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t’s not often that an issue of Panel World surpasses 100 pages, but you’re holding one that has. Let’s give credit where credit is due: to our advertising sales team (Murray Brett, Tim Shaddick, John Simmons, Kathy Sternenberg), whose clients purchased more than 58 pages of advertisement. That, my friends, is a Panel World record. In fact 84 companies are running display advertisements in this issue. In terms of advertising pages, the May issue has always been a good one for Panel World, at least every other year, because of the biennial Ligna Fair held in May in Hannover, Germany. Again this year we invited exhibitors at Ligna who also advertised in this issue to submit editorial and photographs on the products and technologies they’ll be promoting at Ligna. As a result, the Ligna Preview section runs from page 28 to page 74 and includes 48 companies who submitted 13,752 words of copy along with product photos. Other magazines will have their own Ligna Preview section, but I’m not sure any of them have the range that Panel World has. Our section includes equipment and technology providers to the veneer, plywood, OSB, particleboard, MDF, laminates and value-added markets. If you take some time and read through this section you will be impressed by the variety of technologies, enlightened by the technologies themselves and intrigued by the different approaches these companies from throughout the world have taken to promote their products and systems. For the record, this Ligna will be my 14th consecutive in attendance, dating back to the 1989 Ligna. Of course at the upcoming Ligna, as with the previous four, Panel World will be exhibiting in Hall 27, where most of the primary panel equipment manufacturers will be stationed. But for many Lignas I walked the floor with our international sales rep (since retired), Alan Brett, while we
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used a nearby eatery as our makeshift office. The panel equipment companies were in Hall 2 in those days. But don’t get me started on old Ligna stories… l As important as the Ligna show is to this issue, so is our cover story, the Coastal Forest Products softwood plywood plant in Chapman, Ala. It’s a remarkable comeback story for this mill, which was hanging on by a thread (some of its beams indeed were) when Coastal purchased it in 2009. My hosts for the visit to the plant were CEO Travis Bryant and VP of Manufacturing Jim Pattillo. Jim reminded me that he was the general manager of the Potlatch plywood mill at St. Maries, Idaho when Panel World visited and did an article on the mill in the November 1993 issue. By the way, the subject came up during my visit to the Chapman plant as to when the original owner Union Camp built it. After a little digging around in my office I found a USDA Forest Products Lab report on the wood-based panel sector in the U.S. that was released in 1997. The report revealed that the Chapman plywood mill’s first year of production was in 1967. Of the first wave of 30 or so southern pine plywood mills to start up in that 1964-1967 range, the Chapman mill had the second most production capacity out of the gate (106MMSF), behind one of the GP mills at Crossett, Ark. (115MMSF). PW
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(Founded as P l y w o o d & P a n e l in 1960—Our 472nd consecutive issue) VOLUME 56 NO. 3
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COVER: Coastal Forest Products has its renovated softwood plywood mill in Chapman, Ala. ready to rumble. Story begins on PAGE 14. (Rich Donnell photo)
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UPDATE
SWANSON ACQUIRES OLYMPIC PANEL
overlay panels in North America.” According to Swanson, some of the equipment in Shelton will make its way to Springfield. “We won’t be using the lathe or dryers from Shelton, but we will be using some presses, sanders, spreaders, detail saws, etc.,” he says. “We plan to start some layup at Springfield before we take Shelton down.” The plywood plant at Shelton dates to 1964 when it was built by Simpson Lumber—and it’s physically a part of Simpsons’ large manufacturing complex there, sharing power and steam. Atlas Holdings purchased the plant’s assets from Simpson in 2003 and renamed the plant Olympic Panel Products.
Swanson Group Manufacturing LLC has acquired Olympic Panel Products in Shelton, Wash., a longtime panel manufacturing facility and top plywood overlay producer in North America. Swanson purchased the plant from Atlas Holdings subsidiary New Wood Resources. The plant in Shelton will operate into 2016 while Swanson rebuilds its Springfield, Ore. plant that was destroyed by fire in summer 2014. Plans are to eventually transfer Olympic Panel’s assets and production to the new Springfield facility. “Swanson is building a world-class plywood and veneer manufacturing facility in a location with an excellent workforce and log supply,” says Steve Swanson, President and CEO of Swanson Group. “We have long been impressed with the quality and depth of Olympic’s overlay product line and believe this acquisition fits with our goal Olympic Panel Products in Shelton, Wash. to become the leading producer of
Swanson plans to have its new mill finished and ready to start up by mid 2016. The plant will employ 190. Swanson says the mill will utilize a state-of-the-art triple-spindle peeling system with sheet and random stacking; two dryers, one handling wides and the other randoms, feeding to respective stacking systems; and a layup line and related systems that enable more overlay production. When in full operation, the plant should produce 20MMSF of veneer per month while laying up about 1012MMSF. Of the remaining output, lower grade material will go to Swanson’s Glendale, Ore. plywood plant for use in sheathing products, and higher grades will be sold to LVL producers in the region. The Swanson Group acquired the Springfield plant in 2007 and also operates a plywood plant and sawmill in Glendale and a stud mill in Roseburg, Ore. Including a helicopter division and forest products sales and distribution company, Swanson Group employs more than 630 in western Oregon.
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UPDATE
MARTCO PLANS FOR NEW OSB MILL
Martco L.L.C. announced the selection of Corrigan, Texas as the location for a new oriented strandboard (OSB) facility. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer, with startup anticipated by fall 2017. Corrigan OSB, L.L.C. will complement Martco L.L.C.’s existing wood products manufacturing plants in Oakdale, La. (OSB), and Chopin, La. (plywood). According to Martin Companies, L.L.C. Chairman and CEO Jonathan Martin, “Ever since my grandfather started out in the wood product industry more than 90 years ago, our family has taken pride in utilizing raw materials to the fullest extent possible. This business model has led to Martco’s growth as a leading supplier in the wood products industry. The timing is right for us to position ourselves to more effectively meet the increasing demand for building products into the foreseeable future.” President Roy O. Martin III com-
Martco’s OSB plant at Oakdale, La.
ments, “We believe that east Texans have a tremendous amount of community passion, experience and knowledge, and we look forward to becoming a
proactive community partner. We will be working closely with the CorriganCamden Independent School District and Angelina College to develop a committed, competent workforce. We want to thank officials from the city of Corrigan, Polk County and Corrigan-Camden ISD for their excellent work in bringing this facility to their area. Martco will extend its philosophy of being ‘employer of choice’ and ‘vendor of choice’ to this region, while maintaining the stability of a well-established, familyowned, professionally managed company committed to its stakeholders.” Martco’s commitment to this region reaches beyond its future workforce. Senior Vice President and COO Scott Poole explains, “We look forward to extending our pride and dedication to sustainable forestry practices through additional foresters and loggers. With this expansion, we will continue to be good stewards of our forests, while delivering a full line of wood products across the country and world.” Based in Alexandria, La., Martco
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UPDATE L.L.C.’s existing manufacturing facilities employ 1,000. The business owns 570,000 acres of highly productive timberland in Louisiana. Management of this timberland asset has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council since 2002. The company also operated an OSB plant in LeMoyen, La. until shutting it down in 2007, meanwhile building and starting up the OSB plant in Oakdale.
UNIBOARD TO INCREASE P’BOARD, TFL OUTPUT Uniboard is investing more than $53 million at its Val-d’Or, Quebec particleboard and thermally fused laminate facility. The investment will increase the productivity of the plant in addition to modernizing key production areas and allowing Uniboard to better service its customer base in Canada and the U.S. Uniboard’s Val-d’Or facility has seen significant growth since its origins dating back to 1976. In 2010, Uniboard invested in a new thermally fused laminate short-cycle press to complement its
value-added products. In 2012, Uniboard further solidified its position in the industry when it was acquired by Kaycan, a leading manufacturer of building products in North America with its head office located in Montreal. Uniboard Canada Inc. is a leading North American manufacturer of engineered wood products, with an installed capacity of more than 640MMSF of raw particleboard, high-density and medium-density fiberboard, of which more than 50% is converted into value-added thermally fused laminate and laminate flooring products. Uniboard’s mills in Val-d’Or, Sayabec, Mont-Laurier and Laval employ more than 800
LP RECONFIGURES MANAGEMENT TEAM Louisiana-Pacific Corp. announced several changes to its executive management team. CEO Curt Stevens says, “These changes provide opportunities for LP to benefit from the shared perspectives and best practices across busi-
nesses as we continue to develop our top leadership talent.” Mike Sims becomes Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing. He replaces Rick Olszewski, executive vice president of sales, marketing and South America, who is retiring from LP. Frederick Price, president of LP South America, reports to Stevens. Brad Southern becomes Executive Vice President OSB, replacing Jeff Wagner, who will retire from LP midyear. In the interim, Wagner will be executive vice president Growth and Innovation, reporting directly to Stevens. Brian Luoma becomes Executive Vice President Siding, replacing Southern in that position. Neil Sherman becomes Senior Vice President, EWP, replacing Luoma in that position. Stevens continues, “LP is very fortunate to have a strong bench of management talent; these team members represent decades of industry and LP experience. We were able to make these moves internally as a result of the talent pool
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UPDATE within LP and our robust succession planning process. I would also like to thank Rick Olszewski and Jeff Wagner for their important contributions to LP.”
