Top 25 Treaters

s GeorgiaPacific Corp. 850

Atlanta, Ga.

12 plants: LouisMlle (2), Nauvoo, Attrens, Al.; Rockledge, Fl.; Brunswick, Ga.; Rochelle, ll.;Richmond, In.; Pleasant Hill, Mo.; Mirldleburg, N.C.; Rock Hill, S.C.;Mineola, Tx.

Treatments: ACQ, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, fimbers, Specialties, Posb

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Culpeper, Va

4.&nE: q&eper, Fndeddcshrgl Va"; Shebyrile, h.; &fd*r S.C.

Trmhmnb: CCA ACO, Botdeo, FRT, WR

Producls: Lumber, Pb{ood,Ilt$erc, Spe*tnfts, PtrUq posG

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Tampa, Fl.

6 planls: Tampa, Fort Meyers, Ocala, Orlando, Fl.;Thomaston, Ga.

Treatments: CCA, CA, CA-B, Borates, FRT, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Pilings, posts

RodtyMount, Va

3 dants: Rocky Moutt; tlagecbum, [U.; Rodrurcfl, N.C.; fonrbetr, pa

Treatnenh: CCA,CA

Prcduch: Lunber, Plyrwo<1,Iirte6, Spechlli€s, po6ts, plnss

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Orangeburg, S.C.

8 plants: Augusta, Ga.; Orangeburg, Eutawville, North, Sumter, S.C.; Coleridge, Cove City, Leland, N.C.

Treatments: CCA, CA, Penta, FRT, WR

Produc{s: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Speciatties, Pilings, Posts

Tacqna Wa s dalrh: T@rta; Sanftjnl ld.; Eugsne, O.; Brolan Bou 0k ; ElecticMills, Ms.

T.stner|h: CCA, CA Boral€s, Penh, Cr€cob, WR, Cdorafi

Produc.ts: Lur$er, Pi/md, Trnbas, Spet$allbs, Pillrys, pos$ CmsTres

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St. Claire, Mi.

3 plants: Seneca, ll.; Lansing, Mi.; Prentice, Wi.

Treatments: ACQ, CA, FRT

Products: Lumber, Plyrvood, Timbers, Specialties

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TREATERS, includinq the West's we're not dependant on any given commodity. There will be even more in the future, and each one will fit a different niche, the s.rme way borates is [sold] for sill plates, creosote for railroad ties, fire retardants for commercial buildings, and CCA for ag[ricultural] marters." l plant P4oland

Other treaters are currently in the process of building up their offerings.

Co*"d Forest Products, North Bend, Or., has never been shy about introducing new products. It was one ofthe first wood preservers to add borates and was the first in the nation to use copper azole, well before other treaters began phasing out CCA.

Pagdard, S.C.

Itghgh: ACQ, Borates, U,R

Peduh: Lumber, Pt!,wood, ThDess, Spcj,alti€s, Po6b

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-7.5% +1V/. Washougal, Wa.

4 plants: Washougal; Fort Collins, Loveland, Co.;White City, Or.

Treatments: CCA, ACQ, Borates, ACZA, FRT, WR, Colorant

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Posts l2r+p.gfrrwood

Its latest treatment-BluWood from Woodsmart Solutions-consists of two components. The first component penetrates wood to form a sub-surface infusion film that controls both moisture absorption and vapor transmission for better wood conditioning. The filrn itself is treated to remediate existing and future mold growth once cured.

The second component is a DOT wood preservative for protection and treatment of lumber against fungal decay and wood-destroying insects, including Formosan termites. Its protection is non-corrosive, non-leaching and can be sawn, anchored, painted and handled the same as untreated lumber.

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1so {s0e6 Balcrsfieff, Ca" a Fstts: Bdercfidd; Eloy, Az.; Silher Spings, },|v.;Shorihn, O.

Tretnenb: CCA ACO, Borat€s, funb, Cresoto, Com€r

Naphtenate, FRT, Colorant

Pmducb: bmber, Plysood, Tlrnbe$, Spet*iies, Pnitgs, Fods, CrcssTes 13zg

1 olant: Houston

Treatments: CCA, ACQ, Borates, FRT, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Pilings, Posts

According to Conrad's Don Brarcher, the product pro. vides a formidable weapon against mold. "There are escalating concerns by lumber suppliers, home builders and homeowners alike regarding mold issues," Bratcher recounts. "Several lawsuits in different parts of the country have hit the media spotlighs and there have been numerous printed articles in newspapers and magazines regarding mold. Lumber dealers have already faced the demands of pulling lumber off of jobsites because of the presence of mold. I met with a large dealer in the Bay Area a week ago, and he expressed his concern to me about having to now carry both a green and dry inventory because of mold- related issues."

