Canada Wood Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Treezo Group to Advance Modern Wood Construction in China
HANGZHOU, China — May 20, 2026 — Canada Wood China and Treezo New Material Technology Group Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Hangzhou to advance mass timber, high-rise hybrid wood construction, and low-carbon building solutions in China.
The signing ceremony was attended by Michael Loseth, President and CEO of Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd. (FII); Pierre-Jonathan Teasdale, Director, Trade and International Affairs, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada; and Weizhou Fu, Managing Director of Canada Wood China. Senior representatives from Treezo Group, including Chairman Lu Tonghua and Vice Chairman Lu Shanbin, also attended.
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Zhejiang Province, Treezo Group is a leading Chinese enterprise in green new materials, customized home furnishing, and prefabricated wood building solutions. Building on its established position in wood-based panels and interior building products, Treezo has expanded into modern wood construction through its Zhimu Yishu（智木艺墅） prefabricated wood villa brand and a new wood manufacturing base in Rizhao, Shandong. The facility has annual capacity for 100,000 cubic metres of lumber processing, 100,000 cubic metres of glulam production, and 200,000 square metres of wall panel manufacturing.
The partnership will centre on the Treezo Purfeel Office Building, China’s first eight-storey super-standard hybrid timber demonstration building. The 36.1-metre project includes a two-storey concrete base and six-storey upper timber structure, with a total above-ground floor area of 9,493 square metres and a prefabrication rate of more than 80 per cent. Designed to meet LEED Gold and China Green Building One-Star standards, the building is expected to reduce carbon emissions by approximately 2,000 tonnes compared with conventional concrete and steel construction and cut building energy consumption by more than 50 per cent.
The Purfeel project will also serve as the landmark headquarters for Treezo’s wood construction business and a demonstration base for high-rise hybrid timber technology. It incorporates Canadian softwood products across structural and façade systems, including Douglas-fir glulam for main beams and columns, SPF for interior wall framing, Hem-Fir glulam for the top-floor timber frame, and Yellow Cedar glulam for parapet wall timber frames.
Under the agreement, Canada Wood and Treezo Group will work together to promote Canadian wood products in China’s wood construction sector, organize technical exchanges, project visits and industry training, and support the broader adoption of low-carbon, seismic-resilient and fast-assembly timber buildings in rural housing, office, and public construction markets.
The cooperation brings together Canada’s sustainable forest resources and timber construction expertise with Treezo’s manufacturing capability and market reach, providing a new platform to advance high-rise hybrid timber construction and expand the use of Canadian wood in China’s low-carbon building sector.
