Poo paper finds its niche market Sold in retail stores across Canada, at the Toronto Zoo and also marketed as promotional giveaways, Poo Poo Paper products generally sell for less than $20
New Mexico Entrepreneur/Inventor Finds Niche Markets for Skinny Trees Small truss logs are now the most valuable product the company fabricates
Tribe Eyes Monson Furniture Factory Maine tribe wants to start up the manufacturing process again and to open a large wood pellet mill at the location
John Deere Launches Powerful 900 K-Series Feller Bunchers The 900s feature a larger displacement Tier 3 PowerTech Plus 9.0L engine that delivers the power needed to get the job done
Australia's first commercial biochar plant approved Plans to build Australia's first commercial biochar plant moved a step ahead this week
Beetlecrete: Concrete solution for beetle killed wood? Beetlecrete is a versatile material with unique characteristics and untapped potential
Potato plastics group pushes for R&D support A Bangor-based consortium investigating the possibility of making environmentally safe and sustainable plastics from potatoes and wood chips
No Wood to Waste Idaho non-profit works to utilize every inch of product that comes from the forest
Wood chips replace grit and salt on icy roads Swiss firm pioneers environmentally friendly traction
Bedmax launches new fuel from waste woodchips A new fuel has been launched, using the by-products of horse bedding.
Fire Resistant Wood Heads West Safe, Eco-Friendly, Treated Wood Tests Off State Fire Marshals Charts
Forests minister heading to China to sell B.C. wood Forests Minister Pat Bell is heading to China with a delegation of the province's leading forestry CEOs in a trade mission aimed at increasing British Columbia's share of the growing Chinese wood products market.
MT - Building With New Efficiency Company promises highly sustainable, environmental buildings
AZ - Carving out a niche AP Sawmill & Lumber Products takes wood that would normally be ground up and puts it to good use in an array of building products
BC - Paddling Their Way Out Of An Economic Slump The Chief Louie Paddle Company will debut their unique product this weekend at the Kamloopa Pow-Wow in Kamloops
UK - Green Animal Bedding Product Developed By Staffordshire Company A Staffordshire company is showing strong growth after developing an environmentally-friendly animal bedding product
With Forest2Market, Port Blakely Tree Farms Improves Marketing & Substantiates Performance "The data Forest2Market offered was much more robust than any other service available. The breadth and depth of the data gives us a much more accurate picture of how we're performing."
Vigour Forestry Consulting Saves Time with Forest2Markets Timber Pricing Service "It's extremely important for my customers, who are realizing once-or-twice-in-a-lifetime revenue from their timber, and for the future of my own business that my appraisals are based on up-to-date information about real market prices,"
UK - Different Bedding And Stable Dust You only need to be mucking out and turning over a stable bed, with the sun streaming in through the door, to see the amazing amount of miniscule particles filling the air
Former Lincoln Log Ltd. Dealers Launch CNW Log Homes of America Inc. The CNW national dealer network currently offers Milled Log, Timber Frame and Handcrafted, Swedish Cope, Hybrid, Panelized and Stick-built homes in the United States of America
The Colorado Beetle Kill Trade Association Announces the Opening of a New Blue Wood Showroom The June 8th opening of a new Blue Wood showroom in Breckenridge Colorado to draw attention to companies, products, and services that use lumber from beetle killed trees
Roundwood suits buyers in niche markets Between the saw logs and the slash pile, members of the Intermountain Roundwood Association are trying to make a living
UK - Accsys Technologies Unit Titan To Launch New Technology Targeting Wood-Based Composites Market The acetylation technology, branded Tricoya, significantly improves the durability and dimensional stability of materials such as wood chips, fibres and particles which are the main ingredients in wood-based board and panel end-products
MN - Local Certified Wood Products Meet Consumer Demands for Green Goods Certification assures the customer that the products are sourced from forests that are managed to rigorous standards of responsible forestry. Certified forests are audited each year and reports are publically available
CA - A Second Life For Toppled Trees In Santa Barbara, Rob Bjorklund makes unique furniture out of 'awesome logs' that otherwise would be cut for firewood or buried in a landfill