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Hardwood 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...
read morePhytosanitary Challenges to the Hardwood Industry
January 22, 2020, from 8:30 to 15:00 Rive Gauche Hotel, 1810, Richelieu street, Beloeil QC J3G 4S4 Organized by the Quebec Wood Export Bureau (QWEB) and the Québec Forest Industry Council (QFIC) Preliminary Program Free for QWEB and QFIC members Non-members: $75 +...
read moreLet’s welcome Émilie!
The QWEB welcomes to its team Ms. Émilie Desmarais who will act as Communications Manager. Her career path has allowed her to acquire many skills and experiences in the field of marketing, communication and business development. She has worked at DeSerres, Trevi and...
read moreOne of our members stands out
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,...
read moreQWEB at the European Pellet Conference
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...
read moreA Quebec premiere!
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...
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