Arxada is a leading name in worldwide wood protection, with operations throughout Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, North and South America offering wood treating chemicals and related wood preservation technology. Our wood protection products enhance the performance and increase the longevity of wood, one of the world’s greatest renewable resources. We manufacture high-quality formulated products that protect wood from mold, insects, fungal decay and fire to help make the most of it as a sustainable and adaptable construction material. We support our customers with our flagship brands of Wolman®, Tanalith®, Dricon® and AntiBlu®. Laboratories in Atlanta, GA (USA), Castleford (United Kingdom) and Melbourne (Australia) keep us in the forefront of international advancements.

We provide wood preservatives for industrial use, which extend the useful life in service and give added value to this noble material. Since 1990, we have led the introduction of new wood treatment solutions to meet the requirements of different markets, allowing our clients to be competitive and obtain greater added value from their products. Arxada Quimetal is a joint venture between Quimetal Industrial SA, an important Chilean chemical company with more than 60 years in the country and Arxada Wood Protection. This joint venture was formed to provide the Chilean forestry sector and other South American countries with preservative chemical products for wood, which allow increasing its natural durability in service, protecting it against deteriorating agents such as microorganisms, fire and the action of environment.

Burnblock® is the supplier of natural and non-toxic fire retardant solutions for wood and natural fiber products. Our hard work and dedication to developing an environmentally friendly fire retardant is backed by a desire to solve a specific problem in a different and innovative way. Burnblock collaborates with many Test Institutes and Organisations on the testing of materials treated with Burnblock. Burnblock’s commitment to sustainability and how we conduct ourselves in the marketplace includes respect for universally recognised principles on human rights, including labour rights, our responsibility to the environment and our approach to anti-corruption.

Carmo Wood is composed of a group of 10 companies, based in Portugal, and the entire process of transformation, product creation, and technical development is Portuguese. We offers a wide range of products in Portugal and to more than 40 countries, in sectors as diverse as agriculture, equestrian world, construction, tourism, leisure, security, and telecommunications. Every year we prepare ourselves for a better year. To do more and go even further. Innovation is present in our daily lives. This is our DNA. International markets represent approximately 50% of our revenue. With headquarters in Lisbon, there are four other manufacturing units in Pegões, Almeirim, and Oliveira de Frades, while we have companies with offices in Madrid and Algeciras in Spain, and in Bordeaux, France.

Copper Care has always believed in creating innovative, effective biocides to provide optimum protection with minimum risk to human health and the environment. Today we are a global market leader in wood preservation technology. With more than a quarter century of experience developing and producing lower toxicity products with better efficacy combating microbials such as bacteria and fungi, Copper Care is uniquely positioned to bring new, innovative economical, and effective products to market which will protect our families, friends and customers in their homes, businesses, and lives.

Cosaco is the new company name for the two entities previously called Spiess-Urania Chemicals and Kocide, coming together under one unified global brand with an aspiration as the global expert in copper salts. Cosaco remains part of the global Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, group. Cosaco is among the global leaders in the production of copper salts for wood protection. Wood preservatives keep the natural raw material wood durable. Together with our partners Cosaco basic copper carbonate is a key to increased longevity and durability of wood making it a key element in the sustainability goals of the forest and building sector. Wood is the oldest and one of the most widely used building materials. It combines a high strength-to-weight ratio, attractive aesthetic properties, ease of construction and reparability.

DTI supplies high technology solutions derived from current market requirements to the benefit of individual enterprises. We house what is perhaps Denmark’s biggest and oldest skills centre within building and construction, and an internationally-recognised centre for energy-efficient installations. We specialise within agroindustry, meat production, environmental technology, advanced materials and agile production. We employ around 1,000 specialists, working in close consultation with 800 research and development partners to help enterprises of all sizes remain competitive and innovative.

Etimine USA, Inc. is the North American, Caribbean and Central American sales office for Eti Maden, the largest producer of boron products in the world. Eti Maden, owned by the government of Turkey, possesses 72% of the world’s known boron reserves and supplies nearly 50% of the world’s boron needs. Products include ground mineral ores and various grades of boric acid and sodium borates, as well as specialty products such as DOT. Our mission is to help companies in North America, Caribbean and Central America benefit from the efficient supply of high quality, value-added boron products. We will utilize Eti Maden’s sustainable development of national boron resources, and provide regional services that help our customers prosper. Our core values are Reliability, Customer Oriented, Team Spirit, Adaptability, Courage, and Social Responsibility.

