A US company has engineered a new type of wood that it says has up to 10 times the strength-to-weight ratio of steel, while also being up to six times lighter. “Superwood” has just launched as a ...

Founded in 1921, Decorative Hardwoods Association (DHA) represents the hardwood plywood, hardwood veneer, and engineered hardwood flooring industries. Together, we produce 90% of the hardwood plywood ...

Toano, VA, June 2, 2015—Lumber Liquidators disclosed a regulatory filing on June 1 in response to inquiries concerning certain relabeled engineered hardwood flooring products. The company reported ...

Wood looks simple, but it’s a tricky material. Inside every tree are long cellulose fibers, helper sugars called hemicellulose, and a stiff, brown binder known as lignin. That mix lets trees grow tall ...

People have been shaping the world around them for millennia. What began as a simple response to the need for shelter has since become one of civilization’s defining industries: construction. But ...

Rizome describes its engineered lumber products as "strong like steel, tough like concrete and beautiful like hardwood. Courtesy of Rizome PH website. Rizome PH, an American company, has opened its ...

Weyerhaeuser WY0.98%increase; green up pointing triangle has broken ground on a $500 million plant in Arkansas to produce engineered lumber from the small trees that have piled up across the pine belt ...

The Port of Portland has granted a lease to Zaugg Timber Solutions. The company makes wood products, sometimes called mass timber. This undated provided photo is a rendering of the planned Zaugg ...

ABSTRACT: Materials used for interior designs and works within buildings significantly influence fire safety. During a fire outbreak, these materials can either function as a barrier, slowing the ...

Modvion is building on the success of its record-breaking wood-based wind turbine tower built in 2023 by raising the bar another 16 meters. The Sweden-based company has received design certification ...