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Contents Regular Coloumn 20-22 Editorial 282 Fair News

24-26 Apni Baat 283 Horoscope

284 Advertiser’s Index

News Watch 36 I Liner is the savior of laminates in

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42 I Okume Face Veneer import drops

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46 I New wood based industries

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48 I Flood severely affects plywood

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52 I Govt. again asked on saw mill

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slowdown phase

due to weak plywood demand

licences in UP in catch 22 situation fy, u, ykblsl a dks ysdj vleatl trade

licences in Pune and Kolhapur

54 I Siempelkamp receives orders for

MDF line from Australia and Japan

68 I TESA add “AC5” and “French

Bleed” to Flooring Collection

70 I RAVE & RIPPLE – VISION 3D

WONDERS FROM AICA

72 I Archidply bestowed with ‘Most

Impactful Power Brand’ in 2019

198 I WPC PLANTERS BY HARDYPLAST

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India Interior Retailing (IIR) and 4th edition of WADE ASIA: An unique Knowledge Platform

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India Interior Retailing (IIR) Conclave & Awards

One 2 One

Interview

Mr. Shobhan Mittal,

Managing Director & CEO, Greenpanel Industries Limited

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Cover Story

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Is MDF replacing Plywood?

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Managing Director, Alstone Industries

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Greenlam Connect

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Greenlam organizes dealers’ meet at Haridwar and their NEWMIKA dealers goes on family trip to Austria and Switzerland

Loyal of AICA

Event Watch 261

Alstone continues awareness drive Stylam Industries bags ‘India’s greatest brands & leaders 2015-16’ award 264

ASEAN Plywood Dealers’

Stylam Industries bags ‘India’s greatest excursion at Dubai brands & leaders 2015-16’ award 267

Archidply participates in Arch Fest

Stylam bags ‘India’s greatest 2019 Industries at Allahabad brands & leaders 2015-16’ award

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Mr Chirag Shah, Proprietor, Jinnal Sales, Pune

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Bhutan Tuff opens second

Stylam Industries ‘India’s greatest showroom in bags Delhi brands & leaders 2015-16’ award 265

Match Graphics opens display center in Delhi to serve northern region in better way 268

Star Laminates launches their folders at Chandigarh

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AMULYA MICA Dealers’ Meet at Lucknow 270

Live showcase of CPL products at Design Elements, Vadodara

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A PURE & POWERFUL IDEA tO GIVE INSIGHt tO REtAIL COMMUNItY

Editorial

Pragat Dvivedi, Founder Editor

The changes are now so fast that it is going to change a lot more than any of us are able to gauge. The next five years when Indian Prime minister has an aim of making India as 5 trillion-dollar economy, we all have a lot to learn, change and develop. ‘India Interior Retailing 2019’, in its first mega edition, the event has already become a large forum where more than 100 people have expressed their willingness to talk, share and grow together.

When a businessman plans anything, the calculations, investment & profit drive his action. But when crazy and passionate people do something, they just move with passion without slightest hint of hard work or profit-loss. They only depend on INTENT, HARDWORK & BLESSINGs. I have only these things in abundance with me on the new journey named “India Interior Retailing.” The pain of seeing my friends in retail & wholesale, their struggle to find a clear roadmap, juggling between value, volumes and competition pushed me to conduct surveys and studies on interior product consumption patterns and consumer behaviour. The impact of income level, education, demography, class, society, digitalization and aspiration is continuously changing the market dynamics and so in retail and wholesale activity. The changes are now so fast that it is going to change a lot more than any of us are able to gauge. The next five years when Indian Prime minister has an aim of making India as 5 trillion-dollar economy, we all have a lot to learn, change and develop. ‘India Interior Retailing 2019’, in its first mega edition, the event has already become a large forum where more than 100 people have expressed their willingness to talk, share and grow together. This year we have 50 plus speakers, panelists & jury who are going to share their experiences and views with the retail, wholesale, designer and architect community so that knowledge and learning can have a wider reach to all cities, all segment of people, especially to those who are hungry and willing to grow genuinely with honest mindset. The IIR is designed in such a way that you can choose to stay in conference hall for the topics you wish to learn about, or you can network people who have come with similar mindset of learning. I thank all those supporting brands who have come along to support this motive without even calculating their benefits against the spent at IIR. It is already a success because you all have given us-the entire Ply Reporter & Surfaces team an unconditional support which is possible only due to INTENT, HARDWORK & BLESSINGs. If we make any mistake, I firmly know we have so many hands and support that it will turn into a beautiful reality one day. We welcome you all in IIR 2019, Lets Grow Togeather,

Pragat Dvivedi Founder Editor Mail to “dpragat@gmail.com”, ( M) 9310612991. www.plyreporter.com

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Thrilling, AdvenTurous, Joyful Journey To iir

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Rajiv Parashar, Editor

The wood panel decorative surfaces and interior segment retail really need such a platform to grow. Few of the established retail shop don’t think, that a conclave can really be helpful in knowing something new, but there are 60 % people who believed the cause, and are looking forward to either attend or waiting for more updates, if they are not able to come to NSIC Okhla on 11th& 12th October.

