MSU pilot plant explores new product from small-diameter trees.MSU MSU Michigan State University MSU Mississippi State University MSU Montana State University MSU Minnesota State University MSU Morehead State University (Kentycky) MSU Montclair State University pilot plant explores new product from small-diameter trees. Mississippi State University Mississippi State University, at Mississippi State, near Starkville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1878 as an agricultural and mechanical college, opened 1880. From 1932 to 1958 it was known as Mississippi State College. (MSU) Starkville, Mississippi Starkville is a city in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 21,869. It is the county seat of Oktibbeha CountyGR6. The campus of Mississippi State University is located in Starkville. , USA, is teaming with TimTek, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales Wagga Wagga (pronounced wogga wogga; IPA: /ˈwɔɡə ˈwɔɡə/, informally called Wagga) is a city in New South Wales, Australia. , Australia, to locate an engineered-lumber pilot plant on its campus. MSU's Wildlife Research Center will work to develop a commercial market for a process developed by TimTek and patented by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. The process makes high strength engineered lumber from small diameter trees thinned from pine plantations. To form the resin/wood fiber composite, long strands of crushed trees are coated with an exterior-type adhesive and dried before being formed to desired shapes in a specialized steam-injection hot press. In the past, trees of 3 to 8 inch diameters were used primarily for pulpwood pulp·wood n. Soft wood, such as spruce, aspen, or pine, used in making paper. pulpwood Noun pine, spruce, or any other soft wood used to make paper Noun 1. . With a decreased demand in the South for pulpwood, few markets are left for small trees thinned from Mississippi's almost three million acres of plantation pine. |
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