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FPS
The Forest Products Society, a global network for forest products professionals, announces the winners of its 2019 Annual Excellence Awards. The awards will be presented on June 27 during a luncheon at the 73rd FPS International Convention in Atlanta. Click here to see the award winners.
FPS
We're excited to bring the FPS Convention to Atlanta, June 25-28.
Build new professional connections with top researchers from around the world and reconnect with colleagues and friends in the field.
Showcase for ideas: research, development, philosophy, technology. Be part of a thriving community working toward unlocking the potential of forest products.
Register by May 25 for early bird pricing.
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FPS
The 12th International Conference on Wood Adhesives will be held Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2020 at the Portland Hilton Downtown hotel in Portland, Oregon. This is one year earlier than originally planned, based on the strong interest and activity in bio-based adhesives. The International Conference on Wood Adhesives is the premier technical conference on advances in adhesion of wood and biomass. Industry representatives were the majority of the 241 attendees in 2017, evenly split between the US and the rest of the world.
Call for Technical Symposia deadline is Aug. 5, 2019.
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Woodworking Network
China has retaliated in the trade war - slapping $60 billion in tariffs on more than 5,000 U.S. goods.
China's Ministry of Finance announced Monday morning that China would increase tariffs on 5,140 U.S. products beginning June 1. The move is in retaliation to U.S. increases on Chinese goods that went into effect recently. Wood, tariffed from 5% to 25%, is on the list. The Hardwood Federation reports more specifically on these wood products.
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Chemicals Market Report
The Research Insights has published an analytical data on Wood Adhesives And Binders market, which examines different aspects of the industries, such as process, target market and customers. It focuses on detailed description of the leading key players across the globe, for basic understanding of competition. Development prospects over the forecast period are studied in the report.
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Energy Institute of Alabama
The Alabama Department of Commerce released a new report showing that the forest industry is having a large impact on rural economies.
In 2018, Westervelt Company, Rex Lumber and Great Southern Wood all announced plans for production facilities in Alabama. All combined, more than 300 jobs were created at the facilities alone.
In 2018, 51 forest products companies created almost 2,000 new jobs across the state and invested $1.3 billion into new facilities and expansion of existing facilities.
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Climate Home News
A major update on how countries measure greenhouse gas emissions failed to address key weaknesses, particularly on bioenergy, campaigners have warned.
After a five-year process involving more than 280 scientists, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change agreed technical advice on Sunday on everything from methane leaks in the oil and gas sector to emissions linked to flooding land.
Under the Paris Agreement, all countries, including the poorest, are expected to build up capacity to monitor their emissions, based on the latest guidelines.
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LabNotes
The following is an update to a previous LabNotes post. The updated version was recently featured on the USDA and Forest Service blogs.
At the USDA Forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory, researchers sometimes get a little destructive. They bend and break wood samples of all sizes, and even shoot lumber out of a cannon at 100 miles per hour.
But explosions? That's a bit out of their wheelhouse.
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Clemson University
Construction on the new education facility at the Snow Family Outdoor Fitness and Wellness Center reached a milestone May 8 in a gathering to celebrate the near-completion of timber installation on an innovative project covering 16,500 square feet. Targeted to open later this fall, the new Outdoor Education Center will serve as home to Clemson's Outdoor Recreation and Education (CORE) program. It is the first building manufactured from southern yellow pine cross-laminated timber east of the Mississippi River.
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DJC Oregon
With the ongoing shortage of skilled labor showing little signs of abatement, contractors are eagerly seeking ways to increase efficiency. This is one reason why the use of panelized wood-framed wall systems and other methods of prefabrication are gaining popularity.
"There is a lot of automation and digitization of building information with BIM, so that's a factor," said Mike Steffen, director of innovation for Walsh Construction. "But the big factor that's leading to its use now is the shortage of labor."
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World Highways
An Australian government agency has awarded around $350,000 to two companies to investigate the production of bitumen and diesel from wood waste.
If successful, Australia's state of New South Wales could become home to the world's first biorefinery turning sawmill residues into renewable bitumen and diesel, according to ARENA — the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
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