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Woodworking Network
Tariffs of 25 percent were levied on Chinese-manufactured woodworking machinery and panel processing equipment beginning Friday, July 6. It is part of a trade battle being waged on several fronts by the Trump Administration, and which appears to be escalating as China retaliates with tariffs of its own — primarily on agricultural products, tobacco, and vehicles.
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University of Montana via EurekAlert!
Forests, one of the most dominate ecosystems on Earth, harbor significant biodiversity. Scientists have become increasingly interested in how this diversity is enhanced by the sheltering microclimates produced by trees. A recent University of Montana study suggests that a warming climate in the Pacific Northwest would lessen the capacity of many forest microclimates to moderate climate extremes in the future.
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American Journal of Transportation
The U.S. and Canadian Pellet Feedstock Price Indices increased in early 2018, driven mainly by higher demand for pellets in Europe and Asia, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. The pellet feedstock price indices for North America, launched by WRI in 2013, have trended upward in Canada during most of 2017 and early 2018 but declined in the U.S. during the same period. The level of availability of sawmill residues was the major driver for the price corrections the past year.
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Woodworking Network
Because wood is heavy and logs are irregularly shaped, it costs more to transport, limiting its use as a raw material in industry. In the European Union-funded SteamBio project, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB have teamed up with various partners to change all that, developing a special steam drying technique that could significantly cut transportation costs.
Using wood on an industrial scale offers a great opportunity to replace crude oil and natural gas. The challenge is coming up with innovative ways to treat biomass so as to allow for sustainable products and production processes.
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The Squamish Chief
The forest industry is looking at new ways to turn its trash into treasure, and provide solutions to some issues unique to Squamish, British Columbia, at the same time. Once a significant pollutant, the industry is using new technologies to convert its wood waste, or biomass — including wood shavings, sawdust, offcuts, wood chips, tree bark and pellets — into biofuel, a form of renewable energy.
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Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
This technical note provides a summary of a recent study that compares the cost of the structural frame of a hypothetical 10-story residential building located in the Pacific Northwest using cross laminated timber (CLT) and cast-in-place reinforced concrete. The study was performed by the structural engineering firm Cary Kopczynski & Co. in Seattle.
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Woodworking Network
It looks like wood is in everything these days. Tires will soon join the list. French tire giant Michelin says its wood-based tires could be ready for the road in less than two years.
Cyrille Roget, the company's director of scientific and innovation communication, told Motoring.com.au that a switch to wood has a range of benefits, including a reduced reliance on oil and lower production costs.
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