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Welcome to the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing
The Centre for Advanced Wood Processing is Canada's national centre of excellence for education and research related to wood products processing and advanced wood products manufacturing. CAWP offers a wide range of training courses, continuing education programs, and industry services, conducts applied research, and assists industry to employ students to work on special projects by coordinating a cooperative education program.
This site contains information on all of CAWP's programs, as well as news items, articles, publications and resources useful to wood products manufacturers. Please check back often as content is updated frequently. Please see also the "About Us" and "Frequently Asked Questions" pages of this site.
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Announcements
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| Winter Games Medal Podiums machined at CAWP Lab - Friday, February 05, 2010Over the last few months CAWP staff and UBC Wood Products Processing students have been hard at work cutting all of the parts for the distinctive Winter Games medal podiums and medal trays. CAWP's sophisticated CNC equipment was used to cut the more than 200 parts required for each of the 23 podia. The unique designs, which were unveiled on February 2nd, symbolise the importance of our forests to BC. Read more>>>
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| Training funding announced for BC companies - Thursday, December 17, 2009The BC Ministry of Advanced Education has launched the Workplace Training for Innovation
Pilot program to support training for SMEs of less than 50 employees. Applications are
being accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until Jan 2011. Details and application
procedures can be found by clicking here.
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| WPP students on technical tour to Italy - Wednesday, July 15, 2009Four lucky students in the UBC's B.SC. Wood Products Processing program and one professor recently returned from an all-expenses-paid one-week tour of Italian manufacturing facilities, courtesy of ACIMALL, the Italian Machinery Manufacturers' Association. The five spent July 6th to 12th in Milan, where they visited leading machinery manufacturers as well as several furniture and wood products makers, with a particular focus on advanced CNC technologies. ACIMALL ran a competition among the senior WPP students this spring to select the winning students. CAWP greatly appreciates the efforts and generosity of ACIMALL and the Italian Trade Commission in organising and hosting the trip.
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| UBC students create 3D "LearnCNC" tool - Thursday, June 18, 2009A student team based at CAWP and led by a student from UBC's B.Sc. Wood Products Processing program has created a software application that allows users to learn about CNC machining technology within a virtual 3D environment. The project was carried out with the financial support of BCcampus, a collaborative online learning initiative established to promote online and open learning in BC. The application is available as a free download from http://learncnc.org/
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New Product Development Services available for Manufacturers
CAWP helps wood products manufacturers of all types and sizes to develop new products. We have a large team of technical specialists and an advanced 10,000 square-foot manufacturing lab that features the latest technologies, including three and five-axis CNC routers, a CNC beam processor, and UV-curing flat line finishing equipment. Our team can help manufacturers identify market opportunities, brainstorm and refine design concepts, model new products using advanced computer-aided-design programs, create and test protoypes, track production costs and recommend manufacturing solutions. For more information contact us at cawp@cawp.ubc.ca or click here. Funding assistance may be available for some companies.
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Management Skills Training Course Now Open for Registration
CAWP has created a new online management skills training program for the Wood Manufacturing Council. The program consists of 8 web-based modules on: Quality Management & Control; Sales & Marketing; Business Finance & Investment Evaluation; Production Planning; Human Resources & Safety; New Product Development; Factory Layout & Equipment Justification; and Supply Chain Management. Each affordable course module can be taken on a part-time basis over six weeks, and has been designed specifically for the wood products industry. The training courses make extensive use of case studies and industry examples. Participants can take modules one by one at their own pace - for more details view the Management Program web pages, contact cawp@cawp.ubc.ca or download the PDF.
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UBC Certificate in Industrial Wood Finishing
The UBC Certificate in Industrial Wood Finishing is a part-time industry training program that takes place every year from January to April. The program consists of 100 hours of online learning from January to March followed by a 6-day practical session in Vancouver in late April. It is one of the most comprehensive courses on wood finishing currently available, and covers wood properties, sanding, coating types and application methods, guns and compressor systems, automated finishing, environmental compliance, safety, and quality testing. Previous participants have come from a variety of backgrounds including spray finishers, line supervisors, production managers, owners of small shops, coatings lab technicians, equipment sales reps, and manufacturing engineers. They have enrolled from across Canada, the United States, and overseas.
Click for more information
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UBC Certificate in Kiln Drying
CAWP offers a 150-hour modular course in kiln drying that currently represents the most comprehensive training program on the subject available anywhere in the world. Offered annually since 1998, the certificate course is relevant to both sawmills and value-added enterprises. Full course descriptions, are available at Continuing Education section.
To reserve your place contact us at cawp@cawp.ubc.ca
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