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t’s no coincidence that Freres Lumber’s new Mass Plywood Panel (MPP) plant in Lyons, Ore. is the cover story of this issue—the same issue that is distributed April 13-14 at the Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) in Atlanta.

When you’re promoting your magazine at a conference & expo event, it’s nice to make a splash with the cover story. We think we’ve succeeded. After all, it’s the only MPP plant in the world, and it’s built by a highly respected family owned business that has been best known for its softwood veneer and plywood operations in Oregon. In other words, there’s nothing flash-in-the-pan about this project.

We appreciate the Freres family allowing our editor Dan Shell to visit the mill in late February. We even held up printing the magazine until Dan returned and wrote the article.

Vice Presidents Rob Freres and Tyler Freres will speak at PELICE on Saturday morning, April 14. They’ll be part of a program that also includes Senior Product Engineer Steve Lieberman and Operations Manager Karl Aicher of IB X-Lam USA, which is building the first southern pine cross laminated timber (CLT) plant in the world at Dothan, Ala. We’re anxious to write an article about that one, too.

We don’t think it will be Ali v. Frazier, but there may be some punches thrown and taken between MPP and CLT. All in good spirit of course, as everybody stands to benefit from new building markets.

Those speakers are but four of the 40 on tap to participate and speak on a range of subjects at the sixth PELICE. The agenda appears on pages 24-25 of this issue, and we’re extremely pleased with it, and thankful that so many industry experts are willing to commit their time to prepare a presentation, travel to Atlanta and deliver it.

Meanwhile, on the Grand Ballroom

North floor will be 94 exhibitors that have weighed in as Gold, Silver or Bronze sponsors. A list of those companies appears on page 22. If you’re looking for some technology, you’ll find it in this group of impressive companies.

PELICE is the only conference that brings together representatives and companies from all of the primary production segments of the wood products industry—veneer, plywood, OSB, particleboard, MDF, engineered wood products. Fortunately, we’re at a point in time when all of those sectors seem to be doing well, as housing starts continue to edge upward and take interior construction with it.

As busy as you are at home, you won’t be disappointed if you venture to the Omni Hotel at CNN Center. For that matter, bring a lot of people and hold a meeting when you’re not attending PELICE. PW We look forward to seeing you.

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COVER: Freres Lumber, an established Northwest softwood plywood producer, has built and started up the world’s only Mass Plywood Panel (MPP) plant in Lyons, Ore. Story begins on PAGE 14. (Tyler Freres photo)

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UPDATE

USNR GOES TURNKEY WITH MID-SOUTH DEAL

USNR has completed the acquisition of Mid-South Engineering Co., a leading consultant and provider of engineering services to the wood products industry in North America.

USNR President George Van Hoomissen comments, “Mid-South is a great addition to USNR because it brings into the USNR family a large group of experienced professionals who know a great deal about the many things, beyond just equipment, that go into the successful building and operation of wood processing facilities. This gives USNR much greater capacity to deliver large-scale turnkey solutions to our customers.”

USNR has promoted Jeff Stephens (formerly president of Mid-South) to Senior Vice President at USNR, with responsibility for leading USNR’s turnkey offerings worldwide. Stephens will oversee both USNR personnel and

key resources drawn from the MidSouth organization.

“I am really looking forward to this challenge,” Stephens says. “USNR and Mid-South have worked together on sawmill and plywood mill projects for many years, and both companies have benefited from this strong relationship.

It’s going to be exciting to see what we can do with our combined resources to deliver the high-quality solutions our customers have been seeking.”

Mid-South’s longtime vice president and CFO Marc Stewart has been appointed to replace Stephens as President of Mid-South Engineering. “Both Jeff and I have tremendous confidence in Marc’s ability to lead the Mid-South organization,” Van Hoomissen says. “Marc has an excellent understanding of the business and great working relationships with its employees and customers—he’ll do a fantastic job.”

Although Mid-South Engineering is now a wholly owned subsidiary of USNR, it will continue to operate as a separate business in order to preserve the

company’s ability to act as an independent advisor to its clients.

Founded in 1969 in Hot Springs, Ark., Mid-South Engineering now employs 120 who work at the company’s facilities in Arkansas, North Carolina and Maine, as well as at client facilities throughout North America. The company provides a full range of engineering, project management, and construction coordination services primarily to clients who produce products such as lumber, plywood, LVL, OSB, MDF, paper and pellets.

USNR operates four large manufacturing plants in the U.S., Canada and Sweden, in addition to more than a dozen regional engineering, service and sales offices in North America and across Europe.

KILLGORE BECOMES CEO OF TIMBER PRODUCTS Timber Products Company, Springfield, Ore., appointed Steve Killgore as Chief Executive Officer.

Killgore most recently was vice pres-

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UPDATE ident over the solid wood business for Roseburg Forest Products. Killgore has also operated his own companies, serving as president of both McKenzie Forest Products and Cascade Structural Laminators from 2002 to 2011. Prior to that, Killgore was general sales manager of Willamette Industries and Bohemia, spanning 22 years.

David Gonyea, Timber Products CoChair of the Board, comments, “As a family run business for four generations, it is with the utmost confidence that we transition to outside leadership for our day-to-day work. Killgore is an industry veteran who can help lead us into the future.”

The Gonyeas will continue ownership of the company and lead the Board of Directors.

Killgore has a degree in Management from Linfield College, as well as executive study at the Darden School of Business in Virginia and The Wharton School of Business in Pennsylvania.

“I am looking forward to working with the Gonyea family and the Timber

Products team to take the business into the next 100 years,” Killgore says.

“Over the next few months I will travel to different Timber Products’ facilities and meet with members of the team.”

Timber Products operates 10 manufacturing facilities: hardwood plywood in Medford, Ore., Grants Pass, Ore. and Corinth, Miss.; particleboard in Medford, Ore. and Sutter Creek, Calif.; softwood plywood in Grants Pass; softwood veneer in Yreka, Calif.; hardwood veneer and hardwood lumber in Munising, Mich; and laminate and specialty products in White City, Ore.

KATERRA RAISES $865 MILLION Katerra, a technology company that says it is redefining the construction industry, announced an $865 million Series D funding round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund. The financing will be used to fund Katerra’s continued manufacturing expansion and for further investment in its R&D efforts.

“The construction industry is ripe for digital disruption,” says Michael Marks, chairman and co-founder of Katerra.

“Katerra leverages its own software platform to remove time and costs from building development and construction.”

In September Katerra announced it is building a cross-laminated timber (CLT) factory in Spokane, Wash. Founded in 2015, Katerra reports it has: l accumulated more than $1.3 billion in bookings for new construction, spanning the multi-family, student and senior housing, and hospitality sectors. l amassed a global team of more than 1,300 people, attracting senior leadership and talent from groundbreaking technology brands such as Apple, Google, HP, Nokia, Sandisk and Flextronics. l Opened a fully operational manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Ariz. with a roadmap in place for multiple additional domestic factories, including breaking ground on a mass timber factory in Spokane, Wash.

“The $12 trillion construction indus-

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UPDATE try is extremely fragmented with tens of thousands of companies using minimal levels of technology. While labor-productivity growth has skyrocketed in the overall global economy, the construction industry has averaged only 1% annual productivity growth over the past two decades,” says Jeffrey Housenbold, managing partner for SoftBank Investment Advisers. “Katerra is leveraging the latest technologies to radically transform the way people build. Drawing on his experience leading Flextronics, Michael’s unique vision and talented team are taking the great lessons of electronic manufacturing and applying them to an industry that is in dire need of change.”

New investors include: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), a private investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management LLC, Tavistock Group, Navitas Capital, DivcoWest, and others.

In connection with the investment in Katerra, Housenbold of SoftBank Investment Advisers will join Katerra’s

board of directors.

Katerra’s service model and technology platform are focused on delivering better, faster and cheaper building projects. The company says its unique approach and tools include: l a vertically integrated team to provide end-to-end building services within a single partner, including architecture, interior design, engineering, material supply, manufacturing, and construction. Katerra’s proprietary technology drives this integration by connecting Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools and computational design directly to its global supply chain infrastructure for ease of material ordering, manufacturing, tracking and delivery. l integration between factories and construction jobsites, offering greater precision, higher productivity and quality control. With materials and products arriving at construction sites just-intime and ready to install, a Katerra job site more closely mirrors a process of precision-sequenced product assembly than traditional construction.

ARAUCO SCORES BIG WITH MASISA DEAL Arauco has expanded its global footprint by strengthening its presence in the North American market with a purchase agreement for Masisa’s industrial assets in Mexico. Arauco is paying $245 million for three complexes in Chihuahua, Durango and Zitácuaro.

In terms of production, the complexes include three particleboard lines with an annual installed capacity of 293,386 MSF (519,000 m3) and an MDF panel line of 124,360 MSF (220,000 m3). In addition, there are three TFL lines with a total capacity of 426,000 m3, two chemical plants with a total production capacity of 109,000 tons of resin and 82,600 tons of formaldehyde per year, and a veneer line.

“With this acquisition we will be extending our presence in the North American panel market, where we see trends of continued market growth for this type of product, focusing on residential and commercial furniture, and

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UPDATE industrial markets,” says Matías Domeyko, Arauco CEO. Completion of the transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including the authorization of Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE). It is expected the transaction will be completed this year.

In September 2017, ARAUCO invested $103 million to purchase two MASISA panel mills in Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná, Brazil with an annual installed capacity of 452,230 MSF (800,000 m3).

The transactions are part of Masisa’s divestment plan, though the company says it will retain its forests in Chile, Argentina and Venezuela. These have been valued at more than US$560 million and have been a source of productive and financial stability for Masisa.

CANADA NOT SITTING STILL Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, says that Canada has

begun legal challenges under NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) and through WTO (World Trade Organization), contesting the U.S. government imposition of countervailing and dumping duties on Canadian softwood lumber companies that export softwood lumber to the U.S. “U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber are unfair, unwarranted and troubling,” Freeland says. “They are harmful to Canada’s lumber producers, workers and communities, and they add to the cost of home building, renovations and other projects for American middle-class families.”

In November the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that the U.S. softwood lumber industry is materially injured by reason of imports of softwood lumber from Canada. This determination confirmed earlier rulings by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce that Canadian softwood lumber is subsidized through Canada’s timber pricing policies and also sold in the U.S. at less than fair value, otherwise known as dumping.

The combined (subsidization and dumping) duty rates that Canadian companies must now pay range from 9% to 24% depending on the company. The U.S. government has instructed the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash deposits from these importers based on the final rates.

In 2016, the Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations (COALITION) petitioned the U.S. Dept. of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission to restore the conditions of fair trade in softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada.

The COALITION members include: U.S. Lumber Coalition, Inc. (DC), Collum’s Lumber Products, L.L.C. (SC), Hankins, Inc. (MS), Potlatch Corp. (WA), Rex Lumber Co. (FL), Seneca Sawmill Co. (OR), Sierra Pacific Industries (CA), Stimson Lumber Co. (OR), Swanson Group (OR), Weyerhaeuser Co. (WA), Carpenters Industrial Council (OR), Giustina Land and Timber Co. (OR), and Sullivan Forestry Consultants, Inc. (GA).

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UPDATE OREGON JUDGE RULES IMMUNITY NO DEFENSE An Oregon district judge has refused to dismiss a 2016 lawsuit filed by counties with state forests within their borders that claimed state officials have refused to maximize timber revenues from lands

that counties donated to the state years ago. Attorneys for the state had claimed “sovereign immunity” in the matter—a doctrine that county governments can’t sue the state government—and while the

Oregon counties say the state shortchanged them on state forest revenues.

judge initially allowed it as a possible defense, his most recent ruling says that in this case, counties can sue the state to enforce their contract rights.

At issue are timber sale revenues from state lands that were initially donated to the state decades ago, along with accompanying legislation that the lands should be managed for the “greatest permanent value” and revenues shared with the counties. According to the suit, state forestry officials began reducing timber revenues in favor of recreational and environmental protection priorities 20 years ago via an internal policy change. As a result, the counties believe they have been shortchanged and are asking the state for more than $1 billion in revenues.

The judge’s ruling clears the way for the trial to begin, says counties’ attorney John DiLorenzo, adding that maybe the Oregon Dept. of Forestry will now take the case seriously, claiming that until now the state had treated the suit with derision, believing it would be easily dismissed.

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Freres’ mass plywood panels (MPP) are taking direct aim at growing market for mass timber building products.

FRERES LUMBER PIONEERS NEW MASS PLYWOOD PRODUCT WITH HIGH-TECH PLANT Company touts strength performance, product flexibility with mass plywood panels (MPP) that can be engineered closer to the structural requirements in any application.

BY DAN SHELL

LYONS, Ore. ow it may be debatable whether Freres Lumber’s new $32 million mass plywood panel (MPP) plant is “the gutsiest move in industry history,” as one panel industry observer called it, but there’s no debating that Freres is breaking new ground as it seeks opportunity

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in the growing mass timber component building movement and market. In doing so, the 20-year panel producer and 59-year veneer supplier is taking advantage of its longtime strengths while moving in a bold new direction.

Freres Lumber’s new MPP plant started up in December 2017, and its MPP product is expected to receive certification under ASTM Standard D 5456 structural composite lum- From left: Kyle, Rob and Tyler Freres ber products this month, and certification as a Mass Timber pertise in the developing mass timber Panel under APA—The Engineered building market.

Wood Assn.’s APA/ANSI PRG-320 “It seemed like we could make a simmass timber standard soon after. ilar product using less wood fiber,” FrIntroduced to cross-laminated timber eres says, noting that in developing (CLT) several years ago at an Oregon strength properties, using material of State University College of Forestry various grades, he believes it’s more efevent, Rob Freres, Freres Lumber Exficient to accommodate lower grade maecutive Vice President, says one of his terial by using veneer sheets instead of first thoughts after seeing CLT was 1 3⁄8 in. lumber. “And the benefits of using veneer increase as the product that “plywood is already cross-laminatgets thicker and bigger,” he adds. ed.” Looking at the potential of CLT, Researching a possible mass plyFreres began thinking of ways to leverwood panel product, Freres Lumber age his company’s veneer industry ex-

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Vice President of Sales Tyler Freres and his brother, Vice President of Operations Kyle Freres, traveled to Europe in April 2015, visited some CLT manufacturers and kicked around some ideas. Back in the U.S., Tyler began working on some test panels with longtime plywood plant manager Jim Walker, who had recently retired.

Some initial testing at the Freres plywood plant, using the existing press and making some 3 in. panels, proved quite positive, showing such a product would indeed outperform CLT, Freres says. By September 2015 they were taking test panels to the TECO lab in Eugene, and had filed a patent in October.

Freres Lumber began testing MPP samples at OSU in January 2016 and had substantiated performance by March. In May 2016 they began ordering test equipment.

While Tyler began the company’s initial MPP product development, Kyle and Tyler began pulling together test machines to explore product development and working closely with OSU’s Advanced Wood Products Lab to prove product viability.

By late 2015 going into early 2016, the Freres R&D team had ordered a used 4x17 ft. test press and Hexion cold press resin with long open time to begin developing the product and samples for testing.

