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FOCUS

16 ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
Even with positive developments in trade talks between Asian countries and the US, the region’s economy
continues to reel from the impact of the initial shock of the US tariffs. As the industry navigates through the
uncertainties, ITTO tells us more about the latest happenings around the globe.

TECHNOLOGY

33 Self-Densified Super-Strong Wood
Wood, as a sustainable structural material, is widely used in engineering due to its abundance and excellent
mechanical properties. In this paper, we report a self-densification strategy to develop super-strong wood by
reassembling highly aligned wood fibers as functional units and self-densified without the need for hot pressing.
By Huang Dafang, Li Jie, Li Suiyi, Hu Jianbing, Cao Zhiru, Guo Yang, Ding Yu, Zhu Mingwei and Chen Yanfeng,
Nanjing University

MATERIALS

41 Strengthening Sustainable Innovations By Smart Customised Furniture And Total Quality Management
The growing global urgency to address climate change and resource scarcity has enhanced the need for
sustainable innovations, particularly in material design and smart product development. Consequently, this