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Housings Solutions After Conflicts and Disasters 2020
You can now get the PDF document of the new Housings Solutions After Conflicts and Disasters 2020 of the QWEB and its members. To get it, just click on the link below. If you need more information about the housings solutions, please write to us at...
read moreWelcome Alex!
The QWEB welcomes to its team Mr. Alex Fortin who will act as integrator of Internet and social media content. Having a background in media arts and technology from Cégep de Jonquière as well as a certificate in communication from Laval University, he has accumulated,...
read moreQWEB is proud to have a new member of its organization.
QWEB is proud to have a new member of its organization. The Commonwealth Plywood Company, which has been in business since 1940, and is a fully integrated forest products, veneer, lumber, plywood and flooring company. It also has a distribution division offering a...
read moreMaple, red oak and birch of Québec showcased at the Good Design Marunouchi Exhibition in Tokyo.
Today was the conference day entitled “Phytosanitary challenges for the hardwood industry”.
More than fifty stakeholders have come together to learn more about the latest advances in the detection of pests and diseases, the potential impacts of these issues on international trade, mitigation measures and preventive plans as well as the regulations in force...
read moreHardwood lumber is included in the U.S.-China “Phase One” trade deal
January 16, 2020 The U.S. and China formalised a limited trade agreement today, signalling a truce in the nearly two-year trade war between the world’s two largest economies and sets the stage for a broader agreement down the road. The “Phase One” agreement is the...
read moreResolute Forest Products plans to purchase three sawmills from Conifex Timber located in the southern United States.
Resolute Forest Products, headquartered in Montreal, recently signed an agreement to purchase three Conifex sawmills located in Florida and Arkansas in the first quarter of 2020. The latter specializes in the production of treated wood and timber for the American...
read moreMembers of QWEB Wood Construction Group Sign Three-Year Collaboration Agreement in Japan
Two Quebec contractors specialized in the production of manufactured homes and members of QWEB, Mr. René Leclerc of AmeriCan Structures and Mr. Nicolas Auger of NA Structures, accompanied by Mr. Pierre Fitzgibbon, Minister of Economy and Innovation of Quebec,...
read moreQuebec hardwood in the spotlight at a design competition in Japan!
For several years now, the Quebec Wood Export Bureau (QWEB) has been a proud partner of the design competition of Tama Art University in Japan. Each year, students are asked to design and build chairs made of hardwood from Quebec. The contest was held from November...
read moreLet’s welcome Vincent!
QWEB welcomes Mr. Vincent Montpetit to its team as Director of the Hardwood and Flooring Groups. Candidate for the engineering profession in wood engineering, a graduate of Laval University, he has accumulated, in recent years, experience with companies producing wood...
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