BluWood is one solution because it doesn't require that dealers stock duplicate inventories.

Conrad's North Bend facility began treating with BluWood as soon as it completed its testing and certification process in late February. It is applied to all wood fiber products typically used in the construction of homes and commercial projects, including dimensional lumber, timbers, engineered wood products, OSB and plywood.

The company's Arbuckle, Ca., plant was expected to begin producing BluWood by April 1, with its Rainier, Or., plant to follow shortly after. Its licensing agreements with Woodsmart Solutions also allow Conrad to supply BluWood throughout 11 western states from other predetermined locations, and the treater is currently in the process of securing an application site in Southern California.

Bratcher says the only real challenges as far as adding BluWood are making the supply chain aware of the product's existence and, after that, keeping up with demand. Fortunately, he says, "with BluWood, we have found a self-generating demand fueled by the consumer."

No.th".n Crossarm, Chippewa Falls, Wi., stopped using arsenic-based wood treatments years before the EPA banned their use. The company was the first in the

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A new copper-based wood preservative is making its way into the U.S., courtesy of BASF Corp., Florham Park, N.J.

Protectol CX Type A, a chromium- and arsenicfree waterborne wood preservative, provides protection against wood-destroying fungi and insects, including termites. Its active ingredients are copperHDO, copper carbonate, and boric acid.

It has been recently approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and standardized by the American Wood Preservers' Association for applications such as decking and fencing.

The chemical provider is the North American affiliate of BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, where it has been working with copper-HDO for over 20 years.

"Copper-HDO formulations have been successfully used by wood treaters throughout Europe since the beginning of the 1990s, and are established as one of Europe's leading chromium- and arsenic-free alternatives to traditional wood preservative products," said Dino Karanikas, BASF's director of industrial specialties in North America.

No timetable has been set for when products treated with Protectol will be commercially available in the U.S.

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Cortland, N.Y.

5 plants: South Lancaster, Ma.; Cortland, Gouverneur, N.Y.; Stony Point, N.C.; Cresco, Pa.

Treatments: CCA, CA-B, FRT, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties

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[{r0e Bead, S.C.

Z.Planh: ConwaY, Camden' S.C.

Inelmcnh: ACQ, WR

Products: Lumber, P[urood, Timbers, Speciahies, Posts

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Glenwood, Ar.

3 plants: Glenwood, Amity, Ar.; Buckner, Mo.

Treatments: CCA, CA, Borates, WR

Producls: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties

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Davisville, R.l.

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Tredrenb: CCA" ACQ, WR

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2 planb: Fontana, Woodland, Ca"

Treetnenis: ACQ, hrates, FRT, Colorant

Produch: Lumber, PB'wood, Timbers, Posts

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Weldon, N.C.

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5 plants: Havana, Fl.;Weldon; Hopwood, Oxford, Pa.; Belington, W.V.

Treatments: CCA, ACQ, FRT

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Posts

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Hampton, Va.

1plafi: Hamphn

Tredments: ACQ, Borats

Prcdrc'ts: Lumb€r, Plyumd, Timbers, $pecialtim

Z22Exhrlor W@d Inc.

Washougal, Wa.

1 plant: Washougal

Treatments: CCA, CA-B, FRT

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Posts

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Cooe Bay, O.

1 plant: Coos Bay

Treatrisnts: ccA, AcQ, Bor#g i!

Produos: Lumba, Plywood, Tunbers, Spciaftiee, PoeS

Zy'lzsrort*rYt'ood Inc, 90 80 +13% Greensboro, N.C.

3 plants: Greensboro, Henderson, Elizabeth City, N.C.

Trealments: CCA, ACQ, Borates

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Pilings, Posts

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Norlh Bend, Or.

3 olants: North Bend, Fainier, O,; Arbuc*le, Ca. iffiil#; dbA, CA, FHr, ivC, g"iam, coo"nt, wotman AG,

Midwest to introduce products such as ACQ Preserve, which contains neither arsenic or chromium.

Now, the company is ready to take wood treatment to the next level with TimberSIL, a new treating process that uses no pesticides at all. Instead, wood is soaked under pressure in a sodium silicate solution, then heated until an insoluable matrix of amorphous glass hardens throughout the wood-making it inedible for hungry insects and highly resistant to decay.

