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APA – The Engineered Wood Association is a nonprofit trade association of the United States and Canadian engineered wood products industry. [2] They represent engineered wood manufacturers and mandate things such as quality testing, product research, and market development. APA's corporate headquarters are in Tacoma, Washington.
Copper azole preservative (denoted as CA-B and CA-C under American Wood Protection Association/AWPA standards) is a major copper based wood preservative that has come into wide use in Canada, the US, Europe, Japan and Australia following restrictions on CCA. Its use is governed by national and international standards, which determine the volume ...
The Association also serves as the forest products industry's primary statistical clearinghouse for manufacturing, production and capacity data. An AF&PA affiliate organization, the American Wood Council, promotes the use of wood building materials in residential and commercial construction and is an ANSI-accredited publisher of wood building ...
The wood industry or timber industry (sometimes lumber industry -- when referring mainly to sawed boards) is the industry concerned with forestry, logging, timber trade, and the production of primary forest products and wood products (e.g. furniture) and secondary products like wood pulp for the pulp and paper industry.
Certified wood. A managed forest on San Juan Island in Washington. Certified wood and paper products come from responsibly managed forests – as defined by a particular standard. With third-party forest certification, an independent standards setting organization (SSO) develops standards for good forest management, and independent auditing ...
Website. awc .org. The American Wood Council ( AWC) is a trade association that represents North American wood products manufacturers. [1] North American membership includes companies and industry associations; among them, Boise Cascade LLC, Canfor USA/New South, Georgia-Pacific LLC, Interfor Corporation, Kapstone, Louisiana Pacific, Masonite ...
fsc .org. The Forest Stewardship Council GmbH ( FSC) is an international non-profit, multistakeholder organization established in 1993 that promotes responsible management of the world's forests via timber certification. This organization uses a market-based approach to transnational environmental policy. [1] [2]
It is an engineered woodfrom the family of manufactured boards, which include plywood, medium-density fibreboard(MDF), oriented strand board(OSB), and particle board(or chipboard). All plywoods bind resin and wood fibre sheets (cellulosecells are long, strong and thin) to form a composite material.