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Article: Playing a niche game.
- Article from:
- Wood Based Panels International
- Article date:
- December 1, 1998
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Ecuador has a place in the world's tropical plywood markets which is often overlooked. Richard Higgs reports on the two main players, the Pena Durini group and Grupo Pelikano, which between them account for around 89% of the market
Ecuador, at the heart of South America's Andean region, is a small but increasingly significant niche producer in the shrinking world of tropical hardwood plywood.
The national industry is dominated by two larger panel groups, the Pena Durini group and Grupo Pelikano, which between them also produce MDF and particleboard. Of a national plywood capacity estimated at around 130,000m3/year, the leaders, with about ...