Timber Engineering Reference - Research Organizations

Governmental or industrial research organizations specializing in building with wood or forest products research.

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Europe:

Austria:

• Holzforschung - Research and certification for wood products. Wien (G,E)

Finland:

• VTT Building Technology - Industrial technical and technoeconomic research. Wood structural tests. Espoo (Fi,E)
• European Forest Institute - Non-governmental forest research organization. Joensuu (E)
• METLA - Finnish Forest Research Institute. Helsinki (Fi,E)

Germany:

• CIB-W18 - Structural timber research information exchange. Karlsruhe (E)
• DGFH - Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Holzforschung. Wood products Research. (G,E)

Holland:

• CIB - International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction. Research information exchange. (E)

Sweden:

• SkogForsk - Forest research. Uppsala. (Sw,E)
• SP Building Technology - Swedish National Testing and Research Institute. Boras (Sw,E)

UK:

• TRADA - The Timber Research & Development Association. High Wycombe (E)

Americas:

Canada:

• FERIC - Private, non-profit forestry research. Vancouver. (E,F)
• Forintek - Canada's main wood and wood products research organization. Vancouver, Qu�bec City (E,F)

USA:

• CUREE - Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering. Richmond, CA (E)
• FPL - The Forest Products Laboratory. US main wood products research lab. Madison, WI (E)

Asia:

China:

• Chinese Academy of Forestry - State forestry research. Beijing (E)

Japan:

• FFPRI - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute. (E,J)

Malaysia:

• FRIM - Forest Research Institute.

Australia/Oceania:

Australia:

• CSIRO - Industrial research institute. Forest Products Laboratory. Victoria (E)

New Zealand:

• BRANZ - Building Research Association of New Zealand. Porirua City (E)

Africa:

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