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This issue has a special focus feature on Doors. The Managing Director of NCL Duradoors has been interviewed as a maker of Bison Panels ...

'Wood' You Like A Pre-Fab Home?

Having re-introduced the concept of wooden residential structures in India in the year 2006, the Delhi-based Woodburn India is drawing the focus of customers and architects away from conventional materials like steel, brick, and cement, to charming and ecofriendly wooden homes.

2 mins

Rise And Fall Of The ‘King' Of Wood Preservatives

Chromated copper arsenate (CCA) is one of the best inventions in the history of wood preservation, and India is proud to have given the world a product that ruled supreme for over 60 years. This article is a tribute to its inventor, Dr.Sonti Kamesam (1898-1952).After its discovery as ASCU, compounds of chromium, copper and arsenic in various proportions were designated as CCA and became the first runner to impregnate timber and other wood products, especially those intended for outdoor use and in ground contact, in order to protect them from attack by microbes and insects. Like other copper-based wood preservatives, it imparts a greenish tint to treated timber; but this does not adversely affect its texture and grain, writes Satish Kumar.

7 mins

Cork: From Wood Waste To Hi-Tech Flooring

With its Cork Oak forests, Portugal is undisputedly the center of the global cork industry. In recent years, floor coverings have undergone a gradual change, with their robustness, feel and appearance all evolving.

5 mins

Value-Addition Is Malaysia's USP

Malaysia produces a wide range of value-added timber products such as furniture, moldings, frames and builders’ joinery and carpentry (BJC).

2 mins

In Doors We Trust

The maker of Bison Panels, NCL Industries (formerly Nagarjuna Cements), has entered the booming market for doors with a new, Rs. 55-crore factory near Hyderabad. Mr K. Ravi, Managing Director, told Dhananjay Sardeshpande why induction of new technology is essential to India.

10+ mins

‘Under' Water Restaurant Features Oak & Concrete

The world’s largest underwater restaurant – aptly named ‘Under’ – opened in March this year off the coast of southern Norway.

1 min

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Wood News is India’s leading and premier magazine for the wood-working sector ,having been continuously published for 31 years. . It is a bi-monthly title and is a must-read publication for those involved in furniture manufacturing, construction and interior design with a circulation readership of 68000 readers across India. A part from this, the flip magazine is also sent to a large database of woodworking professionals..
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Five leading furniture designers in India recently unveiled the finished pieces made using American hardwoods as part of the project, the first design collaboration in the country led by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC). Find out who these designers are, who did what, and chose which hardwood species, and why!
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