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FPS is giving attendees the opportunity to organize sessions at the FPS IC, held June 22-25, 2020. Both Industry Focus and Technical Sessions are being sought by the Planning Committee. The deadline to submit session proposals is October 7, 2019. Sessions can either be organized into panel discussion or presentation formats. Find more information on FPSIC2020.com.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Windpower Monthly
Engineering and industrial-design company Modvion is the driving force behind the reintroduction of wood as a structural material for turbine towers.
Set up in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2016, the firm specialises in developing a novel, modular, segmented "full-wood" tower concept.
Modvion claims its patented technology for modular high towers delivers enhanced yields and a lower levelised cost of energy at less favourable wind sites, while potentially making wind power carbon-neutral.
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Woodworking Network
A new report shows that sourcing activity for lumber is up 69 percent over its historical average and up 70 percent year-over-year.
"Our data shows that over the past twelve weeks, sourcing activity for lumber is up 69% over its historical average," says report author Thomas, a company serving multiple industrial and business markets. For the report, Thomas looked at sourcing activity for lumber on its Thomastnet.com platform.
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PRNewswire
WoodWorks, which provides education and free project support related to the design of commercial and multifamily wood buildings, has extended the deadline for its 2020 U.S. Wood Design Awards. The awards recognize excellence in wood design, engineering and construction, as well as innovative projects that showcase attributes of wood such as strength, beauty, versatility, cost-effectiveness and sustainability. The extended deadline for nominations is Monday, Oct. 14.
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FarmingUK
The NFU has thrown its weight behind a campaign seeking to boost the UK biomass industry as the union looks to cut farming's carbon emissions to net zero by 2040.
The campaign calls for the government to extend the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme (RHI) and raise fossil fuel duties to help meet carbon emission targets.
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The Canadian Press via PrinceGeorgeMatters.com
A downturn in British Columbia's lumber industry is a chance to refocus on getting more money out of provincial forests, Premier John Horgan said Friday.
He told hundreds of delegates at the annual convention of the Union of B.C. Municipalities that the forest industry has focused for too long on sending raw logs offshore without adding value.
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The Columbus Dispatch
Code changes and cost issues are leading developers to frame mid-rise apartment buildings with wood instead of steel and concrete. Throughout town, apartment complexes up to six or even seven stories are framed with wood. While Ohio code limits wood buildings to 85 feet in height, developers elsewhere are looking to frame far taller buildings with wood.
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Building Products Digest
Ten domestic plywood producers have banded together as the "U.S. Structural Plywood Integrity Coalition" to file a Lanham Act claim of false labeling against three U.S. certification agencies: PFS TECO, Timber Products Inspection and International Accreditation Service.
The group claims that structural plywood panels produced in South America are being fraudulently certified and stamped as compliant with U.S. Product Standard PS1-09 for Structural Plywood, when the panels allegedly do not meet the country's minimum structural requirements for stiffness and deflection.
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