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Mass-wood CLT building survives earthquake test

SAN DIEGO  - A full-scale validation of new CLT wood building components  was completed at The successful test took place on the world’s largest outdoor shake table, at the University of California San Diego. Katerra, a construction startup investing heavily in cross-laminated timber (CLT) construction material, saw its seismic shear wall tested.
 
DR Johnson, a leading developer and supplier of CLT products, also saw them tested on the table. This first of its kind research project in the U.S.

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Carter Lumber to open $10 million manufacturing facility

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.  - Carter Lumber will open a $10 million Kight Home Center manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky, creating 50 jobs in the area. Founded in 1932, in Akron, Ohio, the family-owned Carter Lumber is reportedly the fifth largest lumberyard in the United States, operating 150 locations across 12 states under four branded divisions: Carter Lumber, Holmes Lumber Co., Kight Home Center and Kempsville Building Materials.

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AkzoNobel Powder Coatings expands ready to ship collection with digital media

AMSTERDAM - AkzoNobel’s Powder Coating business has launched a new ready to ship (RTS) product collection with 489 products included, an expansion necessary to support the speed to market needed in today’s competitive market place.
 
The RTS collection offers many new products including several low-gloss products, primers, agricultural options, marker board white, furniture coatings, weatherable metallics, and a host of whites, black, greys and clears in multiple chemistries.