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Eco Building Products Receives Additional Customer Purchase Order From Brookfield Homes, Ontario California

2012-04-26 02:31:17

VISTA, Calif., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco Building Products, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOB) announced today the Company has been awarded an additional production release for ECOB's contract to supply Eco Red Shield(TM) coated lumber and trusses for the next phase of houses at Brookfield Homes "Green Door" project in Ontario California. E Build & Truss, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eco Building Products, was awarded the framing contract with the inclusion of Eco Red Shield...

VIASPACE Announces Major Upgrade To Produce And Sell Giant King Grass Pellets In Asia. Will Generate Revenue And Serve As Working Demonstration Site For Customers.

2012-04-23 02:22:01

MARIETTA, Ga., April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC), and its subsidiary VIASPACE Green Energy Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VGREF) today reported that the company has installed state-of-the-art pellet production equipment at its plantation site in Southern China. The company has purchased a 2 ton/hour pellet mill from one of the largest, well-known and reputable pellet mill manufacturers. The pellet mill is expected to be operational and producing...

Resolute Forest Products to Host Management Call to Discuss 2012 First Quarter Results

2012-04-20 14:21:07

MONTREAL, April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - AbitibiBowater Inc., doing business as Resolute Forest Products (NYSE: ABH) (TSX: ABH), plans to issue its first quarter financial results on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in a press release to be issued at approximately 8:00 a.m. (ET). The Company will then hold a conference call to discuss those results at 9:00 a.m. (ET). The public is invited to join the call at 866 696-5910 (pass code 6266741) at least fifteen minutes before its scheduled start...

Resolute Forest Products and National Envelope Announce Partnership to Expand Availability of Align(TM) Papers

2012-04-20 10:22:34

MONTREAL, April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Resolute Forest Products (NYSE: ABH) (TSX: ABH) and National Envelope today announced a unique partnership that will provide customers with an expanded portfolio of solutions, including folio-size sheets using Resolute's innovative, high-yield, sustainable paper. This alliance is an integral part of both companies' continued emphasis on providing customers with industry-leading eco-friendly solutions. Resolute recently launched Align(TM),...

Floorsave Highlight Their Role as a Manufacturer and Importer of Oak Flooring

2012-04-19 02:32:08

LONDON, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the recent launch of the new website, Floorsave [http://www.floorsave.co.uk ] is fast gaining a reputation as suppliers of solid wood flooring [http://www.floorsave.co.uk/Solid-Wood-Flooring ], engineered wood flooring [http://www.floorsave.co.uk/Engineered-Wood-Flooring ] and laminate flooring [http://www.floorsave.co.uk/Laminate-Flooring ] of the very highest quality at prices that, up to now, have been unheard of online or...

Georgia-Pacific and Sherwood Lumber Announce Engineered Wood Products Distribution Agreement

2012-04-18 02:29:39

ATLANTA, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia-Pacific Wood Products and Sherwood Lumber Company have announced a new distribution agreement involving GP's full line of engineered wood products (EWP). The two companies have finalized terms that will provide for Sherwood Lumber to supply its dealers with a complete line of Georgia-Pacific engineered wood products, including Wood I Beam(TM) joists, GP Lam® laminated veneer lumber (LVL), FiberStrong® rim board and laminated...

China to Surpass Japan as the World's Largest Hardwood Chip Importer by 2014

2012-04-12 10:21:47

BRUSSELS, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese hardwood chip imports will double from 6.3 million Bone Dry Metric Tons (BDMT) in 2011, to 12.7 million BDMT in 2016. Japan's imports of hardwood chips will drop from 9.9 million BDMT to 8.6 million BDMT in the same period, the lowest volume of imports since 1993. This is the forecast published today in the 2012 International Pulpwood Trade Review, by RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry....

FPAC welcomes Fortress Paper as its newest member

2012-04-10 06:29:10

OTTAWA, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - The Chairman of the Board of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) Jim Lopez, today announced that Fortress Paper has become the newest member of the industry group. FPAC is the voice of Canada's wood, pulp and paper producers nationally and internationally in government, trade and environmental affairs. "We are delighted to welcome Fortress Paper to FPAC." said Lopez. "Fortress will fit well in an association that is actively...

New Database Offers Tracking of Worldwide Pulp and Paper Mills and Projects

2012-04-09 06:24:58

ATLANTA, April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced the release of its new Mill Asset Database. The database combines new pulp and paper mill data with information previously available from five separate RISI services: the Lockwood-Post Online Directory of Pulp & Paper Mills, the Global Mill Projects Database, the Mill Investment History Database, Pulp & Paper Company Profiles, and elements...

Eco Red Shield Coated Lumber Finds Large Niche Market Amongst Homeowner Associations

2012-04-09 02:24:34

VISTA, Calif., April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco Building Products, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOB) announced today the Company has received a commitment for the use of Eco Red Shield(TM) coated lumber to remediate Quail Ridge a 340 unit condominium complex located in Oceanside, California. Quality Property Maintenance (QPM) received approval from the homeowners association and committed to utilize Eco Red Shield(TM) coated lumber for the replacement of handrails, stairways, structural...