FPInnovations is a private not-for-profit organization that specializes in the creation of solutions in support of the Canadian forest sector’s global competitiveness. It is ideally positioned to perform state-of-the-art research, develop advanced technologies, and deliver innovative solutions to complex problems for every area of the sector’s value chain, from forest operations to consumer and industrial products. FPInnovations’ R&D laboratories are located in Montréal, Quebec City, and Vancouver, and it has technology transfer offices across Canada.

JWPA was established in 1974 and incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1978. In 1987, JWPA was officially registered as an academic society by the Science Council of Japan. JWPA has been working hard to promote research and development of technologies to preserve wood. Furthermore, JWPA endorses educational programs that will help society's understanding on its effort. Commissioned by government agencies and private foundations, JWPA evaluates performance of wood preservatives and treated wood, develops treating technologies and applications, and strives to ensure the safety of wood preservation operators and users as well as natural environment. In addition, JWPA aims to introduce new wood preservatives and develop wood-based materials with high durability.

Since its founding in 1908, Katayama Chemical Industry Research Institute has delivered products, technologies and services to various industries, and expanded its business domain from "water chemistry-Chemistry-" to "environmental science-Science-". We have been aiming to create new value. We deliver products, technologies, and services that give consideration to safety and security. We have the philosophy of looking after our feet and ourselves and others. We would like to be useful as an environmental management partner. We will continue to co-create value with our customers and contribute to the sustainable development of society..

Koppers Performance Chemicals develops revolutionary ways to pressure treat lumber for residential construction, remodeling, commercial building, heavy duty marine and agricultural use. In addition to fire retardant treated wood products, Koppers provides essential products for utility companies and fundamental infrastructure. Koppers provides wood preservatives, fire retardants, engineering services, and customized marketing support, providing the highest level of service and technical support available. As the global leader in the development and commercialization of wood technologies and chemistries, our primary focus continues to be in wood preservation and enhancement products.

Koshii Wood Industry Co., Ltd. operates a wide range of businesses including residential preservative foundations, wood products, and wooden building materials. "Regenerating Japan's forests." We aim to give back to the mountains by developing high-value-added wood products and promoting the use of wood in urban areas. We want to work with our local forestry and lumber businesses and our wood sales partners in urban areas to realize this philosophy. The coexistence and prosperity of mountain areas and urban areas is the society we envision. Our company was founded as a wood utility pole preservative, and after the war, with the guidance of many teachers and seniors and the help of many business partners, we have developed new wood products in the housing and vehicle industries . We will continue to strive to create new value by utilizing wood processing technology.

At Koshii Preserving we strive to protect "mountains", "trees", "houses", "living", "employees", and all people. We are developing various solutions for people and businesses - "Protecting" is our theme. We are a wood preservation treatments manufacturer, but we are developing a solution business that considers how to utilize our technology to help end users, rather than simply selling chemicals. We are developing "100-year-old trees that do not rot" and "technology that termites cannot eat." In general, people tend to imagine building a house until they build a house, but what the residents really need is "to continue to protect the safe, secure, and comfortable lives of the people who live there." We are thinking.

Our company started in 1955 as Kai R Spangenbergs Eftf. I/S and was renamed KRS ApS in 2008. The company’s purpose was to protect wooden utility poles in the field against decay. Over the next twenty years we built up a substantial knowledge of wood preservation from our work in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. The experience of protecting wood in ground contact was especially useful, as it is a very challenging part of wood preservation. In 1975 we developed two new groups of products: Boracol and Impel boron rods. As these products were also suitable for effective protection of wood in buildings we expanded the purpose of the company to cover remedial treatment of wood in general and established a network of distributors in a number of countries. In the 1970s we also developed the Pilodyn wood tester, originally to enable field personnel to detect softrot in utility poles. The Pilodyn is now also used for testing wood quality in general.

We are a leading speciality chemicals company based in Cologne. With around 14,800 employees in 33 countries, we are an established company on the global market. Our primary expertise lies in producing, developing and marketing chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and plastics, with annual sales of EUR 6.1 billion (2020). We manage our operating business through four segments: Advanced Intermediates, Specialty Additives, Consumer Protection and Engineering Materials. These include 11 Business Units, through which we work with a broad range of applications and markets. As a specialist and efficient partner, we offer solutions to the challenges faced by our customers.

The mission of the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana is to perform university, higher education, professional and postgraduate education, scientific-research and expert and consulting work in the field of science about living nature (biology, microbiology) as well as agriculture, forestry and fishery (forestry, animal science, agronomy) and the related production technologies (wood science, food science, biotechnology). The common basis of all study and scientific disciplines at the Biotechnical Faculty is natural resources (soil, space, flora, fauna, water). Research and education in science about life and nature places great responsibility on the Biotechnical Faculty, namely to create expert and scientific foundations as well as strengthen the social climate to establish harmony between man and nature.

