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AMERICAN HARDWOOD EXPORT COUNCIL COPENHAGEN
DECEMBER 2016
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PIETRO FERRARI
The wood and its various aspects
AN EVENT OF GREAT INTERNATIONAL RELEVANCE HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY OUR SONIA MARITAN THAT, FROM COPENHAGEN, REPORTED ON THE THE EUROPEAN AHEC MEETING.
POSITIVE SIGNALS COME FROM THE UNITED STATES AND THE FORESTRY WORLD IS DEVELOPING ALL THE MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS OF DELIVERING A HIGH-QUA-
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LITY AND CERTIFIED PRODUCT FROM ALL POINTS OF VIEW. ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS MATERIAL WERE TREATED COMPREHENSIVELY AND DEMONSTRATE THAT WOOD IS NOT ONLY IN ITSELF AN ECO-FRIENDLY MATERIAL, RATHER THE SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL PAR EXCELLENCE, BESIDES ALL THAT IS NECESSARY IS DONE BY SAMPLING THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR CREATING A VIRTUOUS CHAIN IN ITS USE. VERY INTERESTING IS THE DESIGN EFFORT TO GIVE THE HARDWOOD IMPORTANT USES IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTU-
RAL STRUCTURES. A CHALLENGE THAT FACES THE AHEC WITH IMAGINATION AND DETERMINATION TOGETHER. WE ARE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF THIS IMPORTANT EVENT ON OUR INTERNATIONAL PORTAL THAT IS GROWING IN INTEREST AMONG INTERNET USERS.
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AHEC meets Europe IT TOOK PLACE IN COPENHAGEN ON 20 AND 21 OCTOBER THE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF AHEC (AMERICAN HARDWOOD EXPORT COUNCIL). THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING WAS POSITIVELY ORIENTED IN THE SENSE OF ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ITS REPORTS WERE SUBMITTED TO A LARGE AND INTERESTED AUDIENCE. THE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE AHEC (AMERICAN HARDWOOD EXPORT COUNCIL) PROVED TO BE AN APPOINTMENT OF A HIGH STANDARD IN TERMS OF MARKET DATA AND TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS, AND THE TWO DAYS IN THE CONFERENCE HALL OF THE MARRIOTT HOTEL IN COPENHAGEN HAVE BEEN INTENSE AND STIMULATING EVEN IN TERMS OF PEOPLE EXCHANGES THAT HAVE BROUGHT FORTH AMONG THE AUDIENCE.
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SONIA MARITAN, WHO COVERED THE CONGRESS FROM OUR MAGAZINE IL LEGNO BEETWEEN CARMEN FERNANDEZ AND ROCÌO PÉREZ-IÑIGO.
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IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE MEETING, DAVE BRAMLAGE, PRESIDENT OF AHEC, AND DAVID VENABLES, AHEC EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, GREETED THE GUESTS AND JOURNALISTS ATTENDING THE CONGRESS. BUT IT WAS SOON AFTER THAT MICHAEL SNOW, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AHEC, TO CARRY OUT THE THEME OF GLOBALIZATION. THE DYNAMICS OF THE FORESTRY SAWMILLS, AFTER THE NEGATIVE PEAK IN 2009, THE LOWEST POINT OF A TREND OF DECREASE OF 54.6% FROM 1999 TO 2009 AND BY 49.3% FROM 2005 TO 2009 SAW A
SUBSTANTIAL RECOVERY SINCE 2010. DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION HAS RECOVERED IN RECENT YEARS WHILE THE EXPORT SHARE REMAINED SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT. MORE PRONOUNCED FROM 2007 TO 2015 THE DECLINE IN USE FOR DECORATION, FURNITURE, FLOORING AND JOINERY IN THE US MARKET, COMPARED WITH AN IMPORT OF WOODEN FURNITURE WHICH CHINA (37%), VIETNAM (23%) AND CANADA (10%), IN THE TOP POSITIONS. AS A WHOLE, THE SECTOR IS UNDERGOING A GROWTH TIME. THE TOP FIVE DESTINATIONS OF AMERICAN HARDWOODS BY VALUE ARE CHINA, THE EU-
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ROPEAN UNION, CANADA, VIETNAM AND MEXICO. CHINA IS A COMPLEX MARKET AND ARTICULATE WITH A PRO CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF LESS WOOD THAN THE WORLD AVERAGE, AND EVEN MORE IN THE US, SO WITH A GREAT GROWTH POTENTIAL. EXCLUDING CHINA, NORTH AMERICA AND VIETNAM, THE LION'S SHARE IS DONE BY THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN, ITALY, SPAIN AND GERMANY. NEW USES OF HARDWOOD IN CONSTRUCTION AND NEW SPECIES THE THEME OF