A big part of the process has been developing and executing the scarf joints that connect 4x8 structural composite lumber panels end-to-end. “We wanted to make sure that the means in which we joined the panels together was as strong as possible, so we settled on a structural scarf joint,” Tyler says, adding it has been a challenge since the joint can be difficult to produce in required quantities while also maintaining joint quality.

NEW PLANT When permitting issues kept Freres from locating the new MPP plant adjacent its existing plywood plant, the company decided to use a former mill property it owned roughly halfway between the pressing facility and veneer plant for the MPP project. Construction began in March 2017, and though the weather didn’t cooperate much, and site prep included extensive removal of log yard material while adding 76,000 yards of rock, the facility was ready to begin equipment installation by late August.

The new plant is housed in a 320x560 building, plus covered loading-unload-

Pending structural certification is moving MPP into a new phase in the marketplace.

ing areas outside. Inside, the production half of the plant features a heated floor that maintains temperatures for efficient resin handling, application and curing.

In talking with equipment vendors, the Freres team decided to go with

Homag Group and Stiles Machinery, which reports 15 CLT plants under its belt and extensive experience with mass panels and supplied everything from the press area robotic sorter to the CNC system. Deal Manufacturing PanelWorld • MARCH 2018 • 15

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Building MPP layers: Final layup at press infeed; glue system is at rear left of photo.

fabricated most of the material handling and transfer equipment. Local companies CD Redding Construction and North Santiam Paving Co. were the respective building and paving contractors, with Northside Electrical doing electrical work and West Coast Industrial supplying transfer equipment for the scarf line.

At infeed, 4x8 panels categorized as structural composite lumber regardless of layup configuration and certified under ASTM D 5456 are initially processed through a double-end tenoner and glue applicator (Hexion MF resin).

Panels receive scarf cuts and glue, and 481⁄2 ft. segments are fed through a twotrack radio frequency curing press supplied by the Ogden Group. As 481⁄2 ft. billets, the mass panels flow down a long rollcase to a flying saw, are sawn and then lifted via a crane system to a work-in-progress area. All overhead gantry cranes and lift systems were supplied by US Crane. Joulin Vacuum Handling provided the vacuum gantries.

A robotic sorter system executes the final panel layup per a pre-programmed product “recipe” and feeds the press.

Custom designed by Minda, the TimberPress X 337 can produce panels up to 12 ft. x 481⁄2 ft. and up to 24 in. thick.

Extensions and transfers can allow production and handling of up to 60 ft. panels. Press times range up to 130 minutes, and the press can handle multiple panels of different sizes simultaneously.

Minda supplied the glue gantry and glue table, while SparTek Industries designed, manufactured and installed the glue head extrusion system. Press controls and the robotic layup system controls are from Aiken Controls. Off-loaded from the press, panels move by rollcase to the finishing side of the plant, where a Weinmann WMP five-axis CNC machine makes finishing cuts such as windows, doors and conduit channels, based on pre-loaded digital files provided by the customer that spec out wall and floor dimensions.

The first press load and panels made it through the plant in December. “The limiting factor in the plant is press time, and if we can keep a fast flow of 24 by 48 that includes multiples of other sizes, it’s always in the back of our mind that we need to keep the press full,” Rob Fr-

eres says, adding he can envision various parts of a building system going into the same press load. “We expect our sophistication in using the press will grow over time.”

MPP BELIEVER Through the Freres team’s R&D efforts, Tyler Freres says, “We believe we’ve come up with an evolutionary jump for this kind of product.” He says people who see the name and think MPP is just plywood glued together are way off track. Pointing to a product sample during the interview, Tyler says, “That six inch panel has 54 different plys with different density grades and orientation, all prescribed by a recipe, so it’s not just a standard plywood product glued together.”

He adds that in addition to being a natural evolution in the company’s veneer-based product line, MPP is also a way for Freres Lumber to diversify away from commodity markets while utilizing more of its LVL-quality veneer production in house.

Like any sales manager who believes

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he’s offering a better alternative to other products on the market, Tyler cites the benefits MPP products have over CLT, beginning with an inherent advantage in flexibility based on each product’s basic building blocks. The basic CLT building block is a 3 layer long grain-crossgrain-long grain layup of three roughly 1 3⁄8 in. pieces of lumber, and any increase in strength requires adding another layer of cross- and long-grain boards, leaving CLT married to a 3-5-79 layer system that has to be maintained regardless of strength requirements. By using 1⁄8 in. layers of veneer in building MPP products, panel strength can be more closely engineered to match required properties, he says.

“With CLT, if you want to increase the structural properties of a panel, for example, you have to go from 3-ply to 5-ply, and that’s a massive increase in the volume of wood used to gain the strength you want,” Tyler says. “With MPP, we can really tailor the thickness of the panel to the structural requirements for the job.”

Less wood volume to meet the required strength values means lower cost, Tyler says: “Instead of paying for seven

Scarfing line infeed accepts 4x8 sheets classified as structural composite lumber.

inches of wood to reach the same strength and values, you may pay for five inches of wood with MPP.” Freres Lumber made noise two years ago when it first announced the product would use “20% to 30% less wood” in the same applications as CLT. Tyler says the two

products are more comparable in smaller thicknesses, but for applications requiring larger thicknesses MPP does get into that range of using almost 20% less wood than the same product made of CLT. Another big advantage with MPP is raw material sourcing, Tyler adds, not-

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ing there are real constraints on the supply of high quality lumber that’s been going into CLT production. Meanwhile, MPP is built of veneer sheets that are all density graded, and can reach desired strength properties using a higher percentage of G3 and lower veneers, especially in thicker products, he says.

The Freres team has hired a technical director, Pat Farrell, with experience in the LVL industry who’s been a valuable addition in working with engineering values and testing agencies, Tyler says.

“We’ve been wanting to do something like this for a long time, we’re coming up with new recipes all the time, and a small change in veneer composition can change engineering properties.”

So far, the plant has been producing mostly crane mats as its first products.

While continually refining all processes, the company is sitting on go waiting for structural certifications expected this spring, after which they can publish product values and engineering tables.

That’s when the MPP venture enters a new phase in the marketplace, and Rob says the company hasn’t had to go knocking on many doors or twist any arms to draw interest in the product.

“We’ve already had a lot of people approach us about using the product, and we’re seeing that the big guys who’ve been involved with CLT projects would like to do more and a lack of suppliers is holding them back. So we’re hoping to feed into that industry,” he says, adding, “We also have engineers telling us if we can get mass timber panels into the building codes they’ll use it.”

Another believer in Freres Lumber’s MPP is the U.S. Forest Service: Last year a grant proposal submitted by Freres won out over 114 proposal entries as the FS identified the MPP plant as its top wood utilization project. In doing so, the company was awarded a $250,000 grant that went toward purchase of the CNC machine.

Rob says it’s also satisfying to see the 95-year-old company take on a project that’s geared to the future. “Unlike a lot of other family-owned companies, we’re truly blessed with a younger generation (Tyler and Kyle are identical twins, age 42) who are solid individuals, highly capable, have a lot of experience—and are really competitive,” he says. “Once we made the decision on MPP, these young men have really run with it.”

And while the younger generation may be taking the lead with MPP, Tyler says his and Kyle’s father, Freres Lum-

ber President Ted Freres, was “a strident and early supporter” of the MPP project, which would have never gotten off the ground without Ted’s support.

He was involved from the very beginning advising on equipment and installation and design of the facility, and “His fingerprints are all over the production processes on the line,” Tyler says.

Tyler also cites the support of all the company’s shareholders and their willingness to deploy capital aggressively in

a way that many larger companies couldn’t (or wouldn’t) do: Proof of concept by March 2016, test facility operating by end of year, break ground on new plant in March 2017 and have it completed and started up by December.

“All told, from concept to production in just over two years,” Tyler muses. “Not bad for a small company.”

Not bad indeed.

PW Special thanks to the Freres family, which sent additional photos.

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APRIL 13-14, 2018

Omni Hotel at CNN Center • Atlanta, GA, USA

2018 EXHIBITORS A-LERT Construction & Services Acrowood Altec Integrated Solutions Andritz Applied Catalysts Argos Solutions Ashland Atlantic Combustion Technologies Automation Industries Babcock & Wilcox MEGTEC Baumer Inspection Biele Bliss Industries Brunette Machinery CMA Engineering Cogent Industrial Technologies Con-Vey Keystone Continental Conveyor Ltd. Costa Sanders CPM Global Biomass Group-CPM DiPiu Systems Cross Wrap OY Custom Engineering-Venango Machine Decorative Hardwoods Association Dieffenbacher - Zaisenhausen Dieffenbacher USA DO2 Dustex Lundberg Electronic Wood Systems Evergreen Engineering Engineered Wood Technology Assn.

Firefly AB

Flamex FMT U.S. FRC-JWC Environmental Georgia Forestry Commission Georgia-Pacific Chemicals Globe Machine GreCon Green Globe Services Grenzebach Hansen-Rice Hexion HGA IMA Schelling Group IMAL-PAL Group Itipack Systems Kluber Lubrication NA Laidig Systems Limab North America Matros Technologies Matthews Marking Systems Meinan Machinery Works Metriguard Mid-South Engineering MoistTech NESTEC Optware Solutions Pallmann Industries Paratherm Heat Transfer Fluids Player Design, Inc. Polymer Solutions Group Process Combustion Corp.

Process Sensors Corp.

Raute Canada

REA JET Rodewisch Samuel Coding & Labeling Sandvik Process Systems (IPCO) Siempelkamp LP Sigma Thermal –TSI Signode Packaging Systems SolaGen SonicAire Southern Environmental SparTek Industries Spraying Systems Co. State of Alabama Steinemann Technology USA, Inc Stela Laxhuber SUGIMAT Sweed Machinery TANN Corp.

Tebulo Industrial Robotics Thermal Process Development Timber Products Inspection USNR Uzelac Industries Veneer Services Walker Emulsions Wechsler Engineering West Salem Machinery Westmill Industries Willamette Valley Co. WPS Industries-Eagle Project Services

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APRIL 13-14, 2018 Omni Hotel at CNN Center Atlanta, GA, USA FRIDAY APRIL 13

AIR & WATER TREATMENT (Room B)

EXHIBITORS/ATTENDEES BREAKFAST 7:30-8:25 a.m.

MORNING KEYNOTERS SESSION (Rooms B-C) 8:30-8:35 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks —Rich Donnell, Conference Co-Chairman; Editor-in-Chief, Panel World magazine 8:40-9:05 a.m.

Corrigan OSB—Everything’s Bigger in Texas: (and) Wood Is Coming Back in Style and the Emergence of CLT in America —Roy O. Martin III, CEO/ President/CFO, RoyOMartin 9:10-9:35 a.m.

New LVL Push in the South —Jim Salchenberg, CEW Project Director & Director of Engineering Services, Roseburg Forest Products 9:40-10:00 a.m.

Introduction to Swiss Krono: Global Manufacturer of HDF, Particleboard, OSB (Part One) —Erik Christensen, President and CEO, Swiss Krono USA 10:05-10:25 Introduction to Swiss Krono: Global Manufacturer of HDF, Particleboard, OSB (Part Two) —Norm Voss, Project Manager for Capital Expansion, Swiss Krono USA TIME OUT WITH EXHIBITORS 10:30-10:55 a.m.

11:00-11:20 a.m.

Assuring 100% Plant Capacity with Your Dryer Environmental System: RTO (Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer) Redundancy —Rodney Schwartz, Vice President of Sales-Americas, B&W MEGTEC 11:25-11:45 a.m.

Optimized WESP and/or RTO System Design: Refurbish Instead of Replace —Rodney Pennington, Vice President of Key Accounts, NESTEC 11:50 a.m.-12:10 p.m.

Wastewater Systems for Manufactured Wood Operations—Results Through Experience —Adriaan van der Beek, President, FRC Systems—A JWC Environmental Company PRODUCTION & ENERGY SAVINGS (Room TBA) 11:00-11:20 a.m.

Plywood De-Watering Press: Energy Saving Opportunity —Paul Gavin, Area Sales Manager, Biele 11:25-11:45 a.m.

Safety and Production Advantages and Different Energy Efficiency Ratings of a Belt Dryer —Yves-Marc Schade, Sales & Product Management, Stela QUALITY CONTROL (Room C) 11:00-11:20 a.m.

Modern X-Ray Technology for Task-Oriented Applications in Panel Production —Konrad Solbrig, Head of Technology Wood-Based Composites, Electronic Wood Systems

11:25-11:45 a.m.

Forming on the Next Level —Alexander Root, Director of Sales North America, Fagus GreCon EXHIBITORS/ATTENDEES LUNCH 12:00- 1:25 p.m.

AFTERNOON SUPPLIERS KEYNOTERS SESSION (Rooms B-C) 1:30-1:35 p.m.

Remarks and Remembrance —Dan Shell, Managing Editor, Panel World 1:40-2:05 p.m.

Accelerating Global Wood Products Growth —Dave Jones, Global Vice President,, Hexion, Inc. 2:10-2:35 p.m.

How Will Digitalization and Automation Change the North America Woodworking Industry?

—Bernd Bielfeldt, General Manager Business Unit Wood, Dieffenbacher 2:40-3:05 p.m.

Why You Can Trust the New Brand —Scott Springer, Regional Product Specialist, IPCO (Sandvik Process Systems) TIME OUT WITH EXHBITORS 3:10-3:30 p.m.

INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS (Room B) 3:35-3:55 p.m.

Insight into Managing Large Capital Projects in the Wood Industry —Bijan Shams, President, Cogent Industrial Technologies

4:00-4:20 p.m.

Direct to Substrate Digital Printing and Staining —Don Kuser, General Manager, North American Plywood Corp.

4:25-4:45 p.m.

Reversing the Trend: Curriculum in Sustainable Biomaterials and Packaging —Dr. Brian Via, Regions Bank Professor and Director of the Foest Products Development Center, Auburn University HEAT ENERGY (Room TBA) 3:35-3:55 p.m.

Economical Bark and Waste Wood Combustion Systems —Tyler Player, President, Player Design, Inc. 4:00-4:20 p.m.

Energy Efficiency Opportunities: Thermal Oils Versus Steam —Francisco Ripoll, Export Manager, SUGIMAT 4:25-4:45 p.m.

Improving the Operating Efficiencies of Industrial Biomass-Fueled Furnaces and Boilers —David Digdon, Vice President, Atlantic Combustion Technologies; Michael Reindorp, Consultant ADHESIVES & BONDING (Room C) 3:35-3:55 p.m.

The Use of IB Testing in Plywood Versus Standard Lab Shear —Robert Breyer, R&D Group Leader, Georgia-Pacific Chemicals 4:00-4:20 p.m.

Tall Wood Mass Timber Adoption Requires Full-Performance Adhesives —Scott McIntyre, North American Business Director for Performance Adhesives, Hexion

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New Proven Adhesive Technology Transforms Plywood/LVL Operations —Steve Ashley and Jeff Otjen, Technical Service Project Managers, Georgia-Pacific Chemicals

MORNING KEYNOTERS SESSION (Rooms B-C)

SAFETY TECHNOLOGY (Room TBA)

8:40-9:10 a.m.

