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Pulp fiction? No way-just pulp fact
The molded fiber composite used to manufacture our seats is produced using aspen (Populus tremuloides and Populus grandidentata) pulpwood as the raw material. In addition to excellent gluing properties, aspen has the advantages of being fast growing, abundant across the northern tier of North America and regenerates quickly and naturally from root suckers as part of an even-age management system. By utilizing pulpwood quality material, molded fiber composite does not require wood from old growth forests or long rotation management systems, such as would be required for veneer quality hardwood logs supplied to veneer mills for molded plywood. Green logs contain a high percentage of water (50% by weight). Drying the logs and removing the processing waste (over 20% vs. 50% for solid wood products) close to the woodland source is energy efficient. The manufacturing plant setup to process local forest resources helps to save the high-energy cost of transporting green veneer logs long distances for processing and redistribution in a rough form. By flaking strands from pulpwood, our suppliers recover about 30% more usable fiber from the pulp stick than is possible using conventional production methods for producing rotary veneer from high quality logs. This process efficiency helps avoid the use of high quality veneer logs, and actually requires a smaller volume of logs to produce the same product. This translates to avoidance of harvesting activities on a significant amount of forestland to produce the same product. Wood residues from the processing and trimming operations are recycled into local markets for wood energy and horse bedding.
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