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A structure of one of our members, Art Massif, is proudly found among the "Houses of the year 2019" of the Architecture Record! New York architect Jerome Engelking used a team of Quebec providers to achieve this beautiful house on Long Island. Unicel Architectural,...

The Director of the Wood Pellets Group, Mr. John Arsenault, participated in the European Pellet Conference from February 26 to 28, 2019, which is held annually in Wels, Austria. This year, the conference hosted approximately 600 participants from 60 countries. Our...

The organizers of the Montréal Wood Convention invite hardwood manufacturers to participate in a seminar to be held on Thursday, March 21st, starting at 10:30 am in the room Centre-Ville at the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth hotel. Two high-level speakers will discuss...

The Quebec government has granted $ 6,847,000 in financial assistance to Barrette-Chapais for the construction of two dry material storage domes and a conveyor at the Grande Anse marine terminal at the Port of Saguenay. The project, whose total cost is estimated at $...

Granules LG, a QWEB member, has become the first Quebec company to obtain a certification from the Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP), a sustainable sourcing certification designed for forest biomass, mainly for wood pellets, used in industrial energy production on a...

Wood has health virtues. It does not have the problems of the other products used for the same purposes, carpet instead of wood floor, for example. One of the aspects often overlooked by green building evaluation programs is the air quality inside houses. This air is...

Wood has long been used to make musical instruments. And the type of wood to use has always been a concern of instrument makers. Each type of wood has its own special qualities and each type of instrument has its favorite wood species. Maple, for example, is very...

Hardwoods are a natural resource with many virtues. These trees are not only sustainable and renewable, but also help protect the environment by mitigating climate change. They are a safe resource that contributes to human health in a variety of ways. Hardwoods are...