India Interior Retailing (IIR) thought is very powerful, because it is basically conceptualized around creating an environment of learning, new knowledge and experience sharing of the successful people from different domain. Initially it was thought to be a risky idea because a normal perception is ‘wood panel trade and retail’ want to know only about cheap sourcing but slowly moving forward, we found that it is not true, there are few, if not many, who have hunger to learn new things. The entire team of Ply Reporter and Surface Reporter magazines worked hard to make this mission, as a successful Forum, which we could dedicate to this growing Interior- Exterior trade community. And we are confident that our team would be able to do this successfully with their passion and skill. In this journey when our team of 20 people travelled every city, town, state on different levels including myself, we realized that we are doing the most right thing as IIR, which a media can do in this segment with their passion and limited resource. The wood panel decorative surfaces and interior segment retail really need such a platform to grow. Few of the established retail shop don’t think, that a conclave can really be helpful in knowing something new, but there are 60 % people who believed the cause, and are looking forward to either attend or waiting for more updates, if they are not able to come to NSIC Okhla on 11th& 12th October. This magazine is being published 10 days prior IIR due to fix date policy but we are confidant to have many of the hungry and focused trade, retail and wholesale people joining and supporting IIR 2019. Those who are coming, I am sure they will go back with good inputs that will help them to grow in Interior product retailing domain in their respective regions and states. We all as Ply Reporter team has taken up the mission to bring knowledge and needed trend setting ideas to retailer community and we believe, you all are supporting us already. During last 3 months, In ‘Apni Baat’ I have wrote more on IIR through this column but I know, we are building a whole package here to give you in a bundle. The Ply Reporter present issue contains ‘well-studied cover story on ‘IS MDF REPLACING PLYWOOD?’ This report will indicate myths related plywood and MDF. A thought full interaction with Mr. Pawan Garg, MD, Alstone Industries on present ‘Slowdown and Delay Payment’ scenario is worth read for entire industry and trade. The interview with Mr. Shobhan Mittal, CEO, Greenpanel is helping to know the vision and further plan of this new Brand Greenpanel. Besides, many news reports related to Face Veneer, Plywood, Laminates, MDF, Timber, etc along with many happening in the trade and industry are published. Once again welcome to IIR on 11th October, NSIC Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi.

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Liner is the savior of Laminates in sLowdown phase

NEWS WATCH

uring last quarter July-Sept has not been very favorable for the laminate industry. Resulting majority of laminate manufacturers in Gujarat and North have been reported to increase the production of liner grade laminate. According to an estimate, India consumes roughly around a crore of liner laminates sheets every month. During slowdown this approximate number has a little bit increased because everybody is pushing liner grade and due to this development the prices in liner segment has contracted by 3 to 4%.

As per market report, average prices of liner laminates have been found around Rs 240 plus GST, which was around Rs 260 plus GST last year. The reason for this contraction was the favorable prices of chemicals, which laminate manufacturers, have been passing to supplies of liner laminate. The rise in liner laminate is also due to demands coming from Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and some other neighboring countries and the demand pushing up in rural areas within the country is also helping the rise of liner laminates. The Ply Reporter regular study already had mentioned six months before that out of 300 HPL manufacturing units, more than 100 units are basically running their plants on the basis of liner laminates supplies. Experts say, “Due to rise in competition in decorative laminate category let see how long this trend will continue. It is certain that in coming months laminate prices will witness further competition and pressure. Let see when the bigger players will root out the smaller players, and who are the smaller players, waiting for that condition during 2020.

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Mr. Shobhan Mittal, MD & CEO, Greenpanel Industries Limited

Mr Shobhan Mittal by virtue of his sharp business acumen, vision and conviction forayed into the MDF business against all odds. He has successfully brought about a sea change in the mindset of people to accept MDF in India. It is his vision and conviction that has revolutionized the interior infrastructure market with MDF. He currently serves as the Managing Director & CEO of Greenpanel Industries Limited.

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We have steadily enhanced our operational efficiency to ensure that the capacities were optimally utilised throughout the year. We have also implemented a rational cost structure to instill a culture of zero tolerance to wastage. At the same time, we are empowering our people through various training initiatives to build a dependable talent pool for the future.

