H?fele-to-Order Program to Offer Aluflex
Häfele America Co.announces that the Aluflex Sliding door system can now be ordered, customized and pre-assembled through the Häfele-to-Order (H-to-O) online service.

Aluflex is an aluminum-framed sliding door system that brings functionality and style to closets, living rooms, garages, office areas and other spaces where doors are needed. Aluflex is available with a soft-close dampening mechanism to prevent noise fromdoor slamming and avoid damage to doors and walls..... Read full news
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Housing Starts Rise 6.8 Percent in May reports NAHB
Nationwide housing starts rose 6.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 914,000 units in May due primarily to increased production on the multifamily side, according to newly released data from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau..... Read full news
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Steady Increase Reported in Global Trade of Wood Chips in Past Ten Years
Japan and China have imported 83 per cent of traded hardwood chips in 2012. The global pulp industry has increased its importation of wood chips the past ten years, reaching the second highest import levels on record in 2012, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Japan, China, Finland and Turkey were the largest importing countries last year..... Read full news
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Norbord Has Been Added to S&P/TSX Composite Index
Norbord Inc. has announced that S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services has confirmed that Norbord will be added to the S&P/TSX Composite Index, effective after close of trading on June 21, 2013..... Read full news
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AWFS Continues Recycling Program, Destroys Responsibly at AWFS Fair
AWFS has once again teamed with WEIMA, the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), Repurpose America and Freeman, the association’s show general contractor, to set up a “Destroy Responsibly recycling program at AWFS Fair Wednesday, July 24 –Saturday, July 27..... Read full news
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Cabinet, Millwork and Small Shops Featured in AWFS Fair Education Program
Seminar topics tackling critical concerns of cabinet and architectural millwork shops and shops with less than ten employees play a prominent role in the 2013 College of Woodworking Knowledge (CWWK), the education program of the AWFS Fair. Two education tracks, Cabinet/Millwork and Small Shops Ten and Under, are dedicated to these segments..... Read full news
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AWFS Installs New Board at Woodworking Industry Conference (WIC)
Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS) recently installed their 2013 Board of Directors at this year’s WIC in Tempe, AZ. Wade Gregory, from Flakeboard America Ltd., has been named President of AWFS..... Read full news
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Lack of qualified workers affects builders' confidence
Builder confidence in newly built single-family homes declined again in April, according to the National Association of Home Builders.Home builder confidence has been falling since January, despite improving demand for new houses. US home builder confidence..... Read full news
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Phoseon Technology Announced Industry's Peak Performing Air-Cooled Product
Phoseon Technology expands its product portfolio by introducing the FireJet FJ200 12W air-cooled UV LED curing family which are available in five standard sizes. The products are scalable ‘as is’ meaning they can be placed end-to-end. These high performance products offer 12W/cm peak irradiance and utilize ambient air-cooling so an external cooling system is not necessary. FireJet products are suitable for single pass digital, coatings and wide format curing applications where high peak irradiance and fast curing of heat-sensitive substrates is vitally important..... Read full news
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Timber Tower Research Project
The goal of the Timber Tower Research Project was to develop a structural system for tall buildings that uses mass timber as the main structural material and minimizes the embodied carbon footprint of the building. The structural system research was applied to a prototypical building based on an existing concrete benchmark for comparison. The concrete benchmark building is the Dewitt-Chestnut Apartments; a 395ft tall, 42 story building in Chicago designed by SOM and built in 1965. SOM’s solution to the tall wooden building problem is the “Concrete Jointed Timber Frame”. This system relies primarily on mass timber for the main structural elements, with supplementary reinforced concrete at the highly stressed locations of the structure: the connecting joints. This system plays to the strengths of both materials and allows the engineer to apply sound tall building engineering fundamentals. The result is believed to be an efficient structure that could compete with reinforced concrete and steel while reducing the carbon footprint by 60 to 75%..... Read full news
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