WoodLINKS USA/Product Design & Development program students at the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center recently received prizes for competing in the WoodLINKS, USA/International Woodworking Fair competition held last summer in Atlanta, GA.

EUMABOIS, European Federation of Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers, Russian woodworking industry, Russian forestry industry, Russian wood industry

Smith & Fong Co., manufacturer of Plyboo bamboo architectural plywood and flooring, has launched a new range of FSC-certified PlybooStrand bamboo flooring and panels.

Chandler Inc. has been named the winner of Stiles Machinery’s Weeke Vantech Video Contest.

Kirk Gibson’s iconic home run bat from Game 1 of the 1988 World Series sold for $575,912 and his jersey went for $303,277 in SCP Auctions’ October/November auction which concluded early Sunday morning.

U.S. Green Building Council members voted down a proposal for LEED wood credits to include multiple forest certification schemes.

Kirk Gibson's iconic black finished maple Worth Tennessee Thumper bat sold for a whopping $575,912 at auction and his jersey went for $303,277 in SCP Auctions’ October/November auction.(See video.)

Jan. 1 marks the implementation date for Phase 2 of the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) formaldehyde rule. For composite panel manufacturers, fabricators and distributors, this means your particleboard products must now meet the lower emission standards of 0.09 ppm, while products made of MDF must not exceed emissions levels of 0.11 ppm — about half of what was previously allowable for both types of composite panels.