Introducing the New Revolutionary Wood
Date: 15/9/08 09:59
Accoya are to launch their thermal, low maintenance wood at the Home Building and Renovating show.
The outstanding performance of BSW Timber's revolutionary new wood product Accoya® will be demonstrated to renovators and home improvers at the Homebuilding & Renovating Show in London next month.

The environmentally friendly wood’s superior thermal and low maintenance qualities will be showcased on the Boyland, Dendura, Carey & Fox, Vincent Timber and Sash Window Workshop stands at the key industry event, which runs from 19th-21st September at the ExCeL centre.

Accoya® will also be on the show's Eco Trail where visitors can discover all the products and services they need to create a greener home.
There is now unprecedented interest in the cutting-edge product with established customers placing regular monthly orders and a number of new customers recently coming on board.

It coincides with a major boost in production at a new plant at Arnhem, Netherlands since the first supplies arrived in the UK last year.

For John Alexander, head of business development at BSW Timber, the show presents an ideal opportunity for home improvers to see first-hand the early success of Accoya®.

"A real market presence has now been established for Accoya® with significant repeat orders from customers. With the ramp up in production, we expect interest in Accoya® to grow dramatically.

He added: "Accoya® has emerged as a major player in the modified wood market with a positive reaction from manufacturers working the product. The machined finish and quality of coated surfaces represent dramatic improvements in workability over tropical hardwoods. With its impeccable environmental credentials, we firmly believe Accoya® is set to become the industry standard for exterior applications."

Accoya® now accounts for more than half of the UK-wide Sash Window Workshop's production since the firm began using the material in April.  Richard Dollar of Sash Window Workshop, said: "We are excited about showing visitors why Accoya® is the perfect choice for many of our projects. It offers an outstanding performance at a sensible cost and I f believe it will become the material of choice for quality windows and doors. “

Jason Carey of Carey & Fox added: "We are looking forward to illustrating to visitors the outstanding coating quality of Accoya®. Carey & Fox is one of a handful of chosen elite joinery manufacturers to benefit from this new timber which will enable us to expand our current impressive specification to new heights and lead the way for product specification for timber windows, doors & conservatories."

Accoya® represents the UK’s gold standard in modified wood. It has attracted significant interest since the full working stock for joinery, civil and cladding applications was introduced to the UK last year.

Accoya® is the culmination of 80 years of extensive engineering, product testing field testing and market review by leading scientists whose aim was to create a more robust and sustainable material.

Last month, Duncan Baker-Brown – enlisted to design an eco-friendly house for the Channel 4 show Grand Designs Live– said he was impressed with the outstanding durability and performance credentials of the revolutionary modified wood.

Commercial production of Accoya® by Titan Wood, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Accsys Technologies plc, is underway at a new plant at Arnhem, Netherlands. The plant is the first of its type and represents a multi-million pound investment in capital and research & development.

BSW has signed an exclusive agreement with Titan Wood to be the sole supplier of Accoya®, across the UK and Ireland, following five years of extensive collaboration between the two companies.

The start of commercial production is the end-result of almost 80 years of global R&D and field testing in acetylated wood modification - a patented process that protects wood from rot by making it inedible to most micro-organisms and insects.

Accoya® uses wood acetylation technology to deliver outstanding levels of performance, stability and durability. It also boasts excellent environmental credentials, using wood from sustainable plantations and being 100% non-toxic. The wood's appearance, natural colour and strength of the timber are not affected in the process.

Industry experts have supported Accoya's performance and sustainability claims, with both the British Research Establishment and Napier University’s Centre for Timber Engineering recently reporting an unprecedented minimum 60-year service life for the product in cladding and external joinery applications.

The Paint Advisory Bureau has also published research findings that show Accoya® windows are the most cost effective option over the standard design life of a building, outperforming PVC, hardwood and softwoods.

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