Parksite's Therma-Tru Door manufacturing adds key production managers
BATAVIA, Ill. – Parksite, Inc., parent of Atlantic Plywood and Therma-Tru Door Shop, added two key managers to its growing Therma-Tru manufacturing facilities. Parksite fabricates and distributes the...
View ArticleFinal clarity for the EPA Formaldehyde Regulation
This month the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a series of proposed technical amendments to the TSCA Title VI Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for Composite Wood Products rule. These...
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Lingrove's The Loft offers industry a non-wood biomaterials development lab
SAN FRANCISCO - Lingrove has launched the world’s first biomaterials product development accelerator, The Loft, in San Francisco. "At The Loft we’re offering materials know-how and business mentorship...
View ArticleAPA Releases Updated Wall Bracing Calculator
APA – The Engineered Wood Association has updated its Wall Bracing Calculator. The tool, designed to simplify the design of residential structures, has been amended to include the 2018 International...
View ArticleComposite panel shipments up 2% YTD
LEESBURG, Va. - Despite a drop in November, year-to-date shipments of particleboard and MDF are up 2% to 5.267 BSF, compared to the same period in 2017, according to industry data reports from the...
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Plywood specialist focuses on panel appearance and performance
North American Plywood Corp. started as a plywood importer and distributor, but it has become much more.Their products today are defined by the customer’s imagination.The company has steadily expanded...
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10,000 walnut veneer ceiling tiles make up world's largest Starbucks
SHANGHAI - A new Starbucks Reserve Roastery, the second of its kind, has opened in Shanghai, China and is considered the largest Starbucks store in the world…for now. The ceiling of the store is...
View ArticleEgger shows latest in Feelwood synchronized textured surface panel
Egger first introduced its Feelwood textured panel surfaces at Interzum 2015 as a new highlight for surfaces: The textures reproduce the look, feel and aesthetic qualities of wood in an exceptional...
View ArticleHardwoods Distribution shows Arauco Prism TFL laminate with InCopper...
LANGLEY, B.C. – Introduced by Arauco, InCopper is a proprietary antimicrobial technology now incorporated in PRISM TFL panels. InCopper uses a patented formulation of copper salts developed to actively...
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Construction begins for Freres Lumber's massive panels at Oregon State
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Freres Lumber's patented massive plywood panels will begin to be assembled at Oregon State University's new A.A. "Red" Emmerson Advanced Wood Products Laboratory. The massive plywood...
View ArticleBoise Cascade sells another plant; this time plywood
MONCURE, N.C. - Boise Cascade, one of the largest producers of plywood and wood products in North America, will sell its plywood manufacturing operation in Moncure, North Carolina to Southern Veneer...
View ArticleHardwoods Distribution acquires Far West Plywood in California
LANGLEY, B.C.– British Columbia-based Hardwoods Distribution Inc. (HDI) says its subsidiary U.S. subsidiary acquired a plywood distribution firm near Los Angeles. Hardwoods Specialty Products US LP...
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Flexible Wood from dukta finds rising interest
ZURICH - Switzerland firm dukta gmbh, seeing continued adoption of its Dukta Flexible Wood, has named Spinneybeck, Buffalo, New York, as a U.S.-based seller.Dukta Flexible Wood is a sandwich of...
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Freres Lumber's massive panels get Canadian patent, pass fire safety test
LYONS, Ore. - Freres Lumber has just received a Canadian patent for its mass plywood panels (MPP). The panels have also passed fire safety tests. Freres' massive panels, which Woodworking Network...
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Big layoffs as Georgia-Pacific closes lumber plant
BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Georgia-Pacific, a world-leading manufacturer of lumber and composite panel products, shut down one of its Georgia lumber plants - laying off 120 workers. Employees were told January...
View ArticleRoseburg completes purchase of Del-Tin Fiber, MDF plant
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Roseburg Forest Products has completed its acquisition of Del-Tin Fiber LLC. The previously announced purchase agreement of the PotlatchDeltic subsidiary includes an MDF plant in El...
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Freres Lumber named one of 2019's most innovative companies
LYONS, Ore. - Freres Lumber has been named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2019, ranking fifth in the Urban Development/Real Estate category. The list honors...
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Materials: Be ready for pretty good design
Plexwood is a wood-based surfacing panel composed of end grain and grain veneers, which are glued crosswise, creating a distinctive linear structure A very engaged commercial interior designer recently...
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Cement-coated excelsior wood shavings find use in acoustic paneling
Fine grades of excelsior, the 19th-century wood shavings product often used in packaging (in the antediluvian days before styrofoam peanuts) are finding a new application: interior acoustic panels. The...
View ArticleLumber producer focuses on RVs, gets big tax credits for Indiana expansion
ELKHART, Ind. - Remanufactured lumber and plywood maker Great Lakes Forest Products will invest $7 million to create a sister company in Bristol, Indiana, creating a potential 100 new jobs by 2022. The...
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