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Woodworking Network
A new report from market research firm Allied Market Research (AMR) projects that the global engineered wood market is estimated to reach $41.273 billion by 2022, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.8 percent from 2016 to 2022. North America and Europe, being the developed markets, account for nearly 70 percent of global engineered wood production, while still maintaining high CAGRs.
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FPS
The plenary program has been announced for the International Conference on Wood Adhesives, to be held Oct. 25-27 in Atlanta. This conference is designed to bring together industry professionals, academics and consultants with a special interest in adhesives for wood and biomass.
Confirmed speakers and topics include:
- Venla Hemmilä — Project leader, adhesives, IKEA (Current and Future Adhesive Needs of Wood Based Furniture Industry)
- Dr. Tony Pizzi — Professor, LERMAB, University of Lorraine, Epinal, France (Urea-glyoxal and Melamine-glyoxal Adhesives for Wood panels and Other Applications by Total Elimination of Formaldehyde)
- Professor John A. Nairn — Richardson chair, Oregon State University (Analysis of Adhesive Bonds Under Tension Using Coupled 3D X-ray Computer Tomography and Numerical Modeling)
- Michael J. Birkeland — Senior staff scientist, Solenis (Discovery to Validation: Closing the Gap from Lab to Commercial Reality)
- More speakers and plenary topics to come ...
Those interested in speaking at the conference may submit abstracts until April 1. This is the 11th in a series organized every four years by the U.S. Forest Service Products Laboratory, the Forest Products Society and the Wood Based Composites Center.
For information on the International Conference on Wood Adhesives including call for papers and sponsorship opportunities, visit www.forestprod.org/woodadhesives.
Biomass Magazine
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the February edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, predicting the non-hydro renewables share of U.S. electricity generation will be 9 percent in 2017 and 10 percent in 2018. Wood biomass is expected to be used to generate 110,000 MWh per day of electricity this year, increasing to 111,000 MWh per day next year. Waste biomass is expected to be used to generate 60,000 MWh per day of electricity this year, with that level maintained into 2018.
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Mongabay
Scientists with the Swiss university ETH Zurich used forensic genetics to determine that seed dispersal and seedling establishment rarely occured more than a few hundred meters from the seed tree in their 216-square-kilometer (about 83-square-mile) study area in an agro-forest landscape in India's Western Ghats.
The scientists say theirs is the first large-scale, direct estimate of realized seed dispersal of a high-value timber tree — in this case, Dysoxylum malabaricum, or white cedar, which is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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The News
Georgia forestry officials believe they are winning the battle to eradicate air potato vines from seven sites in Camden County where the invasive species is trying to establish a foothold. And they believe this is the year they will kill off most of the vines, which can grow up to eight inches a day, climb up tree trunks up to 70 feet and strangle the life from trees as large as live oaks.
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Woodworking Network
Custom wood-based materials manufacturer Carolina Structural Systems will invest $1.3 million in a new manufacturing plant in Montgomery County, North Carolina. The new plant will employ 71 workers. The company's Montgomery County operations will employ designers, builders and management. Compensation will vary by position, but annual wages for the new positions will average $45,647. Montgomery County's average yearly wage is $33,388.
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KOKH-TV
The Oklahoma Forestry Service confirms that a large grass fire burned just under 900 acres Sunday in Oklahoma City. The OFS reports that 897 acres were burned were burned in a fire that sparked early Sunday near SE 149 Street and Air Depot.
As of Monday afternoon, OFS wild land fire personnel were still on scene of the fire monitoring hot spots.
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Bangor Daily News
In January, two biomass generators tallied their first payments under a state subsidy program, taking in more than $241,000 from a $13.4 million pool of taxpayer dollars. The Maine Public Utilities Commission last week published its first status report on disbursements from the fund that will go to ReEnergy's Ashland and Fort Fairfield biomass generators and to the West Enfield and Jonesboro generators that Stored Solar has restarted after purchasing the facilities from Covanta last year.
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Mongabay
The dangers of chain saw use in Myanmar are compounded by a lack of training and protective gear in rural areas where inexperienced loggers can end up seriously injured or dead. Though a license is required to own a chain saw, one can also be rented fairly easily.
A chain saw can cut down a tree many times faster than a hand-held saw, speeding up the movement of illegal timber from Myanmar to its main export destination, China.
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