Industry 4.0 is lauded as the natural next step for the manufacturing industry, but its adoption, especially in Asia, has been slow. Despite the apparent benefits, the most important question…
Going Autonomous In Maintenance
Saving Costs With AIS
Responding To The EUTR
The sustainable competitive advantages (SCA) approach showed promising insight on furniture manufacturers in Malaysia and provides hints to what the industry should do going forward. By RosmainiTasmin and AliyuAlhaji Abu…
To Buy Or Not To Buy
IMA and Schelling Join Hands to Create Brilliant
Future Towards Wood-Based Bioeconomy
Heat pumps have been used successfully to improve energy efficiency in domestic dryers but their industrial application has been limited. Researchers have now developed a dynamic heat-pump dryer test bench…
The Sweet Future
When Dust Can Kill
Woodworking Trends & Challenges
When it comes to flooring for a room with an under-floor heating system, it turns out that how well it works depends on not only the wood type but also…
Making A Splash With Colours
Advanced Design Solutions For Precision Machines
Flooring Goes Longer & Wider
By the end of 2015, about 40 million hectares were certified, approximately 160 certificates were issued on forest management and 440 certificates on chain of custody. Despite the existing problems,…
Turning To Secondary Timber Species
From the Earth for a Better Earth
Changing For The Climate
Countries worldwide have launched various initiatives and adopted certification schemes to ensure the responsible and sustainable management and utilisation of forest. To fully understand the meaning of “sustainability”, one should…
