After the presentation, Krzysztof Aleksandrowicz officially welcomed the German investor: “Welcome BHK Company in Szczecinek. I am happy for those people who at any moment will be employed here. Soon we begin to build the next hall, which will accommodate new investors. Then the snowball that starts to spin becomes a fact.”
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