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THERES A CERTAIN BEAUTY about wood that makes it an essential for aesthetic applications. Its earthly colour and unique texture mystifyingly create a pleasant and cosy ambient especially when used for making decks, docks, railings, porches, garden benches, walkways, stairs, pool surrounds and so on.

Unfortunately, there arent many tropical forests left to supply trees. Governments have taken drastic measures to minimize deforestation.

Deforestation is the clearing of tropical forests on a large-scale basis and its greatly responsible for global warming. This increase in global temperatures in return may drive many plants and animals to extinction, which will then upset the balance of the environment. In the 1980s, its estimated that 53, 000 square miles (about the size of 21,448,344 soccers fields) of tropical forests were destroyed each year and to date scientists estimate up to 137 living species disappear annually.

So what can we do? One effective way is to decrease the need for products that are harvested from the tropical forests. If demand is diminished, supply will decline and logging companies will have no reason to exist.

But this doesnt mean our creativity and imagination for construction will have to be forsaken due to the love for the environment. Theres Exwood, a recycleable timber-alternative raw material, which you can explore.

We people in Exwood are committed to providing consumers ecologically sound products to enhance their lives without the expense of Mother Nature. By substituting outdoor timbers and accepting its alternative, we would reduce the dependency on timbers & hence reduce the logging of trees & eliminate the illegal logging industries, while at the same time saving the environment for the mutual benefit of mankind.

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WHAT ON EARTH IS EXWOOD?

With a vision to develop an eco-friendly alternative material to wood and one that looks, feels and shares comparable characteristics to timber EXWOOD was introduced.

The two main problems for eco-friendly, wood-

alternative products in the past were there wasn't any kind of material available that shared the same physical characteristics and workability as timber, and it was just too expensive to create one.

After years of research

and analysis, EXWOOD noted that PVC was the base polymer whose characteristics were closest to the requirements in terms of mechanical properties, resistance to atmospheric agents, workability and, most importantly, price.

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EXWOOD THE MATERIAL

EXWOODTM is a hybrid of engineering composite material made from a combination of organic fibre and post-consumer recycled plastics. It is designed to replace timber in its primary applications.

EXWOODTM can be processed using conventional thermoplastic processes such as extrusion and injection moulding.

Presently, the technology enables the material to be made with over 50% by weight of organic fibre in the composite matrix.

Since the production of EXWOODTM requires no virgin wood resource and it does not contain any sealant or wood preservative, it is environmentally superior.

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EXWOOD Applications?

EXWOOD is particularly suitable for outdoor applications where natural wood has a high propensity to rot.

Typical applications are in the construction of garden benches, decking, fencing and gazebos.

its also used in engineering applications such as cold room anchor rails and internal non- loading supporting profiles.

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EXWOOD PRODUCT FEATURE

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FEATURE BENEFITS PRODUCT RESULTS

Outdoor suitable No rotting, splintering -durable

Long life and low maintenance

Recyclable Enviromentally friendly Suitable for applications where chemically treated timbers are now prohibited

Sustainable Availability - comparedwith hardwoods which are subject to supply flactuations.

End-users able to substitute for more expensive traditional materials on a reliable basis

Appearance - wood like Acceptance End users can substitute for wood and take advantage of longer life and less maintenance

Extrudable to any dimension - can have hollow sections

Greater range of applications Less weight Low cost

Potential application where wood is unsuitable

Sustainable Pricing (subject to resign prices in a range)

Predictable costing for end products

sustainable competitiveness compared with traditional materials

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EXWOOD ADVANTAGES - EXWOOD is weather-resistant. It absorbs very little moisture so it will not rot in extremely wet environment. Additives can be added to further enhance specific performances such as UV, mildew or fungus resistance properties

- EXWOOD can be recycled completely and reprocessed without any significant deterioration in performance

- EXWOOD will not support combustion and give off toxic fumes when burned

- EXWOOD profiles are dimensionally stable. Parts with close tolerances can be reproduced reliably on commercial scales. In addition, EXWOOD is resitant to termite attack

- EXWOOD products can be coloured with integral pigment added into the composite. Overtime, all EXWOOD colours will weather to a lighter tone similar to natural wood

- EXWOOD profiles and components can be produced as net shape items. This eliminates unnecessary milling and fabrication costs

- EXWOOD profiles can be fabricated with conventional wood working machinery or welded using plastic hot-plate welding machines

- EXWOOD uses short fibres. Components made out of it wont splinter, creating safer parts for children

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MATERIAL COMPARISON

Characteristics EXWOODTM Other Composite

Pressure-treatedPine wood

Cedar

Type orClassification

Cellularthermoplasticwood composite

Polyethylenewood composite

Softwood Softwood

TreatmentRecommended

None None Chromate CopperArsenate& Sealer

WaterrepellentSealer

Maintenance Low Low High Medium

Fire RatingClass (IBC)

1 3 3 2

Resistance todecay

High High Medium Medium

Resistance toTermites

High High Varies withlevel oftreatment

Low

Resistance toMarineBorers

High High Varies withlevel oftreatment

Low

Resistance toUV Rays

High High Low Low

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DESCRIPTION TEST METHOD UNIT TYPICAL VALUE

Tensile Strength @ break ASTM D638 MPA 27

Elongation @ break ASTM E638 % 1.9 Flexural Strength ASTM D709 KN 13.8

Puncture Resistance Based on DK KW 10.9 14.38 profile

Specific Gravity ASTM D1505 - 1.2 - 1.4

Hardness shore D . 70

Izod impact (notched @ 20C ASTM D256 J/m 47 Heat Deflection Temperature ASTM D648 C 68

Vicat Softening Point ASTM D1525 C 82

Fire Resistant Test UL 94 Class V-0

Flame Spread Test ASTM D635-91 V-0

Water Absorption 24 Hr ASTM D1037-93 change in weight % 1.02 change in dimension % 0.5

Nail Pull-off Test ASTM D6117 N 130 UV Resistance (skin) after 500hr ASTM D4329 % 1.5

Coefficient of Linear thermal Expansion ASTM D696 m/m/C 3.6 x 10 -5

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