PARTICLEBOARD

You'd call a wood products manufacturer areliable souDce that produces almost G-million board feet of inteEior and exterior particleboard monthly.

From the forest to the construction site. Bohemia makes sure that almost no wood is wasted. Ever. That's why the company has gained renown for producing superior quality three-layer, mat-folmed oarticleboard'under ine tiaOe nam6s of FirlokrM and 'FircraftrM.

The Firlok underlayment is certified by the National Particleboard Association, and Bohemia's industrial Fircraft is certified by Timber Engineering Company [I-ECO). All particleboard packages are unitized and steel-strapped with export packaging available for sea shipment out of West Coast ports. Shipment by truck or rail is available from the plant.

Info Goes Public

To supplement the efforts of dealers and contractors to move more insulation into the retrofit market, CertainTeed Corp. has sent its top technical insulation expert on the road, to talk to consumers by way of television and radio.

The mission of Joseph Kimpflen, CertainTeed's director of technical marketing for residentail insulation. is to educate consumers on the advantages and benefits of home insulation. Utilizing talk shows and news broadcasts as the vehicle, Kimpflen has been discussing a number of topics, including the new tax credit for energy-conserving products, the warm-weather benefits of insulation and the economic sense of insulating.

To bring home the message to the audience, the company has prepared an array of visual aids. One is a series of cut-away views of a house. which is used to demonstrate exactly where and how insulation should be added. Another is the use of infra-red photography to show how the loss of home heat can be drastically reduced with the addition of insulation.