Advancing International Trade in Wood Products
Search for certain species or products with the assurance that products provided by IWPA members meet your environmental and quality specifications. Learn more about IWPA's programs and the positive role industry plays in supporting sustainable forest management, U.S. jobs and assuring the legality of imported wood products.
International Wood Distribution Hits 20,000
International Wood serves as an invaluable “Buyers Guide”, a “yellow pages” of industry suppliers for anyone involved in sourcing imported wood products or locating service providers to industry. “In addition to highlighting some fantastic success stories that used exotic woods, we expanded distribution,” said Brent McClendon, IWPA executive vice president. “We’ve increased hardcopy distribution by 33% and maintain a digital edition on our website. By focusing International Wood as a ‘Buyers Guide,’ we are quite confident this publication will stay front-and-center on buyer’s desks as a year-round reference tool.”
New for 2010 is an expanded section, International Floors and Decks, which illustrates the ways in which exotic wood species are making inroads into these expansive market segments. “It was a natural growth of the editorial product as our association is increasingly working with architects, designers and distributors to help them find suppliers of flooring and decking,” McClendon continued ....Read more.
President Signs Formaldehyde Bill
On July 7, President Obama signed into law S. 1660, the “Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act,” which establishes national air emission standards for formaldehyde in domestic and imported composite wood products. EPA is directed to promulgate regulations no later than January 1, 2013. You can read IWPA's press release here and the text of S. 1660 here.
IWPA Helps Launch Forest Legality Alliance
Brent McClendon, Executive Vice President, IWPA, lauded the establishment of the Forest Legality Alliance (FLA), during a May 26 Press Briefing in Washington, DC. At the news event to unveil the FLA, McClendon explained how increased trade in forest products is one of the most successful strategies to reduce deforestation and forest destruction caused by land conversion practices."...Read IWPA Press Release.
IWPA on Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook and Blogger
IWPA's online presence continues to grow. We recently added a blog to further discuss the issues we work and to help enlarge our community. In addition, we now have more than 350 members on Linkedin, 125 followers on Twitter and a continually increasing number of fans on Facebook. When you get a moment, give each of the above sites a look, register if you haven't already, and drop us a note with your thoughts. Also, don't forget to Read full IWPA blog.
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