idea: Innovative Design Excellence Awards.
idea: Innovative Design Excellence Awards At the International Woodworking Fair (IWF) in Atlanta, Wood Digest, Finishing's sister publication, announced the winners of its first-ever Innovative Design Excellence Award (IDEA) competition. The competition aimed to honor superior craftsmanship and creativity in professional woodworking. The IDEA competition...

WHERE TO RECYCLE.
Byline: The Register-Guard Keep this handy recycling list for future reference: Lane County Waste Management: Glenwood Transfer Station, 3100 E. 17th Avenue, Eugene 682-4339. Takes paper, cardboard, plastics, scrap metal, cans, wood waste, yard waste, tires, antifreeze, motor oil and oil filters, batteries, small appliances...

International Paper Agrees to Sell 5 Wood Products Plants to Georgia-Pacific for Approximately $237 Million.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Paper has agreed to sell five wood products mills to Georgia-Pacific for approximately $237 million, subject to various adjustments at closing. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020701/IPLOGO ) The facilities included in the sale are three plywood and lumber complexes in Camden,...

Georgia-Pacific to Acquire Five Wood Products Sites From International Paper.
ATLANTA, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia-Pacific Corp. today announced that it has reached definitive agreements with International Paper to purchase five of the company's wood products sites for approximately $237 million, including working capital. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030425/PAPLOGO ) The sites included in the acquisition are: - Three integrated...

Weyerhaeuser Provides Update on Wood Products Market.
FEDERAL WAY, Wash., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Weyerhaeuser Company today announced that challenging market conditions necessitate further actions, which could include closures, curtailments and restricted operating postures at softwood lumber, engineered lumber and structural panels operations across North America. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040116/WYLOGO-a http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040116/WYLOGO-b ) Downtime and...

Selected Malaysian wood [CO.sub.2]-laser cutting parameters and cut quality.
INTRODUCTION Laser machining of wood has not been widely accepted by wood industry, although several successful [CO.sub.2] laser cutting applications have been reported by Mukherjee et al.(1). An example of [CO.sub.2] laser cutting of wood is highlighted by Lum et.al.(2) in their experiment in determining the process...

WHERE TO RECYCLE.
Byline: The Register-Guard Keep this handy recycling list for future reference: Lane County Waste Management: Glenwood Transfer Station, 3100 E. 17th Avenue, Eugene 682-4339. Takes paper, cardboard, plastics, scrap metal, cans, wood waste, yard waste, tires, antifreeze, motor oil and oil filters, batteries, small appliances...

People.
Byline: The Register-Guard People Jonathan Caplan has been named vice president of marketing at Health & Safety Institute in Eugene, the new parent company of Medic First Aid International and the American Safety & Health Institute. Caplan previously worked at Intel, where he helped launch...

Conditions decline for small businesses.
Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard The sluggish national economy is having an impact on small businesses in Oregon, according to Jeff Thredgold, economic consultant to LibertyBank. The LibertyBank Small Business Index fell to 78.1 in July, down from 78.9 the previous month. The index measures...

Economist says state recession `debatable'.
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - Oregon's economy is still outperforming the rest of the country's, but has worsened enough that it's now debatable whether it will follow the nation into a recession, the state economist reported Thursday. That warning represented a departure from...