On the Economics, Business and Poitical Climate —Roger Tutterow, Professor of Economics, Director of the Econometric Center, Dept. of Economics, Miles J College of Business, Kennesaw State University

3:35-3:55 p.m.

Sander Fire Protection —Ed Pridgen, Minifog Product Manager, Flamex; Aaron Bates, Special Projects Liaison, Flamex 4:00-4:20 p.m.

Spark Detection Prevents Fires and Saves Your Assets —Jeff Nichols, Managing Partner, Industrial Fire Prevention EXHIBITORS/ATTENDEES RECEPTION 5-7 p.m.

SATURDAY APRIL 14 COFFEE & DOUGHNUTS 8:00-8:25 a.m.

8:30-8:35 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks —Fred Kurpiel, Conference CoChairman; President, Georgia Research Institute

9:15-9:40 a.m.

Rising to New Opportunities: Regulations for Increased Wood Construction —Bob Glowinski, President and CEO, American Wood Council TIME OUT WITH EXHIBITORS 9:45-10:00 a.m.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS (Room B) 10:05-10:30 a.m.

Outlook for Global Raw Material Supplies for the Chinese Wood Products Industry: Not an Unlimited Resource —Bob Flynn, Director, International Timber, RISI

10:35-11:00 a.m.

Recent Advances in the Development of Wood- and CelluloseBased Materials —Dr. Bohumil Kasal, Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Wilhelm-KlauditzInstitut 11:05-11:30 a.m.

The Wood Panel Industry in China and Its Impact on the World —Richard Baldwin, Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Oak Creek Investments 11:35–Noon Fair Trade of Engineered Hardwoods: Fairy Tale or Reality?

—Kip Howlett, President, Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Assn.

MASS PLYWOOD PANEL & CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER (Room C) 10:05-10:30 a.m.

From Concept to Plant Opening, A Learning Experience: Mass Plywood Panel Manufacturing in Oregon —Rob Freres, Executive Vice President, Freres Lumber

10:35-11:00 a.m.

The Technologies Behind Mass Plywood Panel Manufacturing —Tyler Freres, Vice President of Sales, Freres Lumber 11:05-11:30 a.m.

Cross Laminated Timber Manufacturing in the Southeast U.S. —Steve Lieberman, Senior Product Engineer, IB X-Lam USA 11:35–Noon Cross Laminated Timber Facility Startup —Karl Aicher, Operations Manager, IB X-Lam USA 10TH ANNIVERSARY BRUNCH Noon-1:00 p.m.

CASH PRIZE DRAWING 1:00 p.m.

(Must Be Present To Win) EXHIBITOR BREAKDOWN 1:00 p.m.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial profiles are of companies that have placed advertisements in this issue of Panel World and are also exhibiting at PELICE 2018. All statements and claims are attributable to these companies.

ACROWOOD Acrowood has been designing and supplying equipment to the wood products industry for more than 100 years. The Acrowood 78 in. 8 knife waste veneer chipper with HC feedworks is the industry standard for producing high quality chips from waste veneer. The Acrowood dual drive suspended rotary screen offers high capacity screening of oversize material and fines in a low cost, low maintenance design. For OSB screening the Trillium disc screen separates small strands and fines from larger acceptable strands in a high capacity, non-plugging design.

For all industries the Acrowood DiamondRoll fines and particle screens have the ability to separate different fractions of small material in a single, non-plugging design.

Acrowood’s air density separator can remove more dense contaminants such as rocks, gravel, wire, metal and plastic from a flow of chips, shavings and sawdust. Acrowood also has a full line of wastewood chippers and rechippers.

In addition, Acrowood offers on-site materials testing in its Research and Development Center located adjacent to its Everett, Wash. manufacturing plant. For many years, the center has allowed Acrowood to accurately predict field performance of machinery by testing and evaluating equipment using customer supplied raw materials.

Acrowood’s long history and broad base of technology in chip processing means a mill Acrowood Trillium/DiamondRoll can get answers to questions specific to their operation. Companies can better estimate their screening system return on investment (ROI) and have an improved understanding of how their equipment will operate in the mill. The Acrowood Development Center includes several models of screens, as well as feeders, a chip slicer, chip cracker, slant disc chipper and an air density separator.

Booth 404.

ALTEC INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS Altec introduces its lathe carriage, an entirely new design featuring 100% fabricated steel construction. The knife bar heads and trunnions are wider, heavier and stronger than traditional designs, providing increased stability throughout the peel. Lubrication of the trunnions and carriage ways is built-in to the knife bar heads. The carriage is positioned with independent left and right servos coupled directly to the knife bar heads.

The knife bar comes standard with servo knife angle adjustment and Demco hydraulic knife clamps. The pressure bar can be supplied with either a solid nose bar or a Demco roller bar.

Roller bar lubrication is built-in to the pressure bar, which features simple, independent left and right servo bar gap adjustment and can optionally be supplied with Altec’s completely new, simple and reliable servo bar height mechanism.

When supplied with Altec electric actuators and Altec lathe controls, the Altec lathe carriage is both fast and precise, providing superior veneer quality and thickness control.

Altec’s new lathe carriage Booth 622.

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ARGOS SOLUTIONS The new Argos Grading System (AGS) is a powerful and effective system for automating the inspection of various types of defects in raw and decorative surfaces. The system is designed to handle all panel sizes from small furniture components up to full size panels.

For the furniture industry additional edge grading system are now available, which are either as delivered as in-built solution or as stand-alone application.

The Argos grading system generates multiple images from the panels using different light angles and directions. The different images are all processed based on being captured within the same panel. This eliminates the risk of false detection due to inaccuracy of the transportation device.

The AGS is modular and flexible and can be, due to its small footprint, retrofitted in most of the panel processing lines with only small or minor modifications. l The Argos Panel Repair System is a fast and accurate repair for plywood and other wood based panels. Argos grading system for short cycle press The system can perform many different repair tasks like routing, face-putty and two-component like polyurethane and epoxy. In the first step each panel is inspected and the AGS determines if the panel is good, needs a repair or is a reject based on the customers defined recipe for the specified product. Each panel repair station consists of a precise X/Y motion control system, combining high production speed and accurate precision with easy operations. Argos has incorporated a number of features that provides maximum flexibility for each of the different tool stations.

With more than 25 years of experience in providing surface grading systems to the wood panel industry, Argos has released the new Argos grading system for Decorative Products. The new design of the decorative surface inspection system is based on the successful platform for the raw board grading system as it has been used in press and sanding lines for many years. The system allows a fast and smooth installation in laminating lines, wrapping or lacquering lines. During the development of the new grading system, Argos focused on making these systems “easy to use” and “easy to maintain” to ensure a trouble free operation for many years.

Booth 309.

BAUMER INSPECTION Baumer Inspection of Germany has installed more than 600 scanners for the wood based panel industry during the last 18 years, 45 of those in the last eight years for automatic optical inspection in TFL lines.

Latest developments of the ColourBrain inspection systems are focused on the optimization of quality of production in short cycle press lines. Those developments are driven and supported by major board producers like Kronospan, Borg Industries, Arauco and Uniboard. The focus of Baumer’s developments are scanners which are easy to operate, detect all flaws with very high precision and which are a tool to optimize production in order to reduce rejects.

As additional modules for the next generation of ColourBrain MFC4.0 inspection systems, Baumer started one year ago the development of camera systems for automatic optical inspection of embossing in Baumer Inspection ColourBrain MFC4.0 in a TFL line register (EIR). ColourBrain EIR automatically checks the positioning of images of the decor to images of embossing. ColourBrain EIR is designed for a single or double sided inspection system of furniture boards. Developments of new algorithms give way to proof the alignment between décor paper and press plate based upon analyzing the register marks or based upon analyzing the position of knots and other wood grain characteristics.

Baumer Inspection will install ColourBrain EIR at a new plant in North America in August 2018 The target of all Baumer ColourBrain inspection systems is to classify all defect types and give information about their root cause. With Q-brain, all defects detected are classified in groups regarding possible origin in the press process. Images of defects and their position on the board are shown by one touch on the screen. Q-live, a database system with many powerful statistic tools, will assist to find hot spots in production. All information of different production lines is linked to production management systems. For all different kind of process related defects, alarms can be generated to prevent mass production of rejects, to optimize production and resources.

Booth 610.

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B&W MEGTEC Babcock & Wilcox MEGTEC is a global supplier of turnkey, multi-pollutant, clean air solutions to the engineered wood products industry. To meet stringent emissions regulations and improve process performance, B&W MEGTEC provides wet electrostatic precipitator (WESP) technology that delivers high-efficiency removal of sub-micron particulate matter, “blue haze,” back-half salts, tar-pitch, ash and fiber, which may be combined with the company’s CleanSwitch regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) for VOC/HAP control.

The CleanSwitch RTO offers simplicity and cost-effectiveness in a two-chamber, modular design that delivers up to 99+% VOC removal and thermal efficiencies of up to 97%.

These units are 99% factory assembled for a simple and economical installation. A climate-controlled, skid-mounted control room is included for easy access to controls in any type of weather.

B&W MEGTEC provides full package of air emissions control technologies.

B&W MEGTEC’s selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) NOx control systems chemically reduce NOx to clean nitrogen gas and water. The company also provides regenerative catalytic oxidizers to reduce gas consumption and provide lower operating costs, pulse jet fabric filter technology (baghouses) to cost-effectively control particulate emissions and opacity, multiclone dust collectors that can be applied to a variety of particulate sources or used as a pre-cleaner to lighten the dust load on a secondary collector, and dry ESPs for the control of particulates on biomass-based heat generators.

Additional capabilities include heat recovery systems, and secondary and tertiary energy recovery systems to reduce operating costs by capturing waste energy and returning it to the process itself or to be used for other energy requirements.

B&W MEGTEC’s aftermarket services include factory-trained technicians skilled in maintaining and upgrading your equipment; and preventive maintenance programs to help keep your equipment operating at maximum efficiency and performance, reducing energy costs and minimizing downtime.

Booth 616.

BIELE Biele is a European company providing state-ofthe-art turnkey projects for several domains related to the woodworking industry including their own manufactured hydraulic presses under the brand of Marzola.

Biele is organized for developing, manufacturing, installing and commissioning at the customer’s site production lines with a high level of technical complexity, but always from a customized perspective.

Along with this, Biele is orientated to provide innovative solutions fully automated that are unique and a step forward from existing technologies, reducing labor cost and improving the final quality of the products.

For panel manufacturers, Biele’s latest innova- Biele press offers energy savings. tions are related to pressing operations for plywood, HPL and EIR technology.

For plywood manufacturers, dewatering presses provide big savings in energy consumption as the required drying is minimized.

Biele is also building complete turnkey press lines for manufacturing lightboard panels using different type of glues for the bonding operation.

On top of this, every single turnkey project includes innovations that are developed with the customers, making each line more efficient than the previous one, and always customized.

In recent years Biele has been increasing its presence in North America. The subsidiary Biele LLC operates in Atlanta, Ga., and technical assistance is given directly from there to North American customers.

Booth 705.

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BRUNETTE MACHINERY Brunette Machinery specializes in wood processing and material handling systems. As a premium supplier to the forest industry for more than 75 years, Brunette’s history of manufacturing experience guarantees its customers an unsurpassed level of quality and leading edge technology built into every single one of Brunette’s innovative products. Products include: chippers, hogs, log sweeps, conveyors, rotary debarkers, Log Singulators, butt reducers, and other wood processing and log handling equipment. Custom engineered solutions help you take control of your fiber supply and get more from your mill.

For many years, Brunette has offered a variety of high performance stationary drum chippers for many different applications including trim blocks, chip overs, lily pads, veneer, cores, spinouts and whole logs. The latter can be set up to produce pulp chips or micro chips for added versatility.

Brunette’s chippers are available in a drop feed or horizontal feed configuration.

Other key products offered by Brunette include the CBI Brunette Machinery drum chipper Grizzly Mill Hog—the heavyweight champion of grinding, the BioSizer high speed secondary grinder, the SmartVIBE vibrating conveyor with no coil springs, the Brunette E-Sweeps electric log sweeps, the Brunette Reclaimer rotary debarker, scalping screens, flare butt reducers, and the new RTL Log Singulator.

The newest addition to the Brunette product family is the Optical Belt Scanner, which utilizers lasers to measure volume to accurately measure material flow over a conveyor.

Brunette Machinery has three offices across North America: Vancouver, Prince George,and Toronto. The company is an independently owned and operated company with a rich history of serving the North American forest industry since early 1942. Brunette puts that experience to work with an aggressive R&D program to develop new products and improve existing ones. Brunette’s commitment to quality gives its customers an important advantage in a highly competitive, ever-changing global economy.

Booth 303.

COGENT INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES From greenfield to modernization projects, industrial operations across the world leverage Cogent’s technical expertise and project management services to achieve a safe, reliable and efficient operation.

Cogent’s technical services include plant-wide Electrical, Controls & Automation, IT and Performance Management systems.

Cogent clients utilize Cogent’s indepth technical expertise, project management services and industry experience to “Do it right the first time.”

Booth 213.

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CON-VEY Con-Vey specializes in precision-engineered and custom-manufactured material handling solutions. For more than 70 years, Con-Vey has designed both standalone equipment and complete systems for facilities all over the world. Some of the largest producers of wood based panels come to Con-Vey for dependable, highquality solutions. Experienced professionals can help you with upgrades to existing product lines, new valueadded product lines, and complete large panel manufacturing systems.

Quality Equipment: Con-Vey’s equipment is built to rigorous specifications. Team members—from engineers to fabricators—work together to exceed your expectations for reliability and durability.

Efficiency and Safety: Con-Vey designs precisionautomated systems that keep your people from having to perform dangerous tasks—after all, they’re your most important asset. The Con-Vey team provides in- Con-Vey is an established supplier of material handling systems. tegrated systems that guarantee increased efficiencies and improvements to your facilities.

Successful Upgrades: When you need to upgrade your existing production facilities, Con-Vey experts will help you find an effective solution. They’re used to solving tough problems for their clients and are available to you anytime, anywhere.

Outstanding Customer Service: Con-Vey prides itself on an excellent customer service record and offers continued support and repair services long after your equipment goes online. Con-Vey’s goal is to get your project completed on time, on budget, and to your complete satisfaction.

Affordability and Quality: Balancing the cost and quality of any finished product is a never-ending battle. Con-Vey engineers and production staff will design an affordable solution that meets your business needs, then build and test your new equipment at the Con-Vey facility before it ships out. This ensures a smooth startup at your plant and saves you time and money.

Booth 209.

CROSS WRAP Cross Wrap presents improved solutions that will take care of your industrial packaging needs in an efficient, cost-saving and environmentally friendly way.

The CW board packaging lines, featuring wrappers CW 2200, 2500 and CW 3200, enable automatic wrapping without straps for different package sizes on the same line—thus contributing to substantial savings in packaging materials and labor costs. The unique method of crosswrapping also provides a more durable package with prevention against moisture and dirt compared to other board package systems.

To answer the evolving board packaging challenges even more efficiently, the 2018 models are equipped with improvements that will further increase the costefficiency of your operations.

