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Why the Same Moulding Profile Has Different Specs in North America, Europe and Australia

Since 1995, we have been making wood moulding (also spelled molding in the US) in Xiamen, Fujian. Our 200,000 m² production base covers log processing, finger-jointing, veneering, coating, CNC machining and packing, all in-house. After nearly three decades, one question keeps coming up: a buyer sends a single profile drawing for several destinations, then asks […]

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CARB, FSC, E0/E1 Explained: A Buyer’s Guide to Wood Product Certifications

Goodwood Mouldings has manufactured wood moulding (also spelled molding in the US) in Xiamen, China since 1995. A supplier's certificate list is easy to read and hard to interpret. We hold six: CARB, EPA (TSCA Title VI), CE, E0/E1, FSC and ISO 9001. They are not interchangeable, and each answers a different buyer question. This […]

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Mixing 60 SKUs in One Container: How We Control Shipping Damage Risk

Goodwood Mouldings has made wood mouldings since 1995, and every stage of production, from log processing to finger-jointing, veneering, coating, CNC machining and packing, happens inside our own 200,000 m² manufacturing base. We load 20 to 60 SKUs into a single container. Mixed loading is also the step where shipping damage is most likely to […]

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What We Learned When a Distributor’s Solid Wood Baseboard Warped After 3 Months

We have made wood moulding (also spelled molding in the US) in Xiamen since 1995, and our 200,000 m² production base now handles everything from log processing to final packing in-house. Nearly three decades of production have taught us that the complaints worth studying are the ones that arrive months after a container has been […]

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What Happens to Your Wood Moulding (also spelled molding in the US) During 12 Days at Sea

A batch can leave our Xiamen factory inside every moisture and dimension target and still arrive with damp packaging, a swollen end or a bowed piece. That is why we treat the voyage as part of production. After nearly three decades of making mouldings, and with mixed containers carrying 20–60 SKUs per load, we have […]

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ISPM 15 Wood Packaging Compliance: The Detail Most Buyers Overlook

Most importers treat ISPM 15 as a customs checkbox: if the pallet carries the stamp, the paperwork is done. Goodwood Mouldings was founded in 1995 and runs a 200,000 m² production base in Xiamen, China. What we see in export packing is that the stamp answers one question, whether the wood packaging is safe to […]

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Solid Wood, Finger-Jointed, MDF or Veneered: How to Choose the Right Moulding

Many of the moulding (also spelled molding in the US) problems we have traced were not caused by poor machining. They came from a good product used in the wrong job or the wrong climate. Founded in 1995, we make all four types on a 200,000 m² site in Xiamen, with log processing, finger-jointing, veneering, […]

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Why Pine Knots “Bleed” Through Paint (And the Coating Step You Can’t Skip)

A painted pine moulding (also spelled molding in the US) can look flawless on the day it ships and still develop yellow stains months later. After close to three decades of making mouldings, with coating done in our own factory rather than outsourced, we know how this happens. The cause is resin, not poor paint. […]

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Understanding ΔE Color Difference: What Trade Buyers Should Know Before Acceptance

Since 1995, Goodwood Mouldings has manufactured wood moulding (also spelled molding in the US), and our priming and finishing lines are run in-house, not outsourced. That means I see color disputes from the factory side. Most of them share one root cause: the contract says "color must match," but nobody wrote down a number for […]

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