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Article: Say uncle.(the GREEN thumb)
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- Walls & Ceilings
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- April 1, 2007
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In November 2005, Dow BioProducts Division of Dow Products Canada announced it would stop producing its popular Woodstalk straw-based composite panel. This announcement came as a great surprise and shock to many architects, specifiers and end-users as well as those familiar with the product in the green building movement's hierarchy.
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Manufactured at their Elie, Manitoba, plant (having a capacity to produce 140 million square feet per year), Dow sought to sell the plant upon the end of Wood-stalk's production. Unfortunately, they were unable to do so; it was just not economically viable considering the exponential rise in energy ...