CPA POSTS PAPER ON FORMALDEHYDE In response to the CBS 60 Minutes news story on formaldehyde emissions that aired March 1, Composite Panel Assn. developed a new information resource that provides the North American marketplace assurance that CPAcertified composite panels, and products made with those panels, do indeed comply with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulation. To help protect U.S. consumers and eliminate confusion in the North American marketplace, CPA is working with the Federal Wood Industries Coalition (FWIC) to encourage the U.S. EPA to finalize their national regulation on emissions from composite panels that is
now almost three years past the statutory deadline. It is important that EPA finalizes its regulation so that finished goods made with composite panels, made domestically or internationally, are regulated nationwide, CPA states. In addition, CPA continues to work closely with CARB to ensure harmonization between the California regulation, currently being amended, and EPA’s new regulation. CPA’s newest resource titled, “A Message from CPA about Formaldehyde Emissions,” is intended to provide customers, distributors, retailers and end-users of CPA-certified panels the confidence that panels labeled as compliant meet or exceed the CARB regulation. The paper states that CPA has served as a TPC (third party certifier) and is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and by ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) (formerly ACLASS) as a certification and inspection body. It also operates a state-of-the-art testing
facility also accredited by ANAB, with yearly assessments. CPA worked closely with CARB in developing and implementing its 2008 regulation on formaldehyde, the paper states. “Many of the provisions for testing and certification were adapted from existing CPA programs. The North American industry has voluntarily complied with the CARB regulations for virtually all of its production, whether destined for sale in California or elsewhere.” In an effort to ensure that the California provisions were enforceable nationwide for all manufacturers (foreign and domestic), CPA partnered with the Sierra Club, the United Steel Workers and other environmental and medical groups to urge the introduction and passage of bi-partisan federal legislation requiring compliance with the formaldehyde emission limits. “It is essential that the Environmental Protection Agency finalizes its implementing regulations so that the federal requirements go into effect across the country.”
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COASTAL’S CHAPMAN PLYWOOD MILL UNDERGOES MAJOR TRANSFORMATION Nearly six years after acquiring the deteriorating Alabama plywood mill, Coastal has it up to production speed.
BY RICH DONNELL
CHAPMAN, Ala. oastal Forest Resources Co. has invested in excess of $30 million in maintenance, construction, equipment upgrade and other enhancements since it purchased the longstanding softwood plywood mill here in 2009. The result is
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Left to right, President and CEO Travis Bryant, Plant Manager Jim Benefield, VP of Manufacturing Jim Pattillo. Top of page, veneer flows to grader and moisture reader in new dryer building.
that the operation, called Coastal Forest Products, LLC, has moved from a “projects” mode into an “operations” mode with a production capacity of 280MMSF, almost double what it was. Already operating a softwood plywood plant in Havana, Fla., called Coastal Plywood Co., the company had
shown interest in the Chapman plywood mill when the operation’s owner, International Paper, put it and an adjacent sawmill up for sale in 2007. An Alabama-based plywood and lumber remanufacturing business, Smith Companies, purchased the operation, but couldn’t make a go of it during the recession and
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shut it down in the summer of 2009. Coastal purchased the existing debt from the IP-Smith relationship and bought the plants through a foreclosure proceeding in August 2009. “We felt like we had some level of expertise in the panel business and this would be an opportunity to gain additional capacity in a facility with a good wood basket surrounding it and a good labor market available,” recalls Travis Bryant, president and CEO of Coastal Forest Resources Co. But even upon the acquisition, Coastal wasn’t absolutely certain it was going to start the operation back up. “We had to make sure what we really had,” Bryant says. “There had been less than optimal spending at the facility for many years, it wasn’t well maintained and certainly not technologically advanced. We felt it was a reasonably good investment whether we ran the facility or scrapped it.” The company moved personnel and expertise from the Havana facility to Chapman to assess the operation. Coastal decided to move toward getting the operation running again. A major advantage they had, according to VP of Manufacturing for Coastal Forest Resources Co., Jim Pattillo, was working from the model of the Havana plant. Industry veteran Pattillo, who had joined Coastal at Havana in 2005 and was general manager at Havana, would ultimately be put in charge of both Havana and Chapman operations. Trey Pierce, former production manager at Havana, moved to Chapman as plant manager during the projects phase for several years, before moving back to Havana. (Officially, Coastal Forest Resources Co. owns Coastal Plywood Co., which owns Coastal Forest Products, LLC.) The 90MMBF softwood lumber sawmill actually received the first equipment upgrade—a new log merchandising system (which isn’t connected to the plywood operation, as both mills have their own wood yards and bucking lines). At the plywood mill Coastal focused first on several months of intensive maintenance as well as staffing the mill in order to bring it back up, which happened in January 2010. After a year of running the mill, Coastal turned to machinery upgrade, with the plan to purchase and refurbish used machinery.
Both 44-opening presses were rebuilt.
BIG PROJECTS The first major project was the installation of a Spar-Tek eight-booth double five-ply spray line. Spar-Tek re-
Spar-Tek double five-ply layup line
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A plywood mill has been on site since the mid-1960s.
furbished the accumulator and flying saw. Mill Machinery rebuilt the core stations. Spar-Tek provided new sheet drops and stainless steel spray booths. Quality Industries came in to complete the layup line. Next project was for Spar-Tek to rebuild two (former WIW) 44-opening presses. The loaders, chargers, rams, ram housing, platens, pie racks and unloader stackers were replaced. Each press received an upgrade in communications and PLCs to a Rockwell Automation ControlLogix control system. Then Coastal began a major veneer dryer project with Westmill Industries as the primary equipment supplier. Coastal had spent considerable resources to make the two existing Moore 22-section jet dryers operable, but Coastal knew their days were numbered. “They were in sad shape,” Bryant says. “You could throw a football through a hole in one of them. We incurred a tremendous amount of maintenance costs just to keep them operating.” As the dryers were running, Coastal began site prep in January 2014 on a new 60,000 sq. ft. veneer dryer building expansion that would house three dryers. The building expansion required a significant amount of site prep, which was completed by local firms. Coastal purchased three used Coe model 72 dryers and along with new equipment from Westmill built them into “as new” 16-section and 12-section steam jet dryers. The infeeds and outfeeds on both of the dryers were refurbished in-house by the maintenance staff. Westmill Industries supplied new circulation fan assemblies, stainless roof top and sides, seal-welded upper housing, stainless steel doors, frames and articulating door hardware, roll baffles, end walls and an insulated stainless steel dryer floor. ➤ 18
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View of the new veneer dryer building, housing three dryers, from the control room.
Westmill Industries refurbished two dryers and installed a new 20-section dryer.
