Class entities from timber house production sector in Brazil

Abstract

Corporate representativeness is an important issue for engineering and its industrial sectors, considering that producer associations can defend represent the rights and ambitions of their members. This study aims to investigate timber housing producer participation in generalist organizations, as well as to identify which examples of class entities could be created to consolidate this industry in the Brazilian scenario. A short survey was personally applied to entrepreneurs from the timber house production sector in Brazil. This survey was based in four qualitative queries, whose responses were converted into percentage. The studied producers revealed that the sector does not have an official organization to represent them, forcing them to search for different representation mechanisms from other sectors related to this industry. The lack of corporate and/or labor representation is visible to the point where several interviewed entrepreneurs declared the need to create unions for workers, as well as class associations for producers. Thus, suggestions for a new organization were described to establish a direction for organizing this sector in Brazil.

Comparative Study of Plywood Boards Produced with Castor Oil-Based Polyurethane and Phenol-Formaldehyde Using Pinus taeda L. Veneers Treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate

“…Plywood has been preferentially consumed by the furniture industry in Brazil, while a new market niche is being created by lightweight construction manufacturers, due to the greater uses of the structural version of this panel [4]. In practice, this panel may be structurally applied for closing wall surfaces [9,10] and floor applications [11]. Plywood has become the second most popular choice in the Brazilian timber housing sector, followed by oriented strand boards [10].…”

“…In practice, this panel may be structurally applied for closing wall surfaces [9,10] and floor applications [11]. Plywood has become the second most popular choice in the Brazilian timber housing sector, followed by oriented strand boards [10]. In addition to construction, plywoods have been widely applied for furniture [4,9].…”