The US company Louisiana-Pacific plans to expand its European distribution of engineered wood products (EWP) launched in the UK in 2010 into the markets in continental Europe as well this year. The EWP are being sold in the UK under the ...
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TECO is North America's value-added, truly independent third-party certification agency for building products. We certify all types of structural and non-structural panel products including: OSB, plywood, particleboard, and MDF panels ...
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Roseburg Forest Products of Roseburg, OR is one of the largest privately held forest products companies in the United States. Established in 1936, today the company owns nearly 800,000 acres of forestlands and produces a diverse line of ...
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On 1 October, the Canadian firm Kaycan completed its take-over of Pfleiderer’s North American wood-based panels activities, pooled in Uniboard Canada. Uniboard presently employs some 800 workers at four sites located in ...
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The North American production of Engineered Wood Products (EWP) continued to climb in the first and second quarter of 2012, showing significant increases in most instances both compared to the respective quarter last year and to the ...
The uphill trend observed for some time in North American structural panels production has intensified in the second quarter of 2012. APA-The Engineered Wood Association reports an overall year-on-year production growth of 7% to 6.287 ...
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Increasing OSB sales volumes and prices helped Louisana-Pacific’s (LP) main OSB division return second-quarter operating profits of US$17m (2011: US$23m loss). The OSB division reported net sales of US$195m (2011: US$141m). Sales ...
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Hardwood Solids: Solid wood furniture is considered the best quality furniture on the market, and if you are purchasing furniture that will be in your home for a long time, it is a very smart investment. Even with wear, solid wood gains ...
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Superior disaster resilience of new high tech engineered timber products are being touted at a world timber conference being held Auckland next week. More than 500 timber professionals from all over the world will gather at the Skycity ...
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -Universal Forest Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPI) today announced that a subsidiary of the Company has purchased certain assets of Haleyville, Ala. -based MSR Forest Products, LLC, a supplier of roof trusses and ...
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NASHVILLE, TN - Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE: LPX) says wood product sales for the first quarter were $362 million, 9 percent higher than a year ago. A net loss of $11.3 million was less than half the loss reported the year prior. "All of our ...
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LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a tool for evaluating of green building. The objective is to effectively reduce the negative impact of the environment and occupants in the design. The objectives are to specify a ...
A new generation of highrise commercial and institutional wood buildings are planned for B. C. In the next couple of years. The buildings will feature engineered wood products, such as cross laminated timber (CLT), laminated veneer lumber ...
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Armstrong Cabinet Products unit of Armstrong World Industries, Inc., says it has become a preferred vendor for 84 Lumber, a privately held building materials and services supplier selling mostly to professional contractors. Currently, 84 ...
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