Wood is Back in Fashion: 2017 International Wood shows traceability technology

By Bill Esler
Woodworking Network
October 25, 2017
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: United States
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – “Wood is back in fashion!” according to JoAnn Gillebaard Keller, the president of the International Wood Products Association. Keller is touting the new edition of International Wood: The Guide to Applications, Sources and Trends. The annual publication features the latest advances in wood traceability – a key concern under the compliance requirements of the Lacey Act – describing technology that will provide wood and wood products buyers more information about the sourcing and sustainability of wood. The directory advances the business of the members of International Wood Products Association’s which has as its mission building “acceptance and demand in North America for globally sourced wood products from sustainably managed forests.” 

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