THE FUTURE MARKETS FOR AMERICAN WOODS OF DECIDUOUS AND WHAT MESSAGES AND PROMOTIONAL TOOLS WAS TREATED BY ROCIO PEREZ-IÑIGO, SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER OF AHEC EUROPE, AND BROGAN COX, EUROPEAN MARKETING MANAGER OF AHEC. THESE THEMES WERE ILLUSTRATED BY A STRIKING SERIES OF IMAGES THAT PUT THE EMPHASIS ON THE USE OF SPECIES SO FAR NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BUT RICH IN VALUABLE STRUCTURAL AND AESTHETIC AND PERFORMANCE VALUE AND ON THE SUITABLE AND INTERESTING DEVELOPINGS IN THE USE
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OF DECIDUOUS AMERICAN. THE INTENSE MORNING CONTINUED WITH THE INTERVENTION OF DAVID VENABLES AND DANIEL KREISSIG OF GERMAN ZUEBLIN TIMBER, EMPHASIZING THE USE OF DECIDUOUS OPPORTUNITIES IN CONSTRUCTION. ANDREW LAWRENCE OF ARUP (UK) HAS SUBMITTED A PROJECT LEADING TO THE OUTER LIMITS OF THE CONSTRUCTIVE POSSIBILITIES OF CLT (CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER). KEY BENEFITS ARE THE REDUCED PRELIMINARY AND SUPERVISION COSTS DUE TO THE SPEED AND EFFICIENCY OF
THE CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY, SAVINGS IN FOLLOWON TRADES AS THE MATERIAL IS EASIER TO WORK WITH THAN CONCRETE, CONDUITS ARE PRE-CUT AND THE PANELS ARE FLUSH FITTED, REDUCED HOLDING COSTS, HIGH PRECISION AND QUALITY CONTROL LEADING TO REDUCTION IN LONG TERM MAINTENANCE COSTS. SUSTAINABLY SOURCED TIMBER IS THE ONLY CARBON NEUTRAL STRUCTURAL OPTION (1 M3 OF TIMBER STORES 0.25T OF CARBON. TIMBER HA BETTER THERMAL PERFORMANCE THAN REINFORCED CONCRETE (REDUCING DEPENDENCE ON SYNTHETIC
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CARBON BASED INSULATION). THE PRODUCTION PROCESS GENERATES ZERO WASTE. REDUCED FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION COMPARED TO REINFORCED CONCRETE (UP TO 30TIMES LESS PER M3). ENHANCES INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS QUALITY AND POSITIVE EFFECTS OF TIMBER ENVIRONMENT (ZERO VOC). REDUCES POLLUTION ON SITE I.E. NOISE, DUST AND CONTAMINATION OF WATER (EUTROPHICATION REDUCED BY 75%). REDUCES THE DELIVERIES TO SITE COMPARED TO REINFORCED CONCRETE (UP TO 75 TIMES LESS).
REDUCED HIGH RISK WORK(EG WORK AT HEIGHTS). ELIMINATION OF INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH FORMORK AND REINFORCING. BETTERE WORK ENVIRONMENT WITH LESS DUST, LESS VIBRATION AND NOISE AND LESS OBSTRUCTIONS (NO PROPPING), THUS REDUCING THE IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION AND DISRUPTION ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES. FEWER OPERATIVES ON SITE AND FOR A REDUCEC PERIOD OF TIME. ALEX DE RIJKE OF DRMM ARCHITECTS (UK) PRESENTED THE MAGGIE'S CANCER CARING CENTER, THE FIRST BUILDING TO USE CLT IN BRITAIN. CONTRIBUTIONS ON THIS ISSUE WERE TAKEN BY AL GO-
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ETZL SENECA CREEK ASSOCIATES (UNITED STATES), RANDOLPH WYNNE OF VIRGINIA TECH (USA), BY JAKOB RYGG KLAUMANN THE DANISH TIMBER FEDERATION AND MICHEL WORRELL BRITISH TIMBER TRADE FEDERATION . IN HIS SPEECH WYNNE DESCRIBED WITH SUGGESTIVE IMAGES USING GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES IN MONITORING THE HARDWOOD FORESTS, IN THEIR GROWTH AND IN THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD, ALSO IN RELATION TO THE FORESTS OF RESINOUS. THE FOREST COVER AND ITS EVOLUTIONS REVEAL
A REGENERATION CYCLE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE SOPHISTICATED ANALYSIS PRESENTED BY WYNNE HIGHLIGHT THE ABILITY OF HARDWOOD FOREST RESOURCES TO MEET THE DEMAND, WHILE THE INCREASED FREQUENCY OF SAMPLING CAN IN TURN INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY IN SOME ECOSYSTEMS DOMINATED BY DECIDUOUS, CURRENTLY WITH A LOW SAMPLING RATE. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TECHNOLOGIES OF REPRESENTATION ARE CHANGING THE WAY IN WHICH IT DOES BUSINESS BOTH FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PROVI-