The CW board packaging lines are now electrically operated, which means more speed, more volume and production, lower noise level and clean operation.

A weighing system can be added to the packaging line allowing the customer to collect specific data of the production.

Various automatic labeling options allow the possibility to finish the final high value visual image for the board package.

The remote modem connection allows real-time control as well as instantaneous solving of any unexpected interruption in the packaging process. A web cam can be used for closer monitoring and backups.

Flexible integration to the overall production system provides improved efficiency and reporting. An even wider variety of automatic packing options are “The smartest way to pack board is to ‘crossavailable for different types of storage and transportation.

Thanks to system improvements, even wider boards can now be packed. Fur- wrap’ it.” thermore, the packages can be weighed and labelled automatically. An advanced RFID package identification system helps keep track on deliveries.

With Cross Wrap’s global experience and expertise in board packing, you can count on reliable schedules and service. The latest lines have just been delivered to Finland, Russia and Estonia to pack plywood, veneer, MDF, OSB and cement fiberoard.

Providing reliable protection against moisture, dust and even a bit tougher handling during storage and transportation, the CW board packaging lines are designed for the future. Come visit us at PELICE! Booth 620.

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CUSTOM ENGINEERING Custom Engineering is one of the world’s largest suppliers of precision-machined-controlled temperature platens, and is North America’s largest platen manufacturer. In addition to shipping to all 50 states, Custom Engineering ships to customers in South America, Europe, Japan, China and India who depend on them for production.

Custom Engineering manufactures platens as small as 12 in. square for use in laboratory presses, and as large as 14 ft. x 52 ft. for board and panel presses. Typical heating or cooling sources include electric, steam, water and thermal fluid.

Press platens are used for applications as simple as cooling molds after curing and as high-tech as hot forming of titanium and composCustom Engineering is a world leader in heated platens. ites at 1700° F. Platens from Custom Engineering are in use today in every industry—from compression molding of rubber to hot forming of titanium, from copper clad and decorative laminating to the manufacturing of plywood, hardboard, particleboard and oriented strandboard.

Maintaining flat and parallel platens is critical to operational efficiencies. When platens become nicked, bent, gouged or damaged, they will produce imperfections in the end product. Often this will lead to additional costly finishing operations like additional sanding of particleboard. Custom Engineering repairs all types of platens, restoring them to original specifications. Custom Engineering is a fully qualified ASME code welding shop. All platen welders are qualified to ASME section 9 code. Custom Engineering refurbishes and replaces platens for nearly every make of hydraulic press in existence, regardless of the original manufacturer.

Booth 403.

DIEFFENBACHER The wood-based panels industry in North America is busy—very busy. New players from Latin America and Europe are entering the market, and some North American companies are planning new mills. This puts pressure on existing mills and may influence standards and products in the future. Recruiting qualified personnel is another big challenge for the industry.

To stay competitive in this changing environment, increasing plant efficiency is crucial for wood-based panel producers.

At PELICE 2018, Dieffenbacher will show how digitalization and automation of mills can help producers use their personnel more efficiently and increase the overall productivity of their mills.

As a keynote speaker, Bernd Bielfeldt, Manager of the Dieffenbacher Wood Business Unit, will discuss how the North American wood-based panels industry can profit from digitalization and automation. The goal is to help producers better understand the potential benefits and the challenges that accompany these solutions.

Dieffenbacher will present actual modernization and optimization projects from around the world, but especially from the U.S. Based on these examples, Dieffenbacher will show how North American wood-based panel producers can upgrade their plants and improve plant efficiency.

The Dieffenbacher North America team is eager to meet customers and business partners at PELICE to help develop complete plant solutions and modernizations that benefit from the latest thinking in digitalization and automation. Visit www.dieffenbacher.com/thenextlevel.

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Dieffenbacher’s Bernd Bielfeldt will discuss digitalization and automation at PELICE 2018.

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DUSTEX | LUNDBERG Dustex | Lundberg is a leading global supplier of air pollution control (APC) systems with a strong focus on the wood panelboard and wood pellet industries. The Geoenergy E-Tube wet electrostatic precipitator (Wet ESP) and Geoenergy GeoTherm regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) are part of the Dustex | Lundberg family of emission control products. These technologies have been successfully applied to hundreds of wood dryer and press vent applications around the world since 1984 for control of opacity, particulate matter and VOC emissions.

The Dustex | Lundberg APC field service team is staffed by experienced technicians who are located throughout North America. Services include: inspections, startup and commissioning, energy audits, emergency support, aftermarket support and spare parts.

The complete line of APC products at Dustex | Lundberg includes: E-Tube wet electrostatic precipita- Dustex | Lundberg has supplied air pollution control equipment to the tors (Wet ESP), GeoTherm regenerative thermal oxi- wood products industry for nearly 35 years. dizers (RTO), wet scrubbers, circulating dry scrubbers (CDS), fabric filters (baghouses), activated carbon injection (ACI) and dry sorbent injection (DSI) systems and SCR/SNCR. Booth 316.

ELECTRONIC WOOD SYSTEMS Electronic Wood Systems (EWS) offers a complete range of quality inspection systems featuring high precision, robustness, system integration and low maintenance. “Our innovations and the development of practice-oriented solutions for engineered wood products are based on applied research,” reports Konrad Solbrig, Head of Technology Woodbased Composites of EWS. Reliable inline measuring and control systems are a key factor for Industrie 4.0 in wood-based composite production. Process control can only be as good as the employed data of the integrated measuring systems. The measuring tasks in panel production are versatile and challenging. Respective devices have explicitly to consider environmental, material and process conditions.

Many measuring tasks are performed by X-ray systems whereas no one-fits-all gauge exists. An X-ray panel scale installed in the outfeed section, e.g., differs from an area weight gauge for mat forming. In the EWS Conti-ScaleX, Mass-Scan X and EcoScan Neo techforming line, foreign body detection comes in addition with its very nologies special requirements. All X-ray devices feature respective detector design, beam geometry, energy settings, and calibration parameters. EWS has engineered leading X-ray scanners that individually meet the requirements of particular tasks in panel production.

The outstanding MultiEnergy technology as core feature of the modern EWS X-ray devices enables variable measuring parameters within one and the same gauge by automatically adapted X-ray energy to current area weight. It can be compared to utilizing a micro scale for small objects and a respectively large unit for heavy-duty stuff.

The new flagship device EcoScan NEO for mat inspection in the forming line was developed in cooperation with Siempelkamp. It represents one complete system with independent X-ray devices for individual tasks comprising: l high-precision area weight measurement by self-adjusting flying measuring heads and l intelligent foreign body detection across the board by self-learning algorithm The plant of the future will be fully automated with minimized operator interaction. Hence, modern X-ray measuring systems are self-adjusting based on recipe information to provide consistently high measuring precision along a wide production range.

Eventually, the application of capable measuring systems facilitates material savings and paves the way to the fourth industrial (r)evolution in wood-based composite production.

Booth 208.

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EVERGREEN ENGINEERING Established in 1985, Evergreen Engineering, Inc. is a multidiscipline, full-service consulting engineering firm serving the power generation, wood products, pulp & paper, chemical and resin industries. From its headquarters in Eugene, Ore. and an office in Atlanta, Ga., Evergreen serves clients throughout North America and around the world.

Evergreen specializes in mechanical, civil/structural, chemical, environmental and electrical engineering. Its services encompass all project phases from planning through construction, including scheduling, feasibility studies, preliminary engineering, capital estimates, detail engineering, process design, environmental permitting, purchasing, commissioning and startup assistance, and project management.

Evergreen’s experience includes complete greenfield industrial facilities with site development, buildings, foundation design, machinery selection, steel structures, environmental per- All hands on deck at the Evergreen Engineering booth in Atlanta mitting, emissions controls, material handling systems, boilers, piping, power distribution, programming and controls. In addition, many smaller projects include maintenance and modernization of existing equipment.

The company strives to provide cost-effective solutions and quality services. Its technical teams have the knowledge and ability to deliver the performance its customers have come to expect. A record of integrity, honesty and ability to complete projects on time is a result of careful planning, execution and experience.

Evergreen engineers, process specialists, technical designers and support staff have the experience and creativity to provide clients with innovative engineering solutions and cost-effective designs for both large and small projects. Evergreen has a total staff of more than 60 full-time employees, most of whom are registered engineers, degreed engineers, designers and draftsmen. Many members of the staff have many years of experience serving as engineering managers, technical managers, maintenance managers and general managers at wood products manufacturing facilities, giving them extensive insight and knowledge of operational and maintenance aspects of industrial facilities.

This combination of practical experience and engineering expertise allows Evergreen to deliver innovative engineering solutions and cost-effective designs for its clients.

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FIREFLY The wood industry has been experiencing problems with fire and dust explosions for many years, and as production increases, so do the fire and explosion risks.

Examples of high-risk areas in a board factory are dryer(s), dryer cyclones, screens, mills, wind sifters, silos, line extraction, sanding, saws and presses. Dangerous sparks and hot particles can be generated in the process and cause fires and dust explosions, which can lead to loss of revenue as well as damage to the production line and machinery, and in worst cases injuries or loss of human life.

With 45 years of experience, Firefly supplies fire prevention systems to the wood panel industry and develops tailor-made protection solutions of the highest technical standard, adapted to the main risks areas in the panel production process.

It is well-known in the wood panel industry that a fire in a press spreads extremely quickly. A small flame can, in just a couple of seconds, develop into a large-scale press fire with devastating consequences and losses. Combustible material (wood fibers, dust etc.), oxygen and ignition sources are always present in and around Firefly quick suppression system a press. Considering that these are the parameters needed to start a fire, the question is not if a fire will occur in a continuous press, but rather when. l The Firefly PressGuard-system is a Quick Suppression System built upon a combination of fast IR-radiation detection and flame detection, suitable for usage in different areas of a press, to ensure the best possible accuracy and reaction time. To extinguish, the Firefly water mist suppression system uses a lower amount of water to minimize secondary damage and losses. l The fine dust generated by a sanding machine can, when ignited, give rise to severe dust explosions and rapid spread of fire.

Firefly’s SanderGuard system solution is designed for all types of sanders. It includes quick flame detection inside the sanding machine and water mist suppression, providing optimal protection of this important link in the production chain.

Booth 313.

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GRECON High speed modern production means that companies need real time up to the millisecond information about their manufacturing processes performance. Automation and data exchange, termed industry 4.0 or “smart factory,” will allow operators to control production safely and efficiently. GreCon measuring systems are being integrated into customer production lines to “talk” with the factory’s control and monitoring systems.

Mat forming is an important element for continuous production quality of wood-based panels. The FORMATOR constantly regulates the material distribution of the mat. It reduces material fluctuations to a minimum by using automatic control process within a production order and also within the individual board. This control process is based on the detection of material fluctuations in the mat forming line. This measuring data is automat- GreCon FORMATER optimizes panel board mats through weight per unit area measurements. ically fed to the upstream mat-forming tool, the segmented scalper, via a corresponding control circuit. The segmented scalper regulates the material distribution immediately by the specific activation of rollers that eliminate local fluctuations by lifting and lowering. This control process implements a specified target profile of the mass per unit area across the width of the mat. l SUPERSCAN SPR 6000 raw surface inspection system detects all defects occurring on the panel surface inside the production process, determines defects type and position and calculates the defective area. By utilizing the inspection system, it is possible to use data to develop an adjustment control. With this system the quality of the wood based panels produced is increased, cost saving potentials is revealed and the customers’ satisfaction and trust are increased.

These examples show why interlinked “smart factory” systems are becoming the standard and are quickly replacing standalone systems.

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HEXION Based in Columbus, Ohio, Hexion Inc. is a global leader in thermoset resins. Hexion serves the global wood and industrial markets through a broad range of thermoset technologies, specialty products and technical support for customers in a diverse range of applications and industries. As a leading global source for adhesives, resins, formaldehyde, melamine and derivatives, Hexion serves its global customers from more than 50 manufacturing plants in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia/Pacific.

The Forest Products division of Hexion is a global leader in supplying resins, adhesives, wax emulsions and ancillary products to the forest products industry. Customers use our materials to manufacture a wide range of composite and engineered wood products including plywood, particleboard, oriented strandboard, medium density Hexion is a leader in resins and adhesives for the building products industry. fiberboard, structural beams, furniture, moldings and millwork.

Booth 115.

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IMAL-PAL GROUP IMAL-PAL Group is a leading and flexible manufacturer of equipment and engineering for plants and complete lines, with an extensive reference list for a growing number of applications for the production of OSB, MDF, particleboard, wood fiber insulation board, pressed pallets, pallet blocks and special production lines for pellets.

The group is able to offer a full range of products, including the WMG, a fully automatic knife ring washing system, which is part of the sharpening room where the flaker knives are sharpened by a 6-axes anthropomorphic robot. The latest versions of the SRC14.690_EVO4 knife ring flaker and the MSG mill are able to increase capacity by as much as 30% and hence reduce the related KW costs per ton of wood produced.

The HD oscillating screen with low friction hydrostatic suspension system to support the screening box will also be discussed.

Pal screening system in a particleboard plant The continued focus on innovation and development has led to the creation of the “new cleaning tower,” able to remove all pollutants from the material, exploiting height and gravity in order to reduce the number of conveyors required to convey the material from one machine to the other.

The new evolution of Cyclops type “all in one,” is an optical selector based on NIR technology detection and ejection by air compressed nozzles. This version is integrated with metal detector and blower; its application is to clean a wood flow from all kind of pollutants such as plastics, rubbers, foams, stones and metals.

Another of the group’s core technology is the Hi-Jet resination system for existing and new PB, MDF and OSB lines which can reduce resin addition by as much as 20%.

The latest evolution of the Dynasteam, the mat steam injection system, installed on more than 90 production lines, and with which it is possible to increase production by up to 30%, will be part of the conversation.

The group has also installed a number of the FBC200 (Full Bond/Blister Classifier) worldwide, with more in the pipeline. This device detects blisters or blown areas over the entire surface of the board.

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MATTHEWS MARKING SYSTEMS Matthews Marking Systems makes reliable and durable ink jet. It provides fast dry and environmentally friendly inks approved for APA and TECO grade marking.

Matthews does grade marking, barcoding, unit marking, nail patterns, and high quality branding onto the wood products.

The company offers a variety of ink jet and laser technologies for marking. Its MPERIA controller networks with other devices in the production environment.

Booth 614.

Matthews ink jet and laser technologies

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MEINAN MACHINERY WORKS

Conventional Lathe

Meinan Lathe

Spindle driven

Circumference driven

Meinan uses state-of-the-art Japanese technology to develop innovative veneer and plywood machinery. The company owns many worldwide patents and revolutionized the plywood industry by utilizing automation to lower labor costs and increase veneer and plywood quality.

The Meinan “Gangi” lathe with circumferential drive system, unlike conventional spindle-driven lathes, uses a series of powered spiked discs on the spindle shaft mounted directly across from the knife, and a unique backup roll system to provide the driving force along the log’s circumference. These The Meinan “Gangi” lathe with circumferential drive system components enable extremely accurate veneer thickness from a wide range of log diameters. The backup roll system enhances the nose bar pressure to minimize lathe checks and results in better veneer quality. Since there is the same amount of driving force as there is resistance from the knife, both forces balance each other, eliminating spin-outs or logs breaking up. This allows easy peeling of extremely hard log species with less log conditioning, and enables spindleless peeling with useable veneer all the way down to a 2 in. core.