17 ➤ Coastal’s quest for enough used equipment to build a third dryer fell short as the necessary parts and pieces simply weren’t available on the market. Coastal turned to Westmill and purchased a new Westmill 20-section steam heated jet dryer. It includes all new infeed and outfeed equipment designed and manufactured by Westmill. Westmill provided state-of-the-art dryer controls for all three dryers that incorporate custom C-More Industrial HMI touch screen panels connected to the plant’s internal network. All three dryers were fitted with Westmill’s new WesVAC dryer emis-
sion and control system, which maintains the highest level of humidity inside the dryer, enhancing dry veneer quality and minimizing dryer emissions without wasting heat-energy. Each dryer works in conjunction with a Ventek Sequoia moisture detector to control the speed of the dryer and moisture sorts to the stackers. Two Raute stackers were bought used and both refurbished by the in-house maintenance staff. The new dryer started up first, at the end of July 2014, followed by the 12section strip dryer and then the 16-section. By the end of September all three
dryers were running. The project, from site prep to total startup, took 18 months. “It came at a cost of having to deal with a lot of site improvement, but it gave us the ability to have a longer horizon of optimum timeline,” Bryant says. “We weren’t under a lot of pressure to hurry it up.” Pattillo adds: “With projects like this in some mills you have to horseshoe it into the mill. One of the unique opportunities we had was we got to lay out a 60,000 square foot facility. It’s a beautiful layout; we have some room.” Coastal brought in BMI Contractors to install the dryers as well as the press-
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HERE IS COASTAL’S NEW LOGO
vana, and knew what it wanted at Chapman. Pattillo notes that the two mills are fairly identical now in terms of capacities. Chapman operates 48 sections of dryer, Havana, 46. Chapman operates 88 press openings (two 44s), Havana, 90 (three 30s). The layup lines are similar as well. Both mills tout 280MMSF of production capacity. “Chapman looks like Havana, but with better flows. There’s a lot of sharing of resources between the two plants,” Pattillo says.
MILL FLOW With the completion of this last phase of capital improvements, Coastal Forest Products at Chapman is now well situated to offer the same quality products that are currently being offered from Coastal’s Havana, Fla. facility. The company has immediate plans to roll out its new logo, which will be used at both facilities. “Regardless of which plant produced the panel, the expectation is that ‘Coastal Quality’ will be represented in each pack of plywood that carries this brand,” comments Travis Bryant, president and CEO of Coastal Forest Resources Co. es. Tracer Electrical was the electrical contractor on all projects. The dismantlement and removal of the old Moore dryers, which was completed within 60 days of starting up the new dryers, means additional veneer inventory space has become available in that portion of the old mill. It’s requiring considerable reconstruction to offset the aged and rotted roofing beam structure. As for teaming with Westmill Industries, Pattillo says that in addition to the benefits of the Westmill dryer tech-
nologies, Westmill was a better fit to do the rebuild to the older dryers and get them up to spec, while meeting Coastal’s time frame. Westmill owner Mike Crondahl comments, “The project was unlike any other project that Westmill has been involved with in its 40-plus year history. Projects of this size and scope have not taken place in North America for many decades.” Coastal was well familiar with the model 72 dryers, which it runs in Ha-
Coastal Forest Products at Chapman is a full product line plywood producer: AC & BC sanded, BB plyform, underlayment (UL), sheathing (RS). The product shipping radius goes west as far as Texas, north to Chicago and Maine and south to Miami. Product movement is approximately 45% rail (CSX origin) and 55% truck. Primary customer is stocking wholesale distributors (49%) followed by industrial end users (26%), non-stocking distributors (20%) and treaters (5%). Besides the sale and shipment of plywood, the Chapman sales team is responsible for moving all the lumber products from the sawmill. The Chapman operation procures most of its raw material from industrial timberland owners within 60 miles of the mill. Minimum length log specs are 17 ft. 4 in., 26 ft., 34 ft. 8 in. 43 ft. 4 in. and 52 ft., with maximum length 6 in. above those respective measurements. Coastal has a rigorous quality control
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Sweed loader at 16-section dryer
standards program in place to ensure raw materials are within spec. Trucks move across Weigh-Tronix scales. Wood yard handling equipment includes Wagner L-80F and I-90S log stackers and a Caterpillar 966G wheel loader, working around a Marathon Letourneau log jib crane JC40 1051. A Nicholson A1 debarker is rated at 35 in., but logs no bigger than 28 go
Cutup line merchandises peelers.
through it, which matches the capability of the lathe. A vintage multi-saw bucking system from Bowlin Engineering cuts up logs followed by an MDI metal detector. Four 90 ft. length by 9 ft. depth steam/hot water vats treat the blocks (total volume of 108,000 SF). Logs 18 in. diameter and above soak together to maintain a tight range of cooking time.
A Linden step feeder brings blocks up to a 1994 Coe xy charger with Altec controls (the pendulum was replaced last year) and into a Coe 1967 249D lathe updated with Altec controls in 2010. Peel thicknesses are 1⁄8, 1⁄6 and 3⁄16 in. Peeler cores are made into landscape or square edge timbers. A Raute clipper works with a Ventek scanner and Ventek moisture detector,
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Clipper action, above right, flowing to diverter, at left
About 45% of product is transported by CSX rail.
Employee training programs have focused on safety.
preceding a Raute stacker with Elite controls. Trash veneer goes to Kockums and Nicholson chippers. The new veneer dryer building includes the three dryers, including the new Westmill 20-section single port exhaust dryer with Westmill infeed and accumulator. The dryer outputs veneer to a new Ventek Sequoia cross tipple moisture detector and new Ventek GS2000 grade scanner. After being graded and sorted by moisture, veneer is stacked in the refurbished Raute 14 bin stacker. The rebuilt 16-section dryer has a Sweed automatic feeder and accumulator. This dryer also moves veneer through a separate Ventek moisture detector and grade scanner, before it’s stacked in a separate renovated Raute 14 bin stacker. The 12-section dryer has a Coe manual infeed, and transfers veneer to a new Ventek moisture detector and onto a static table to be graded and sorted by dryer personnel. A Raute core saw cuts core material to layup lengths of 50.5 in. Two Hyster XL80 forklifts work the LUL department. They load core and face, back and center veneer onto the Spar-Tek eight-booth double five-ply spray line—face and back veneer into six sheet-drop stations and core into the four core-stations. Glue is applied as faces and backs convey through the eight spray booths. The veneer mat is trimmed at the flying cutoff saw at the end of the spray line. A package of 44 four- and five-ply panels or a package of 88 three-ply panels is conveyed to the prepress. Glue spread checks are made routinely on the spray line. Unpressed packages coming from the spray line go to two Globe prepresses, followed by the two rebuilt Spar-Tek 44opening hot presses. Bond checks are made every 30 minutes at the outfeed of the press. Mill Machinery refurbished a Globe skinner and equalizer sawline. Panels transfer through a GreCon 11 channel blow detector before grading. After grading, panels are stacked in a five bin stacker. Two Keystone patchlines (1967) have been modified inhouse. Defects are routed by two people near the infeed before being filled using a Willamette Valley poly patch system. A six head Coe sander was refurbished several years ago by Mill Machinery. A three head Globe combination sander/spec saw (1968) processes 350 panels per hour. Two manual strapping stations were built in-house in 2009. Waste is conveyed on a Vibrapro vibrating conveyor to a
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Globe dry waste wood hog that was refurbished. Dust collection is with a Carter Day baghouse retrofitted by Pneumafil. The most recent project has been an upgrade to the two existing biomass boilers on site to not only make them MACT compliant with regard to CO emissions, but also to maximize steam efficiency and availability. The mill has also installed a Wellons fuel silo. Ducon wet scrubbers were installed in 2013.
The plant runs with four Gardner Denver 300 HP air compressors each equipped with its own Gardner Denver air dryer.
PERSONNEL The plywood mill is staffed with 265 employees, including Plant Manager Jim Benefield who came on board last November with 26 years of experience in plywood and veneer mill managerial experience.
“We’ve invested the hard capital in the plant to get the equipment in, now we’re focused on bringing our work force along with it,” Pattillo comments. He points to ongoing leadership training classes conducted by an outside consultant. It entails homework and application exercises in the workplace. Another idea borrowed from the Havana operation is Dupont Stop Training, which emphasizes the reduction and elimination of unsafe acts, safety awareness and observation, positive safety attitudes, heightened safety standards, and enhanced supervisor communication skills about safety. Two senior managers from Havana came to Chapman to conduct the sessions. “We had the choice of going outside,” Pattillo notes, “but then there can be credibility issues if the instructors don’t know this industry. The managers from Havana who came here have been practicing it for several years down there.” Pattillo says as a result the plant has experienced a dramatic improvement in safety performance in the past six months. The increased training efforts have also contributed to a major reduction in turnover. Bryant adds, “Recruitment and retention in the industry is a major concern. How do we get young talent, new talent to take interest in this industry? All of our efforts with respect to training and developing staff is built around the idea that talent is scarce. We spend a lot of capital in trying to develop our own.” Coastal created a new position—employee trainer—for working with new employees for their first 90 days. “You can’t throw them against the wall and see if they’ll stick,” Bryant says. “That doesn’t work any longer.” Every department runs a different shift schedule. The green end goes 120 hours per week, three shifts; dryer schedule is 24/7, four shifts; layup line runs three shifts Monday through Friday, 24 hours a day; finishing goes full shift on day and partial on night. “We’ve been operating this plant for four years in the midst of numerous major projects. This has been very taxing on our managers as they have had to focus on improving operational performance while also managing projects,” Pattillo comments. “With this last phase of capital improvements behind us, we can now focus on operations.” “There’s still a lot of room here to advance the ball down the field,” Bryant adds. “That’s our focus for the foreseePW able future.”
