OWIC Newsletter

Our monthly newsletter with columns on coming events, Ask the Expert, feature article, and research spotlight.

2008
April	OWIC - What do we do? Featured Researcher: Connie Love Ask the Expert - steaming and durability, wood movement in furniture Selling Forest Products
March	Is your company looking for employees? Featured Researcher: Peter Kitin Selling Forest Products Ask the Expert - drying Douglas-fir timbers, snow load on cabin roof, log prices Biomass News
February	How Does a House Fair in a Tsunami? Featured Researcher: John Nairn Ask the Expert - moisture content for moulding, Douglas-fir wax, timber theft laws Selling Forest Products Bioeconomy and Sustainable Technologies (BEST) Research Center
January	Storm Damage on the North Oregon Coast: A Potential Business Opportunity Featured Researcher: Jim Wilson Instructor in Wood Products Manufacturing Ask the Expert - acidity in wood mulch Connecting Buyers and Sellers of Oregon Forest Products

2007
December	Housing Market Outlook Looking for Employees? Forestry and Green Building: Making connections in Oregon Instructor in Wood Products Manufacturing Ask the Expert - incense cedar decking, log grading Events of Interest
November	New Green Building Rating System USDA Multi-Use Laboratory New Fire Building Codes in California Featured Researcher: Camille Freitag Ask the Expert - regional moisture content in wood, hybrid poplar log markets, powderpost beetles, durability of myrtlewood Events of Interest
October	The Softwood Market in India: An Overview 2008 Woody Biomass Utilization Grant Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper Products Featured Researcher: Charles Brunner Ask the Expert - hybrid poplar log markets, moisture content in wood Events of Interest
September	What Lean Can Do For Your Wood Products Business? Featured Researcher: Lech Muszynski 'America's Dynamic Workforce': A report from the U.S. Department of Labor Ask the Expert - pacific madrone flooring, shrinkage in lattice panels, peeler core business Events of Interest
August	How will California's New Formaldehyde Regulation Impact Your Firm? Featured Researcher: Kate McCulloh Financial Assistance Programs for Oregon Businesses Ask the Expert - stain in pines, one-sided tolerances Oregon Biofuels and Biomass Report Events of Interest
July	Oregon's Workforce: What is the Future? Featured Researcher: Rakesh Gupta The Quality-Innovation Connection Ask the Expert - strength differences between western and eastern Oregon ponderosa pine; buyers for black walnut trees Workshop Announcement: Biomass: From Feedstock to Product
June	California Regulates Formaldehyde Emissions of Panel Products; workshop announcement Featured Researcher: Milo Clauson Society of American Foresters' new report - The State of America's Forests Ask the Expert - source of willow wood for 19th centry glider; small-scale wood-fired power generators
May	Forest products trade between US and China What's all the buzz about biomass? Ask the Expert - list of Oregon dry kilns; mold on redwood siding Featured Researcher: Barb Lachenbruch
April	China - Overview of a Changing Country Need Funds for a Business Idea? - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) training Architectural Design with Wood conference information Oregon Forest Industry Educational Needs Assessment Discussion Forums - Recent questions & answers on lumber grading, drying, and SPC Featured Researcher: Jim Reeb Selling Forest Products conference information The Great Materials Debate: And the winner is... Timber! Forest Products Society Willamette Valley Chapter Meeting - 5/15, Wilsonville, OR
March	Western Juniper Update - Part 2 Green Building Systems: Comparing Two Systems Do You Know Where Your Wood Comes From? Ask the Expert - estimating value of downed trees; target moisture content for large timbers Lean Thinking in the Secondary Wood Products Industry Featured Researcher: Scott Leavengood Selling Forest Products conference information
February	Western Juniper Update - Part 1 Ideas are Free - A Book Review Ask the Expert - building a small DH kiln; seeking a source for white oak logs & lumber ACC Denied Residential Registration by EPA Featured Researcher: Fred Kamke Forest Products Management Development conference information
January	"It's a Moisture Problem..." Want to Learn about Southeastern Hardwoods? Featured Researcher: Mike Milota Innovative Oregon Companies Undergraduates Put Their Experience to Work Ask the Expert - who develops and enforces lumber grading rules? Archiectural Design with Wood conference information

2006
December	Oregon Forest Industry Directory: New and Improved Want to Learn about Southeastern Hardwoods? Calling on All Innovators! We Need Your Stories How Do Industry Managers View Innovativeness? Ask the Expert - sample size for sawmill quality control; controlling sapstain in the log yard Forest Products Management Development conference information Featured Researcher: John Simonsen
November	CORRIM is Seeing Green - Research Overview What's Happening at OWIC? Ask the Expert - using treated lumber for raised-bed gardens Struggling with Succession: New Workbook and DVD Help Families Plan Across Generations Featured Researcher: Kaichang Li OWIC Forest Business Brief - Overview of Starting a New Business
October	Who Will Own the Forest 3 - Conference Overview Statistical Process Control for the Wood Products Industry OWIC Forest Business Briefs Global Markets and Western Forests Declining Housing Market: How Does it Impact the Industry? Featured Researcher: Eric Hansen What's New with OWIC? Ask the Expert - sawing and drying large timbers OSU Lumber Drying Workshop
September	What is the Oregon Wood Innovation Center and what can it do for you? Ask the Expert - new feature for OWIC Oregon Forest Industry Directory Discussion Forums Featured Researcher: Chris Knowles

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