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Eastern Engineered Wood Products expands footprint
Eastern Engineered Wood Products (EEWP) in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has formed a new buniess unit, eWood-LINK, which is focused on turnig the U.S. Northeastern wholesaler into a national distributor.
eWood-LINK will...
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Myanma Timber Enterprise now off US sanctions list
The Myanma Timber Enterprise (MTE) is now off the US Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN), a list which restricts US companies from doing business with certain foreign individuals or...
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Australia to extend ‘soft-start’ compliance period
The Illegal Logging Compliance Advice Notice 1/2016 has been published and is available on the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.
The notice advises that the illegal logging...
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Malaysia wood-based exports to rise 7% in 2016
Malaysia's wood products export is expected to increase 7% to RM24 billion (approx. US$5.9 billion) this year.
Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MITB) Director General Dr Jalaluddin Harun said higher international...
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Sarawak upbeat about Japan’s plywood market
Sarawak exporters are upbeat about the Japanese plywood market as the recent price drop seem to have bottomed out. Japanese inventories are also expected to fall in the coming...
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White Arkitekter to design Skellefteå’s cultural centre and hotel
White Arkitekter has won the competition to design Skellefteå’s cultural centre and hotel, which will be completed in 2019. Located just below the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden, the...
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AHEC collaborates with David Chipperfield Architects and e15 to create ‘The Butler’ for Wallpaper*...
The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) has partnered with David Chipperfield Architects and e15 to re-imagine the hotel's wardrobe/suitcase stand. The aim was to create a bespoke piece of...
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Canada: Forest Practices Board to audit forest management in BC
The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of the British Columbia's Timber Sales program and timber sale licence holders in the Okanagan-Shuswap Resource District.
The auditors will examine all...
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$1.5 million grant for tall timber research in Australia
A grant of $1.5 million has been awarded to the University of Queensland to spearhead research in tall timber buildings.
The university’s new ARC Research Hub for Advanced Solutions to...
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HOMAG: Digitalised woodworking solutions unveiled at XYLEXPO 2016
The HOMAG Group presented an array of solutions at this year's XYLEXPO in Milan, from stand-alone machines to the design of networked plants and a look into the future...