Forest Products Journal back issues from May 2008:
Letter from the editor.(Editorial)
May 01, 2008; ... Dear Reader, In our March feature article, David Brinberg et al. explored research priorities for North American hardwood industries. This month, William Luppold and Matthew Bumgardner offer an historical analysis spanning the past four decades of U.S. hardwood consumption. One ...
Forty years of hardwood lumber consumption.
May 01, 2008; ... Summary An analysis of hardwood lumber consumption found that demand has changed dramatically over the past four decades as a result of material substitution, changes in construction and remodeling product markets, and globalization. In 1963 furniture producers consumed 36 ...
Proposed Federal budget cuts forestry programs.(CLIPPINGS)(Brief article)
May 01, 2008 ... The proposed Federal budget for Fiscal Year 2009, which begins Oct. 1, 2008, would if left unchanged significantly reduce funding for several forestry programs. Funding for the State and Private Forestry program of the USDA Forest Service would be cut by $153 million, or some 58 percent of ...
Dovetail Partners report calls for recognition of carbon stored in wood products.(CLIPPINGS)(Brief article)
May 01, 2008 ... A new report released by Dovetail Partners in April calls for greater recognition of the role of wood products in carbon sequestration and of the low energy intensity of wood products. According to Dr. Jim Bowyer, lead author of the report, current protocols for reducing carbon emissions ...
Italian industry spokesperson says factory automation makes moving production to low-labor-cost countries less attractive; announces program for U.S. and Canadian students.(CLIPPINGS)(Grazia Finocchiaro of Italian Woodworking Machinery and Tool Manufacturers Association)(Brief article)
May 01, 2008 ... Speaking at a press conference in Milan, Grazia Finocchiaro, Vice President of Acimall, the Italian Woodworking Machinery and Tool Manufacturers Association, observed that "the growth of factory automation has taken giant steps in the past few years. This means that labor is getting less ...
Information on moisture and temperature in wood-framed buildings available online.(CLIPPINGS)
May 01, 2008 ... The full text of a technical report summarizing available information about in-service moisture and temperature conditions in wood framing and sheathing members in floors, walls, and roofs of buildings, as well as wood decks and permanent wood foundations, is now available online, ...
APA reports imported scaffolding planks fail U.S. standards.(CLIPPINGS)(Brief article)
May 01, 2008 ... Reporting on mechanical tests conducted earlier this year of laminated veneer lumber (LVL) scaffolding planks imported into the United States from China, APA said the imported planks failed to meet the design property embossed on the planks. APA tested 30 specimens labeled 2.2E, ...
New members.(Forest Products Society )(Brief article)
May 01, 2008 ... The Forest Products Society welcomes the following new members who joined in March 2008: <Pre> Voting Members under Bronze Memberships Don White National Casein of California Midwest Section Voting Members John A. Coakley SSA Cooper, LLC...
Rocky Mountain Section and new chapter help sponsor biomass utilization short course.(Section and Chapter News)
May 01, 2008; ... The Rocky Mountain Section and the newly established Colorado State University Student Chapter of the Forest Products Society provided extensive instructional and logistical and administrative support for the second annual Woody Biomass Utilization Short Course, held January 7-18 in Fort ...
Pennsylvania roundwood purchases and movements by origin and destination.(Reprint)
May 01, 2008; ... Abstract A mail survey of all identified roundwood purchasers in Pennsylvania was conducted in 2004 to quantify the roundwood purchasing industry in terms of roundwood volume, origin, destination, roundwood type, and species of 2003 purchases. An adjusted response rate of 50 ...
A structural assessment of the contract logging sector in the Inland Northwest.
May 01, 2008; ... Abstract Logging contractors supply raw material (i.e., sawlogs and wood chips) to the forest products manufacturing sector and are an integral component of the Inland Northwest's forest products industry. However, a lack of information exists describing the structure and ...
Evaluating wood energy users in North Carolina and the potential for using logging chips to expand wood fuel use.
May 01, 2008; ... Abstract Recent environmental and economic concerns have led to renewed interest in wood as an energy source. A survey to characterize the extent and nature of commercial-scale wood energy in North Carolina was sent to 200 primary wood-processing, secondary wood-manufacturing ...
Green advertising developments in the U.S. forest sector: a follow-up.
May 01, 2008; ... Abstract In the forest products industry, environmental image is an increasingly important consideration and varied approaches are employed to communicate environmental stewardship. Toward this end, green advertising can be used to promote an image of environmental ...
Production and cost of harvesting, processing, and transporting small-diameter ([less than or equal to] 5 inches) trees for energy.
May 01, 2008; ... Abstract Dense, small-diameter stands generally require thinning from below to improve fire-tolerance. The resulting forest biomass can be used for energy production. The cost of harvesting, processing, and transporting small-diameter trees often exceeds revenues due to high ...
A measure of geographic concentration in Spain's wood-based industry.
May 01, 2008; ... Abstract The reasons why industries could want to concentrate geographically may stem from different sources such as the existence of natural advantages in a certain location, as well as from labor, transportation, and technological benefits. It is therefore of interest to find ...
Hybrid poplar as a feedstock for wood-plastic composites.
May 01, 2008; ... Abstract Wood flour made from maple (Acer sp.) and 4 hybrid poplar (Populus spp.) (HP) clones was blended with polypropylene (PP) and extruded using a conical, twin-screw extruder to produce a profiled wood plastic composite (WPC). Ro-Tap screening and image analysis of the HP ...
Effects of raw materials on the properties of wood fiber-polyethylene composites--Part 3: effect of a compatibilizer and wood adhesive on the interfacial adhesion of wood/plastic composites.(Report)
May 01, 2008; ... Abstract The objective of this study was to examine the effect of maleated polypropylene compatabilizer on the interfacial properties of wood and polyolefins. Birch wood dowels containing an adhesive applied on the surface were embedded in molten plastic matrices using specially ...
Long-term ground-contact efficacy studies of two synergistic biocide mixtures that laboratory decay studies suggested may be promising wood preservative systems.(Report)
May 01, 2008; ... Abstract The development of new preservative systems requires considerable time, and initially promising systems are often discarded after considerable time and expenses have been borne. With the trend to employ multiple biocides many combinations could conceivably be tested for ...
Properties of 'enhanced' OSB subfloor panels.(Technical Note)(Report)
May 01, 2008; ... Abstract Oriented strandboard (OSB) manufacturers have developed "enhanced" OSB subfloor products that they claim have improved thickness swell properties. Examples of these enhanced OSB panels were found to have reduced thickness swell, compared with normal OSB. Despite the ...
Coming events.(Calendar)
May 01, 2008 ... July 6-10, 2008: 4th International Conference on Advanced Engineered Wood & Hybrid Composites, Bar Harbor, Maine. Contact 207-581-2121 or visit www.aewc.umaine.edu. July 9, 2008: Practical Wood Identification, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana. Contact Todd Shupe at ...