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HOW ALOWOOD IS MADE
Alowood is made with Everdex, an all natural starch-based additive:
Below is a summary of the manufacturing process:

1. Wood is acquired from sustainable wood supplies, typically fast-grown plantation lumber crops, and loaded into treatment vessels.
2. Using a combination of vacuum and pressure injection technology, air and moisture in the wood is replaced with Everdex; and colorfast dyes may also be used to create a more exotic and distinctive look.
3. The impregnated wood is thermally cured, bonding the additive with the cells in the wood.

The resulting hard wood, known as Alowood, is denser, harder and more dimensionally stable than the wood we start out with.

BENEFITS OF ALOWOOD
Alowood is a unique, environmentally friendly, high quality and cost effective solution:

• Alowood is a unique "green tech" product; combining nature and technology in an environmentally friendly way. The color & grain combinations offer a distinctive and exotic look.
• Alowood is derived from sustainable, faster growing lumber and is hardened using an organic, toxin-free process.  It is GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality CertifiedR and available as FSC certified because of its contributions to sustainability.
• Alowood is a high quality hard wood; confirmed through research with the US Forest Products Laboratory and studies and feedback from experts in the woodworking community.  Alowood offers a more consistent color than is available in natural hardwoods.
• Alowood is a cost effective solution. It is competitively priced with tropical hardwood species, offers higher yields and can help to reduce costly manufacturing steps.

ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE
Alowood is environmentally responsible from beginning to end.  

• It comes from sustainable, fast grown plantation lumber crops; which reach maturity in 25-30 years versus over 100 years for many hardwood species.
• The process to manufacture Alowood is organic, coming from farm-grown ingredients.  Alowood is free of toxins and free of formaldehyde.
• Alowood is the only hard wood product certified by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI); confirming Alowood's compliance with GEI's stringent indoor air quality guidelines.
• Alowood is available as a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified product to recognize that the underlying wood is harvested sustainably.

ALOWOOD'S 'GREEN' CREDENTIALS
Because Alowood use only sustainable, plantation-grown timber and naturally renewable agricultural value added crops, Alowood products are available as fully certified sustainable materials by the FSC (Forest
Stewardship Council).   

• Alowood also carries the GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality CertifiedR Mark, which means that Alowood has been tested using stringent environmental chamber methods and meets GREENGUARD standards.  We fully
  support the GREENGUARD certification program as the use of GREENGUARD Certified Products attacks indoor air pollution at the source and can significantly reduce the levels of pollutants in the indoor air.