Founded in 1972, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions) has been a leading producer of high-performance engineered wood products for residential and light commercial construction. This includes both single family and multifamily, mid-rise construction. LP’s extensive product offering includes treated engineered wood siding (SmartSide® Trim & Siding) and a portfolio of value-added oriented strand board (OSB) panel products (FlameBlock® fire-rated sheathing, TechShield® Radiant Barrier sheathing). Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates 22 manufacturing facilities across the United States, Canada, Chile, and Brazil. More detailed information can be found by clicking Visit below.

Iivari Mononen began his career with small-scale sawmilling. Today, the Iivari Mononen Group is piloted by the third generation of the family. In addition to Finland, Scanpole's offices, impregnation plants and warehouses, which currently handle wood procurement and trade, are located in Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom. Skill-saturated poles secure electricity and data transmission, especially in challenging conditions. PrimaTimber, a producer and seller of impregnated wood products is an integral part of Finnish construction.

Nisus Corporation was founded in 1990 in Knoxville, TN. Since then, Nisus has grown rapidly and is one of the leading suppliers of products to the professional pest management industry. Nisus is a privately held company producing a full line of pest management products, including wood protection, insect baits and odor control at its manufacturing plant in Rockford, TN. As the first product produced by Nisus, Bora-Care has gained widespread use in the pest management industry. Nisus Corporation continues to lead the Green Pest Management movement and bring sustainable wood preservatives to the railroad, utility and lumber industries and now sells 30+ products in 7 countries around the world.

NTR is a trusted quality labelling system used for the classification and quality control of wood and wood products that have been treated with preservatives or have been modified. It is now the de-facto standard for the construction industry and authorities. The NTR system is unique and has helped to develop a high consumer confidence in wood that has a long and reliable service life, with excellent protection against fungal and insect attack. NTR was introduced in 1969 at the initiative of the Nordic Ministerial Council. Today, it has evolved into a cooperation between the Nordic wood protection trade associations (Dansk Træbeskyttelse, Kestopuuteollisuus, Treindustrien, Svenska Träskyddsföreningen) and is the largest wood quality system for durablility in Europe. A total of 110 companies are NTR-certified, which means their wood products can bear the NTR label to show their customers that the wood has been produced according to the NTR standards.

The Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology (Treteknisk) was established in 1949 as an industry research institute for the wood industry in Norway. We are an independent research association with 130 member companies. Wood technology shall promote the use of wood by providing updated knowledge about wood - its properties, processing and use. The instruments are targeted at R&D, dissemination of knowledge, advice and quality documentation. Treteknisk annually makes a significant effort in the work with common European standards, and thereby safeguards Norwegian interests in this work. We also assist in quality assurance of translations of standards into Norwegian.

The Poznań University of Life Sciences is a leading Polish scientific and academic centre in the field of life sciences and agricultural and forestry sciences as well as related disciplines, well-established and highly valued in Central and Eastern Europe. The University is a multi-disciplinary source of innovation, expert knowledge and solutions presenting a high implementation potential. It is a key scientific partner for business in agriculture, forestry, the agri-food industry, branches related to the quality of life and ecology, promoting sustainable social development, nature conservation and health-promoting nutrition.

Founded in 1883 as Pittsburgh Plate Glass by Captain John B. Ford and John Pitcairn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Today, PPG is a global supplier of paints, coatings, optical products, and specialty materials. Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company.

We were founded in 1873, on the banks of the Rio Tinto river in Andalusia, Spain. As pioneers in mining and metals, we produce materials essential to human progress. U.S. Borax provides refined borates vital to industrial processes and agricultural and commercial applications. U.S. Borax technical and scientific experts are dedicated to continuous research and product improvement. Tim-bor® is a high-performance borate wood preservative that has been specially designed to provide the highest concentration of boron at the maximum possible solubility and rate of dissolution in water. Wood treated with Tim-bor can be used for a variety of purposes, such as trussed rafters, studding, cladding, and exterior joinery.

impra® is the brand for surface products and wood protection from RÜTGERS Organics GmbH. The connecting element across our entire impra® product range is the know-how of our experts, who practically live with and for wood. All of our solutions and services are based on this deep understanding of the natural material wood. We deliver intelligent, innovative and benefit-oriented solutions for specific market segments and their requirements across all categories. In addition to excellent products, we must work together with all market participants to create framework conditions for successful work. That is why we are agile participants and drivers in all major associations!.

