EcuadorianHands.com - How do we pack and prepare our products for shipping out?
fverac August 18th, 2007
| PACKING - Balsa Wood is added-value to our products… |
  All our products are packed inside boxes made out of natural material. This packing apart of protecting the articles during transit to destination are very usefull for many other applications, such as:
Inclusively, there are different competitions around the world (schools, highschools, universities, associations) such as tower Strength Competition, Bridge Strenght Competition, among others which show the abilities of the contestans and also show the properties of Balsa-Wood. It is aslo used for:
… all this with a 100% natural and ecological product. All your need is your imagination!!
South America has the best balsa wood in the world. The balsa tree is known as the “Ochroma Lagopus”. The perfect tropical climate in the jungle of South America because it has a constant humid temperature all year round. The balsa tree will mature within 5 years with a trunk girth diameter of about 500mm. These trees can grow to a height of 18 meters. Because they are a fast growing tree they are the lightest wood species in the world. Their cell structure is actually known as a hardwood. It is not an endangered species because of the rapid growth rate and after 5 years they don’t grow much more. Once a tree is felled the seeds of the balsa wood which sit in a cotton type nest in the branches is scattered onto the ground and usually regrowth occurs 10 fold. Other qualities of the South American Balsa: • Pale and pink colours EcuadorianHands.com distributes only ecofriendly and handmade products !
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