Very slack demand on the Spanish softwood lumber market caused imports in the first quarter of 2012 to slump by 28% below the figure for the same quarter of last year to 176, 239 m³. According to the association of Spanish wood ...
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Sharon Gorf has been appointed the new chairman of the British Woodworking Federation’s (BWF) Woodworking Industry Training Forum (WITForum). She takes over from Pauline Kelly who has chaired the forum since it was set up in 2006 as a ...
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French cement giant Lafarge SA (LFRGY. PK, LFGEF. PK) Friday reported an 80 percent plunge in profit for the second quarter, hurt by charges. Adjusted profit was flat with last year, amid a 5 percent rise in revenue. Net income group share ...
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Demand for cement in Sabah has gone up by around 10 per cent in the past few months, according to Cement Industries (Sabah) Sdn Bhd executive director Bahrul Razha Hj Chuprat. He said this was normal as the upcoming election would see more ...
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Call Center Department Manager at Kuwait Finance House (KFH) Meshaal Al-Obaid said that KFH is keen to boost the performance levels of call center employees and develop their skills through intensifying and diversifying specialized training ...
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Weyerhaeuser Co., one of the industry’s largest supplier of wood products, reported net sales from continuing operations of $1.8 billion for its second fiscal quarter, a 12.5% increase over net sales from continuing operations of $1.6 ...
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Is there a role for logging in ensuring the future of the world’s tropical forests and their rich diversity of plants and animals? For many this idea is absurd, because timber production achieving conservation goals have long been ...
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Foreign holdings in U. S. Forests and farmland rose by 6.7% in the last 10 months of 2010, encompassing an area roughly the size of Indiana, according to a new report by the Department of Agriculture. The report, containing the most recent ...
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Sustainable resins supplier to the global plastics and packaging industries, Cardia Bioplastics Limited, has today announced that it has received Halal certification for its range of Biohybrid™ resins. Derived from renewable sources, ...
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New test protocol for adhesives developed to facilitate thermoform recycling in Canada . Canadian retailers address PET thermoform recycling A new test protocol has been introduced to determine the impact of labels and adhesives on PET ...
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Timber build specialist B&K Structures has supplied cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels for the construction of a London school gym and three classroom blocks. The modernisation work at Preston Manor School was undertaken by Kier ...
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The European Parliament, the parliamentary institution of European Union, has recently called for the provision of information to consumers on the use of nanomaterials in consumer products: all ingredients present in the form of ...
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In the first three months of 2012, China’s import & export totaled US$ 859.37 billion with a year-on-year growth of 7.3%. China’s export was US$ 430.02 billion and its import was US$ 429.36 billion, up by 7.6% and 6.9% ...
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The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) released a new report informing Canadians that their recycling efforts have increased the amount of post-consumer plastic packaging being recycled across Canada. An additional 15% of plastic ...
Wanner International is able to offer these pumps with stainless steel DIN flange fittings and Kynar mating surfaces, making Hydra-Cell pumps even easier to incorporate into corrosive fluid systems. Hydra-Cell seal-less, high pressure ...
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