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FPS members, please check your inbox for a message containing a link for the FPS 2020 Annual Elections Ballot. Electronic ballots must be completed by noon ET on Thursday, May 28. Any ballot received after this date will be ruled ineligible. Should you have any questions, please contact Chris Butts, FPS Executive Vice President at 706-443-1337 or via email Cbutts@forestprod.org.
The FPS International Conference Planning Committee announced this week that the conference will now be held virtually rather than in-person in Portland, Oregon. Watch for more details on registration, extended abstract deadlines, presentations and more in the coming weeks! Read the full announcement here and watch our website for updates.
Given the positive trends related to COVID-19 and easing of restrictions in some states and regions of USA and Europe, the Forest Products Society plans to host the 6th PTF BPI 2020 at St. Simons Island, Georgia, from Nov. 9-11, 2020. Read the letter sent from the Chair of the PTF BPI Planning Committee here. Watch for more updates on keynote speakers, technical sessions, and abstract deadlines on our website.
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We want to see YOU at the International Conference on Wood Adhesives!
New for this conference, there will be five topical symposia as well as plenary, regular sessions and posters.
- Mass Timber Manufacturing
- Lignin In Adhesives
- VOC from Wood Products
- Protein Adhesives
- Progress in Established Adhesives
Topics that will be heard at this year's conference includes the following:
- Structure and properties of adhesives systems
- Bonding untraditional substrates
- New wood-based bonded products
- Bio-based and novel raw materials and adhesive systems, resin chemistry
- Issues with commercial implementation of new adhesives
- Impact of regulations and consumer preference
- Fundamental understanding of wood bonding and adhesive-substrate interactions
- Composites
- Modeling
- Engineered Wood
- Analytical and testing methodology
- Energy concerns and opportunities
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Energy News Network
As Vermont prepares to make a major push toward cleaner heat sources, some renewable energy advocates say wood from the state's abundant forests should play an important role. But other clean energy supporters say the state should instead focus on electrifying buildings, which they argue will lead to less pollution given the largely renewable electric grid.
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The Laurinburg Exchange
Composite panel and forest product giant Arauco will close its medium density fiberboard (MDF) production facility in Bennettsville, South Carolina, on May 18.
The Bennettsville mill is currently offline related to market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said the decision to close the facility permanently was based on a broader assessment that the older manufacturing platform is no longer competitive in the prevailing MDF market compared to the company’s other more advanced MDF platforms.
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The Oregonian
When Republican lawmakers walked out of the Oregon Capitol and brought an abrupt end to this year's legislative session, a massive request from the Department of Forestry fell off the table.
Not even halfway through Oregon's two-year budget cycle, the agency had blown through most of its money for the entire period and claimed it would run out entirely by May. State Forester Peter Daugherty says the agency needs between $52 million and $132 million.
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