Meinan’s automated veneer lathe line is the first veneer peeling line in the world with in-line green veneer composing to provide a fully automated green end solution. The line features 3-D vision scanning with PC optimization on the log charger to provide high full sheet recovery, fully automatic knife changer for faster and safer operation, full sheet stacking by moisture content, automated handling of random-width veneer with in-line green composing of random/fishtails to increase dryer utilization, and significant labor savings. The entire line from charger to green composers is operated by just three people.

Meinan’s equipment and production methods can be found in panel and engineered lumber plants throughout the world, producing veneer, plywood and LVL from various raw materials with significant process and efficiency improvements, and most importantly—fast payback.

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MID-SOUTH ENGINEERING Mid-South Engineering Co. is a full service, consulting engineering firm founded in 1969. Its design experience extends through the building products and panelboard sector of the industry, with a broad range of engineering and related services offered. A veteran staff has executed thousands of projects with hundreds of these in the panel and engineered lumber industry.

Mid-South offers clients multi-disciplined (mechanical, industrial, electrical, civil and structural) engineering support for projects of any size. It also provides feasibility studies, project planning, project management, pneumatic design and construction coordination.

Mid-South is headquartered in Arkansas, with branch offices in North Carolina and Mid-South Engineering puts its stamp on the industry.

Maine, serving clients domestically and around the world.

Booth 215.

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RAUTE If wood is the heart of the wood processing industry, then statistics and data are the brain, illustrating a mill’s present and past. More importantly, these numbers can predict future outcomes in production.

Raute introduces MillSIGHTS, the next level in production data collection and reporting. A new tool for mill management, it is designed specifically for industrial veneer, plywood and LVL mills. Instead of spreadsheets and charts of data, MillSIGHTS provides detailed information about production performance and line availability, and is a mill’s first line of defense in minimizing downtime, optimizing output volume, and improving veneer quality.

Even a 1% improvement in recovery creates a ripple effect throughout the mill, affecting everything from lowering raw material consumption, obtaining more usable wood, trashing less, and attaining higher grade sheets, which all ultimately increase profits.

Since Raute produces line equipment for the entire production process, it is in the unique position to understand the intricate relationship between each line and how each affects the other. This knowledge, Improve your production with Raute MILLSIGHTS. amassed from more than 110 years of experience in the industry, combined with innovative technology, has culminated in the development of a system that can identify and isolate ways to refine, optimize and maximize production.

MillSIGHTS is available through the Raute Insights Portal, which provides a wide range of different services, including: l Real-time monitoring of detailed production data l Measuring overall efficiency of production lines l Detecting maintenance needs l On-line training of mill personnel l VPS (virtual production simulation) for optimizing production processes All Raute Insights Portal services are cloud based, available via web browsers, and can be accessed with computers, tablets and mobile devices.

Booth 109.

SIEMPELKAMP Siempelkamp has not rested on its laurels and launches at PELICE 2018 a ground-breaking upgrade. A state-of-the-art drive, instrumentation and process control technology as well as new finishing line components have elevated the ContiRoll to new heights. The developments will deliver decisive market benefits: production increases of up to 30%, highest machine uptimes, minimized maintenance requirements, high-precision performance and status controls, product qualities that have been increased again with the potential to realize even more savings in materials and energy consumption—all at reliable operating speeds of 2,500 mm per second. In short: the ContiRoll Generation 9 has arrived!

Intelligent Production, Smart Factory, Industry 4.0—catchwords on everyone’s lips. The wood processing industry, too, turns digital. Networking all over the place. Not only does Siempelkamp do its utmost to obtain excellent physical properties for wood-based board, the wood-based board created by intelligent production is a reality, too! At Siempelkamp the future is tangible. Advantages for its customers: The customer only Siempelkamp ContiRoll Generation 9 defines the production order and the respective recipe. Everything else is taken care of by the plant. Quality-monitored production. Reliable. Automatic. Cost-efficient. Predictable.

With Siempelkamp, you‘ll be drawing on the know-how of an international specialist for large-scale plants that carries out its own planning, manufacturing, commissioning and maintenance for all the machines that have an effect on your plant’s processes.

Siempelkamp also supplies the entire range of processing technology.

Siempelkamp operates its own R&D center at its headquarters in Krefeld, Germany along with an additional facility that focuses mainly on size-reduction technology for which Pallmann, a new subsidiary, is responsible. Siempelkamp’s “Everything from a single source” concept makes complex individual subcontracting unnecessary and ensures that you benefit from plants and process-control concepts that have been integrated into your overall needs and adapted to your requirements. It is a profile that has made Siempelkamp a global market leader in the field of complete wood processing plants—proven in more than 320 ContiRolls sold worldwide.

Booth 113.

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SIGNODE Signode Industrial Group is a global leader providing load containment solutions, products and services to manufacturers of building products.

Signode enhanced its BPX lumber and panel packaging machine to handle Zero Line (side justified) and extra wide load applications. In addition, Signode offers coding, marking and barcode labeling systems for lumber, panel, pulp and paper products.

Booth 306.

Signode Flat BPX lumber machine with new guarding

SPARTEK INDUSTRIES SparTek Industries has been building hot and cold press lines for the plywood, veneer and wood composites industry throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia for more than 30 years.

Today more than 50% of the plywood manufactured in the U.S. is produced with SparTek equipment.

Single- to multiple-opening modular presses are built from standard platforms, configured for custom specifications and solutions. Hot presses are manufactured in a variety of sizes and shapes from single to 50 openings. The high quality platens use steam or thermal fluid with special piping systems to maintain tight temperature controls.

Cold presses are designed and built from 25 ton to 6000 ton ratings. Plywood is a leading application for these presses, from standard grade to higher-end film overlay product specifications. The process bonds laminates together, forming standard construction plywood, specialty concrete panels, or a variety of panel forming applications.

Platens are made from a special grade of USA rolled steel in a variety of sizes, heating mediums and finishes including polished industrial chrome.

SparTek also manufactures automated and manual press loading and unloading systems, conveyors, panel and caul cooling systems, and material handling systems like special heavy duty X-Lifts, caul racks, stackers, panel feeders, and many other panel and veneer handling systems and equipment.

SparTek makes a range of equipment to move veneer, plywood panels, and a va- SparTek presses are familiar to many plywood plants. riety of other materials from simple transfer applications to complete panel assembly, saw and glue applications.

The company builds complete panel assembly lines for the leading high volume panel producers in North America. SparTek specializes in the repair and replacement of press platens and hydraulic cylinders, and all other associated components of its machinery.

Glue application equipment includes spray glue booths, glue heating, pumping, and filtration systems; liquid extruded glue applicators; foamed glue applicators; precision glue metering equipment and two-part glue metering and mixing systems.

Booth 708.

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STELA STELA Laxhuber GmbH is an international operating company specialized in low temperature belt drying technology. Continuous developments and customized optimization in various applications enables STELA to be called a technology leader in expanding markets.

One of the greatest benefits using high efficiency belt dryers is usage of waste heat or other low-temperature sources.

What has long been state-of-the-art in the energy sector is now desired in the panel board industry: low-emission belt drying systems for pre- and main-drying of fibers, chips and OSB strands in chipboard production.

STELA has been working on waste wood drying for many years. Its customers can now benefit from this knowhow. The STELA belt dryers score points in having a low temperature level, long service life, efficient consumption figures, a high level of drying quality, and the fully automatic controllability of the drying process.

Quality coupled with efficiency, just like the entire drying STELA low temperature belt drying technology from STELA. More than 250 installations and operators all over the world are enjoying the benefits of STELA’s experienced engineering team.

Booth 628.

SUGIMAT Sugimat is a specialist in the design, manufacture and commissioning of energy saving and generation solutions like steam, hot water, thermal oil and electrical power using fossil fuels, biomass and unconventional fuels.

The deep understanding of the energy sector since 1978 and the commitment to innovation has enabled Sugimat to design, construct and assemble more than 3,000 solutions/power plants installed in up to 27 countries.

Located in Valencia, Spain, Sugimat is the leading company in the Spanish industrial boiler market and it has local partners in seven countries: USA, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Poland and the UK. Its portfolio of clients is composed of national and international companies, increasing year by year the volume of exports.

The main highlight of this exhibition is the presentation of the advantages of thermal oil versus steam. Steam boilers are usually installed in order to generate thermal energy for the main part of the processes requiring it. However, in Sugimat emphasizes thermal oil energy. some production processes where a rise in the thermal oil temperature implies an increase of production, thermal oil entails a series of advantages, which makes its use very interesting. This is the case, for instance, of primary and secondary wood products industries and the chemical industry.

Some of the advantages of installations using thermal oil over steam include: l Connection pipes and equipment do not suffer from wear nor incrustations. l Circuits are closed, so there is no need of purges, condensates nor thermal fluid treatment. l Freeze point of oil is -40º, which enables the installation of a boiler in cold areas. l It is possible to operate at high temperatures without a high pressure, preventing the risk of explosion. l Less restrictive legal permits l Less complex civil works l Low maintenance and less demanding heater operation l Highly accurate temperature regulation and more flexibility regarding working temperature Thermal oil installations mean a substantial improvement since the operation is simplified, safety is increased and maintenance is reduced. In other words, costs are optimized when using thermal oil to generate thermal energy for industrial processes.

Sugimat has been implementing this technology since 1978. Its representatives at PELICE will show you how this successful family business has developed turnkey projects adapted to each client’s needs.

Booth 703.

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SWEED Sweed’s new Vacuum Feeder Peel Cups are an exclusive design, utilizing a patent-pending approach for gripping and feeding green veneer into the dryer, virtually eliminating double feeds and increasing vacuum feeder efficiency.

Traditional dryer feeders have vacuum cups that pick the veneer straight up while keeping the sheet flat. The downside of this design is the cup can inadvertently lift multiple sheets at one time, causing double feeds. When a double occurs, the operator must intervene and separate the sheets. With today’s dryer speeds and throughput requirements, this becomes a near impossible task, resulting in decreased productivity, inefficiency, and out-of-spec Peel cups on Sweed vacuum feeder veneer moisture levels.

Sweed’s new Peel Cups lift the sheet and peel the outside edges from the stack, then pull it into the dryer tipple feeder. The Peel Cups’ lifting process mimics an operator’s efforts to separate two sheets from one another if they become stuck. The emulated process of the cup occurs mechanically, therefore not requiring assistance from the operator. This method dramatically reduces feeding multiple veneer sheets. It also reduces labor, allows for faster feed speeds, and provides more consistent moisture content levels resulting in increased dryer efficiency.

Sweed’s new patent-pending Vacuum Feeder Peel Cups are a revolutionary design made for today’s high-speed veneer dryers.

They were also recently named “Innovation of the Year” at EWTA’s recent APA Info Fair. Stop by Sweed’s booth at PELICE to learn more about this and other Sweed products.

Booth 608.

USNR The Multi-Point Diverter System (MPDS) from USNR is a critical component toward automating the lathe line. Integrating the clipper, clipper scanner, diverter, and tray controls allows the removal of trash immediately after the clipper, so only good wood goes to the trays. This capability allows further green end automation from accurate sorting to stacking of random veneer.

MPDS uses data from the NV4g green veneer defect scanner to precisely track and sort trash, and divert fishtail/random onto the trays. The system can eliminate tipples and the cumbersome transition to multiple trays by loading each tray from discrete divert points. Customers realize significant recovery and productivity gains including improved random recovery, reduced sheet width variance, downtime reduction, manpower reduction, and increased production. l New Vision—USNR’s 4th generation New Vision veneer scanner uses the latest specialized machine vision technology to identify good wood and defects (wane vs. stain). The NV4g accurately separates wane, voids, splits and closed defects in a broad range of species. It also has ability to grade the veneer as it is clipped, and adjust the clip to maximize grade. It interfaces with the Green End Moisture (GEM) system to clip and sort veneer for both grade and moisture content. l GEM Green-End Moisture System—The Green-end moisture system measures the moisture content of the veneer on the fly as it is peeled. This information can be used to adjust the clip width, sort the veneer by moisture content, and calculate the sheet weight for more uniform stacking. The GEM system can be configured to interface with clipper controls and the NV4g green veneer scanner for implementing SAP-add clip strategies, and with stacker controls to provide moisture content and sheet weight for sorting and improved stacking. l Advances in Downstream Process Automation—The spike belt and vacuum Multi-point diverter is a critical step toward Multi-Point Diverter System utilizes servo actuation to accurately separate clipped green end automation. veneer into trash, fishtail, random, and full sheet veneer streams. The MPDS allows many mills to abandon complicated and maintenance intensive tipples, belts, divert rods and the cumbersome transitions to multiple trays, by loading each tray from discrete divert points. It can be configured to customer-specific requirements.

The GEM makes use of a highly visible, user-friendly touch screen computer control. All parameters, diagnostic screens and tools are easily accessed and are multi-level password protected.

Booth 217.

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UZELAC INDUSTRIES Uzelac Industries Inc., a proud Silver sponsor and exhibitor at PELICE, has established itself as a major supplier of rotary drying systems, including clients such as Georgia-Pacific and Huber Engineered Woods. Uzelac’s drying systems convert biomass waste products (such as wood chips, wood fiber, agricultural, sawdust and more) from ex pen sive land fill material to a quality, flash dried, profitable byproduct.

Uzelac’s equipment offerings include single and triple pass drums, multiple fuel burners, particulate scrubbers, screening systems, coolers and more. The company also offers a full list of services, including design and application engineering, installation and startup, training of customer personnel, parts, field service and troubleshooting. Uzelac prides itself on being costeffective and environmentally friendly.

Uzelac offers single and triple pass drums.

Under the leadership of President and CEO Mike Uzelac, Uzelac Industries values integrity, customer satisfaction and innovation. The family-owned company operates worldwide from its home base in Greendale, Wisconsin, and its office in Neodesha, Kansas.

Booth 706.

WECHSLER ENGINEERING Wechsler Engineering is a team of specialists with deep experience optimizing the interrelated components of energy, production processes, safety and environment. While its capabilities apply to a range of environments and clients, its focus is on four industries: panelboard, wood products, pulp & paper, and biomass power and fuels.

“We’re on-site, hands-on experts, applying comprehensive engineering to the design and execution of solutions,” the company states. “Because we’re specialists, we will identify more viable options than those offered by generalists or equipment manufacturers. And our depth of expertise allows us to customize the solutions we propose, right down to a specially designed component.”

Wechsler Engineering specializes in thermal fluid systems, drying systems, electrical and processing, wet scrubbers and energy combustion. Its services include project development and management, energy audits and efficiency studies, performance review and improve- Solving with certainty: The specialists of Wechsler Engineering ment, training and site support.

In 2015, the company launched a new enterprise, Wechsler Technologies, after years of designing and building equipment and components that filled a niche not addressed by conventional equipment companies. These competitively priced systems and accessories serve industries that rely on high-performance thermal fluid and other process heating solutions.

