A technology to process bamboo into wood has been introduced in the country. Mr Samuel Nyantakyi Agyepong, an Assistant District Manager at the Western Regional Office of the Forestry Services Division announced at weekend during a ...
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KUCHING: Sarawak's plywood prices are expected to firm up again as Japanese importers have resumed buying for reconstruction activities after March's devastating earthquake and tsunami. Sarawak Timber Association panel products' committee ...
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Canfor is permanently closing two mills in British Columbia (BC). The closures affect the Rustad sawmill in Prince George and Tackama plywood mill in Fort Nelson. The mills had been the subject of a lengthy indefinite shutdown since the ...
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The secret to proper cuts on the stock in your woodworking projects is to use the right saw blade. Of course, the saw blade that you use should be sharp enough to cut cleanly through the stock without burning or tearing the wood. Types of ...
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The Philippines has closed about 178 sawmills, mini-sawmills and veneer or plywood plants in Northern Mindanao, Philippines after they failed to renew their licences. The crack down follows approval of Executive Order (EO) No 23, which ...
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A new study on the effects of the mountain pine beetle infestation on the British Columbia (BC) timber industry will be published in early 2012 by Wood Markets Group. The report will draw on new information, including predictions by ...
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Third quarter US and Canadian production of OSB and softwood plywood was largely unchanged from that reported in the second quarter and in the same period of last year. A total of 5.966 million m³ of structural panels was produced in ...
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Finnforest Deutschland is set to stop marketing OSB in Germany, Austria and Switzerland at the end of 2011. Its wood-based panels business will thus focus on laminated veneer lumber and plywood manufactured within the group as well as ...
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China's total forest product exports were valued at US$31.5bn in the first nine months of 2011, according to the International Tropical Timber Organisation's latest market report. The total was up 17% on a year ago, with wooden furniture ...
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1. Solid The standard thickness for solid hardwood is ¾". For thin profile solid hardwood, 5/16″ is the standard. The planks are sawn in one of three ways, which affects the stability, and the price of the hardwood. Flat or ...
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Finnish sawn timber production hit 7.6 million m³ in January-September, a growth of 5% on a year ago, according to the latest statistics from the Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF). But third quarter volumes decreased from the ...
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Demand for Russian and Eastern European birch plywood on sales markets in Central and Western Europe has still shown no noticeable recovery up until the end of October. Since the softening of demand in August, which was initially attributed ...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) for construction materials held steady in September after a dropping 0.6% in August. Meanwhile, the measure was up 8.1% from a year earlier, although only ...
Plywood is many thin sheets of wood glued together. When layers like this are put together it produces a very sturdy and durable wood. It is important the type of glue used to put the layers together, when a professional adhesive is used ...
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TOKYO - In the wake of the tsunami that devastated the Tohoku region of Japan in March, the country has witnessed a sharp rise in wood imports for temporary housing units and other recovery projects. However, conservationists determined to ...
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