There is a growing global concern about plantation safety due to genetically modified plants, which pose a high risk of affecting biodiversity, negatively impact our environment, non-target organisms, soil, water ecosystem.

Gain Green aims toward ensuring that Revotropix Paulownia is a non-GMO plant. The Company collaborates with Bio Synergy Laboratories Sdn Bhd, which has been accredited with MS ISO/IEC 17025 (SAMM Certificate No. 336, 724, 822, 877) by the Department of Standard Malaysia to conduct GMO-testing using GMO-35S & GMO-NOS & GMO-FMV promoter. The results obtained from the relevant bodies confirmed that there were not found genetically modified elements in Gain Green’s Revotropix Paulownia.

Any living organism with a novel combination of genetic material obtained through modern biotechnology interpreted as Living Modified Organism (LMO) bears a sufficient risk on the likelihood and consequences of the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. In Malaysia, the Department of Biosafety from the Ministry of Environment and Water monitors all activities related to living modified organism and its products.

Gain Green has obtained confirmation from the Department of Biosafety that the Revotropix Paulownia is not categorized as Living Modified Organism.

To minimize the burden on relying on natural forests as a source of raw materials and to ensure that the local timber industry continues to be available and flourishing, the Government of Malaysia encourages the development of large-scale commercial forest plantations. Hence, the Malaysian Timber Industry Board is in charge of carrying out a great program to develop forest plantations in Malaysia named the Forest Plantation Development Program (PPLH). With the vision in line with the Government of Malaysia, Gain Green has invested a lot of effort, including conducting and collecting technical reports and certifications on its Revotropix Paulownia to add the Paulownia species to become part of the PPLH.

Generally, it is considered that quality matters more than quantity. However, when it comes to the timber industry, in Gain Green, it is believed that both quality and quantity are equally significant in keeping up the constant changes in life surrounding us, especially if taking into account the strong increasing demands of the woods and its declining production and supply. Despite of the outstanding fast-growing characteristic of our Paulownia species, Gain Green ensures that the paulownia wood character is superior and desirable to the end- users.

Gain Green has tested a sample of wood planks obtained from 3 years old Revotropix Paulownia in Furniture Testing Laboratory (FRIM), including mechanical test and wood preservation test. The mechanical test contains static bending test, shear parallel to grain test, Janka hardness test, density and specific gravity test, compression parallel to grain test and moisture content. Dry Salt Retention test and Chemical Penetration/ Distribution Test has been used to determine the woods preservation value.

For the industry users who design and utilize the Paulownia wood in different timber products, the consistency of the wood’s quality is of utmost importance. Besides, the methodology determination ensures the woods’ quality is
its dominant characteristic.

Countries that lie in the temperate zones are located in the southern and northern hemispheres, and their temperate climates cycle through all four seasons – spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Gain Green focuses on providing high-quality wood that can withstand cyclical season and temperature changes. Paulownia wood successfully passed Hot & Cold cyclic test, Boiling Test and Boiling Water Soak Test, which emulate the changes in temperature and climate. All these performed tests use the Eurocode standards, and the result is satisfactory; no delamination was found, which makes Paulownia wood good choice for window scantling usage.

Revotropix Paulownia veneer was glued and hot-pressed into a 9-ply office chair with legs. The office chair was sent to Furniture Testing Laboratory in FRIM for the test under BS EN 1728:2012 & BS EN 1022:2018, and the result was satisfactory.

Gain Green engaged Tropical Hardwood Consultant, an experienced and knowledgeable wood grader to grade Revotropix Paulownia, which concluded that Paulownia is good for the manufacturing of furniture, plywood, paneling, blockboard, pallets and lamination products. Tropical Hardwood Consultant observation report confirmed that the wood has the following qualities:

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