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( Continued from page I 2 ) free, organic preservative plus stabilizer also provides improved fastener performance with a wide range of fastener systems, allowing Ecolife to be used in direct contact with aluminum."

Ecolife can be used to protect a variety of wood species, including southern yellow pine, radiata pine, ponderosa pine, red pine, westem hemlock and Douglas fir.

Ecolife treated wood can be painted or stained to match any outdoor color scheme. In addition to being available with a natural wood appearance, Ecolife will also be available with factory-applied colorants that will be marketed under the Ecostyle brand.

Ecolife products offer significant advancements in treated wood performance, are competitively priced compared with other treated wood products, and are significantly less expensive than plastic and wood/plastic composite materials.

"Ecolife's enhanced performance will better position our industry to compete with plastic and wood plastic composite products that have continued to gain market share at the expense of the treated wood industry," Fowlie said.

- For more informntion on Viance, QuanTIM and Ecotife, v i sit www.trea te d wood.c om.