Subscribe to Specialty Wood Journal Subscribe to the newsletter
HOMEComposite PanelsEngineered WoodLaminatesIndustry InterviewsPlant ProfilesEnvironmentEvents
Latest News
Latest Products
NEW WEBSITE

Got biofiber?



Then you need www.biofiberbusiness.com.  Because it's your business.
And wood is just the beginning.

 
Ligna report: Making wood do more
Read more...Wood continues to inspire all kinds of innovation and Ligna 2009 was the place to find them.
Read more...
 
International Wood Composites Symposium Highlights
Fiber optics
2009 is the U.N. International Year of Natural Fibers. And, as another year of living dangerously got off to a start for the forest industry, natural fibers were the focus of the International Wood Composites Symposium and Technical Workshop in Seattle. 

Here are summaries of a few of the excellent presentations.

 
Structurlam set to shine at the 2010 Olympics

Read more...When the 2010 Olympic Speed Skating Championships take place in Richmond, B.C.’s Olympic Oval, one of the stars is likely to be the facility’s innovative wood ceiling. 
Read more...
 
Mr. MDF
By Ward Williams
Read more...Geoff Rhodes was (and is) one of those foot soldiers who live and breathe the legend of MDF and its dramatic success throughout the world. 

Ward Williams interviewed “Mr. MDF” for SWJ.
Read more...
 
Oriented toward safety
By Paul Luft
Read more...Ainsworth’s Barwick OSB plant keeps safety front and center – with proven success.

When employees arrive for their shift at Ainsworth Lumber’s OSB plant in Barwick, Ontario, they walk by a photo-laden bulletin board featuring many of their children’s smiling faces.  
Read more...
 
LIGHTWEIGHT BOARD FOCUS
Frameless lightweight panel production pioneers 

A core group of innovators are advancing lightweight board. 

Has the time come to lighten up in North America?
 


 
Seeing the light
By Val Maloney
Read more...How research into terahertz radiation could help OSB's bottom line

Microwaves and x-rays should make way because there is a new technology in town. 
Read more...
 
Scoring green points
Read more...The green building trend drove Boise’s switch from UF to MF resin to produce Evergreen™ particleboard.

Read more...
 
Shedding new light on Southern Yellow Pine
A plywood mill in the Southern United States will soon be using Westmill's LightSORT Green Veneer Moisture Measuring System.


Read more...
 
When better panels were made...McCarthy was there.
By Ward Williams, Contributing Editor
Earl McCarthy’s career has covered 62 years of service to the science and production of composite panels. Ward Williams, SWJ contributing editor, asked him about the highlights of his eclectic career.
Read more...
 
Earl McCarthy’s take on the genesis of western hardboard
"Hardboard is one of those products that is found—or has been found—just about everywhere. In recent years, it’s been overshadowed by MDF and thin particleboard—or even stiff, industrial-type paperboard. 
Read more...
 
SUPPLIER UPDATE: Buerkle
The latest new from Buerkle, system and technology supplier in the press and surface sector. 

Read more...
 
Transforming the LP mill at Houlton
Read more...Keeping the basics of a 25-year old OSB mill intact, LP added an LSL production plant. Not an easy makeover.

Read more...
 
LP and MEGTEC revive aging RTO
Read more...LP Houlton was faced with some aging equipment when they were getting ready to convert their OSB line to an LSL production line. 
Read more...
 
Globe provides LP Houlton finishing line
Read more...The finishing line at the Houlton facility is supplied by Globe Machine Manufacturing.  
Read more...
 
Teaford builds Houlton's energy system
Read more...The Teaford Company was selected by Louisiana Pacific to supply the heat energy system for their Houlton, Maine OSL expansion project. 
Read more...
 
Towards 100 Years and Beyond
By Rick Massey
Read more...Richmond Plywood stay successful in its own unique way.

Read more...
 
Building more with heavy timber
BC company Structurlam adds value with engineering design and manufacturing expertise.

Watch video of Structurlam timbers in the Art Gallery of Ontario designed by Frank Gehry
Read more...
 
Starting out solid
A converted OSB mill in Houlton, Maine is LP's new LSL production facility.
Read more...
 
HomeAbout UsMedia KitSubscribeContact UsDigital EditionSite Map
© CLB MEDIA INC., 2009 Specialty Wood
Privacy PolicyTerms & Conditions

Affaires automobiles | Biofiber Business | Canadian Auto Dealer | Canadian Electronics | Canadian Kitchen & Bath | Canadian Lawyer | Canadian Occupational Safety | Canadian Security | Design Product News | Electrical Business | Energy Management | Green Business | Industrial Sourcebook | Jobsinlaw | Law Times | Logging Management | MainTrain | Manufacturing Automation | MP&P | Mill Product News | NETcomm | PEM | PIQ | REM | Safer Machines | Specialty Wood Journal | SP&T News | V2B Studio | Woodworking | Workplace