Wech Tech equipment optimizes and protects thermal fluid processes, extending the life of systems and preventing hazards to protect what matters most—people.

A line of custom and specialty equipment includes thermal fluid safety components, process heaters and coolers, process equipment and ultra-high performance burner systems.

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WESTMILL Founded in 1975, Westmill has consistently maintained its focus and values on satisfying the requirements of its veneer drying customers. Starting with the reliable supply of spare parts and adding in its better-than-new dryer rebuild capabilities and knowledge, Westmill was quickly called upon by its customers to design and supply new veneer drying equipment. Success for the small company competing against multi-national giants was dependent on not only technical excellence but something else that “the big guys” just couldn’t, or wouldn’t, provide: a willingness to tailor solutions to meet customers’ needs and budget, and a sterling track record of supporting everything it sold. Simply put, Westmill—top to bottom— has as part of its DNA a “We’ve got your back” attitude for its customers.

Success gained Westmill more opportunities and the growth continued. These days customers describe West- Westmill—Unbeatable service since 1975 mill as “The Dryer Guys,” a badge of honor Westmill wears with pride. Westmill’s willingness to tailor solutions and then continue to invest independently in advancing equipment solutions has now given it a deep toolbox from which to draw from.

Westmill continues to invest heavily in R & D to develop innovative new designs and industry firsts. Over the past few years, Westmill has been actively engaged in a number of product development initiatives, leading to some best-in-class technologies that are being embraced by its most performance-minded customers. The following list includes a number of its key innovations: l WestVac Dryer Emission Control and Seal System (Patented) l 2-PEx Dryer Exhaust Management System (Patents Pending) l Quickly Removable Dryer Roll Baffle System (Patents Pending) l Fan Shaft Seal System l “Safe Motion” Door Handle Load-Dampener (Patents Pending) l Elimination of Infeed HPU and redesigned equipment to include: —electric infeed scissor lift —electric tipple feeder l New Accumulator design for 4 ft., 8 ft., 9 ft. and 10 ft. materials l Veneer Dryer—Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (Patents Pending) l Dryer Fan Bearing Monitoring System Booth 516.

WEST SALEM MACHINERY Fiber preparation (milling and screening) for MDF and particleboard furnish. Hog fuel processing systems. Panel trim and reject panel processing. Fiber recovery for OSB. West Salem Machinery’s (WSM) mill-duty processing machinery and systems deliver field proven reliability and low maintenance operation.

WSM’s fuel processing systems allow panel mills to utilize a wide range of fuel types—from traditional 2 in. minus bark to 20 mesh minus wood dust. Vertical or horizontal feed hogs, hammermills, complete grinding/milling systems with optional pre-screening, support structures, and access platform provide simplified design and installation.

WSM’s horizontal hogging and grinding systems are ideally suited for processing panel trim and reject panels. The horizontal feed easily handles wide and long piece size material, including side and end trim, edgings, veneer trim, and reject panels. Offered West Salem panel shredder in a full range of sizes, WSM horizontal hogs and grinders are used throughout the panel industry to reclaim valuable fiber.

Wood fiber processing for OSB, particleboard, MDF and composite materials (wood/plastic) is easily handled by WSM’s screening and milling machinery, including vibrating screens, disc screens, and trommel screens. These machines deliver a consistently sized fiber product for improved processing performance.

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WILLAMETTE VALLEY Though based in Eugene, Ore., Willamette Valley Company is truly an international company participating in the growing global economy. Its laboratories and research & development facilities throughout the U.S. (Oregon, Georgia, Louisiana) Chile and British Columbia feature some of today’s finest chemists, engineers and sophisticated analytical technologies. In order to serve its customers on a global scale, WVCO distribution centers can be found throughout the UK & Europe, Canada and the U.S. In July 2017, WVCO opened its newest global distribution center in Venray, Netherlands. This distribution center currently houses wood putty, polyurethane patching materials, epoxies, and water-based sealer products that WVCO has sold into the European market for many years along with additional products that WVCO will now be able to Willamette Valley’s newest global distribution center in Venray, Netherlands offer locally.

More importantly for customers, this facility will give WVCO a local presence in the European market to carry out the innovation and service that have made it a preeminent supplier to the wood products industry. WVCO is constantly working to devise better products and solutions, improve functionality and efficiency, and enhance process and product performance.

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SAMUEL CODING & LABELING Samuel Coding & Labeling Group provides automatic systems for product identification of panel products. This includes numerous ink jet printing and labeling systems.

Ink jet grade stamp systems with a selection of water based and solvent based inks provide high quality and consistent stamps and can also provide marketing information, time and date, and variable information at speeds in excess of 600 FPM. The ability to change messages very quickly provides the Print applied with Samuel ink jet stencil machine. potential to change product details from one panel to the next.

Ink jet stencil systems provide fully automated stenciling that eliminates the need for metal stencils, eliminates overspray and provides a very low cost and high quality stencil. All package details and variable information can be changed from one stencil print to the next.

Print and apply package tag labeling systems will automatically generate and apply package tags using staples to securely attach the label to the package. With simple integration complete package details can be automatically applied to the label including bar code descriptions.

Nail line systems will apply nailing marks or nailing lines in very precise locations regardless of conveyor line speeds. It is possible to quickly and easily select various nailing patterns if required.

All systems can be supplied as fully integrated solutions with numerous options available. Samuel representatives provide a free service to analyze your application and make recommendations on the equipment and consumables for your specific application.

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ITIPACK SYSTEMS Itipack Systems is a dynamic and innovative strapping equipment manufacturer focused on providing its customers with the most advanced and effective strapping machines in the market. Since 1970, its focus has remained the same: to design and manufacture the very best and most innovative strapping equipment available in the wood products industry, and to tailor each of those systems to specific customers needs and environment.

The company’s comprehensive team of experienced mechanical, electrical, and controls engineers, combined with a seasoned project management team, remains passionately driven to exceed customer expectations. From initial discussions and consultation to final equipment design and drawing approvals, Itipack develops and builds quality equipment that is the most Itipack Systems reduces downtime and increases safety through adadvanced for your specific application. vanced custom strapping systems.

Some of Itipack’s many innovations include mass dunnage feeders, advanced top and bottom dunnage feeders, quick-change head options, including the industry’s most advanced systems diagnostics. These innovations not only make Itipack equipment user friendly and easy to operate, but also ensures your facilities maintain the highest level of uptime available. Further innovations include a variety of advanced strapping head types for any application you would require, including many friction-seal and heat-seal options. Whatever your application requirements, Itipack Systems is confident it has an advanced solution that will meet or exceed your expectations.

Itipack’s proactive approach to mill service-support and equipment maintenance includes many aspects, all of which are tailored to your specific mill environment and requirements. From comprehensive and mill specific preventative maintenance programs, operator and machine maintenance training, strapping head rebuild/exchange programs, and ready access to spare parts, Itipack Systems works with you to develop an ongoing support plan based on your needs.

The Itipack Systems mission: reduce downtime and increase safety through advanced custom strapping systems, and unparalleled customer service-support.

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DO2 DO2, a wrapping leader!

DO2 , a specialized manufacturing company for factory outfeed, offers the DO2 Rapid Wrapper automatic lumber packaging system. Designed and built for planer mills, panels and engineered wood, you can count on the exceptional performance of the automatic wrapper.

The DO2 Rapid Wrapper offers consistency, uniformity and reliability. It provides superior packaging quality that will protect your finished product from variable weather conditions.

An all-in-one solution includes a system that generates print directly on the packaging, a package recognition system, a lath breaker, a package centering device and all the transfers required for handling.

DO2 wrapping line at Kronospan DO2 strives to help companies reduce their expenses.

That desire prompted DO2 to envision, create and perfect a machine that doesn’t require an operator and that needs very little maintenance. These are DO2’s unique features; ones that will help you get a return on investment very quickly.

The DO2 Rapid Wrapper is so much more than a packaging machine. It helps reduce handling that can cause injury to your employees. The DO2 Rapid Wrapper offers users increased autonomy because it is equipped with an automatic warning system. You will therefore be notified if the machine needs to be checked or serviced, such as reloading consumables.

DO2 understands that your packaging represents your company’s image. Once adapted to your facility, your machine will conform precisely to your requirements. DO2 is certain that you will be pleased to see your company’s image so well represented on your wrapping. DO2 takes pride in customizing equipment and helping your business grow.

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PROJECTS SPANISH P’BOARD MILL ORDERS PRESS LINE

Grupo Martin is the largest trader in wood-based panels and accessories for the wood and furniture industry in Peru.

In January 2014, the group founded the subsidiary company Tableros Hispanos, which simultaneously took over the Spanish wood-based panel manufacturer TABLICIA located in Nadela in the Galician province of Lugo.

In June 2014, Tableros Hispanos resumed particleboard production at the former TABLICIA multi-opening plant.

The company now wants to modernize the plant in several stages. The first stage will renew the forming station, forming line, press and raw board handling system. This package was ordered

by Tableros Hispanos from Dieffenbacher in October 2017. A new shortcycle laminating line will be supplied

by Dieffenbacher Zaisenhausen.

“With the modernization of our particleboard production in Nadela, we are

setting the course for the future,” says Tableros Hispanos CEO Simón Távara Guerrero. “We are convinced that the future-proof and efficient technologies from Dieffenbacher will both secure and expand our competitiveness. By choosing CPS+, we have deliberately opted for the gold standard in efficient continuous press systems.”

Because the existing material preparation line will not be modernized in the first stage, the capacity of the new plant will initially be limited to 1,000 m³/day.

There are, however, plans to expand capacity to 1,500 m³/day. Assembly will begin in the fourth quarter of 2018.

RUSHIL DÉCOR ORDERS MDF MILL Rushil Decor has commissioned Siempelkamp as the single-source supplier of a MDF plant in India. With the new plant in Atchutapuram, in the Federal State of Andhra Pradesh, the manufacturer will produce MDF from euca-

lyptus grown in plantations and from over-mature mango trees. To meet local market needs Rushil Decor will significantly expand its production capacities above its current 3.5 million m³.

Rushil Decor Ltd., founded in Gujarat in 1993, is one of the largest Indian manufacturers for wood-based panels.

Under the brand names VIR Laminates, VIR MDF, and Signor Decorative Laminates, Rushil Décor offers high-quality products primarily to the Indian market.

By complying with BIS standards, ISO certifications, and EN standards Rushil Decor is meanwhile able to export a share of its wood-based panel production to 36 countries.

The scope of work for Siempelkamp for this order includes the wood as well as fiber preparation system, the resin blending and application system, fiber dryer and sifter, forming line, an 8 ft. x 28.8 m ContiRoll continuous press, cooling and stacking line, the intermediate storage, sanding line, and cut-to-size line.

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PROJECTS from China from Siempelkamp production locations in Qingdao and Wuxi.

The press line will be equipped with the mat preheater ContiBooster. By preheating the mat before it enters the press it can be heated quicker inside the ContiRoll press resulting in production increases of up to 20%.

With the new MDF plant Rushil Decor will increase its daily production capacities by 760 m³. Start of delivery is scheduled for the last quarter of 2018; startup of the plant is scheduled for fourth quarter of 2019.

will expand its production capacities for special products. To ensure maximum production flexibility, Egger is incorporating the RoundTrack floor rail system, a product of Siempelkamp subsidiary Strothmann, for the first time in its press line. The maintenance-free system allows the quick change of embossed sheets and connects the new press line

with the existing short-cycle press. The tracks are made from hardened steel and installed in the floor. Smooth-running carts allow for the almost frictionless transport of heavy embossed sheets due to a special concave profile of the wheels, which have minimal contact with the round tracks and are therefore optimized for minimal rolling resis-

EGGER ORDERS SHORT-CYCLE PRESS

Another Siempelkamp short-cycle press (KT700) for Egger in St. Johann

The order for another short-cycle press for the Egger plant in St. Johann, Austria was received by Siempelkamp at the end of November. The long-standing Siempelkamp customer will expand its production capacities in its main plant to meet the constantly growing demand of its benchmark products with synchronized pore structures. The robust decor panels possess a natural wood appearance which is hard to distinguish from real wood by look and feel due to their three-dimensional structures of the wood grain and knotholes.

The family business, founded by Fritz Egger senior in St. Johann in 1961, has developed into an internationally group of companies with more than 8,145 employees worldwide. At 18 locations in eight nations Egger manufactures sawn wood and wood-based panels for furniture and interior design, building products, and laminate flooring products. In 2015/16 Egger had a sales volume of 2.34 billion Euros and produced approximately 7.7 million m³ of wood-based products.

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PROJECTS tance. Even extremely heavy loads can be moved without effort. A change of direction between production lines is handled by pneumatic four-way switches in the floor.

The core component of the new production line at Egger is the high-end short-cycle press KT700. With a specific pressure of up to 700 N/cm², the

KT700 can economically manufacture such innovative products as synchronized pore panels with decors that have a natural-looking embossed wood grain structure. Due to its multi-piston design the KT700 reduces the pressure-less exposure time to only 0.8 seconds, an absolute peak figure for laminating press technology customary in the market.

The press closes with a maximum speed of 760 mm/s; a total of 180 press cycles per hour are possible. Thanks to 40 press cylinders, the pressing force of 700 N is applied homogenously over the entire press area.

The commissioned KT700 shortcycle press is scheduled to be installed at the Egger headquarters in St. Johann starting in August 2018; startup is forecasted for December 2018.

NEW LVL LINE FOR METSÄ WOOD Raute Corp. received orders worth EUR 23 million from Metsä Wood, the Wood Products Business Area of Metsä Group. The orders consist of machinery and equipment to be delivered for the expansion of Metsä Wood’s LVL mill in Punkaharju, Finland The deal includes peeling, drying, LVL layup, prepressing and pressing lines, and also services related to the installation and commissioning.

The installation and commissioning will start in the beginning of 2019.

Cooperation between Raute and Metsä Wood has been ongoing for a long period. The production processes in Metsä Wood’s plywood and LVL mills have mostly been implemented by machinery and equipment delivered by Raute.

SOUTHERN VENEER UPDATES FRONT END When Southern Veneer was ready to update its existing lathe, it acquired major components from a nearby closed plant, and proceeded to source a vendor for the project. The goal was to increase productivity and veneer quality, improve fiber recovery, and at the same time decrease downtime and maintenance costs.

Southern Veneer, located in Fitzgerald, Ga., focuses on veneer that is primarily marketed to producers of LVL. The operation includes a log yard, lathe and green end line, vintage Coe dryers, layup line, 10-bin Coe dry stacker, press line and a saw line.

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PROJECTS they required.

Taking on this project, USNR also realized the opportunity to introduce its next generation scanning and optimization system—BlockLogix, based on the BlockPLUS system.

The project was completed in two phases. Along with the installation of the newly acquired Coe Model 790 XY

charger and Coe Model 1380 core drive, the line was updated with a new charger pendulum, new hydraulic power unit to operate the XY charger and infeed step feeder, BlockPLUS (XY scanning and optimization system) and ControlLogix PLC motion control for all of the lathe mechanical functions. The first phase of the project went off without a hitch, and

quickly got the plant up and running.

