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FPS
Forest Products Society will be launching its new website this fall. The site will roll out an all new look that will better serve our members and offer a more robust experience to visitors. Stay tuned for more information and forthcoming important updates for FPS members.
FPS
Save the date: 2020 International Conference
June 22-25, 2020
Hyatt Regency Portland (Portland, Oregon)
The Society's premier event for forest products professionals. More information to come.
FPS
The 12th International Conference on Wood Adhesives is coming to Portland, Oregon, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2020, at the Portland Hilton Downtown Hotel. This 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.
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FPS
Save the date: PTF BPI 2020
Nov. 16-18, 2020
The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort (St. Simons Island, Georgia)
The 6th Biennial International Conference for Process Technologies for the Forest & Biobased Products Industries. PTF BPI 2020 is dedicated to the exchange of information and ideas about research on process technologies, quality control and process improvement. Academic scholars will overview the latest research in forest and bio-based materials including nanotechnology and solid wood. Leading manufacturers will highlight advancements in chemical technologies, supplier audits, product innovation and continuous improvement. More information to come.
Charlotte Business Journal
While 20th century architecture was arguably defined by the innovative use of concrete, steel and other modern materials, it looks more and more like 21st century design will be defined by one of the most traditional building materials of all — timber.
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National Geographic
When it comes to finding new ways to create energy, there's an assumption that the solution must come from something new. In Austria, however, experts are showing that this is not necessarily the case. Particularly when it comes to something as elementary as burning wood — which is as old as the proverbial hills.
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Canadian Biomass
The federal government is helping fund the University of Waterloo's development of thin structured wood-plastic composites.
Natural Resources Canada's Clean Growth Program is providing $800,000 to the Ontario university to advance the project, which aims to convert forestry waste materials into bioproducts for use in construction, automotive and packing applications.
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Environmental Protection
The Environmental Appeals Board approved a settlement resolving violations of the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act of 2010 with Global Sourcing Solutions (GSS), a Division of Turner Logistics, LLC (GSS) of Montvale, New Jersey. The settlement implements the Formaldehyde Rule (effective June 1, 2018) and is the first enforcement action taken by the agency for violations of formaldehyde regulations.
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Canadian Forest Industries
Material handling systems are too often an afterthought. When designing a plant, engineers typically focus on islands of expensive machinery and neglect to put serious thought into the systems connecting them. They end up purchasing the lowest-cost solution, which, although it fits the budget, hurts their customer financially in the long term.
Cheap systems using outdated chain-in-a-box conveyors often end up becoming production bottlenecks because they can't handle the capacity, break down or otherwise need unplanned maintenance.
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Canada Free Press
To analyze tiny amounts of liquids, scientists often use devices called microfluidic chips, which are small pieces of plastic that are etched or molded with miniscule channels. Although these single-use chips are small, their widespread use in labs, hospitals and point-of-care situations adds up to a lot of plastic pollution. Therefore, researchers reporting in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry have developed versatile microfluidic chips made of a renewable, biodegradable and inexpensive resource — wood.
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The Hill
It's important we keep this mantra in mind when examining a recent op-ed in The Hill by Mary Anne Hitt, the director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, and Danna Smith, the executive director of Dogwood Alliance, attacking the forest products community, most notably biomass, with false allegations.
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