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I are back in the marketplacewith a new sales and marketing partnership, an improved manufacturing strategy, and certified effectiveness.

Last June, TimberSIL Products, Springfield, Va., tapped American International Forest Products, Portland, Or., as its strategic partner for sales, marketing, and new business development. So far, the two companies have signed up a network of dealers and distributors across North America.

"We work together to set up and support new dealers and distributors," explained founder and c.e.o. Karen Slimak. "Our current distributors vary in size, with some serving more than 1.000 stores. and new distributors are welcome."

Another important development is that all "manufacturing and processing is now performed solely in our company-owned facility in Greenville, S.C., under tight quality controls and high standards," said Slimak.

The company has also "dramatically increased the strength and fire resistance by adding more of the sodium-silica formula during processing," which involves soaking wood in the proprietary solution and then heating it until the wood fibers are encased with microscopic layers of amorphous glass.

TimberSIL made the decision to handle all processing itself after an agreement with Northern Crossarm, Chippewa Falls, Wi., proved unsatisfactory to both parties. When production problems arose, a national distribution agreement with Huttig Building Products also fell apart.

Proof of the products' effectiveness has come in many forms. The Environmental Protection Agency concluded a four-year assessment of TimberSIL in May 2008, after determining that the product is exempt from its pesticide regulations because it qualifies as a non-toxic barrier product. According to the company, TimberSIL is the only protected wood product that has earned this approval.

In December, the products passed a rigorous Class A fire rating and accelerated-weathering. ign ition-resistance test. As a result, all TimberSIL products can now be sold in wildfire areas in California. The city of Chicago, I1., has also approved the products for all fire-retardant applications.

"In tests lasting over 1.5 hours in which TimberSIL products were directly exposed to flames, there was essentially no progress of the flame," said Slimak. "The designation of 'ignition resistant' means that Timber-SIL will not catch fire and burn up, and is safe to use in high fire hazard areas."

The same properties that confer fire resistance also deter the organisms that cause rot, decay, and insect damage. "Our process makes the wood fiber unavailable to pests so they don't recognize it as a food source," she said.

However, the product is not corrosive and will not harm fasteners, nails and screws-and can be worked with ordinary tools. Most importantly, said Slimak, the wood cannot harm either installers or end users. The wood also stays cool to the touch-a real plus when the sun hits a deck built with TimberSIL.

BlulUood fldds Fire Protection

WoodSmart Solutions is rolling out the next generation of its BluWood treated lumber and wood components, now featuring fre-protection properties.

BluWood Plus incorporates MSE Enviro-Tech Corp.'s Hartindo AF2l Fire Inhibitor to add fire safety to wood components that are protected against mold and mildew, rot and termites via the BluWood process.

"We see the combination of BluWood and AF21 changing the wood protection industry, as well as how homes are built," said WoodSmart president/c.e.o. Charles A. Morando. "People now ask why the wood is blue; five years from now, they'll ask why it isn't blue."

When it comes to green building, TimberSIL glass-wood products qualify for LEED points because they are non-toxic and non-polluting, long lasting, and effectively sequester carbon to combat global warming.

"The great advantage of super strength is that buildings can be designed using less materials, saving on materials and labor, while saving further with increased durability and longer useful life," said Slimak.

She added that third-party testing has shown that "TimberSIL is approximately 107o stronger than kiln-dried southern yellow pine, 50Vo stronger than wet-treated wood, and 607o stronger than incised wood."

As for the future, the company hopes to up production to 150 million bd. ft. this year and gradually open regional plants. "There are some startling developments underway that we will announce to the public soon," promised Slimak. "You might want to check back with us in a month."

Primary Applications

Copper-Based, Solution Acid Copper Chromate Industrial applications, docks

Alkaline Copper Quat

Ammoniacal Copper Quat

Decking, fencing, outdoor structures, retaining walls, sill plate, permanent wood foundations

ACQ-C, ACQ-D

ACQ.A, ACQ.B

Chromated Copper Arsenate

Poles, pilings, posts, timbers, industrial plywood

Beams, poles, pilings, posts, crossties, timbers

Decking, fencing, outdoor structures, retaining walls, sill plate, permanent wood foundations

Exterior applications including decking, fencing

Poles, pilings, posts, timbers

Micronieed Copper Azole

Decking, fencing, outdoot structures, retaining walls, sill plate, permanent wood foundations

Decking, fencing, outdooi $tructures, playyad structures, retaining walls, sill plate, permanent wood f oundations

