On the occasion of the European Panel Federation (EPF) Annual General Meeting in Venice on 7 th & 8 th July, and in the presence of MEP Simona Bonafè, MEP David Borrelli, Mr Carlo Mari Medaglia of the Italian Ministry of the Environment, captains of the European panel industry and their suppliers, the Chairman and President of the Composite Panel Association of North America and members of the trade press, Mr Clive Pinnington, EPF Managing Director presented an economic review of the wood-based panels industry in 2015. Figures were drawn from the recently published EPF Annual Report, an extensive compilation of industry statistics collected by the federation.