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USNR USNR offers the broadest range of panel manufacturing equipment in the engineered wood products industry—veneer lathe systems, BlockPLUS optimization and control systems, clipping trash gates and dual knife rotary clippers, veneer grade sorting and stacking systems, automatic plywood layup lines and presses. At LIGNA 2015 USNR demonstrates industry-leading equipment allowing people to interact with the technology first hand. You can experience a visual tour of USNR’s veneer drying technology USNR 6-deck jet dryer with automatic dryer efficiency control (ADEC) and learn about the unique features that make it the most productive and energy efficient dryer. Recent installations of USNR’s 6-deck jet veneer dryer have achieved a 50% reduction in labor costs, a 10% reduction in thermal energy consumption, and 15% reduction in fugitive emissions exhaust. USNR will also present various upgrade packages that require minimal investment yet provide very attractive ROI. USNR is focused on helping customers save money in both the good times and the hard times, relying on some of the brightest engineers and technicians in the industry working to improve the performance of existing systems. USNR can: l identify the operating issues that are costing you money l tune machines to squeeze just a little bit more production out of each piece l find ways to extend the life of your parts and equipment through preventative maintenance l reduce your veneer drying energy costs l save you money on wear and replacement parts USNR specializes in providing its customers with innovative, fully integrated solutions. Its products are developed based on first-hand experience and an evolving vision of the global wood products industry. Dedicated to product excellence and customer satisfaction, USNR employs hundreds of proud individuals at its facilities in the U.S., Canada and Russia, and through a network of industry professionals in China, Australia, New Zealand and Chile. Hall 27, Stand C63
HEXION Hexion Inc. is a leading global source for adhesives, resins, formaldehyde, melamine and derivatives, serving a broad range of markets including the forest products, foundry, automotive, construction, composites, electronics and oilfield industries, operating 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 Hexion materials to manufacture a wide range of composite and engineered wood products including plywood, particleboard, oriented strandboard, medium density fiberboard, structural beams, furniture, mouldings and millwork. Hexion resins and solutions Hexion Inc., formerly known as Momentive Specialty Chemicals, changed names effective January 15, 2015. While the name has changed, the great products and customer service have not. “We are pleased to leverage the rich legacy of the Hexion name, which already has significant name recognition in the marketplace, and believe it better aligns with our company heritage,” says Craig Morrison, Chairman, President and CEO. “With significant market positions, we look forward to leveraging our specialty portfolio to continue serving our global customers. Our leading product brands and various forest product resins and formaldehyde solutions remain unchanged other than they are now under the Hexion Inc. umbrella.” Hexion recently completed or announced a number of strategic growth initiatives that will come to fruition in 2015, namely three formaldehyde facilities which are expected come on-line in late 2015 and 2016. Hall 27, Booth G17 PanelWorld • MAY 2015 • 29
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SIEMPELKAMP Once again, at LIGNA 2015, Siempelkamp seizes the opportunity to introduce to an international professional audience innovations concerning cost and energy savings for the production of wood-based products. The Krefeld, Germany mechanical engineering company will present the innovative Ecoresinator resin blending system for particles, the precise surface layer mat former EcoFormer SL as well as the mat preheater ContiBooster for increased outputs. Building on the success and experiences made with the Ecoresinator for fibers which has been sold 23 times since 2011, Siempelkamp developed an innovative resin blending system for particleboard production. The Ecoresinator for particles promises resin savings of up to 10% due to its special nozzle technology. Furthermore, plant operators save money in regards to energy consumption with the new system be- Siempelkamp ContiBooster during testing at a customer’s plant cause the homogenous resin distribution results in significantly lower energy consumption for the subsequent mixing process of the particles. Siempelkamp will present another product innovation for particleboard production. The wind former EcoFormer SL provides an even more uniform forming of the surface layer during particleboard production. The result: The optimized wind distribution in vertical and horizontal direction reduces the material consumption and improves, at the same time, the area weight tolerance. The reduced pressure loss in the EcoFormer SL furthermore allows the use of smaller blowers with lower energy consumption. With its innovative mat preheating system Conti Booster, Siempelkamp provides another product upgrade. Plant operators achieve at least proven 10% higher outputs during the production. In the innovative system, the intermediate belt in the infeed area of the press is replaced with a steam-permeable screen belt. The steam distributors, which are mounted above and below the screen belt, inject up to 500 kg/h of saturated steam with a temperature ranging between 100 and 130°C into each side of the mat. Thus, the board’s surface layer is heated and moistened. In this way, plant operators can do without mat spraying prior to the mat entering the press for a number of popular board types. Exclusively at LIGNA Siempelkamp provides for all new products the first application results from the field and reports on the customers’ experiences with these Siempelkamp innovations. Hall 27, Stand F35
SANDVIK Press belt manufacturer Sandvik will focus on the support infrastructure that enables producers to achieve premium product quality while at the same time maximizing productivity. Examples of this include tools and techniques for achieving “invisible” repairs and tighter tolerances for welds in regard to thickness and flatness deviation. Sandvik has announced the roll-out of a new global service organization that will see a more than 50% increase in the number of service engineers available to support customers worldwide. The company will also highlight the benefits of its QuickTool family of field service tools. The company is also a world leader in textured press plates and endless press belts for decorative panels and the furniture industry, and will be showcasing its capabilities in registered embossing. New group company Sandvik TPS will be represented too and will have details of double belt press systems suitable for the production of carrier boards Sandvik steel belt manufacture and support for the flooring market. Hall 27, Stand F20
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DIEFFENBACHER For this LIGNA, Dieffenbacher’s main focus is on innovations and management is pleased to use this stage to show for the first time its new continuous press, the CPS+. The inventor Thomas Alva Edison once said: “If there is a way to do it better, find it” and that is exactly what Dieffenbacher has done. The plant manufacturer has decided to revise the longstanding wellknown CPS continuous press, Dieffenbacher scope of supply fundamentally, and to develop new technologies in order to reach a perfect panel quality and a clear improvement in performance. Stefan Zipf, Product Manager within the Business Unit Wood, explains, “We have thoroughly analyzed future requirements of the wood-based panel industry and examined every design detail carefully. Our new design enables an improved pressure distribution and new speed ranges, but proven features from before have naturally been preserved.” Further innovations will be also shown. With the mat pre-heating system, a considerable increase in performance can be achieved; the gluing system offers a substantial savings potential; the revised forming technology guarantees an even better panel surface. Under the topic raw materials, Dieffenbacher presents its portfolio in the fields of size reduction, sorting and cleaning and provides information about the use of alternative raw materials in wood-based panel production such as bagasse or fast-growing trees. Hal 27, Stands F05, G04
BIELE The Biele Group introduces state-ofthe-art technology for the manufacturing of lightboard panels for furniture and door manufacturing. Fully automated Frame Assembly Systems (FAS) have been developed in order to achieve high outputs (eight cores/minute or more), but also in order to handle a big variety of combinations and sizes for the stiles, rails, lock blocks and the honeycomb. The wide range of customized hydraulic presses by Marzola, a company within the Biele Group with more than 150 years of experience, will be shown as well, including multi-daylight hot presses for various product areas, such as thin laminates, compact laminates, plywood, Biele panel handling and pressing veneer coating, door; and stack presses for fiber cement planks, doors, coated panels; as well as Short Cycle Lamination presses (SCL) for melamine coating which allows getting a very accurate positioning due to the Embossed In Register technology (EIR). Fully automated sorting systems for the high speed lacquering lines, either for full size boards or for parts, is another area where Biele has developed advanced solutions capable of removing and replacing B quality parts out of the flow while not slowing down the working speed of the line. Biele will also present the latest developments related to the automatic packing lines where flexibility and output are combined, providing fully automated and fully integrated packaging lines beginning from the Box Erector Machine and ending with the Palletizing and Packaging sections. Hall 27, Stand H04
