Since the merger between IMA and Schelling, the group has continued to grow. The company recently set up a new consultancy to upgrade its services further. FDM Asia say down with Bernhard Berger, MD, Andreas Bischoff, MD and Eric Zhu, GM of IMA and Schelling Group China to learn more about the company’s direction moving forward. By Sandy Sun
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Furniture is one of the major contributors to Indonesia’s economy. By measuring the eco-efficiency of production processes, companies can save costs and lower waste. By Dyah Ika Rinawati, Sriyanto, Diana Puspita Sari, and Andana Cantya Prayodha, Diponegoro University
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The furniture market in China is expected to grow further as the country continue to urbanise and living standards improve further. However, what does this mean for business owners and the timber industry? What are the new consumer trends that companies should look out for? By Mike Adams, ITTO, and Tan Xiufeng, Chinese Academy of Forestry, originally for Tropical Forest Update, from a survey published by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council
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After taking a look at how an adaptive forest management approach can redefine forest management framework in a changing and unpredictable world, we look at how social factors can help create policy procedures that are more suitable. By Susanna Nocentini, University of Florence, Gerard Buttoud, University of Tuscia, OrazioCiancio, Italian Academy of Forest Sciences, and Piermaria Corona, Research Centre for Forestry and Wood
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In a changing and inherently unpredictable world, there is a need to define a forest management framework that allows both a comprehensive vision of forest dynamics, as well as an adaptive management approach and policy procedures that are more suitable. We kick off this part series by first looking at an adaptive forest management approach. By Susanna Nocentini, University of Florence, Gerard Buttoud, University of Tuscia, Orazio Ciancio, Italian Academy of Forest Sciences, and Piermaria Corona, Research Centre for Forestry and Wood
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American hardwood is widely used in furniture, flooring, furnishing and construction for its environmental quality and physical properties. American Hardwood Export Council chairman Dave Bramlage, executive director Michael Snow and regional director, Greater China & Southeast Asia John Chan and executive director from National Hardwood Lumber Association CEO Lorna Christie share more about this unique material with FDM Asia. By Sandy Sun
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IMA Schelling Group is committed to offering good after-sales services and advanced precision machinery. CEO Bernhard Berger shares their service concept and future plans with FDM Asia. By Sandy Sun
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To mitigate global climatic changes, long-term carbon trading and carbon taxes have been implemented in many countries. However, carbon prices have varied in many of these regions, making it necessary to evaluate the effects of carbon prices on trade-offs between forest carbon and timber management objectives in spatial harvest scheduling problems. By Qin Huiyan, Dong Lingbo and Huang Yingli, Northeast Forestry University
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The new year of 2017, whether calendar or lunar, is ushered in with more uncertainties than has been the case in recent memory. When the financial collapse of 2008 was fully appreciated at the start of 2009, the uncertainty was all about money and markets. This time it is about a lot more and definitely more complex. By Michael Buckley, World Hardwoods
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When investigating psychological differences, wood is usually compared to carpets, glass, leather, stone, or plastic but is not compared to a visually similar material such as laminate. This study is designed to analyse and compare the various psychological characteristics related to wooden and laminate materials in interior settings. By Paul Jimenez, Anita Dunkl, Kerstin Eibel and Elisabeth Denk, University of Graz, Vincent Grote, Human Research Institute for Health Technology and Prevention Research, Christina Kelz, ArchitekturpsychologieKelz, and Maximilian Moser, Medical University of Graz
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