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How cross-laminated timber buildings are built
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Sustainable construction firm Adera and cross-laminated timber (CLT) pioneers Structurlam met with media to discuss the construction of Adera's new Virtuoso building. Virtuoso is...
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Lacey Act violated as illegally-harvested lumber enters U.S.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - U.S. lumber retailers may be unwittingly selling lumber linked to illegal logging in the tropical forests of Papua New Guinea. A two-year investigation by Global Witness, an...
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LP to acquire Barrier fire retardant maker for panels
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Louisiana-Pacific Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire International Barrier Technology Inc. for $22 million. The deal gives LP 100 percent of the fire retardant coatings...
View ArticleScientists use massive wood sample collection to fight illegal logging
WASHINGTON - Wood enthusiast Archie F. Wilson assembled the largest private wood collection in the United States in the 1940s and 50s. Now that collection, consisting of 4,637 wood samples, is being...
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Neucor facing lightweight panels with Colledgewood veneers
WHITE SWAN, Wash. -- Neucor is now facing their panels with Colledgewood decorative faced veneers. Colledgewood highlighted some of Neucor’s product applications with their pre-finished, decorative...
View ArticleStructurlam is first Canadian CLT manufacturer to earn SFI Chain-of-Custody...
OTTAWA - The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) announced that Structurlam is the first Canadian manufacturer of cross-laminated timber (CLT) to be certified to the SFI 2015‑2019...
View ArticleHardwoods launches Interactive Digital Brochure
LANGLEY, B.C. - Created for the design and millwork community, Hardwoods Specialty Products has published regionalized brochures that blend style and functionality. Hardwoods Specialty Products says it...
View ArticleMacBeath Hardwood expands to Stockton, California
EDINBURGH, Ind. -- MacBeath Hardwood has announced the opening of a location in Stockton, California. The new location is at 2648 Teepee Dr. in the Cherokee Industrial Park. The lot size is close to...
View ArticleEPA extends formaldehyde rule compliance dates
WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency is extending the compliance dates on its final rule for Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products. The prepublication notice amending...
View ArticleCommerce Dept. tasks New Hampshire firm to build wood products economy, gives...
CONCORD, N.H. — The U.S. Department of Commerce is giving a Concord, New Hampshire, firm more than $500,000 to try to build the economy of the northern forest region of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont...
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PureBond Quality Awards honor top cabinetry projects
Columbia Forest Products announced winners of its sixth annual PureBond Quality Awards competition, recognizing exceptional design and craftsmanship using formaldehyde-free PureBond hardwood plywood...
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Particleboard & thermally-fused laminates: how they're made
Particleboard and thermally-fused laminate panel leader Arauco explains and shows how they make their products. From collection of the wood fiber, to the press, resins and ingredients, drying, cooling,...
View ArticleArauco taps MDF manager Al Murray for role of National Sales Manager -...
MARKHAM, Ont.- Arauco North America today named Al Murray National Sales Manager - Particleboard, according to Kevin Shotbolt, VP sales and marketing for the company. Shotbolt, who is based in Markham,...
View ArticleDieffenbacher builds the world's largest LVL press at Roseburg
CHESTER, S.C. - Utilizing Dieffenbacher's expertise in particleboard, Roseburg Forest Products will produce approximately three million cubed feet of LVL boards per year on one line. Roseburg, a...
View ArticleJukola Industries and Lunawood release thermowood 3D wooden surfaces
FINLAND - Jukola Industries and Lunawood have launched a range of new thermowood products with living surface by combining Jukola's technology with Lunawood’s quality thermowood. The new 3D surfaces...
View ArticleNorboard wood panel donates $1 million to hurricane reconstruction efforts
TORONTO – Global wood panel and oriented strand board (OSB) manufacturer Norbord announced that it will donate $1 million to the Home Builders Institute (HBI) to help with the rebuilding efforts...
View ArticleAtlantic Plywood serves as full line distributor for Uniboard TFL,...
LAVAL, Quebec - Uniboard Canada Inc. has appointed Atlantic Plywood Corporation as a full line distributor of its TFL, particleboard, and MDF panels for the Northeast US region. “We believe we have...
View ArticleVizüsolution's Boutique collection to feature Uniboard's decorative TFL
LAVAL, Quebec - The Boutique collection from Vizüsolution Inc., a manufacturer of melamine and foil panels and components, includes a selection of more than 100 Slatwall panel colors using Uniboard’s...
View ArticleArauco has announced Geri Freeman as its new regional sales manager
MARKHAM, Ontario - Arauco has announced Geri Freeman as its new regional sales manager for the Western region. Previously, Freeman worked with Plum Creek/Weyerhaeuser as a technical sales...
View ArticleUniboard and Hettich launch TFL color matching program
MONTREAL, Quebec - Last June, Uniboard and Hettich held an event to launch what the companies call a perfect color match between Uniboard’s decorative composite wood panels (TFL) and Hettich’s InnoTech...
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