Agende on your calendar - AWFS Las Vegas 22. - 25. July 2025 -
International Wood Processing Fair and Furniture Manufacture
IWF attends to the worlds largest carpentry market with an unmatched presentation of the most recent technology in the industry that drives machinery, components, materials, trends, intellectual leadership and learning. The Commercial Fair and the Conference are the destination chosen by tens of thousands of attendees representing more than 30 commercial sectors. IWF attendees experience everything new and what comes in manufacturing, innovation, product design, learning, networks and emerging sectors in the largest carpentry event in North America. For the world carpentry community, from small workshops to large manufacturers, IWF is the place where the carpentry business does business.
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Know the Guayubira tree: one of the native timber species of the missionary jungle
With information from the Native Missions Species Manual (2024), developed in collaboration between the Faculty of Forest Sciences of the UNAM and the United States Forest Service (USFS) through the Project Update and Edition of the Wood Identification Manual of the Missionary Jungle, we share information from each digital tab that includes dendrological and anatomical characteristics. The manual was elaborated in the Wood, Dendrology and Dendrocronology Anatomy Laboratory (LAMDYD) of the Faculty of Forest Sciences in Eldorado, National University of Misiones.
APICOFOM: 1947 al 2025
The 78th Anniversary of Apicofom finds us as a reference institution of the forest national industry, the result of a constant, coherent and responsible work. Almost 8 decades are reflected today in a solid present, with the legitimacy that supports us when promoting, proposing and implementing sectoral actions in all levels where public policies are decided.
Burned wood: the Japanese technique that beautifies and protects the material
Elegant, ecological and resistant: the wood treated with the millenary technique called Yakisugi challenges the weather and the passage of time. In the world of design and construction, a Japanese ancestral technique is gaining prominence. This is the Yakisugi (also known as Shou Sugi Ban), a method that consists in burning the surface of the wood to make it more resistant and attractive. Although it may seem contradictory, exposing wood to fire gives natural protection against moisture, insects and deterioration over time.
