NewWood – Opens new Plant in Elma, WA

Originally envisioned as an alternative to wood or fiber cement siding, the NewWood building material encapsulates wood fibers obtained from recycled waste wood with polyethylene plastic.  The resulting board has a lower density than plastic or current wood-plastic composite products on the market and can be formed into a flexible utility board.  With the help of the Washington State University Composite Materials and Engineering Center (CMEC) NewWood has identified over 100 applications that the NewWood utility board can be fabricated into, including fruit bins, pallets and fencing…