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ATLANTA, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Lumber is adding Georgia-Pacific engineered wood products (EWP) to its already broad specialty-oriented building products offering. U.S. Lumber is working to finalize terms with Georgia-Pacific, expected to go into effect on February 13, 2012, which will provide for U.S. Lumber to supply dealers with a complete line of Georgia-Pacific engineered wood products, including Wood I Beam(TM) joists, GP Lam® laminated veneer lumber (LVL),...
Biomass (wood pellets, wood chips and agricultural residues) contributes more than half of renewable energy consumption in the EU, providing a clean, secure and competitive energy resource. Besides EU, Asia, bestowed with abundant agro-biomass resources of Forestry/agricultural residues, is also developing its biomass sector both in demand and supply. Consequently, biomass trade flow is no longer limited to EU but has opened up as a global trade now. Brussels, Belgium (PRWEB) January 17,...
The Social Network Life-Sciences.net features the latest scientific publications in the Forestry Sciences. The most recently featured articles deal with wood-based molding bonded with citric acid and radial variations in the anatomical characteristics and density of the wood of Acacia mangium of five different provenances in Indonesia. These as well as all other articles are now available on a new mobile website. (PRWEB) January 04, 2012 The Forestry Sciences Social Network...
CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Callaway Golf Company's (NYSE: ELY) soon-to-be-released 2012 products received an outstanding vote of approval from Golf Digest's annual "Hot List" issue, arriving on newsstands this week. The Hot List is a comprehensive golf equipment evaluation conducted by Golf Digest Publications' 38-person team of equipment editors, scientists, low-, mid- and high-handicap player testers, as well as golf retailers. Over the course of...
Bingaman & Son Lumber, Inc. would like to congratulate the University of Maryland’s Watershed team for taking first place in the recent 2011 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. Bingaman supplied thermo-treated lumber that the university team used as siding and decking. Kreamer, PA (PRWEB) December 22, 2011 Bingaman & Son Lumber, Inc. would like to congratulate the University of Maryland’s Watershed team for taking first place in the recent 2011 U.S. Department of Energy...
VISTA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco Building Products, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOB) announced today the Company has been awarded two additional production releases, representing over $260,000.00 in additional contract orders, on ECOB's contract to supply Eco Red Shield(tm) coated lumber and trusses for two phases of houses at Brookfield Homes project in Ontario California. E Build & Truss, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eco Building Products, was awarded...
MONTREAL, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Members of the board, management and employees of CelluForce are pleased to announce the end of the construction phase and the start of operations at the first manufacturing plant for NanoCrystalline Cellulose (NCC) in the world. Recyclable and renewable, NanoCrystalline Cellulose (NCC) is an advanced material derived from wood fibre that improves strength, durability and toughness. This high-value nanomaterial is capable of transforming...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Maine Governor Paul LePage signed an executive order today directing that "any new or expanded state buildings shall incorporate 'Green Building' standards that give certification credits equally to forest products grown, manufactured, and certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Standard, Forest Stewardship Council, American Tree Farm System, and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification systems." "This...
CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) today announced the February 17(th) worldwide availability of its much-anticipated RAZR Fit(TM) Driver and RAZR Fit(TM) Fairway Woods. Building on 29 years of clubmaking excellence, Callaway's much-anticipated RAZR Fit line of woods represents the Company's most advanced products to date. By combining the performance benefits gained from several proprietary technologies with an easy-to-understand,...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Enviva LP ("Enviva"), a leading manufacturer of processed biomass fuel in the United States and Europe, today announced that it is planning to build a 454,000 metric ton wood pellet manufacturing facility in Courtland, Va., which could begin operations as early as the first half of 2013. The project is contingent on the property where the plant will be located being rezoned by Southampton County and on other permitting requirements....
