Cork Sites

"charred cork rubbed on bald patches with laurel sap makes the hair grow again, thicker and darker than before." --Dioscorides, 2nd century Greek doctor

Cork Specialties - Selling a wide variety of pre-shaped cork grips and rings for the discriminating angler.

Cork Supply USA - Selling corks for wine bottles. This site has a 10 page photo essay of text with more than 50 jpg images showing Cork from Tree to Bottle.

Expanko Cork Products - Sells cork and cork related products.

Fun, Interesting, and Cheap things to do with used wine corks

Jelinek Cork - Sells cork related products, supplying wineries, distilleries, pharmaceuticals, stationery, and acoustical items. Select "What is Cork" to see a quick overview of cork, its characteristics, how it is harvested from the cork oak tree, and how it is made into wine corks. Select The Cork Store for purchase of cork items.

Natural Cork Limited Co. - Sells cork products.

Pace Industries, Inc. - Sells cork stoppers, novelty products, housewares and kitchen helpers, cork composition rolls, corkboards and cork components for the fishing industry. Select About Cork to see an overview of cork production.

W.E. Cork - Sell cork floor tiles, underlayment, cork sheets and rolls, expansion joints, insulation corkboard, cork stoppers. Also describe how cork is grown and harvested.

Lignin Sites

Lenox Polymers Ltd. - This company manufactures specialty performance resins and adhesives from lignin as well as many other products. Nice site with lots of information.

Lignin Institute Home Page - The Lignin Institute is a non-profit trade association for manufacturers and distributors of lignin products. They are located in Atlanta, Georgia USA. Has all kinds of information on uses of lignin obtained from the pulping of wood. Check out the section on vanillin.

LignoTech USA, Inc. - Offers over 150 different products made from lignin. Provides sodium, calcium, and ammonium based products.

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. - Japanese paper company. This site does have a jobs section, but only in Japanese.

Northway Lignin Chemical - Manufacturers of sulphur free lignin and sodium lignosulfonates.

Tembec Inc. Chemical Division - The chemicals group manufacturers and markets ethanol, lignosulfonates, and phenol formaldehyde resins.

Wesco Technologies, Ltd. - Supplier of lignosulfonates.

Westvaco - Supplier of lignin based specialty organic compounds and carbon compounds.

Other Interesting Sites

Bioenergy Information Network - Oak Ridge National Laboratory - The latest information on biomass fuels.

Bamboo Paper (Xian Paper) - Pictures of making bamboo paper by hand, from harvesting the bamboo to final sheets of paper. This site is in Chinese. I had to scroll to the right about 3/4 of the way before getting to the pictures. If anyone can translate this site, I'd be most grateful.

Ayrewood Log Homes - Lots of good information on building log homes, including plans.

Directory of Forest Products, Wood Science, and Marketing - This is a comprehensive listing of over 1800 wood products sites, mostly related to solid wood products.

FiberSource - Information on all types of textile fibers. Acetate, lyocell, and rayon come from wood pulp.

The Finishing and Converting Net - Be sure to check out "The Tree Machine" - Making trees from paper. This site has lots of great stuff.

Forest Learning Opportunities for Workers - Information on forestry and forestry products from the Oregon State University College of Forestry and the Oregon Forest Resources Institute.

The Forest Products Page of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers - This is a great listing of Pulp and Paper sites on the internet.

Lenzing AG - Very interesting site on the production and use of cellulose fibers made using the lyocell process.

National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates - Agricultural, Forestry, Fishing and Related Occupations.

North American Lumberjack Guide - Dedicated to lumberjack sports in North America.

The Pencil Pages - Pencil history, how pencils are made, pencil trivia, resources for parents and kids, and more!

Pulp and Paper Facts Page - Facts and information for the Pulp and Paper industry.

Sample Resume Writing - Sample resume writing tips and tricks designed to scientifically optimize your chances. Resume writing services also available.

Skyline Logging Pages - Information on yarders, small yarders, and carriages. Interesting stuff.

Voynich Manuscript Pictures - Links to pictures of the Voynich Manuscript.

Yahoo's Forest, Paper, and Container's News - Listing of news releases from Forest, Paper, and Container companies.