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IMAL-PAL The IMAL-PAL group, a leader in the production and supply of complete plants, equipment and systems for the production and processing of particleboard, MDF, OSB, insulation board, pallet blocks, pellets, products made from biomass and pressed wood products in general, will be exhibiting at LIGNA, with numerous other new products on a stand area covering more than 600 m2. The latest DYNASTEAMPRESS generation will be presented which, through the application of steam, can produce up to 25% more than a standard press of the same length, along with the new DYNAPELLETPRESS, a pellet press that can produce up to 12 t/h of pellets. IMAL will be showcasing the latest Imal-Pal DynaSteamPress Dynasteam technology with more than 56 installations worldwide, and the HI-JET resination system for MDF, PB and OSB, installed in more than 63 facilities to date, that is able to cut resin addition by as much as 20%. Furthermore, IMAL can still claim to have the most extensive range of quality control equipment, including the new patented and unique FBC200 for 100% blister and bond control. PAL will be exhibiting the CYCLOPS, an optical spectrographic classifier, which applies NIR technology to separate contaminants such as plastic, metal and inert substances from the recycled wood flow. The same principle may also be applied to identify black bodies which, despite being unclassified material, may be screened out from the wood. GLOBUS will be displaying the Sharpening Room for the very first time—the first system for sharpening flaker knives, equipped with a 6-axis robot to optimize sharpening operations and cut costs, and to rapidly change the knives at a rate of 54 knives in just 10 minutes. They will be showcasing the latest version of the knife ring flaker, the SRC 14.690 EVO4, equipped with the latest technical developments, and capable of increasing capacity by as much as 30% as well as cutting costs for kW consumption requirements per ton produced. The latest version of the MSG centrifugal mill, the only one of its kind to be equipped with hydraulic ring extraction for rapid replacement operations, and which can mount alternatively two different types of screens in relation to the final flake size required, will also be showcased. Hall 27, Stand G52/G46; Hall 13, Stand B13
PALLMANN Pallmann Company, a leading manufacturer of machines and wood yard systems, presents innovations and updates of its product program for the wood industry at LIGNA 2015. Pallmann will show its new Knife Ring Flaker PZSC, an improved machine model that with regards to the cutting length of the knives correlates to currently the highest performance knife ring flaker. A special wear protection ensures a prolonged service life of the machine for the customer. The new Disc Chipper type PHS 30H12 marks the highest performance machine size of this particular model in the Pallmann product line. Quicker knife change reduces the downtime during the exchange of wear parts. The machine was developed especially for the MDF and paper industry where high throughput capacities are required. For the MDF branch Pallmann will show a new maintenancefriendly bearing concept for the feed unit of a Pressurized Refiner type PR. This enables the exchange of individual components, with- Pallmann disc chipper out the prior time consuming disassembly of the complete unit. Hall 27, Stand E35
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BERNDORF BAND An outstanding milestone achieved by Berndorf Band is the unique production of steel belts for the continuous registered embossed pressing of laminates and laminate floors. Such steel belts are used for the production in double belt presses. Therefore it was necessary to produce high precision raw belts as a basis to ensure tightest tolerances for reproducing registered embossed surface textures on the steel belt. The biggest challenge is to consider the process parameters during the embossing procedure in the double belt press while manufacturing the endless textured steel belt. Berndorf Band accepted this challenge with success and adjusted all these factors perfectly, which results in a successful application at the customer’s site. Berndorf Band registered embossed steel belt Well-known manufacturers of laminate floors are using this innovative product successfully. Udo Ofenböck, Sales Director, responsible worldwide for the wood and laminate industry, is convinced that many customers will follow in the coming years. To complete its product range, Berndorf Band is providing worldwide individual and efficient service. Under the family brand bernfixx very useful service tools for woodworking industry customers have been developed and this process is still ongoing. State-of-the-art service tools like the patching tool enable high precision steel belt repairs on-site. The Berndorf Band patching tool success story started 20 years ago. Since then it’s now possible to eliminate damaged areas on a steel belt with an almost fully automated process, to the highest quality. With particleboard, MDF, HDF, LVL and OSB production but notably with the production of thin boards this tool helps to increase the longevity of a steel belt significantly. Over 20 years 81 patching tools have been sold, 850 service jobs completed and more than 6000 prepared patches were delivered to customers. The Berndorf Band patching tool is still revolutionary in the field of steel belt repair methods due to continual improvements. Safety and sustainability are key elements of the Berndorf Band corporate philosophy. That includes economical use of raw material and energy to reduce the impact on the environment. Implementing the most modern production methods with continual training of its staff ensures safety at work. Hall 27, Stand G18
RAUTE Raute emphasizes Smart utilization of the latest technology together with a wide range of services to ensure profitable production for all Raute customers. Raute’s product families, RautePro, RauteSelect and RauteSmart, are designed to meet the needs of every plywood and LVL producer around the world. A network of global service centers and service points support you with spare parts and strong mechanical and automation know-how. Learn how to optimize your investment, whether through the installation of new equipment or the modernization of existing machinery. Find out the most profitable solutions for your operation. Raute will show how the latest new LVL and plywood mills have utilized Raute’s technology. Come see how Raute’s newest innovations such as advanced machine vision and analyzers, automatic panel repairing, Patchman P2 and Smart Scan HD can speed up your production. Raute plywood mill Hall 27, Stand J38
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METRIGUARD Structural veneer graders and structural panel quality testing equipment will be featured by Metriguard at this year’s LIGNA. Metriguard manufactures equipment to reliably evaluate individual veneer sheets so that laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and structural plywood producers can control the properties of their final product. Several different models are available, depending on the wood properties being measured, including ultrasonic propagation time (UPT), moisture content, temperature, density and modulus of elasticity (E). Veneer graders operate at speeds up to 600 feet/minute (183 meters/minute). Sheet width and thickness can be measured and a temperature adjustment package is included to account for the effect of temperature on veneer sheet properties. Metriguard veneer testers have a split frame which allows for quick installation, even in existing production lines, often without having to cut existing conveyor flights. These veneer graders have proven to be durable with a long service life due to thoughtful machine design, ongoing product improvement and technical support. Parts, repairs and on-site service are readily available. Metriguard 2800 DME veneer tester Structural panel quality assurance test machines are also manufactured, sold and serviced by Metriguard. The Model 840 Rail Shear Tester is the newest, specifically designed to quickly and safely test edgewise shear strength in OSB panel specimens. This machine provides a simple, efficient alternative to other edgewise shear tests and can be used for research, certification and quality assurance testing of I-joist web stock. Metriguard’s Panel Performance Tester is used for finished panel product quality assurance. The Model 820 is used for static impact load and deflection testing of 4 ft. x 8 ft. panels on test spans of 16, 20, 24, 32, 40 and 48 in. Panel thicknesses from ¼ in. to 1-1⁄8 in. can be tested. The Model 830 Panel Bending Tester accepts 2x4 ft. and 4x4 ft. panels, ¼ in. to 1-¼ in. thick, for testing based on ASTM D3043 (Method C). Panel deflection can be measured in both the parallel and perpendicular direction and testing continues through failure. Hall 27, Stand D11
LIMAB LIMAB is a market leader in non-contact thickness measurement of wood panels. LIMAB presents the PanelProfiler, a system based on its 30 years of experience in laser based measurement technology, continuously developed and proven in all types of panel mills around the world. It is a very useful tool for both product and process improvements. Installations are made after presses, before/between/after sanders, in finishing lines and in veneer peeling or slicing lines. The PanelProfiler comes in different versions with a freely selectable number of fixed measurement tracks, a sideways traversing version, giving full thickness cross-profiles and another version that automatically adapts to various panel widths. A multi station solution uses two or three measurement stations before/between/after sander(s). This optimizes sanding performance by giving feedback to avoid rough or too much sanded panels, minimizing sanding belts wear and giving quicker answers of what has caused an out of tolerance condition. Each system is prepared mechanically to fit the pro- Limab measurement control duction line dimensions for ease of installation. Measurements are displayed graphically and numerically in real time with a user-friendly software, instantly alerting the operator of out of tolerance conditions. All relevant data for each produced panel is stored for possible later retrieval. Ethernet communication protocols can connect to the plant network and also enables remote software upgrades and system diagnosis. There are many advantages with non-contact measurement technology: l High accuray, for all types of panels, also on rough surfaces l No wearing parts—low maintenance costs. Sensor warranty three years l No mechanical board contact—no board marking l High measurement frequency—high accuracy in all speeds, over the full panel length from the very front edge, also in high speed lines with small gaps between panels l Temperature stable measurement frame design—no need for constant calibrations. Once a month is typically enough. Especially important to provide measurement accuracy in continuous production lines and high speed lines. Hall 27, Stand E53 38 • MAY 2015 • PanelWorld
