A fast-setting adhesive tape that could be used in place of hammer and nails to speed assembly of prefabricated houses has been developed by researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research
With prefabricated houses, the dream of having one’s own home can quickly become a reality. Until now, nails have been used to hold the individual components together. Now an adhesive tape has been developed to perform this task.
The IWF Challengers Distinguished Achievement Award opened the call for entries for the 2014 competition. It honors new and innovative technologies in products, services, or manufacturing techniques that will advance the woodworking industry.
Chinese lumber buyers swarmed through sawmills and lumberyards trying, in vain, to lock in prices. Associated Hardwoods is the latest to grow sawmill capacity to fill demand.
Associated Hardwoods SC, Inc. secured $8.7 million in funding to build a sawmill through a New Markets Tax Credit allocation secured from CEI Capital Management. The new mill will create 117 direct jobs in the rural community.
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Sawmill to create 117 direct jobs in Non-metropolitan community