Rundvirke Poles AB is a wholly owned Swedish family company, the oldest part of which was established as early as 1899 in Dalarna county and is now one of the largest and leading manufacturers of pylon poles in Europe. Rundvirke Poles AB is part of Rundvirke Industrier with about 200 employees in Sweden. Environment and quality are value concepts that permeate the entire group. Each year the company delivers between 175,000 and 220,000 impregnated pylon poles in lengths of between 7 and 23 meters. Also, some 250,000 sleepers are delivered annually. The export share is growing and is significant.

Scion is a New Zealand Crown (government-owned) research institute that specialises in research, science and technology development for the forestry, wood product, wood-derived materials, and other biomaterial sectors. We have a long and ongoing involvement in research and technology related to wood product development, wood protection/modification, durable timbers, and wood product evaluation. The Head Office in Rotorua in the Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park is set against the magnificent backdrop of Whakarewarewa Forest. The 114 ha of park-like grounds contain our main campus, laboratories and research nursery plus other businesses.

The Swedish Wood Protection Association continuously publishes news, market and product information and research reports both in-house and in collaboration with institutes and representatives of the media. We also publish the newsletter Träskyddsaktuellt, which is aimed at members and industry stakeholders. For more than five decades, the association has acted as a representative of the wood protection industry and its stakeholders and has played a significant role in the modernization and environmental adaptation of industrial companies in Sweden, the Nordic countries and Europe. The association has also contributed to the positive development and popularity that the industry companies' products have been able to show in Sweden and Europe for a couple of decades.

TimTechChem International Limited is an Australasian company formed to market and supply quality wood preservatives, fire retardants, patented technology, treatment plants and world class technical services to the timber protection industry. Azelis New Zealand Limited, is the owner of TimTechChem. Azelis toll manufactures most of the chemicals sold by TimTechChem. Azelis New Zealand Limited is 100% owned by the global Azelis group.

Viance, LLC, formed in 2006, is a joint venture between parent companies International Flavors and Fragrances Inc. (IFF™) and Venator® Materials PLC. Viance provides an extensive range of advanced wood treatment technologies and services to the global wood preservation industry. With expertise in wood biocides and wood protection chemicals, Viance is an industry leader in the development of advanced building material solutions and utility pole protection that improve the performance and durability of wood products. Its most recent innovation, UltraPole® NXT, is an environmentally advanced oil-borne utility pole treatment based on DCOI that benefits pole treaters, utilities, linemen, and the environment.

WEI is the European industry trade association representing the pressure treated wood industry. WEI promotes the benefits of treated timber whilst representing wood preservation industries within the European Union. The mission of the WEI Marketing Committee is to increase the market share of copper treated wood products in outdoor applications – decking, fencing, landscaping – to the benefit of WEI members. Our vision is that treated timber is a preferred material in outdoor applications in Europe.

Wolman is one of the leading manufacturers of wood preservatives worldwide and offers a comprehensive range of services for a wide variety of wood preservation applications. Founded in 1911 in Sinzheim, Germany, we can look back on over a century of experience in wood protection. Our products offer protection against wood-destroying fungi and insects, extend the life of the wood and thus increase its sustainable use. With our future-oriented and market-driven product range, we are one of the world's leading companies in the industry. We offer a wide variety of products for timber and pressure impregnation. We also have solutions to protect against blue stain.

WTT Innovation is not only a technology provider. We also develop new wood products, protection systems, and service offerings. The projects are run as internal projects or in cooperation with customers and manufacturers of wood preservatives and oils. Besides the on-going projects we have and continue to develop a strong network with leading universities and test institutes, globally. We also test products at our own outdoor exposure site as well as in tropical climate on Borneo. Sustainability is in focus in all WTT processes. We design timber treatment facilities that can increase the service life of a given wood commodity ten-fold or more compared to untreated wood. Using modified or preservative treated wood is a sustainable choice./span>

Our history of about 100 years is also a history of continuing to take on new challenges. We have listened to the ever-changing needs of the times and have endeavored to innovate while creating the future. We will contribute to the creation of a comfortable and comfortable living environment and the development of a society rich in humanity by studying the characteristics of trees through anticipation and technological development capabilities. The company name of "Xyence Co., Ltd." was born from a combination of three words meaning "tree", "science" and "environment". For the prosperous future of people and the earth, we express our corporate stance of supporting the creation of a comfortable and comfortable "environment" by utilizing the warmth and kindness of "wood" with "science" with more advanced technology./span>

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