For some reason, investors seem to be wary of stocks. It may be because bonds have beaten the stuffing out of stocks for the past 20 years. It may be the stream of scandals plaguing Wall Street. Or it may be that they are Facebook ...
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Raute has been awarded a €14m contract by Pollmeier to supply various components for the LVL works planned for the Creuzburg site. Raute reports that the order covers an 8-ft peeling line, a veneer-drying line and a lay-up line. The ...
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You know where you want to put your bar stool, the height you'll need and have an idea of what style is right for you, but perhaps you are feeling a bit inundated with where to start making choices? Why not begin with the base! Wood and ...
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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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Manufactured stone veneer offers many features that real stone can’t, and if taken advantage of it can make a big difference in the success of your next construction job. If you are familiar with using natural stone in a lot of your ...
The timber industry in Malaysia is one of long-standing prominence, garnering much attention as one of the economy’s core components of growth. As the country is well-blessed with an abundance of rainforest and land, the steady supply ...
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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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WILLAMINA — The international markets didn't register a ripple, but on April 9, Arnie Swan drove 25 minutes from his home and reported to work at Boise Cascade's veneer plant. He's a new hire, not a worker called back from one of the ...
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Ghana is currently considering importing logs from Cameroon after losing its forest cover, which stood at 8.2 million hectares a little over a century ago. Ghana’s primary rainforest has reduced by 90 percent over the past few years, ...
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VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. (TSX: CFP) said Thursday it will spend $40 million on capital improvement projects at its sawmills in B. C. 's Kootenay region. The company plans to spend $38.5 million on a new planer, a biomass energy system and ...
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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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Bentley EXP 9 F is a compelling new take on the Grand Touring Bentley–a vehicle that feels equally at home at an opera gala performance,on the sand dunes and the overtaking lane of the autobahn. "From a designer's ...
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If you’ve been house hunting recently you may have noticed an increase in the popularity of stone work on the exterior of homes. This manufactured stone veneer product is one of the best materials on the market for this kind of work. ...
A GA custom stone veneer fireplace can give you the perfect place to gather with friends and family on cold nights. It also adds a lot of value to your home with a fraction of the cost in comparison to natural stone. If you have a DIY frame ...
Manufactured stone veneer is an excellent way to renovate any part of your home. We have already talked about how you can make a fireplace more beautiful with the use of custom stone veneer, and today we are going to talk about the steps ...
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