CertiWood Technical Centre: Engineered Wood Product Testing and Certification

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January 28, 2010

CertiWood™ staff were onsite at Westlam Industries Ltd. to present them with the following certificates:

•	CertiWood™ Scope of Certification: This certificate stipulates national and international plywood panel standards allowing Westlam to use CertiWood's Plywood Certification Mark.
•	Westlam Industries Ltd. Declaration of Conformity "CE" The declaration of conformity is a document required by Directive 89/106/EEC of the Council of European Communities that permits Westlam Industries to utilize the CE mark.
•	BM Trada Certification EC Certificate of Factory Production Control 1224-CPD-0190 "CE" BM Trada is the notified body which has the authority to issue the EC Certificate of Factory Production Control related to EN 13986:2004 which allows Westlam Industries to utilize the CE mark.

(From Left to Right)
Glen Borkowsky (Westlam Quality Control) , Jim Shaw (CertiWood™ President), Alistair Mellander (Westlam President), Harry Weisschnur (Westlam Production Manager), Dale Black (CertiWood™ Manager, Quality Management Services).

December 4 , 2009

National Silicates joins CertiWood™
CertiWood™ Technical Centre is pleased to announce that National Silicates has joined CertiWood as an Associate Member.

National Silicates a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of PQ Corporation.
PQ Corporation is a leading producer of silicate, zeolite, and other performance materials serving the detergent, pulp and paper, chemical, petroleum, catalyst, water treatment, construction, and beverage markets. It is a global enterprise, operating in 19 countries on five continents. For more information on National Silicates, please visit their website: www.silicates.com

November 6, 2009

Westlam Industries Ltd. joins CertiWood™

For Immediate Release

CertiWood™ Technical Centre is pleased to announce Westlam Industries has selected CertiWood™ as their Third Party certification agency, and joined as a member company to benefit from the range of services provided. Westlam plywood products will now bear the CertiWood™ CANPLY Certification Mark.

Westlam Industries www.westlam.com operates a specialty plywood mill located in Langley, BC. offering a wide range of high value, high quality products including:

-            Paint Grade MDO
-            Crown HDO COFI FORM SP PLUS
-            Crown 44 COFI FORM SP PLUS
-            Crown 43 COFI FORM SP
-            Douglas Fir Select Oil and Edge Seal
-            Douglas Fir Select and Sheathing
-            Easy T&G Floor

CertiWood™ is Canada’s most experienced Engineered Wood Products Testing and Certification Agency www.certiwood.com

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June 15, 2009

Keith Iwasaki and Kevin Sawatzky Receive ASQ-Certified Calibration Technician

Milwaukee, WI, June 15, 2009 — The Certification Board of the American Society for Quality is pleased to announce that Keith Iwasaki and Kevin Sawatzky have both completed the requirements to be named an ASQ-Certified Calibration Technician (ASQ CCT). As such, Keith Iwaskai and Kevin Sawatzky has reached a significant level of professional recognition, indicating a proficiency in and a comprehension of calibration tools and techniques that support a variety of quality-related systems and processes.

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BM TRADA and CertiWood Technical Centre have announced a major expansion of the products that are eligible for CE Marking under the BM TRADA / CertiWood alliance. Products that can — or will soon be able to — carry the CE Mark include:

•Timber structures — glued laminated timber;
•Timber structures — prefabricated structural members with punched metal plate fasteners/ trusses;
•Timber structures — structural laminated veneer lumber;
•Light composite wood-based beams and columns;
•Prefabricated wood-based load bearing stressed skin panels;
•Wood flooring;
•Solid wood panelling and cladding;
•Timber frame building kits;
•Log building kits; and
•Finger jointed structural timber.

BM TRADA is a leading multi-sector certification body accredited by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) and a Notified Body and ETA (European Technical Approval) Issuing Body for products covered by the Construction Products Directive (CPD). CertiWood is a fully accredited structural testing laboratory ISO/IEC 17025 for materials testing and is accredited under ISO/IEC 17020 for mill inspections, proprietary products and systems. CertiWood was also the first North American Certification Organization to offer CE Marking for structural panel products, EN 13986, in 2003.

For more information, visit the CertiWood website at www.certiwood.com or the BM TRADA website at www.bmtrada.com.

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BM TRADA and CertiWood Technical Centre are pleased to announce a major expansion of products which are now able to be CE marked under the BM TRADA / CertiWood alliance. CertiWood was the first North American Certification Organization to offer CE marking for structural panel products, EN 13986 beginning in 2003, and has extensive knowledge of the CE marking process.

Products where CE marking is, or will soon be, available are:

Std number	Title	AoC level	End of Co-ex period
EN 14080	Timber structures – Glued laminated timber – Requirements	1	01/04/2009
EN 14250	Timber structures – Product requirements for prefabricated structural members with punched metal plate fasteners / trusses	2+	01/06/2008
EN 14374	Timber structures – Structural laminated veneer lumber – Requirements	1	01/09/2006
ETAG 011	Light composite wood-based beams and columns	1	16/10/2004
ETAG 019	Prefabricated wood-based loadbearing stressed skin panels	1/3/4	02/11/2007
EN 14342	Wood flooring – Characteristics, evaluation of conformity and marking	3/4	01/03/2008
EN 14915	Solid wood panelling & cladding – Characteristics, evaluation of conformity and marking	1/3/4	01/06/2008
EN 13353 (via EN 13986)	Solid Wood Panels	2+/3/4	01/04/2004
ETAG 007	Timber frame building kits	1	24/05/2004
ETAG 012	Log building kits	1	28/02/2005
prEN 15497	Finger jointed structural timber – Performance requirements and minimum production requirements	1	Anticipated availability is Dec 2008

BM TRADA Certification is a leading multi-sector certification body accredited by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) and a Notified Body and ETA (European Technical Approval) Issuing Body for products covered by the Construction Products Directive (CPD) and CertiWood is fully accredited as a structural testing laboratory ISO/IEC 17025 for materials testing and is accredited under ISO/IEC 17020 for mill inspections, proprietary products and systems. Furthermore, CertiWood is accredited as a Certification Body under ISO/IEC Guide 65.

