The Centre for Advanced Wood Processing invites you to two days of workshops focused on advanced computer-controlled fabrication of timber building components and structures. The event will discuss current and emerging technologies used to fabricate wood elements such as posts, beams, floor and wall panels and other building components. Specialists with expert technical knowledge and […]

CAWP will lead a tour of manufacturers, building professionals and architects to visit prominent examples of modern timber construction in Norway, culminating in attendance at the Holzbau Nordic Wood Building Conference in Trondheim, Norway.

Join us for our Co-op Presentation Evening.  Intermediate co-op students in the B.Sc. Wood Products Processing degree program at the University of British Columbia will be delivering presentation on their recently completed co-op work terms in the wood products industry  

Wood Tech Summit 2014 is a two-day industry conference featuring separate educational tracks for professional woodworkers and high school woodworking instructors, guidance counselors and students.  The professional woodworking track will focus on a wide list of potential topics including increasing raw material yields, improving process flow, achieving high-quality green finishes, boosting productivity, exporting wood products, […]

The Centre for Advanced Wood Processing will be offering the  Business Finance & Equipment Evaluation starting on March 2nd for six weeks.  For more details see our Management Skill Training Program

This seminar is designed for small to medium sized manufacturers who are looking to increase the efficiency and profitability of their finishing department and the quality of their finished products.  Consumer demands have shifted the requirements on automated finishing equipment from mass production systems to more flexible systems designed for custom millwork and job shop […]

This full-day seminar for architects, structural engineers, builders, designers and specifiers brings leading edge projects and practices to the attention of a Pacific Northwest audience via a day of presentations by prominent practitioners in the field. In partnership with BC Wood, we are pleased to welcome to Whistler three international experts in wood design and […]

  CAWP is pleased to be an endorsing partner in Canada Woodworking West, a new trade show for the value-added woodworking industries coming to BC this fall . This event is for western Canada’s secondary woodworking market, including commercial and residential cabinet manufacturers and installers, residential furniture manufacturers, commercial and institutional furniture manufacturers, custom wood products manufacturers, architectural woodworkers, […]

The Conference at WMS is a full day industry conference featuring business leaders, innovators, and technical specialists  presenting best practices for the wood products manufacturing sector. The conference is held on the opening day of the Woodworking Machinery and Supply Expo, Canada’s largest and longest-running trade show for the woodworking industry, which runs from November 5th to 7th 2015 at the same […]

Two days of workshops at UBC led by two of Europe’s foremost practitioners in computer-aided design and prefabrication of timber elements for contemporary wood structures. The events will highlight what can be achieved with timber using the latest design and fabrication technologies, and will illustrate this in illuminating detail through references to a range of high-profile […]