Challengers Award highlights innovation, progress.(Post Show)

Wood Digest;  October 1, 2008 ;     403 words ...Challengers Award highlights innovation, progress The 2008 Challengers Award winners were announced and recognized at a...Gallatin, Tenn. The IWF exhibitors who won the Challengers Award[R] will receive worldwide media coverage and...

CARB: Dates for formaldehyde rules won't change.

Furniture-Today;  June 16, 2008 ;     451 words ......too few labs to test and certify all composite panel makers by the CARB's deadlines, and...compliance dates for manufacturers of composite panel begins Jan. 1, 2009, when they must...CARB estimates there are thousands of composite panel makers around the world, with at least...

SierraPine acquires Weyerhaeuser composite panel business

FDM;  August 1, 1999 ;     122 words ......completed its acquisition of four composite panel manufacturing plants and a ply-veneer...The purchase increases SierraPine's composite panel production capacity to approximately...holdings and makes it the third largest composite panel producer in North America. All told...

Promoting composite wood

FDM;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......In order to promote the advantages of composite panel products, the Composite Panel Association recently increased the size...highlighting creative, cutting-edge uses of composite panel products. Recent features include the...

Industry responds to changing consumer demands

FDM;  September 1, 2001 ;     532 words ......change led to the creation of the Composite Panel Association (CPA), an association...MDF. Like many growing industries, composite panel producers continue to wrestle with...continually expand the horizons for composite panel products. The Composite Panel Association...

Oregon Inventor Develops Fire Retardant Composite Panel Fabrication Method

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 28, 2008 ;     223 words ......method for fabricating fire retardant composite panel. According to the U.S. Patent &...In one embodiment, a fire retardant composite panel material is fabricated. A water-based...is created. An adhesive used in the composite panel fabrication process is added to fibers...

Mosby named CPA 2003 chairman

FDM;  February 1, 2003 ;     131 words ...The Composite Panel Association has announced that...has 30 years of experience in the composite panel and lumber industry. Mosby has...Affairs Group. "The North American composite panel industry is under a lot of economic...

CPA chairman. (In Brief).

Wood Based Panels International;  February 1, 2003 ;     32 words ...The Composite Panel Association has appointed Wade Mosby, senior vice president of the Collins Corporation, as its 2003 chair man. Mr Mosby is a 30-year veteran in the composite panel and lumber industry.

Cam Gentile elected chair of CPA.(News)

Wood Based Panels International;  February 1, 2004 ;     200 words ...The Composite Panel Association (CPA) has announced...competitiveness in a global market for all composite panel products, he said. This will include...Product certification program. The Composite Panel Association represents North American...

Challengers Award winners

FDM;  October 1, 2004 ;     335 words ......winners are: AccuSystems Inc. won a Challengers Award for its CNC miter, mortise and tenon...minutes. Mereen-Johnson Machine won a Challengers Award for its CamLock system for multiple...saw spacer. Vortex Tool Co. won a Challengers Award for its Diamondback router bit. According...

South Carolina Inventor Develops Composite Panel Formation Method

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 3, 2007 ;     271 words ......apparatus for introducing an additive to a composite panel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a composite panel includes the steps of: supplying a...and pressure to the mat to produce a composite panel." An abstract of the invention, released...

Rising to the challenge

FDM;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......to become winners of the 2006 IWF Challengers Award. The seven winners of the 2006 Challengers...latest winners in the 40 years of Challengers Award competitions. An innovative alternative...Milan show four years ago. It won a Challengers Award, Broccoli says, because "the judges...

Record 22 Challengers finalists announced

FDM;  August 1, 2006 ;     698 words ......recognized by the judges. "The IWF 2006 Challengers Award entries were some of the best ever...committee chairman Richard Campbell. The Challengers Award recognizes advancements in technology...devices that advance the industry. "The Challengers Award is rich with history. Over the ...

New Mexico, Colorado Inventors Develop Solar Reflection Panel

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 21, 2006 ;     272 words ......relates to a "solar collector comprising a glass mirror, and a composite panel, wherein the back of the mirror is affixed to a front surface of the composite panel. The composite panel comprises a front sheet affixed to a surface of a core material...

Weyerhaeuser to sell panel business

FDM;  January 1, 2006 ;     71 words ...Weyerhaeuser Go. has announced that it is seeking to sell its composite panel business. Weyerhaeuser's mills iri Albany and Eugene, Ore...and Clonmel, Ireland, produce particleboard and MDF. The composite panel business is reported to have been a strong performer, but...