For further information, please visit the CertiWood website, www.certiwood.com and the BM TRADA website www.bmtrada.com.

Companies interested in gaining CE certification for their construction products should contact:

Dale Black, CertiWood
604-981-4185
Black@Certiwood.com

Jorge Malisani, CMHC
613-748-4893 (t)
613-748-2302 (f)
Jmalisan@cmhc.ca

Market Advisory
October 7, 2007 (Revised July 16, 2008)

Canadian Building Code Requirements for Structural Plywood Panels

Product Certification
Building codes applicable in Canadian jurisdictions specify the use of products manufactured to specific standards. Wood-based panels (plywood and OSB) used for subfloors, roof and wall sheathing in Housing and Small Buildings (Part 9 construction) must conform to CSA standards.

Panel Thickness
For products manufactured to prescriptive Canadian plywood standards (CSA O121 Douglas Fir Plywood, CSA O151 Canadian Softwood Plywood, or CSA O153 Poplar Plywood), the applicable building code specifies a minimum required thickness for floor, roof and wall sheathing applications. There is no allowance for the substitution of thinner (“scant” thickness) panels within prescriptive CSA standards; ie:

- 11/32” / 8.7 mm plywood can not be substituted for applications specifying 9.5 mm (e.g. use as roof sheathing with supported edges @ 24” o.c.)

- 15/32” / 11.9 mm can not be substituted for applications specifying 12.5 mm
(e.g. use as roof sheathing with unsupported edges @ 24” o.c.)

- 19/32” / 15.1 mm can not be substituted for applications specifying 15.5 mm
(e.g. use as subflooring @ 16” o.c.)

Note: This information does not apply to products manufactured and rated to performance standards such as CSA 0325 Construction Sheathing. These types of products are certified to provide adequate performance as
construction sheathing and may be of non-standard thicknesses, potentially including thinner (scant) thicknesses.

Panel Marking
CSA plywood standards specify various marking requirements, including additional requirements for "non-standard" thicknesses.

Plywood certified with the CANPLY mark provides third party assurance that products are manufactured to conform to all applicable codes and standards.

Plywood with this mark is exclusively manufactured by members of the CertiWood Technical Centre, listed below:

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Tolko Industries Ltd, Armstrong Division, 844 Otter Lake Cross Road, Armstrong BC, was approved by CertiWood™ to grade mark plywood products in conformance with JAS Plywood Standard, Structural Plywood, Notification 233, on 02 February, 2007.

This approval is under the Revised Jas Law, in which CertiWood™ was approved as a Registered Overseas Certification Body by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on 22 December 2006.

Federated Co-operatives Limited, Canoe Plywood Division, 8160 Trans Canada HWY N.E., Canoe BC, was approved by CertiWood™ to grade mark plywood products in conformance with JAS Plywood Standard, Structural Plywood, Notification 233, on 12 February, 2007 .

This approval is under the Revised Jas Law, in which CertiWood™ was approved as a Registered Overseas Certification Body by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on 22 December 2006.

Quesnel Plywood, A Division of West Fraser Mills Ltd., 1000 Plywood Road, Quesnel BC, was approved by CertiWood™ to grade mark plywood products in conformance with JAS Plywood Standard, Structural Plywood, Notification 233, on 19 February, 2007.

This approval is under the Revised Jas Law, in which CertiWood™ was approved as a Registered Overseas Certification Body by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on 22 December 2006.

Williams Lake, A Division of West Fraser Mills Ltd., 4200 N.Mackenzie Avenue, Williams Lake BC, was approved by CertiWood™ to grade mark plywood products in conformance with JAS Plywood Standard, Structural Plywood, Notification 233, on 26 February, 2007.

This approval is under the Revised Jas Law, in which CertiWood™ was approved as a Registered Overseas Certification Body by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on 22 December 2006.

Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd., Engineered Wood Products Division / Golden, 1221 North 10th Avenue, Golden BC, was approved by CertiWood™ to grade mark plywood and laminated veneer products in conformance with JAS Plywood Standard, Structural Plywood, Notification 233, JAS Notification 1443, Structural Laminated Veneer Lumber and JAS Notification 106, Laminated Veneer Lumber on 08 March, 2007.

This approval is under the Revised Jas Law, in which CertiWood™ was approved as a Registered Overseas Certification Body by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on 22 December 2006.

Tolko Industries Ltd., Heffley Creek Division, 6275 Yellowhead Highway, Kamloops BC, was approved by CertiWood™ to grade mark plywood products in conformance with JAS Plywood Standard, Structural Plywood, Notification 233 on 28 March, 2007.

This approval is under the Revised Jas Law, in which CertiWood™ was approved as a Registered Overseas Certification Body by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on 22 December 2006.

Richmond Plywood Corporation, 13911 Vulcan Way, Richmond BC, was approved by CertiWood™ to grade mark plywood products in conformance with JAS Plywood Standard, Structural Plywood, Notification 233 on 28 March, 2007.

This approval is under the Revised Jas Law, in which CertiWood™ was approved as a Registered Overseas Certification Body by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on 22 December 2006.