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banned in Europe). In collaboration with
another Malaysian government body,
this new discovery essentially solved a
major problem facing the country’s rub-
ber furniture manufacturers and trade
industry over the stringent requirements
for environmentally-friendly products
demanded by many developed countries.
It was a huge boost to the country’s
furniture manufacturers who use rub-
ber wood in more than 80 % of their
products. The invention was patented
in the US and many other countries and
the Malaysian furniture manufacturers
are once again on track to be approved
in most countries. In November 2013,
Accad’s company was awarded the first
prize for the most creative invention of
the year in Malaysia.
“At the moment,” as he writes to the
IC Newsletter, “I am trying to put to-
gether a business that would finance this
project (Beit el-Hanane) in a more stable
and secure way.”
Retirement beckoned. But that would
have to wait - yet again.
“In the last two years I have asked
myself many times why I was working so
hard instead of retiring,” he continues. “I
should be enjoying life on a beach with
Pina-Coladas in my hand.”
But that is not the Accad family way.
Retirement, it seems, doesn’t run in the
family blood.
For more information/donations about
Beit al Hanane write to:
jackie7h@hotmail.com
For more information about Accad’s
‘green’ wood: www.bcextrusions.com