LP Building Solutions, headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., plans to convert its Sagola Township operations from the manufacture of oriented strand board to LP SmartSide Trim & Siding.
After receiving criticisms about its plans to build a new OSB plant in Minnesota, the company revised its environmnetal assessment that it says will make the facility operate in a net carbon benefit.
Production of oriented strand board (OSB) was considerably up in the second quarter according to APA - The Engineered Wood Association, much more than softwood plywood production.
Tolko Industries, a Canadian specialty forest products firm, has reopened a structural wood paneling plant in northern Alberta that’s eventually expected to provide 175 jobs.
Architects PKMN (it's pronounced "Pacman") used oriented strand board and industrial storage hardware - the kind used in rolling record storage shelves - to remake a cottage for a work-at-home professional. The storage components were built by carpenter Alfred Merino CaldasThe design allows the interior space to continuously adjust to the owner's daily activities, with fold-down work center, sleeping quarters (a Murphy Bed arrangement) and kitchen and dining area.
As Oriented Strand Board capacity is expands with the return of the U.S. housing market - competition rises, along with prices, for wood fiber also used by the growing wood pellet biofuel industry.
The return of the US housing market is driving up demand for lumber and wood panel products. In response Oriented Strand Board (OSB) capacity is expected to expand, according to a new study published today by RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry.
For Ligna 2013, Scm Group contracted with an institutional laboratory furniture maker to produce a dramatic reception desk, designed by Bloomlab. The project showed the woodworking firm how much its CNC router was capable of.
Researchers at the Agriicultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Gorgan say they have fabricated a higher quality of oriented strand board (OSB) out of low-grade paulownia wood by incorporating nanoclay and nanosilica in the recipe.