A U.K. technology developer has developed a world-first technology to recycle MDF waste – and recover wood fiber from it. With research and development spanning six years, MDF Recovery recently ...

Decades worth of work from tree geneticists are now colliding with AI and multiplex CRISPR to overcome a major barrier to the sustainable production of wood fibers while improving wood properties.

Researchers have developed a method that opens up new opportunities for the use of lignin-containing wood fibers and other natural fibers as well as fiber products. The method offers an innovative, ...

FITCHBURG, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Wood Fiber Holdings Inc. is pleased to announce that Craig Tompkins has been named President and CEO. Wood Fiber Holdings was formed in ...

Wood has been in use as both a structural and decorative material for thousands of years. Ironically, the properties that make it perform heroically as a structural material—high flexural strength, ...

Standard dimensions are L 112.2 cm (44.17 in) x H 280 cm (110.2 in) x THK ±1.5 cm (0.59 in). Custom laser cuts with customized dimensions are available. The core material has an Oekotex certificate.

A team of researchers working at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology claim to have developed a way to make cellulose fibers stronger than steel on a strength-to-weight basis. In what is ...

With exterior trim sales on the rise, 2015 opened with another salvo from the major player in the fiber cement arena. Dublin, Ireland-based James Hardie Building Products released results of a study ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I bring creativity and culture from around the globe to you. Marimekko, the Finnish design company known for its bold, colorful, ...

Jamestown, CA - American Wood Fibers has purchased California Wood Shavings, located near the intersection of Highway 108 and J-59. California Wood Shavings, previously owned by Bob Brewster, operates ...

GAYLORD — The buildings sat idle for a number of years at the former Georgia-Pacific particleboard plant as possible suitors seeking to purchase the property came and went. The buildings were then ...

There were more than a million tons of sawdust with nowhere to go. In Maine, where about 90% of the state is forested, sawmills are one of the state’s main industries. Their sawdust byproduct had ...