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Plywood manufacturer launches new product, Zero ThinPly

Koskisen is launching a new thin plywood product, Zero ThinPly. The plywood is made entirely from bio-based materials, containing no added formaldehyde, phenolic compounds, or urea. Koskisen’s sustainability program commits to reducing emissions from its own operations and value chain. The increased use of bio-based binders in panel products advances the achievement of the goal.

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DOGE takes axe to engineered stone research

Research that could have been beneficial to the health and safety of workers in the engineered stone countertop industry was abruptly halted due to a gutting of the agency conducting the research.The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, is expected to lose upwards of 900 employees, the vast majority of its staff, by early July as a result of the mass firings carried out by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.