Decks, fencing, landscape, joistS, beams, sills

AWPA AWPA, ESR-1 980

AWPA, NER 643

AWPA, NER.62B

Allweather Wood, California Cascade Industries, Hoover Treated Wood, Simmons Wood Products, TrueGuard, Western Wood Preserving, Western Wood Treating, Universal Forest Products

Coast Wood Preserving, Fontana Wood Preserving, Pacific Wood Preserving, Thunderbolt Wood Treating, TrueGuard, Superior Wood Treating, Western Wood Treating

Hoover Treated Wood

AWPA Conrad Forest Products, Exterior Wood, McFarland Cascade, North ldaho Wood Preserving, Pacific Wood Preserving, Cos., Ruby Valley Pressure Treating, Simmons Wood Products, Thunderbolt Wood Treatino. Western Wood Products

AWPA Hoover Treated Wood

AWPA N/A

AWPA Gebhardt Post & Pole, Hoover Treated Wood, Jasper Wood Treating, Pacific Wood Preseruing, Ruby Valley Treating, Superior Wood Treatino

AWPA Conrad Forest Products, J.H. Baxter, Thunderbolt Wood Treating

AWPA, ESR-1721

AWPA, ESR-1 863

Conrad Forest Products, Exterior Wood, McFarland Cascade, Pacific Wood Preserving Cos., TrueGuard, Utah Wood Preserving, Western Wood Products

Copr-Based, $uspenslon Mictoni2ed eopper Quat

Decking, fencing, outdoor structures, retaining walls, sillplate, permanent wood foundations

Garbon-BasedDCOI+ lmidacloprid 0ut-of-ground exterior applications, including deck platforms, railings, stairs, fence boards, trim, siding

PropiconazoleTebuconazolelmidacloprid

Borates Disodium Ocaborate Tetrahydrate + Polymer Binder

Inoroanic Boron

Out-of-ground exterior applications, including deck platforms, railings, stairs, fence boards, trim, siding

Fencing, studs, sill plates, framing, floor joists, roof rafters, trusses, plywood, sheathing, funing strips, decking, trim

Interior and exterior applications protected from direct contact lo water, including sill plates, trusses, framing, joists, beams

MCQ MioroPro Osmose

EL2 Ecolife Viance

PTI Wolmanized L3 Arch

ES+ EnviroSafe Plus Wood Treatment Products

SBXAdvance Guard, Hi-Bor Osmose

BoraSolWP Quality Borate Co, Sillbor Arch

TimberSaver PT, TimberSaver 40

Fire Retardants Interior Fire Retardant

Roof/floor trusses, sheathing, subflooring, beams, purlins, studs, paneling, joists, architectural millwor*. trim. exterior loadbearing walls

Exterior Fire Retardant

Exterior lumber/plywood products, including balconies, stairuays, siding, soffil, fascia, roof sheathing, decks, framing, trusses, and other weather-exposed applications that would benefit from reduced flame spread and smoke

Viance

FR-1 Dricon Arch

FR-2 BoraQuench Quality Borate Co.

D-Blaze Viance

Pyro-Guard Hoover

FirePro Osmose

Thermex-FR. $aferWood Chemco, lnc.

Exterior Fire-X Hoover

FRX Arch

ESR-1980

AWPA, ESR 1851

ESR-1477

Allweather Wood

ESR-1081 Western Enviro-Safe

AWPA, NER-648

AWPA

Allweather Wood, California Cascade lndustries, Hawaii Planing Mill, Honolulu Wood Treating, Royal Pacific lndustries, Universal Forest Products, Western Wood Preserving, Western Wood Treating

AWPA Conrad Forest Products, J.H. Baxter. Simmons Wood Products, Utah Wood Preserving, McFarland Cascade

AWPA Coast Wood Preserving, Fontana Wood Preserving, Pacific Wood Preserving, Superior Wood Treating, Western Wood Treating

AWPA, ESR-1626

AWPA

Exterior Wood, Pacific Wood Preserving, Utah Wood Preserving

Patented co-biocide

AWPA Fontana Wood Preserving, Thunderbolt Wood Treating, TrueGuard

ESR-I791, CASFM Coos Head Forest Products. Hoover Treated Wood

AWPA Allweather Wood, California Cascade Industdes, Royal Pacific, Universal Forest Products, Westem Wood Preserving

ESR-1159 JasperWood Products

ASTM E-84, ASTM D2898

ESR-1159

Hoover Treated Wood

Produced through arrangement with Arch Wood Protection

Housekeeping Seal

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