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DING BOTH FROM THAT OF THE PRODUCTION. A WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL PRESENTATIONS AND MOMENTS OF INTENSE NETWORKING HAVE ENDED THE FIRST DAY OF WORK. THE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN HARDWOODS AND MONITORING SYSTEMS THE SECOND DAY OF WORK HAS HAD STARRING THE AMERICAN HARDWOOD IN ITS MORE TECHNICAL ASPECTS: RUPERT OLIVER OF BRITISH FOREST INDUS T R I E S INTELLIGENCE PRESENTED
THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TOOL CALLED AHEP AHEC. AHEP (AMERICAN HARDWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE) IS A VISUAL, EASY TO USE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US EXPORTERS OF HARDWOODS TO PROVIDE A COMPLETE ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE OF AMERICAN HARDWOODS WITH EACH DELIVERY OF PRODUCTS IN EVERY MARKET IN THE WORLD. THE STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF AHEP ALIGNS WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TIMBER REGULATION (EUTR) AND FOLLOWS THE GUIDELINES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMIS-
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SION. EACH AHEP COMBINES THE RESULTS OF THE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT PROJECT (LCA) (UNDERTAKEN IN LINE WITH THE ISO 14040 STANDARD AND REVIEWED CRITICALLY BY AN INDEPENDENT PANEL OF EXPERTS) WITH INFORMATION DERIVED FROM OTHER CREDIBLE DATA SOURCES, TO DEMONSTRATE THE LEGALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE BOARDS OF AMERICAN HARDWOOD LUMBER AND VENEERS DELIVERED IN EXPORT MARKETS. IN SIMPLE WORDS, AHEP IS THE DELIVERY OF A SHIPMENT DOCUMENT, WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS TO INFORMATION CONCERNING THE RISK OF ILLEGALITY
BUT ALSO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SPECIES OF HARDWOODS CONTAINED IN CARGO, TOGETHER WITH QUANTITATIVE DATA ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DELIVERY OF THE LOAD TO A SINGLE CUSTOMER IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD. THIS DOCUMENT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF "DUE DILIGENCE" FROM THE LAWS AGAINST ILLEGAL COLLECTION AS THE LACEY ACT IN THE US, THE EUTR IN EUROPE AND GREEN PROCUREMENT LAWS IN JAPAN. THIS DOCUMENT ALSO ENCOURAGES THE WIDENING RECOGNITION OF THE BENEFITS TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE BROADEST SENSE FROM THE AMERICAN HARDWOOD EXPORT COUNCIL.
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A HIGH LEVEL PANEL: (FROM LEFT) RANDOLPH WYNNE, JAKOB RYGG KLAUMANN, AL GOETZ E MIKE WORRELL.
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NEIL SUMMERS OF TIMBER DIMENSION PRESENTED THE THERMAL MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES OF THE DECIDUOUS WOODS AND OPEN NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR US SPECIES. DANA SPESSERT, CHIEF INSPECTOR OF THE NHLA (NORTH AMERICAN HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION) IN THE UNITED STATES PRESENTED THE VALUATION TECHNIQUES OF HARDWOOD BOARDS, WITH SOME PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS. THE MISSION OF NHLA IS TO BE AT THE SERVICE OF ITS MEMBERS ENGAGED IN TRADE WITH THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: TO MAINTAIN ORDER, THE STRUCTURE, RE-
GULATIONS AND ETHICS IN TRADE IN THE GLOBAL MARKET OF HARDWOOD; PROVIDE TARGETED SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS; ENCOURAGE STATES IN PROMOTING THE USE OF HARDWOOD AND PUT PRESSURE ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE VENUES APPROPRIATE; CREATE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE WORLD OF HARDWOOD. THE ORGANIZERS OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS DID NOT FAIL TO THANK KEFLICO A / S FOR THE SUPPLY OF WOOD SAMPLES USED DURING THE EVENT.
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