As a part of the transformative strategy, we created a new brand and a new logo that reflects our renewed vigour and commitment to take on newer challenges, while building on our strengths as a pioneer and industry builder. We are now known as Greenpanel Industries Ltd. The new identity stems from G & P merging together to form an infinity. The logo symbolises, infinite future possibilities in wood panelling. The use of the colour green, embodies growth, prosperity, sustainability and harmony. What were the major challenges that you faced at the beginning? When we forayed into the MDF business, the knowledge and acceptance of MDF in India was extremely limited. We had to demystify a lot of myths associated with MDF. The carpenters, who are essentially the primary consumers of MDF were not skilled to use it and completely ignorant about the versatility of this wonder product. It’s a creative product, which is full of goodness and is applicable in hundreds of spaces. It’s still a challenge and we are committed to create a unique ecosystem for this material. Is the decision bringing outcomes as expected or more than what was expected? How has the brand been faring so far? We also launched Plywood, Veneers and Doors under the Greenpanel brand name. In a very short period of time, we have been able to position Greenpanel in the minds of the customers as the go-to brand for all interior infrastructure needs. With an enviable product portfolio that encompasses MDF, Wood Floors, Plywood, Veneers

and Doors, and a capacity of approximately 6 lacs cubic meter, we are clearly positioned as India’s Largest Wood Panel Manufacturer. We have been identifying high potential markets and accordingly sharpening strategies, resource allocation and expansion plans. We have enhanced our outreach across cities, towns and villages through bespoke branding and marketing initiatives. We are engaging more with architects, carpenters, and key market influencers to enhance product awareness. We have steadily enhanced our operational efficiency to ensure that the capacities were optimally utilised throughout the year. We have also implemented a rational cost structure to instill a culture of zero tolerance to wastage. At the same time, we are empowering our people through various training initiatives to build a dependable talent pool for the future. We are using our experience and expertise to create value for the long-term, and we believe that our best days are ahead. We continue to focus on capacity expansion and utilisation to cater to the growing market size.We map the huge untapped demand across India’s Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities and towns and equip ourselves adequately to address it with speed. The new stateof-the-art MDF plant at Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh with an installed capacity to produce 3.6 lakh cubic metre annually along with the existing capacity of the Rudrapur plant will boost category expansion immensely. Please tell us about the new plywood category under Greenpanel. What are the latest offerings under this category? We have successfully created the new generation Plywood which is a product par excellence. Born out of the revolutionary Quadra Pro technology and advanced machinery, every single piece of Greenpanel Plywood www.plyreporter.com

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What was the thought behind creating a separate brand out of Greenply for wood panels, Greenpanel?

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Is MDF replacIng plywooD?

MDF board is the fastest growing wood panel products in India scene. Be it manufacturing capacity or demand growth, MDF has expanded and penetrated its presence in every region. Before ‘Green Panel Max’ manufacturing unit in Rudrapur, India had merely 400 cbm installed production capacity, which has crossed almost to 5000 cbm in 2019. 202 Such a robust growth has been based upon a perception built among Industry leaders that MDF will slowly replace plywood. The Ply Reporter’s this cover story is an effort to estimate that MDF growth is organic or is it really replacing something? Is MDF growth happening in manufacturing capacity only or the demand growth is also complementing? The effort is to dig deep to find ‘How far will the MDF growth story go?’ A market based views and findings below...

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Analysing the trends during first five months, from April to August 2019, the MDF demand has sustained and stabilised in Indian market. The MDF brands, domestic manufacturers are breathing some air of relief because of improvement in demand as well as in prices. Comparing the last two quarters of previous financial years, MDF demand has improved, though August was a bit slow due to rainy season. The forecast, market sentiments and supply hinting that ‘MDF demand will grow further during third and fourth quarter of current financial year.

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Amidst growing manufacturing capacities, three new MDF manufacturing units are ready to commence its commercial production this year. Despite that, the MDF manufacturing companies are a bit relieved because of upward momentum being noted in their rate of lifting after almost 8-9 months. The distributors across the country are also of the view that a positive outlook for MDF is visible, thanks to rising movement and new applications coming in from many projects and other sectors. Last Financial year, witnessed a flood of MDF supply and weak demands leading to price war because there have been sudden supply jump coming from three new production lines of Action Tesa in Rudrapur; Green Panelmax in Andhra Pradesh and Century ply in Punjab. The three big brands, other old plants and imports together flooded the India market MDF scene with quantity loads, schemes and ambitious stockist

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MDF: PRESENT MARKET SCENARIO