The second phase would require programming changes to the BlockPLUS system to transition it from VME to the ControlLogix PLC platform. The next generation scanning and optimization system is called BlockLogix. The charger’s first scanning system was started up using a temporary VME controller while the new ControlLogix PLC software code was in development back at USNR. Southern Veneer knew the installation of the second phase was going to take time and ran extra production leading up to the second phase so they wouldn’t lose any production during the changeover.

After the first phase was completed, everything except the XY scanning was controlled via the ControlLogix PLC. Phase two eliminated the requirement for the VME processor. Positioning of the XY spindles and the block rotation are accomplished through the PLC, while the optimization is done through a Dell server PC. This was USNR’s first full PLC motion controlled lathe deck, and was a significant project that required input and coordination between multiple USNR teams to integrate the redesigned system.

Beyond maximizing veneer recovery and value, a secondary outcome is minimizing lost time in the block peeling cycle, thus improving production.

Southern Veneer has seen impressive results. They report averaging 4% increase in recovery, and between 10 and 15% increase in production, a decrease in labor costs and in weekly maintenance costs. Southern Veneer hopes to expand its product mix in the near future.

This is an edited version of an article that appeared in USNR’s Millwide Insider magazine.

PANEL PLUS STARTS UP REFINER, WASHER Panel Plus MDF Co., Ltd., based in Bangkok, Thailand, has successfully started up Andritz machinery in the MDF line II in Hat Yai. The pressurized refining and chip washing system supplied by Andritz has a capacity of 30 bdmt/h and is characterized by low specific energy consumption as well as excellent reliability. The chip washing system using the Andritz sedimentation technology is the first of its kind to be delivered to Thailand. ➤ 75 68 • MARCH 2018 • PanelWorld

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LINES PRICE COMPANIES BUYS FULGHUM FIBRES The Price Companies of Monticello, Ark. submitted the highest bid in a bankruptcy court auction for the purchase of Fulghum Fibres, an affiliate company of Rentech. The Price Companies out-bid an affiliate of Scott

Davis Chip Co., based in Alabama.

The Price Companies officially closed on the deal in mid-February.

Rentech, amid filing for bankruptcy, earlier reported that it had sold its Fulghum Fibres business to an affiliate of Scott Davis Chip Co. for $28 million.

But on January 10, The Price Companies and its affiliate, Firehunt, Inc.,

filed an objection to the Sale Motion and delivered a competing bid for the Fulghum assets. The Price Companies, like Fulghum, is a chip mill operator and contractor.

At a hearing on January 17, after arguments from Price and other creditors, the Bankruptcy Court allowed an auction for the sale of Fulghum to proceed.

After receiving several bids from Scott Davis and Price, it was determined that Price had submitted the “highest and best bid” for Fulghum.

Price agreed to acquire Fulghum and assume certain specified liabilities for a base purchase price of $33,750,000 (which includes the assumption or payoff by Price of approximately $20,000,000 of debt). Upon the closing of the sale, the Fulghum sellers were to terminate the earlier Fulghum purchase agreement with Scott Davis and pay the $840,000 break-up fee required under the terms of the agreement. The Fulghum sellers were to be reimbursed for the break-up fee by Price.

On February 2, 2018, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order authorizing the sale of Fulghum to Price.

Rentech purchased Fulghum Fibres in 2013 for $112 million, including 32 wood chip mills, six of which were in South America.

DUBAI WOODSHOW SET MARCH 12-14 Wood and wood-based furniture and household accessories products is expected to get a solid boost from US2.4 trillion (Dh8.8 trillion) worth of construction activities in the GCC at a time hundreds of exhibitors from all over the world showcase their latest products and innovations at the Dubai WoodShow at the Dubai World Trade Centre during March 12-14.

Dubai WoodShow is the largest such exhibition in the Middle East, showcasing wide-ranging wood-based products. More than 300 exhibitors from 100 countries are set to display their innovative solutions, designs, styles and products.

“The growth in the housing market will drive the wood, wood-related and timber business across the region and this creates a great opportunity for the industry,” Dawood Al Shezawi, CEO, Strategic Marketing and Exhibitions, or70 • MARCH 2018 • PanelWorld

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LINES XYLEXPO PLANS BIGGER FAIR

Xylexpo is scheduled May 8-12.

Activity is in full swing for the next edition of Xylexpo, the biennial international exhibition of woodworking technology and furniture industry supplies, to be held at FieraMilano-Rho, Italy May 8-12.

Due to significant exhibitor growth, Xylexpo is adding a Hall 4. Halls 1 and 3 will host companies specializing in the production of panel processing machinery and tools, surface finishing and related products, hardware, semifinished materials and supplies; halls 2 and 4 will be dedicated to panel and solid wood processing machinery and tools, primary operation equipment and tools, semifinished materials and complementary accessories.

At a press conference for the event, Lorenzo Primultini, Acimall President, noted the event will celebrate its 50th anniversary since the first show in 1968.

He noted that Xylexpo in 2016 hosted 441 exhibitors on a net exhibition area just above 29,000 sq. m., visited by 17,145 operators (exceeding 41 thousand visits in total), 29.1% from abroad. As of Mid-January, the event had contracted with 300 exhibitors for 30,000 sq. m. of space. ganiser of the Dubai WoodShow, says.

“As families move to their new freehold homes, they will require fresh supply of furniture and due to the tastes and trend, most families look out for authentic wooden furniture and products—wherein lies the new demand.

“However, consumers are also looking for replacing new, innovative products to replace the old furniture, especially those innovative furniture that help families to manage space in a better way. Those products will be in solid demand.”

More than, 35,000 residential units are slated for delivery in the Dubai area in 2018. Demand for wood products is also expected to be driven by the new hotel projects. Dubai will add 40,000

hotel rooms and service apartments to meet the growing demand of tourists as part of the buildup to the Expo 2020.

Last year’s Dubai WoodShow was its largest in terms of visitors, exhibitors and exhibition space. The total area of the exhibition this year is 17,388 sq. m., offering exhibiting companies a chance to display their products and offerings in a vast setting.

Dubai WoodShow, which began in 2006, has grown to become the only dedicated trade show in the Middle East for the wood and woodworking machinery industry. The vast range of products showcased include wood products, woodworking machinery, blades and knives, tools, abrasives, industry solutions, and much more. The show, being PanelWorld • MARCH 2018 • 71

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LINES highly specialized, provides the perfect opportunity for regional and international companies to showcase and learn about wood and woodworking and to build new strategic relationships with buyers, traders and investors.

MOISTTECH PARTNERS WITH BELGIUM FIRM

headquarters in Bad Kreuznach, Germany. In addition to its headquarters, SLS has two locations in Germany, in Wolfratshausen as well as at the Siempelkamp headquarters in Krefeld.

FOUR LOG CRANES INSTALLED IN SOUTH

MoistTech Corp. and Belgium based company Weighing & Inspection announced a partnership to provide advanced moisture measurement capabilities for manufactured materials to customers in the Benelux region. The partnership will deliver a workflow capability focused on improving productivity and efficiency, streamlining operations for cusFulghum Industries is seeing double. tomers by implementing Near-Infrared (NIR) technology for moisture measurement and control.

Fulghum Industries, Inc. has recently Johan Bauwens, owner and General completed installation of four 170 ft., Manager of Weighing & Inspection, be45 ton log handling cranes. Two of the lieves that the cooperation with Moistlog cranes are in use in North Carolina Tech is an absolute added value. “Workand the other two are in use in South ing together which such a high-level Carolina. partner with such huge domain-specific The two cranes in the photo were knowledge is a delight and will definitely purchased by a leader in the chip proincrease our position in the market.” ducer industry and were selected for their size, durability and reliability, reports Fulghum. With their combined SLS APPOINTS THIRD storage capacity, the two cranes will be MANAGING DIRECTOR able to unload trucks, store logs and Dr. Stephan Niggeschmidt has become feed the mills more than 1,000,000+ a new member of the management of tons of logs each per year.

Siempelkamp Logistics & Service GmbH (SLS). He has been appointed as managRAUTE GROUP ALTERS ing director in addition to the other two EXECUTIVE BOARD acting managing directors, Stefan Wissing and Thomas Dahmen.

Raute Corp. Board of Directors apSince he joined the company in May pointed Olli-Pekka Vanhanen as Group 2013, the industrial engineer and holder Vice President, CFO of Raute Group. of a doctorate in mechanical engineerHe also becomes a member of Raute ing managed the area of service installaGroup’s Executive Board, reporting to tions at SLS. Only a year later, as the President and CEO Tapani Kiiski. branch manager of the SLS location in Vanhanen has experience in financial Krefeld, Dr. Niggeschmidt became readministration and management at sponsible for spare parts sales, service Wärtsilä, Cargotec, Elcoteq and most installations, retrofits and upgrades. As recently Maillefer Oy. a new member of the management, Dr. Raute’s Board of Directors also apNiggeschmidt will manage the future pointed Arja Hakala as Group Vice business activities of Siempelkamp LoPresident, Strategy of Raute Group. She gistics & Service GmbH and its worldtransfers to this position from her role wide representations. as Raute’s chief financial officer.

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LINES financial officer for 14 years. Prior to that she held other management positions in Raute Group since 1990.

The position of Group Vice President, Strategy is new in Raute. The responsibility includes coordination of strategic development projects, responsibility management and its development, and also internal audit tasks.

FIREFLY APPROVED

BY NEW STANDARD Firefly has recently received approval toward the new FM standard 3265, covering the Firefly spark detection and extinguishing systems. The FM approval covers more than 70 detectors and all detectors are available in versions for use in explosive atmospheres.

Firefly’s True-IR detectors are specially designed for detection of all types of ignition sources such as sparks, flames and hot (black) particles. All Firefly spark detectors work in the True-IR spectral range, which enables

detection down to the Minimum Ignition Temperature (MIT) and Minimum Ignition Energy (MIE) of the material.

They are at the same time insensitive to daylight, which is essential to avoid false positives and avoid unnecessary and costly interruption of the process.

This will also make it possible to install the detectors in an area where daylight is present.

COMBILIFT PREPARES FOR NEW FACTORY Combilift, the Irish manufacturer of multi-directional forklifts and long-load material handling solutions, is set to open its new purpose-built factory on April 30. €46m has been invested in the new 46,500 sq. m./500,000 sq. ft factory. This occasion complements the company’s 20th anniversary.

Combilift exports to more than 75 countries and there are more than 36,000 units in operation in a wide range of sectors.

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RAUTE RECEIVES LVL PLANT ORDER Raute received an order for LVL layup and pressing lines worth almost EUR 20 million from a North-East Asian customer. The machinery and equipment will be designed and manufactured at Raute’s Nastola and Shanghai plants. The deal also includes modern veneer grading equipment to be installed on the veneer drying line to be delivered by a local sup-

PROJECTS plier. The equipment will be supplied by Raute’s Kajaani (Mecano) and Pullman (Metriguard, USA) units.

FORTE STARTS UP P’BOARD LINE Fabryki Mebli “Forte” S.A., one of Europe’s largest furniture manufacturers, produced its first particleboard at its Siempelkamp-supplied plant in Suwalki, Poland on February 3.

Installation began in early May 2017 and plant startup easily beat planned project timelines.

The Siempelkamp subsidiary Büttner installed a 49.9 MW energy plant and a drum dryer with a capacity of 42.4 t/h bone dry. The entire finishing line was completed by the Siempelkamp team in November 2017.

The particleboard plant with continuous forming and press line is expanding its production by 1500 m³ per day.

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CLIPPINGS ROSEBURG NAMES CRIBB VP STRUCTURAL PRODUCTS Roseburg Forest Products named Ashlee Cribb as Vice President of Structural Products, with responsibility for the sales and manufacturing of Roseburg’s engineered wood products, softwood plywood and lumber businesses. In a related move, Mark Avery, vice president of Roseburg’s Composites Business and Logistics, has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Industrial Products and National Accounts.

The changes reorganize Roseburg’s manufacturing and sales into two new businesses lines, each with their own leadership. Cribb will be responsible for Roseburg's structural wood products, including the engineered wood products plant currently being built in Chester, SC. The new plant will complement Roseburg's existing engineered wood plant in Riddle, Ore. As Senior Vice President of Industrial Products, Avery will retain his current responsibilities for Roseburg's composites operations, logistics and national accounts, while adding the company’s hardwood plywood business to his scope of work.

“These changes further align our business and operating lines within the same marketing scope, adding consistency and clarity to our current expansion within engineered wood products,” Roseburg President and CEO Grady Mulbery says.

“Roseburg's ability to draw on existing bench strength from within the company demonstrates our resilience as an organization. Our focus on developing internal talent allows us to take maximum advantage of opportunities as they occur.”

Cribb joined Roseburg in January 2017 as sales director for the company’s solid wood business. She previously held several roles at Georgia-Pacific, most recently as vice president of industrial packaging with profit and loss responsibility for the commercial organization, as well as 11 manufacturing sites. She also has worked at Monsanto Chemical and Imerys Performance Minerals, where she was responsible for marketing and product innovation.

Avery has been with Roseburg since 2011, when he accepted a role as plant manager at the company’s Simsboro, La., composites facility. He was made a vice president in 2015.

“Throughout her career, Ashlee has

demonstrated a capacity to handle a broad scope of responsibility while maintaining long-term vision and generating results,” Mulbery says. “Mark’s promotion is a natural progression of his current role and an illustration of the value he brings to the business.” l Roseburg Forest Products has also promoted Tony Ramm to General Manager of Plywood. Tate Muir will replace Ramm as Plant Manager at Roseburg’s Riddle, Ore. plywood plant.

Ramm will be responsible for managing Roseburg’s plywood facilities in Dillard, Riddle and Coquille, Ore. Ramm was named Riddle Plywood plant manager in May 2014. He joined Roseburg from Weyerhaeuser, where he held increasingly responsible positions for 10 years. He also worked for Boise Cascade for 11 years.

Ramm holds a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems from Saint Leo University in Florida, and he earned a white belt in LEAN Six Sigma.

During his time leading Riddle Plywood, the plant earned APA’s Safety Improvement Award for the greatest improvement in reported safety incidents from 2014 to 2016.

Muir has worked for Roseburg for the past 21 years, since graduating from Oregon State University. During college he worked summers with Roseburg, and took a job at Dillard Particleboard plant upon his graduation. He transferred to a quality assurance role at Dillard Plywood, where he worked for 15 years in roles including QA supervisor and LEAN champion. He has served as Riddle Plywood’s manufacturing superintendent since June 2013. l Roseburg also announced that Steve Courtney is named Director of Solid Wood Resource Procurement. In this newly created role, Courtney is responsible for planning, sourcing and managing the log supply requirements for the Solid Wood Business.

As a member of the Solid Wood operations leadership team, Courtney works closely with Roseburg’s Resource group and coordinates log supply planning and procurement with Gabe Crane, who transitions out of the log procurement role to assume expanded responsibilities within the Resource group.

Courtney served most recently as the general manager of Wood Procurement for the Northwest operations of Interfor Corp. l In addition Roseburg named Phil Odom as Business Manager for the Plywood and Lumber Business.

Odom has held several roles at BlueLinx Corp., where he most recently served as vice president of National Business Development. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from Georgia Southern University. l Earlier Roseburg reorganized its marketing and national accounts structure in anticipation of the upcoming retirement of Mark McLean, who has served as director of both functions for the company.

