Panels & Furniture Asia May/June 2019

Features

PYTHA: Blazing the trail for South East Asia’s customisation wave
PYTHA 3D CADCAM, an established CADCAM software from Germany, was a relative unknown in South East Asia (SEA) until Aaron Boo and Clement Su, both from Singapore, clinched the sole distributorship in June 2017 to bring PYTHA to SEA.

NWFA launches new campaign to promote official real wood flooring definition
Following the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA)’s announcement of the definition of real wood flooring late last year, a
campaign to promote the new definition and wood flooring that falls under the definition was recently announced through its publication, Hardwood Floors Magazine.

MMMA newsletter: The amazing success story of rubberwood
Hevea Brasiliensis (Euphorbiaceae) has many names, Kayu Getah, Yang Phara, Pokok Getah Para, Kausuu, Jaang, Kyetpaung, Katoh and Cao Su, but it is most commonly known as Rubberwood. This timber becomes available when agricultural plantation rubber trees are felled. Replanting of rubber trees is carried out every 20 to 25 years when the trees no longer yield adequate latex which is the primary product harvested.