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FEZER Fezer supplies the complete line of equipment for plywood and sliced veneer production and for wood chips production. For rotary veneer production Fezer supplies equipment from log handling to drying and grading. Its equipment fits into any customer’s needs, from small production capacity with simple lines up to fully automated large production capacity lines. Fezer is promoting its XY charger with use of a laser curtain for measurement of whole log length instead of single points used in traditional systems. Various models of 7RT and XT series lathes allow the operation of a wide range of log lengths and diameters, ensuring the correct machine to each wood species, from small diameter reforested logs up to large diameter tropical logs. Fezer offers rotary clippers with speed and accurate clipping up to 180 m/min.The clippers use a low inertia single knife driven by electric servo- Fezer xy charger and lathe system motors, ensuring faster acceleration and deceleration and single construction with easier maintenance. The clipper is controlled by defect scanner for fully automatic operation. Fezer also promotes its veneer dryers up to six decks with new generation of automatic vacuum feeder and fully automatic grading line with dry veneer stacker. New model of screen dryer is up to four decks and 6.4 m wide allowing the operation with thin veneer For wood chipping, Fezer offers the new drum chipper PC 200/120, powered by 1100 HP dual motors and especially designed for high production capacity suitable for large biomass feed power plants and pulp mills. For sliced veneer, Fezer supplies from flitch to face and the product line includes flitch planers (single or double sided) and a complete line of slicers, including vertical slicers, rotary slicers (half round), lumber slicers and Stay-log lathes. The line includes veneer press dryers. For splicing veneer, Fezer delivers single or double knife guillotine with automatic glue application on the veneer edges, crossfeed splicers with option for automatic stacker or trim and tape unit and complete integrated conveyor system for automatic transport of veneer bundles. Knife grinders, blockboard composers among others complete the company’s product range. With the most advanced technology for veneer production associated with the use of components from qualified and worldwide suppliers, you will always count on reliability, highest recovery rate and best veneer quality, no matter how small or large your production requirement is. Hall 27, Stand A43
SIA ABRASIVES sia Abrasives, with its headquarters in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, is one of the world’s three leading suppliers of innovative abrasive systems. It develops, manufactures and markets complete abrasive systems, tailored to specific requirements and applications, for the surface treatment of every type of workpiece. These products turn sanding and grinding into surface technology. sia Abrasives employs approximately 1250 personnel worldwide and is represented with partners in more than 80 countries. At LIGNA sia Abrasives presents its new products for professional surface treatment of wood based panels. You will discover innovative solutions—from coarse to fine sanding—for a perfect surface finish. Hall 27, Stand F15 sia Abrasives abrasive systems
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ELTOMATION Eltomation’s advanced turnkey plant for the manufacture of large Wood Wool Cement wall elements provides for economic and durable prefab housing, including passive houses and buildings. The houses fea- Eltomation wood wool cement wall elements ture high thermal insulation, excellent thermal storage capacity and moisture balancing properties, providing a healthy indoor climate and very comfortable living conditions. Wood cement wall elements are resistant against fire, rot, moisture, mold and insects and have excellent acoustic properties. Furthermore, wood wool cement products meet the high European Environmental and Sustainability Standards in view of Product Life Cycle and Indoor Climate Labeling. Typical wall element dimensions are based on 600 cm (20 ft.) length and a wall height of 260-300 cm (approx. 8 ft.-6 in. to 10 ft.).Wall thicknesses are variable, subject to requirements or region and range from 30 to 50 cm (1 ft. to 1 ft.- 8 in.), providing R values 4.0 – 6.7 m2K/W (US R values of 23 – 38) or higher when so required for passive housing. The prefab technology provides for very efficient and fast construction of single- and two-story housing as well as schools, offices and multi-story apartment buildings (in combination with glue laminated beams, concrete or steel framing). A fully automated Large Element Plant allows for the production of prefab wall elements for up to 1500 houses per year (subject to size and wall thickness). Eltomation also provides turnkey plants for the manufacture of Wood Wool Cement Board (WWCB) and medium density Wood Strand Cement Board. Hall 27, Stand G45
PLYTEC The time between the last and coming LIGNA 2015 has been busy and rewarding for Plytec. With the help of existing, and new customers the company has grown firmly and congregated further experience by handling larger scope deliveries. Plytec has focused on customer needs and requests and all the projects have reached a positive goal. Dry veneer handling, layup, veneer patching and scarf jointing remain Plytec’s main products. In veneer scarf jointing technology Plytec has been a leading supplier for years. The better output of the raw material as well as the capacity and efficiency of the line Plytec automatic layup line operation has been one of the main intentions of its latest scarf jointing line deliveries. Recently the deliveries to birch growing areas in Northern Europe have been substantial. Plytec scarf jointing lines are tailored for the customer’s needs depending on the raw material, capacity demand, local labor cost, available space etc. During recent years Plytec has delivered several new generation automatic layup lines for cross grain face veneer panels. Improvements are developed in capacity and energy consumption properties. Better flexibility to handle different type of sheets (cross grain/long grain) has been added to the line. Plytec Oy participates in LIGNA together with long-term partner Elliott Bay Industries from the U.S. Hall 27, Stand E17
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WËMHONER Wemhöner has increased booth space capacity to 550 m² at LIGNA. Wemhöner Surface Technologies and Wemhöner (Changzhou) Machinery Manufacturing will demonstrate two lines for surface processing. Precise high-speed digital printing roll-to-roll in width of 2,400 mm is Wemhöner’s main topic. An economic, small lacquering line in 1,300 mm width for high gloss UV-lacquer will be presented during the show as well. Furthermore, Wemhöner shows a real module of its layup technology implemented in its double-sided EIR-technique. Under the name “Master Control Station 4.0” Wemhöner introduces interactive software and hardware solutions for RIP software, central computers with warehouse management and visualization. In the field of 3D door production with thermal plastic foils comes an optimization software to be linked with a Supervisory Wëmhoner roll-to-roll printing Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. Wemhoner designs and builds: melamine short-cycle press lines; the MasterLine—lacquering-, direct- and digital printing lines; 3D Variopress equipment with and without membrane; coating and surface laminating equipment; lightweight panel equipment; throughfeed press lines in single- and multi-daylight automation; special press plants, customized systems, flattening presses hot and cold; laboratory presses; handling systems; logistic concepts. Technology, quality, innovation—this is Wemhöner for 90 years. Hall 26, Stand B53
SPRAYING SYSTEMS Applying the proper amount of wax or resin to wood chips or applying release agents or water to the mat, cauls or press belts is critical. Proper application can be challenging and result in inefficiencies that reduce production and increase operating costs. The solution to achieving proper application in the blender and prior to press is Spraying Systems’ line of PanelSpray systems. These systems ensure the exact volume of fluid is delivered to the chips—even when operating conditions change and/or applying challenging liquids. Four systems are available: l PanelSpray-RS for PMDI or LPF resin application in the blender l PanelSpray-WX for slack wax, tallow wax or ewax application in the blender l PanelSpray-MS for surface moisture addition prior Spraying Systems precision spray control to pressing boards l PanelSpray for mixed release agent application on mats, cauls or press belts when using PMDI resins Use Precision Spray Control (PSC) to ensure accurate application with minimal waste even when tonnage varies or line speed changes. Reduce use of costly resins, waxes or release agents by applying only the volume needed. Maintain application rate even when operating conditions change. Eliminate the need for compressed air in most wax and prepress operations. Ideal for OSB, MDF, plywood, particleboard, other wood products. PSC uses an AutoJet spray controller to turn electrically-actuated PulsaJet nozzles on and off very quickly to control flow rate. The cycling is so fast that the spray often appears to be constant. Flow rate changes occur almost instantaneously to ensure the proper application rate even when operating conditions change. PSC also enables a single PulsaJet nozzle to produce a wide range of flow rates without changing pressure. Because pressure remains constant, integrity of spray and coverage remain consistent. This also enables electrically actuated hydraulic versions to produce very low flow rates— comparable to the flow rates achieved with air atomizing nozzles. Using hydraulic nozzles for wax, release agent and water application eliminates the need for costly compressed air and minimizes the misting and overspray problems associated with air atomizing nozzles. Other PSB benefits include: optimal distribution, coverage and drop size even with significant variation in wood chip tonnage; increases production by applying the optimal amount of surface moisture to decrease time in the press; protects presses against sticking when making the transition to running full MDI products; application rate is maintained over a wide range of line speeds. Hall 27, Stand F18 44 • MAY 2015 • PanelWorld
