The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) will be closing its Shanghai representative office.
The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) will be closing its Shanghai representative office and consolidating all China and Southeast Asia operations through its new, expanded office in Hong Kong effective July 19, 2010. more...

Sustainable US Hardwood:
The Timeless Yet Modern Choice For Interior Design
AHEC 15th Southeast Asia and Greater China Convention opens in Chengdu
Chengdu, CHINA, June 17, 2010 – The American Hardwood Export Council’s (AHEC) 15th Southeast Asia and Greater China Convention, supported by Chengdu Furniture Industries Chamber of Commerce, Chengdu Interior Decoration Association and CIID Chengdu, opens here tomorrow. more...

Hardwoods market update (AHEC PR P&F Asia Dec 2009)
Part 1: During the NHLA convention in Boston, Mike Snow, Executive Director of the American Hardwoods Export Council (AHEC) shared an overview of the American hardwoods export market, and gave his views on what industry players could look out for. In the first part of this report, Panels & Furniture Asia covers the US hardwood export market, and looks at the continued potential of the Dragon of the East. more...

Q&A Series: American Hardwood Lumber Grading 2009
The Grading Rules for North American hardwood lumber were established 100 years ago by the National Hardwood Lumber Associates (NHLA), which is now headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. more...

American Black Cherry Prunus serotina North America
Sustainability: fine furniture and cabinet making, high class joinery, kitchen cabinet mouldings, panelling, flooring, doors, boat interiors, musical instruments, turning and carving. more...

The rise of American sweetgum
The sweetgum (or gum) tree of the United States (liquidambar styraciflua) is one which has a long history and many applications. Of all the species native to America’s southern forests, sweetgum can be focused across the widest range of growing sites. more...

American gum Liquidambar styraciflua North America
Suitability: Cabinet making, furniture parts, doors, internal joinery, strips and moulding. more...

Hardwood fashions and trends in wood: future challenges and opportunities
Extracted from a presentation by Michaek Buckley at the Amreican Hardwood Export Council Cinvention (AHEC) in Athens in October 2009.
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AHEC launches Indonesian furniture design competition in Jakarta
Indonesia is the latest country in Southeast Asia to benefit from the support for design by the American hardwood Export Council (AHEC). The 2009 Indonesia Furniture Design Competition (IFDC) was launched in Jakarta on November 9, to call for entries from designers. more...

Designing with wood in Asia
Designing with wood has been an Asian tradition since time began. From Japan to Jakarta; and from ancient temples of religion to modern temples of high living, wood features as a material choice. After a rocky passage through the second half of the 20th century, wood has seen a revival in architecture and consumer taste. The question now is whether architects and designers can trust wood to perform in today’s projects as a modern, sustainable material? more...