Instead of replacing McLean upon his retirement in spring 2018, the company has opted to reassign his responsibilities.

Current Director of Logistics and Planning Thomas Gennarelli will serve as Director of Product Distribution and National Accounts. Gennarelli will retain responsibility for all functions of transportation, as well as the logistics of Roseburg’s national account customer service group. The new department is responsible for leading a cohesive effort to execute the national account strategies for each of Roseburg’s business units.

McLean joined Roseburg in 2001 as sales and marketing manager. He served as director of Transportation and Logistics for three years before being named Marketing Director in 2009. He worked in sales and accounting for Boise Cascade for 20 years before joining Roseburg. He plans to retire in May.

ENVIVA PLANS MORE PLANTS Giant U.S. wood pellet producer Enviva is purchasing the Colombo Energy wood pellet production plant in Greenwood, SC, and has plans to develop and construct wood pellet plants and deepwater marine terminals in the Southeastern U.S. to serve growing Asian and European electricity markets.

Enviva confirmed it planned to develop a deep-water marine terminal at the Port of Pascagoula, Miss. and build at least two additional wood pellet produc-

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CLIPPINGS tion facilities.

The first investment will be the acquisition of the recently started up Greenwood (Colombo Energy) plant and related assets from The Navigator Company, S.A., a large Portuguese paper and pulp company.

Enviva is also currently constructing a wood pellet plant in Hamlet, NC. Enviva already operates six wood pellet plants in the Southeast that produce nearly 3 million metric tons for export.

SENTINEL STRUCTURE RECEIVES AWARD Sentinel Structures, Inc. of Peshtigo, Wis. received an award for its work on the Farmers’ Union Industries headquarters in Redwood Falls, Minn. The award was given at the Minnesota/North Dakota chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors at their annual “Awards of Excellence in Construction” event in Minneapolis.

The Peshtigo firm made southern

Conference room is framed with arches manufactured by Sentinel Structures.

pine glued laminated columns, beams and arches for the roof structure of the large office complex. Company engineers worked with the general contrac-

tor, Marcus Construction of Willmar, Minn., to provide an economical roof framing system. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Widseth Smith Nolting.

In excess of 60,000 lbs. of straight and curved engineered timbers were shipped to Redwood Falls in November 2016. The warmth and beauty of natural wood can be seen in the lobby and waiting areas along with general offices and the board room of the new corporate headquarters.

Local Peshtigo area businesses assisted Sentinel with the project. Connection steel was made by G & G Midwest of Beaver. The custom mixed “Mystic Mahogany” stain used to finish the timbers was made by Sherwin-Williams of Marinette. The long and wide beams and arches were hauled from Peshtigo

by Westy’s Trucking of Oconto.

Sentinel Structures manufactures structural glued laminated timber beams, arches, trusses, bridge components, highway noise barriers, ship tim-

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CLIPPINGS bers and many other engineered timber products. It operates in Peshtigo at site of the original timber laminating plant in North America, established in 1934.

GEORGIA TECH IS THINKING CLT The timber industry, U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are teaming with the University of Georgia Tech to design and build better portable housing for overseas troops.

Funded by a grant from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the project will explore ways to utilize new laminated wood products in the construction of temporary barracks. Lauren Stewart, principal investigator on the project and an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Russell Gentry, associate professor of architecture and civil engineering at Georgia Tech, believe cross-laminated timber is an ideal material for both constructing the short-term structures and creating a new market for Georgia’s timber industry.

The Department of Defense (DoD) spent more than $150 million over the past five years to design lightweight bunkers, or “b-huts,” for troops, which were an improvement from the tents typically used in combat. Georgia Tech is proposing CLT as a way to make the barracks more durable than previous building materials and ultimately safer for the troops.

The proposed CLT designs use less energy for heating and cooling, and the bunker will be far easier to disassemble and relocate. Both are key attributes for military housing, along with providing adequate protection for troops.

The research team, along with the Georgia Forestry Foundation and WoodWorks Wood Products Council, hosted a symposium in September at Georgia Tech on design and construction using mass timber from the Southeast.

The three-year project’s total cost will be nearly $375,000, including $125,000 that the Institute has contributed as a match. Other significant contributions to the project came from the Army Research Laboratory, West Point, and the Army Corps of Engineers.

KRONOSPAN ENDORSES VANCOUVER POLICY Kronospan has pledged its support to the Forest Stewardship Council’s new initiative—the Vancouver Declaration.

Launched at FSC’s 2017 General Assembly, the Vancouver Declaration is a public promise made by companies across the globe to work toward more sustainable sourcing of forest products. It also acts as an endorsement of FSC as the supplier of choice for certification of forest products.

“We have chosen to give visible and credible assurance of our commitments to our customers and other stakeholders by sourcing FSC and PEFC-certified and controlled wood for our products,” Kronospan states.

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CLIPPINGS of the materials Kronospan produces, our success is dependent on long-term access to these raw materials and we recognize the responsibility we have in ensuring that the world’s forests are managed sustainably.

“We call upon forest managers and other companies to support this movement, because market transformation can only succeed if we all commit and make the effort.”

ROYOMARTIN MAKES EMPLOYEE CHANGES RoyOMartin, Alexandria, La., announced the following staff changes, effective January 1.

Ray Peters announced his retirement, effective in February. Peters most recently served as vice president of human resources and marketing, having been with the company for 18 years.

Donna Bailey is promoted to Vice President of human resources. Bailey joined the organization’s human re-

sources team in 2005 and most recently served as corporate director of employee engagement.

Bobby Byrd is named Director of OSB sales and marketing. Byrd has 28 years of service with the organization.

His expanded role includes product marketing. Lori Byrd, plywood sales manager, will work in conjunction with Bobby on marketing plywood and solid wood products. She joined the company in 1997.

Leigh Ann Purvis is named corporate communications manager for the company, which celebrates its 95th anniversary this year. Purvis joined the organization in 2003.

WOODLANDS MANAGER RECEIVES AWARD Mickey Rachal, woodlands manager, has been named the recipient of the 2017 RoyOMartin Innovation Award. Rachal and his team have successfully developed methods of forest renewal through

“opti-stands” throughout the company’s large timber holdings in Louisiana.

Company foresters continuously research and develop new forestry tools and techniques to improve the return on investments in forest-management activities. One of the largest investments RoyOMartin makes is in forest regeneration, which is the preparation and replanting of harvest areas to begin the next generation of family-owned forests.

In 2015, RoyOMartin joined the Western Gulf Tree Improvement Program, based at Texas A&M University. This membership provides foresters with valuable information needed to select the best tree families for seedling procurement and deployment decisions.

Over time, Rachal and his woodlands group have found a way to optimize the use of the best trees, with new plantations called opti-stands. RoyOMartin foresters are growing two crops in one stand, targeting the appropriate families and seedling cost to each crop.

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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS

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SPECIALISTS IN AUSTRALIAN & PACIFIC VENEERS FSC & PEFC ECO-CERT Veneers from around the world Over 150 species in stock Reconstituted veneer/spliced faces/rotary veneers Website: Email: Tel: Fax:

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WOOD VENEER DYEING FACTORY Bird’s Eye Maple, Movingui, Similpear, Carbalho, Wengé, Cherry, Burls, Anegré, Kotó, American Walnut, Lacewood, Etimoé, Poplar Head Office & Factory: Factory: Via Brunati, 7 Via Provinciale, 19 20833 Birone 22060 Novedrate (CO) di Giussano (MB) ITALY tel. 0039-31-790246 fax 0039-31-791705 Email: legnoquattro@legnoquattro.it Web site: www.legnoquattro.it

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We are an Austrian veneer producer with 50 years of experience in the export of veneer and Layons. We produce all European species but are strong in exotic veneers also.

Find more information at www.frischeis.com helmut.spaeth@frischeis.com

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GREAT GIANT INC. VENEER AND VENEERED PRODUCTS

PRODUCERS OF SLICED AND ROTARY CUT VENEERS

SUPPLIERS OF FSC SPECIES • All figured species (Eucalyptus, Anegre, Sycamore...)

• All pommeles and African species • All burls (Ash, Elm, Olive, Walnut, Oak...)

• Bookmatched jointed burl faces.

260 Dachang Road Niao Song District Kaohsiung, Taiwan 833 Tel: 886 7 3790270 Fax: 886 7 3790275 E Mail: jc.giant@msa.hinet.net

We supply furniture, panel and architectural grades.

VALENCIA – SPAIN Tel: +34-96126 5400 Fax: +34-96126 5144 timbercom@timbercom.com

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6670 - 144th Street, Surrey, BC V3W 5R5 Plant: (604) 572-8968 Fax: (604) 572-6608

Producers of high quality fine face veneers.

Specializing in species indigenous to the West Coast. We manufacture Music grade solids and veneers. We also offer custom slicing, cut-to-size and log breakdown.

Fir • Hemlock • Spruce • Pacific Maple (Figured and Plain) • Alder Western Red Cedar

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A FULL SERVICE PLYWOOD & VENEER COMPANY WE OFFER: Short turnaround time, In-house veneer mill—ROTARY, FLAT CUT, RIFT and QUARTERS, Custom pressing capabilities, Architectural specified plywood jobs, Huge veneer and core inventory, Over 100 natural species and engineer veneers in stock, All sizes and thicknesses–6'x4' to 5'x12', Internal logistics for fast on-time deliveries Contact us: Birchland Plywood-Veneer Ltd. TeL: 705-842-2430 • Fax: 705-842-2496 Visit www.birchlandplywood.com to view our “Live Log Program”

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Knotty Idaho White Pine Western Red Cedar Red Alder Clear White Pine & Ponderosa Pine Clear Vertical Grain Douglas Fir, Hemlock, & Cedar

P.O. Box 339 Post Falls, Id. 83877 208-773-4511 FAX 208-773-1107 email: info@idahoveneer.com

Promote your veneer and plywood or located veneer and plywood products and services worldwide. Reserve your space today.

Call Melissa McKenzie 334/834-1170 Fax: 334/834-4525 melissa@hattonbrown.com

■ Indiana Amos-Hill Associates, Inc.

Quality Veneers Manufacturers of Decorative Hardwood Veneer Domestic and International Markets Species include: Walnut, White Oak, Red Oak, Hard Maple, Cherry and Birch “Quality is the Lifeblood of our Business” 112 Shelby Ave. ◆ P.O. Box 7 Edinburgh, IN 46124 Phone: 812-526-2671 ◆ Fax: 812-526-5865 E-mail: info@amoshill.com Website: www.amoshill.com The mark of responsible forestry FSC Supplier: SCS-COC-002445 * SCS-CW-002445

A new “Dimension” in Veneer & Plywood

Dimension Plywood Inc.

Custom Architectural Plywood & Doors 415 Industrial Blvd. • New Albany, IN 47150 Tel: 812-944-6491 • Fax: 812-944-7421

Dimension Hardwood Veneers, Inc.

Rotary & Sliced Veneers 509 Woodville Street • Edon, Ohio 43518 Main Office - Tel: 419-272-2245 • Fax: 419-272-2406 www.dimensionhardwoods.com FSC-C041275

Producers of fine veneer for the global market, since 1892

Cherry Maple White Oak Walnut Hickory Red Oak Exotics Indiana Veneers Corporation

1121 East 24th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205 Tel: [317] 926-2458 Fax: [317] 926-8569 Url: www.indianaveneers.com Email: sales@indianaveneers.com

NORSTAM VENEERS, INC. Proud to announce we have the “Newest Veneer Mill in the World” MANUFACTURER OF QUALITY HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD VENEERS

Green & Kiln Dried Hardwood Lumber

P.O. BOX 32 HWY. 135 BUS: 812.732.4391 MAUCKPORT, IN 47142 FAX: 812.732.4803 EMAIL: info@norstam.com

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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY RSVP is proud to offer

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a full line of imported and domestic veneer that includes burls, crotches and highly figured woods. If you would like more information pertaining to these products or others we offer please contact us directly or visit our website.

A new “Dimension” in Veneer & Plywood

Dimension Hardwood Veneers, Inc.

Rotary & Sliced Veneers 509 Woodville Street • Edon, Ohio 43518 Main Office - Tel: 419-272-2245 • Fax: 419-272-2406

4920 N. Warren Dr. • Columbus, IN 47203 Ph: 812-375-1178 • Fax: 812-375-1179

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Custom Architectural Plywood & Doors 415 Industrial Blvd. • New Albany, IN 47150 Tel: 812-944-6491 • Fax: 812-944-7421 www.dimensionhardwoods.com

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501 6th Ave. NE - Buffalo, MN 55313 Tel: (763)682-1822 Fax: (763)682-9769 Email: sales@buffaloveneerandplywood.com Website: www.buffaloveneerandplywood.com

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Manufacturing and Sales Sliced Harwood Veneers Custom Cutting Available 1776 Tamarack Road Newark, OH 43055 Ph: (740) 522-2000 Email:

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Architectural Paneling, Door Skins, Custom Cabinet Package and Furniture Plywood ● Panel sizes up to 5' x 12' ● 4', 5' and cross-grain sanding capability ● Veneer manufacturing to 14' lengths ® ● FSC Certified ● NAUF products available ●

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Also offering domestically produced FSC Mixed Credit/CARB Phase II Compliant Aspen platforms - both long grain & cross grain dimensions in a variety of thicknesses.

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EVENTS APRIL 11-12 • Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo, Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 334-834-1170; e-mail dianne@hattonbrown.com; visit bioenergyshow.com.

13-14 • Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE), Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 800-669-5613; visit pelice-expo.com.

14-16 • IWPA 62nd World of Wood Annual Convention, Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, La. Call 703-8206696; visit iwpawood.org.

22-24 • American Wood Protection Assn. annual meeting, Seattle Marriott Waterfront, Seattle, Wash. Call 205-7334077; visit awpa.com.

22-25 • Composite Panel Assn. Spring meeting, Fairmont Empress, Victoria, BC, Canada. Call 703-724-1128; visit compositepanel.org.

MAY 6-8 • Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Assn. Spring Conference, Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island, SC. Call 703-435-2900; visit hpva.org.

8-12 • Xylexpo 2018, Fieramilano Rho Fairgrounds, Milan, Italy. Phone +39-02-89210200; Visit xylexpo.com.

18-19 • Expo Richmond 2018, Richmond Raceway Complex, Richmond, Va. Call 804-737-5625; visit exporichmond.com.

AUGUST 22-25 • International Woodworking Fair, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Visit iwfatlanta.com.

OCTOBER 17-19 • Timber Processing & Energy Expo, Portland Expo Center, Portland, Ore. Call 334-834-1170; visit timberprocessingandenergyexpo.com.

22-25 • Lesdrevmash 2018, 17th International Exhibition for Machinery, Equipment and Technology for Logging, Woodworking and Furniture Industries, Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia. Visit lesdrevmash-expo.ru/en.

27-29 • APA-Engineered Wood Assn. annual meeting and Engineered Wood Technology Assn. Info Fair, La Cantera Resort & Spa Hill Country, San Antonio, Tex. Call 253-565-6600; visit apawood.org.

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