The challenge of designing a system for bundling, cutting to length, milling and stacking timber in an area less than 18m wide was no problem for the Kallfass project at Bois Brever...

The U.S. South is poised to overtake Canada’s historic dominance in North American lumber production as decades of trade restrictions take their toll...

Design studio Policronica has transformed the interior of Hotel Elysée Montmartre in Paris, relying almost exclusively on a single species of wood...

Wood Engineering Technology aims to turn the lumber industry on its head with a process that can turn low-value pallet wood into high-value structural timber. Director Tony Johnston says the Auckland...

Over the past 10 years, we’ve seen that artificial intelligence (AI) is more than just a buzzword. It is about to revolutionize all fields of our society. From image recognition to visual art creation and from...

The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. LignoSat, developed by Kyoto University...

An interactive, data-driven platform to monitor timber trade and provide law enforcement agencies with a shortcut to help detect and stop illegal shipments. The international trade in timber is immense...

Brazilian researchers have opened a new front in the search for a reliable timber tracking system by using chemical analysis to determine where a tree was grown. The technique relies on identifying a wood...

Obtaining insurance for a mass timber home is often flagged as challenging by designers, developers and homeowners because the industry perceives it as risky. In the UK, the insurance...

If you’re involved in the filing room or managing the circle saw budget, you’ve likely asked or been asked, “When should a saw be discarded?” Sometimes the answer is clear even to a layperson...