Florida-based Gulf South Products has been awarded the highest recognition for a US exporter at a White House ceremony. The Presidential E Award for Exports was presented by US Department of Commerce secretary John Bryson. Fort ...
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Granite countertops are still very popular, and people love the look of natural stone, but with the state of the economy, some people can not afford granite slab countertops and opt for granite tile countertops as a do-it-yourself project. ...
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Radiant heating is rapidly becoming a popular option in new home construction in the United States due to its cost-effective efficiency, but the concept dates all the way back to ancient Rome, where slaves tended fires that sent hot air ...
A cantilevered'hovering house,'a superb bird-watching centre,a delightfully light and spacious terraced house,an ingenious school extension,a cleverly designed dental practice and a contemporary family home incorporating a small eighteenth ...
Roundabouts are becoming more and more common along our roads.These circular intersections can help ease traffic flow and reduce the severity of accidents,but they can also present some challenges to drivers and pedestrians,because they are ...
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Brazilian elliotis pine plywood manufacturers have now largely sold the products that they will make in May. Recent orders can generally not be shipped until June. A few major plywood producers are already confirming shipping dates in the ...
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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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Four thousand cabinets a day. That’s the current output at Armstrong Cabinet Products, a division of Armstrong World Industries. In business since 1860, Armstrong World entered the wood products industry in 1998 following its ...
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The depletion of the duty-free quota for softwood plywood imports into the European Union has slowed again during April. Just 45, 000m³ of the quota had been booked by 25 April. Nearly 182, 000m³ of the quota was used in January, ...
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In looking at timber and how it should be used, I have been fortunate enough to use the notes prepared by David Hofmeyr of West Cape Joinery for a manual he wrote for the public and the joinery industry. So for the next few months – ...
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The French maritime-pine plywood manufacturer Rolpin aims to take over Xilofrance, a company which has been the subject of a court restructuring process (“procédure de sauvegarde”) since August 2011. According to Benoit ...
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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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Production at the Slovenian beech-plywood manufacturer Novoles Plus has apparently been finally shut down after all. According to a report issued by the European Union's European Re-structuring Monitor (ERM), the company laid off the ...
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Are yew pining for profits? Spruce up your trading and let the fir fly. The futures industry has always had something of a hate-hate relationship with forest products. Contracts on plywood and oriented strand board have bitten the sawdust ...
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Metsä Wood (previously Finnforest) has launched new plywood products designed to raise architectural quality and improve margins for concrete formwork construction. Endura Pro, Endura and FastForm have been launched for various system ...
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