Historic World War I mahogany wood will repair U.S. Capitol building
A stack of historic mahogany wood sitting in storage for more than a hundred years finally has a purpose.
Wood
Machining to the end
Q. We have a machining problem. As we machine a piece, it is good until the last half inch. At this end, we all too often get a piece that chips out all the way to the end. Where should we look?
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Gene Wengert
Reclaimed wood specialist enters U.S. flooring market
Each floor within the collections is restored and hand made by the company’s specialist craftspeople in its workshop in the North of England.
Kebony names Olmstead Eastern North America manager
Olmstead had been inside sales manager for Pine River Group.
Your stress may be 7 percent lower if you're in a wood building
A new research paper from wood product firm Stora Enso dives into the science behind the health and wellbeing benefits to building with wood.
"Considering in the developed world, around 90 percent of our time is spent inside – something that’s been exacerbated in recent times by the COVID-19 pandemic – it is more important than ever to assess wellbeing whilst indoors, and the whitepaper demystifies the role building materials play in this," says the firm.
Russia’s 2022 log export ban will have far-reaching impacts
Much of this trade could come to an end next year when a new law proposed by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will ban the exportation of softwood logs and high-value hardwood logs.
U.S. softwood lumber prices jump as exports decline in third quarter
High domestic demand for lumber in the U.S. and a trade dispute with China reduced U.S. softwood exports in 2019 and 2020.
Loggers receive aid in coronavirus relief bill
The bill includes language appropriating $200 million in funding for logging and log trucking businesses that saw more than a 10 percent loss in revenues.
Culpeper Wood Preservers acquires Mass. treating plant
Culpeper Wood Preservers now has 10 treating plants and one column manufacturing location.
British car maker unveils ash wood infused gin
British sports car manufacturer Morgan Motor Co. is using its excess ash wood in a new product: gin.
