Welcome to March 2026!

March 26 begins with the Iran-Israel-US war, which has significantly been impacting the manufacturing of Wood Panel and Surface Decorative sector. This issue has featured many news reports on the effect of input cost on Laminates, Plywood, MDF, WPC/PVC products etc. The price rise advisory from different manufacturing associations, companies and its impact on the market has been covered in this issue.

The interaction with Mr. Vishal Dokania, Director, Durian Laminate on completion of 20 years journey of his laminate business is also covered along with the events & news meets of various companies like CenturyPly,  Greenpanel, Action Tesa, Greenlam, Gloirio and Wootech. Leading Machinery producer for HPL and LPL manufacturing, Master Handlers has created a milestone under leadership of Mr. Jaydeep Shah, who upon turning 75, has shared his journey, achievement, innovation and future plan in a one-on-one talk with Mr. Rajeev Parashar, Editor, Ply Reporter.

Wishing all a prosperous Financial year 2026-27!