Six producers of thermowood in Germany founded a special thermowood-section inside the German federation of the sawing and wood industry BSHD in early February
. The total annual capacity of the two ThermoWood kilns will be 18 000 m3/a. The kilning chamber is delivered by TekmaHeat Oy.
Stora Enso Timber was one of the first companies participating in development of Thermowood
In July the Thermowood Division of the German federal sawmill association BSHD started a project for quality assurance of thermo-treated wood. Together with the institute of wood technology Dresden IHD and
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But the weak European currency also affects thermowood prices. For patio deckings the species Ash shaped up as a good raw material for this kind of wood modification and most of Ash used is American Ash. The U. S
Stora Enso Timber is to begin production of Thermowood heat-treated wood
at its Kotka sawmill in August 2001. The capacity of the new plant will
initially be 20,000 m 3 per year
. Both Secal and Secea presented various methods of remote enquiry of drying parameters as well as control via Palm.
Baschild and Stellac focussed on the speciality Thermowood