The technology is also non-corrosive and won't harm fasteners like ACQ does. In addition, the leaching problems asssociated with borates and other treatments are eliminated, making it ideal for both above-ground and in-ground uses. Finally, the treatment does not affect the wood's color. and it can be stained and painted like any other wood.

"TimberSIL may be the perfect, non-toxic way to protect wood from decay and insects," says Pat Bischel, president and co-owner of Northern Crossarm, who decided last June to focus 607o of his business on the new technology. Backed by $250,000 in technology tilK credits from the state of Wisconsin, the company added a 12,500-sq. ft. addition, purchased new equipment, and converted some of its old equipment.

"We're trying to protect wood in an entirely new way," says Bischel. "In the past, the preservatives we used were all pesticides. With this new process, rather than trying to kill the enemies of wood, we're furning wood into a non-food source." A pilot run

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Ridgefield, N.J.-based PhibroTech, Inc., which currently supplies wood-treatment preservatives products to chemical producers, has developed a new copper-based preservative it may market directly to wood treaters.

The as-yet-unnamed chemical can be applied with the same equipment and will be marketed for the same applications, yet is said to offer performance and cost advantages over other copper-bearing products, according to president Dwisht Glover.

First. the chemical is supplied in a more concentrated form, reducing freight costs. Second, it does not contain MEA, resulting in cost and possibly mold and corrosion advantases.

Finally, and most notably, the chemical reportedly has improved leaching characteristics, thanks to technology developed by Michigan Technological University. Phibro-

Tech recently acquired the exclusive license rights to MTU's landmark patents-USPTO 6,521.288 and 6,753,035 -for micronizing copper-based additives and impregnating them into wood.

"The current generation of wood treatment products, while free from the harmful effects of arsenic and chrome, do not have the same leaching characteristics as the previous generation of CCA products," contends Glover. "The MTU patents stand at the forefront of a technology that will significantly tiple patent applications relating to technologies that further optimize the efficacy and economics of submicron additives for use in wood treatment. Phibro-Tech's submicron products are in various stages of development and regulatory review, including multiple stake tests underway at locations throughout the country.

Glover expects the products treated with the preservative to be on the market "in the near term" as "a direct substitute for ACQ and copper azole. It may even penetrate some of the remaining CCA markets," such as fence posts. Phibro-Tech. nicknamed

I NC. Jl;"";:ii';',f ll:ilTl reduce leaching, while continuing to protect wood in a cost-effective manner."

Along with licensing the MTU patents, Phibro-Tech has filed mul- with the new technology will take place by the end of March. rl-t

Phibro Animal Health Corp, and is a metal-based developer, manufacturer and marketer of high purity and value-added products for the wood treatment, electronic and industrial markets.

The technology was developed by Karen Slimak, an environmental scientist who for 30 years has studied the relationships between human health and chemical exposure. In 2004, she and two partners formed Timber Treatment Technologies, which has its headquarters in Springfield, Va., and its own treating Plant in Greenville, S.C. That same year, the technology made BuildingGreen's Top Ten list of new green building products. The next year, it was declared grand winner in Popular Science's Best of What's New 2005.

Huttig Home Building Products, St. Louis, Mo., has signed on to distribute TimberSIL in the Midwest and Carolinas. TTT is currently seeking additional treaters and distributors to increase their overall capacity and output throughout the U.S.

|. ampa. Fl.-based Robbins Wood Preserving & Manufacturing Co., which has been distributing fire retardant treated wood produced by other manufacturers, is now taking the treating in-house.

On January 20, Robbins' facility in Ocala, Fl., began producing Driconbrand dimensional framing lumber and plywood. In May, its Tampa plant will begin producing FrameGuard XP dimensional lumber for framing, wall components, roof and floor truss components, and OSB sheathing.

"Robbins has produced preservative-protected wood since 1953 and much of our success has been because of our dedication to meeting the ever changing and evolving needs of the wood protection market," says Bruce Palmer, director of marketing.

He attributes the addition of Dricon specifically to "the increasing demand for FRTW in Robbins' immediate market area. FrameGuard XP [will] provide a product that meets the growing concern and need for protection against mold, insect, and decay growth during and after the framing construction process."

Borates appear to be the most common addition. Over the last six months, reaters adding Advance Guard borates to their mix include Commonwealth Wood Preservers, Hampton, Va.; Innovative Pine Technology, Duluth, Mn.; Tomball Forest Products, Tomball, Tx., and Culpeper Wood Preservers' plant in Shelbvville. In.