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LONGONI ROBERTO Longoni Roberto e figli s.r.l. (LRF) is working in the field of components for the furniture industry, high pressure plastic decorative laminates (HPL and CPL), particleboard and MDF, laminated panels with melamine papers or finish foils. The staff has a long and well established experience in planning plants according to a deep knowledge of technologies and machinery, and in selecting the most suitable materials and processes to give the best performance. Some examples of LRF activities: l Supply of know-how for the production of resins and impregnated papers for special applications in HPL, CPL and short cycle lamination (exterior grade, phenol-free resins, liquid overlay application for laminate flooring, high glossy hot-hot cycle lamination, anti-fingerprint effect) LRF papers production and cost analysis l Feasibility studies and cost analysis according to real demand of market, including the analysis of additional and advanced technologies and of the sources of alternative raw materials or semifinished products l Studies for lowering the production costs and for improving the product quality in working plants l Studies to make changes on existing plants to improve performance and the quality of products l Materials: melamine, phenol, ureic and melamine resins; plasticizing agents; release, wetting, special application agents, etc.; decorative press plates; press pads; decorative paper; finish foil; aluminium foil; overlay LRF supplies brand new, second-hand or reconditioned machinery, according to the customer’s needs. LRF can make an evaluation of a second-hand plants still working or no longer in use and offer a project based on the working parts of the plant integrated with other machinery brand new or reconditioned. LRF and its partner companies supply complete turnkey plants, technical assistance for dismantling, reconditioning, erecting and starting up plants; a further service of periodic technical assistance after the starting up and a service of supply of raw materials, consumable products and spare parts are provided. Since 2003 LRF has been appointed by NTST Forestry Machine Manufacture & Installation Co. Ltd. as exclusive agent for export of their paper impregnation lines. LRF’s recent joint venture, Nuove Tecnologie Si Tong Co. Ltd., has developed further, implementing new Italian technology and design. LRF’s latest generation of impregnation lines is the best choice for companies with a high demand on quality and performance. The LRF philosophy is to provide up-to-date solutions complying to a basic principle: highest quality at minimum cost! Hall 27, Stand E53
SCHEUCH With an exceptionally busy 2014-15 behind it, the team at Scheuch’s Wood Based Panel Industry division has been looking back with pride at the project highlights that the financial year brought. The success of this period serves as further proof that Scheuch is on exactly the right track. Among the exciting international orders that came its way was a remarkable major contract in Ireland from the company SmartPLY, where Scheuch prevailed over its competitors on the European market despite some exceptionally strict requirements and challenging basic conditions. Also deserving of special mention is the continued success of the Scheuch fiber sifter (SWS), for which Scheuch received no less than nine orders over the past year. With an eye on the future, Scheuch ramped up its internationalization and expansion efforts in its position as a leading supplier of extraction and dedusting tech- Scheuch continues international expansion nology—both in regions where Scheuch already has a presence, such as Russia, Australia, Vietnam and South America, and in markets that Scheuch has yet to tap into. One example of this was the opening of a sales office in Bangkok with a view to providing an on-the-ground service to the vital Asean market. Hall 27, Stand E05 46 • MAY 2015 • PanelWorld
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CROSS WRAP Cross Wrap Ltd., a Finland based manufacturer of stretch film wrapping machines, is presenting its automatic packaging machines for the board industry at LIGNA. Cross Wrap has delivered the board packaging lines to pack plywood, veneer, MDF and cement fiber boards to the leading companies in the industry such UPM and Metsä Group in Finland, Arauco in Chile, Weyerhaeuser in Uruguay, Berneck in Brazil to mention some. CW board packaging lines wrap your boards automatically without straps, saving the cost and trouble of a strapping unit. Differents sized packages can be packed on the same line. The machine is using polyethelene film as a packaging material which is recyclable material. The CW packaging fully protects the valuable deliveries and their shipment labels during the storage and transport. Everything is sealed tight against all weather and moisture. Cross Wrap packaging machines Due to the modular structure the packing line is adaptable to various facilities and provides options for automatic labeling and bottom skid feeding. High quality package offers the durability in storing and transporting as well high profile company image for the cross-wrapped board packages. Hall 27, Stand J32
INSTALMEC Instalmec’s wood recycling cleaning line to be installed in the wet part of the plant has already been sold all over the world in the last decade. Nevertheless Instalmec has been working in recent years to improve the performance of the line, and managed to raise its efficiency more than an amazing 95%. Instalmec has also recently developed a new wood recycling cleaning line to be installed in the dry part of the plant to eliminate pollutants, minerals, ferrous and not ferrous materials. This system guarantees more than 98% of wood cleaning efficiency, and it has become appreciated by customers because it gives terrific results in mineral cleaning. Instalmec combines the line with the disk roller screen, a new device designed to obtain a higher screening efficiency in the wet/dry areas of the plant. This machine is the key for high precise fraction separation, and allows reducing production and maintenance costs. It is possible to vary the Instalmec gravimetric separator in dry line functioning parameters of the disk roller screen (i.e. velocity of rotation of the rolls) to achieve the desired degree of separation. The combination of the two above cleaning lines allows customers to obtain a final product similar to the one coming from virgin wood, even if the inlet material contains a high percentage of recycled wood. Oscillating screen—the reason for developing a new type of oscillating screen was the desire to improve the screening quality and quantity of this machine. This screen offers a 30% better performance against the traditional screen, on equal screening surface. It moves and is lifted by hydraulic power attaining a savings of up to 70% in energy consumption with less stress on the whole body of the machine. Mineral cleaner—is one of Instalmec’s latest innovations conceived to reduce the mineral concentration below the oscillating screen, from 10-12% of mineral in the wood in the infeed to 1.2-1.7% in the outfeed of the system. Instalmec’s high efficiency fiber cleaner is a two step fiber cleaning system which cleans wood fiber and is indispensable to eliminate black spots from the panel surface, thus reducing the number of discarded panels and cost of raw material. The advantages are many: from a compact installation, to the high quality board and surface. Hall 27, Stand F16 48 • MAY 2015 • PanelWorld
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STEINEMANN Total Surface Quality is the motto under which Steinemann Technology will be presenting itself at LIGNA as a supplier of innovative complete solutions for the entire sanding process that enable customers to maintain a decisive lead over the competition—from innovative sanders, high-quality abrasives and quality control systems perfectly adapted to the machines, to a comprehensive range of services. The Steinemann presentation on its exhibition will include a new option for its Satos sanders: the Automatic Belt Oscillation retrofit package that permits substantial cost savings in the sanding process, while further improving panel quality. In addition, the company will be launching a new service partner program for customers at LIGNA under the name Quartz Circle. Depending on the intensity of the partnership with Steinemann, the Steinemann Total Surface Quality and Satos range of machinery company will admit customers to the Quartz Circle, which will give these customers various commercial advantages in connection with consumables, spare parts and services. “By introducing the Quartz Circle at LIGNA we will be emphasising that Steinemann is far more than just a machine manufacturer. Rather, our customers benefit from our integral range of products and services,” explains Markus Müller, Vice President Sales & Marketing at Steinemann Technology. “It covers the entire sanding process, thereby guaranteeing our customers optimum sanding quality with maximum machine availability and cost efficiency. So, we offer highly attractive additional benefits for members of the Quartz Circle who decide to avail themselves of our one-stop partner service and transfer responsibility for their entire sanding process to Steinemann.” The Satos range from Steinemann will be the focus of the company’s exhibition. For example, Steinemann will be displaying the Satos eco, a particularly economical sander that rapidly pays its way in day-to-day production. With its outstanding price-toperformance ratio, the Satos with low-vibration mineral cast frames is the most successful sander from Steinemann. Among the key components of all Steinemann sanding systems are the high-quality contact drums, which Steinemann produces by a special method at its headquarters in St. Gallen in Switzerland and which, on average, last at least twice as long as competitive drums. The new automatic belt oscillation function for Satos machines permits faster belt changes, optimum belt tracking and automatic tuning. Trouble-free belt oscillation, in turn, eliminates the need to tune settings during operation. Moreover, only half as much compressed air is needed in the sanding process. Automatic belt oscillation is available not only as an option for new Satos machines, but also as a retrofit for machines already installed by customers. Steinemann’s product portfolio is rounded off by a complete range of various consumables, such as sanding belts and SprintInserts/SprintPlatens. The company’s ultramodern factory in Shanghai produces the sanding belts to strict Swiss quality specifications, thus guaranteeing optimum performance of these consumables in the sanding process. In addition, Steinemann provides a comprehensive range of international services, making it possible for the company to ensure maximum performance and availability of the sanders installed by its customers. Thanks to its global service network, Steinemann can react rapidly and flexibly to its customers’ service requests and provide assistance in their respective mother tongue. The traditional stand party, to which the company invites its customers, will again be held on the company’s exhibition stand on Wednesday, May13, starting at 6.00 p.m. Hall 27, Stand G37
WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO. Willamette Valley Company (WVCO) has partnered with major wood product producers to develop methods that upgrade their finished products, reduce labor expense, and improve throughput. The end results are enhanced finished product going out the door. WVCO provides a broad range of products that includes polyurethane patch for plywood, moldings, and laminated beams; epoxy products for plywood siding, paint grade plywood and hardwood flooring; as well as a variety of putties which are water based, used for smaller defects and cracks in plywood, moldings, flooring and furniture. Today WVCO helps customers increase productivity and the quality of their products. It is recognized internationally as a leading integrator of robotics and fixed automation through the work of PRE-TEC, the company’s equipment division. Engineers at PRE-TEC collaboratively develop flexible automated systems for better product painting, stripping, sealing and wrapping. Hall 27, Stand E03/1 Willamette Valley Co. automation for product finishing
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CHEMISOL Chemisol Italia is a 100% Italian company located in the North of Italy with 20 years of experience in the market. Chemisol Italia produces a full range of additives, Hiperadd, for paper impregnation and board production, and melamine powder resins, Hiperesin MF. Chemisol supplies tailor-made products, offering the best combination of value and performance, with consistent quality, unrivaled service, while using renewable raw materials with low environmental impact and encouraging supply in reusable packaging. Today Chemisol offers a complete service for those clients who need profesChemisol additives and resins sional and accurate analyses. l Top level analytical laboratory facilities l Long lasting experience and deep knowledge of resin chemistry For board manufacture Chemisol proposes a strong release agent to clean machines and improve resin efficiency, working with UF, MF resin and PMDI system. For impregnation of decorative papers, Chemisol offers value adding additives and functional additives. The value adding additives focus on: l Amazing clarity for dark colors, for difficult pigments l Scratch resistance l High 20 Degree Gloss—you will be surprised! l Resin flow for deep embossed textures Chemisol also has worldwide sales of the necessary functional tools for impregnation and pressing decorative laminates such as wetting agents, release agents, custom combinations, catalysts, fast to very latent, anti-blocking, new and superior anti dusting and smoothing, plasticizing and a cleaning agent for press plates. Chemisol is a custom development and manufacturing company. Most new products are a result of direct collaboration with a customer for a specific need, such as a very latent catalyst for deep embossed textures, a superior anti dust agent and clear, clean high gloss for high gloss laminates. Hall 27, Stand H47
ARGOS SOLUTIONS With 20 years of experience in providing surface grading systems to the wood panel industries, Argos now releases a new generation grading system for decorative products, building on the successful platform used in the detection of raw board surface defects after press and sanding lines. The new grading system detects all types of defects in laminated and lacquered panels. Compared to traditional grading systems, the new Argos system allows for easy installation into existing lines and reduces the need for cleaning and maintenance in order to ensure a trouble free operation. Another innovation to be launched at LIGNA is a new in-line Chatter Mark Detection System. The system detects chatter marks produced by the sanding machines in-line and will later also include thickness measurement. The system can be installed as a standalone unit, or be integrated with the surface grading system for a complete inspection. Argos will provide detailed information about the benefits of its technologies and how to Argos new generation grading automate the visual inspection of production lines. Finnish plywood manufacturer UPM, and Chilean plywood manufacturer CMPC are both successfully operating high-speed panel repair lines from Argos. UPM’s first high-speed line has been in operation since 2011 and has set the standard for this technology. The latest innovations for surface grading, edge grading and panel repair systems will be presented at LIGNA. Hall 27, Stand H35
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GRENZEBACH At Ligna 2015 Grenzebach presents innovative inspection and automation solutions for veneer production. With more than 4000 of its dryers installed, Grenzebach is among the world’s leading suppliers of plants and systems for the production of wood veneer. Visitors to LIGNA 2015 can see for themselves why this is so. Grenzebach’s presence at this year’s LIGNA is marked by its motto “QUALITY & OUTPUT.” The FPI Veneer inspection system analyzes and grades the veneers according to quality and thus helps to optimize the production process. Among other things the system detects stains, rough veneer surfaces and material defects. Evaluation is a matter of seconds and provides the user with all requested data from a single source. A variety of criteria allows precise grading of the veneers according to quality. In addition, the trend analysis feature supplies important details of the production process and supports the customer in optimizing the parameters to distinctly improve product quality. Grenzebach automated guided vehicle, SNOX Stellar With its new concepts for effective automation of warehousing and logistics processes Grenzebach opens new opportunities in veneer production. Grenzebach supports production and warehousing challenged by the “Smart Factory” with intelligent, interconnected solutions between production, warehousing and material handling by providing innovative automated guided vehicles G-Pro and SNOX Stellar. The intelligent G-Pro carry moves beneath a mobile load carrier with the material to be transported. Through a special mechanism the G-Pro carry latches onto the load carrier and moves towards the preset destination. The Grenzebach fleet manager continuously calculates and optimizes the transportation routes of a fleet of independent G-Pro carries. For every transport task, the fleet manager selects the ideally positioned carry vehicle. The carry can transport loads with a speed of up to 60 m per minute in longitudinal and lateral movement and is able to rotate them on the spot. Thus the versatile carry significantly increases the flexibility for company internal transports and warehouse organization saving space on the transportation routes. SNOX Stellar is an ideal and cost-effective automated universal sideloader for repetitive tasks in warehouses and production. It is able to automatically take up pallets from 400 kg to 4 tons deposit and transport them at a lifting height of up to 5 m. Thus the SNOX Stellar optimizes efficiency, productivity and cost effectiveness Hall 27, Stand E25
HUECK Hueck Rheinische GmbH designs, manufactures and sells embossed press plates and press pads for the woodworking industry. Hueck draws on years of experience in the field of press plates and pads from 120 skilled and dedicated employees at the manufacturing sites in Stolberg and Viersen (Germany) for the company’s success. Furthermore Hueck is supported by representatives worldwide as well as joint venture partners Rheinische Technology (press pad/Russia) and Hueck Decent (press plates/India). The company offers individual and high-quality complete solutions. Hueck is a reliable partner from the beginning of the development to the realization of the surface. In the field of press plates Hueck creates vibrant and incredibly lifelike structures by using its patented multi-gloss technology (Lunar-, Helio-, Strato- and Variochrome). Especially the embossed in registered surfaces are well known in the industry which adapt natural surfaces excellently. This year, not only wood- Hueck press plates and pads en but also surfaces devoted to plaster and concrete attract special attention and perfectly reflect the charm of the “Industrial Chic.” The product portfolio is rounded off by high quality press pads which are designed to meet the different requirements of individual customers. Hueck’s press pads are designed to operate in standard applications as well as for specific circumstances such as press plates with very deep structures, or for frequently format changes. All in all Hueck is the partner of the woodworking industry when it comes to the melamine coating of furniture panels and laminate flooring. Hall 27, Stand G18 54 • MAY 2015 • PanelWorld
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CMC-TEXPAN Over the last 50 years, the Italian company Carpenterie Metalliche di Colzate, worldwide known under the trade name CMC–Texpan, built itself a solid reputation as a reliable supplier of machinery and equipment for the wood-based panel industry. The company, now integrated into the Germanbased group Siempelkamp Maschinenund Anlagenbau, enriched its already comprehensive range of products with new machines for the preparation and treatment of wood material for production of composite panels, such as partiCMC-Texpan glue blending and and mat forming cleboard, MDF and OSB. The core business of the company, traditionally represented by mat forming systems, dosing bins and belt scales (not to forget other additional equipment and complete plants successfully operating worldwide), was enlarged to embrace machines for the primary processing of wooden particles: storage silos and extraction systems, densimetric cleaners, separators for ferrous and non-ferrous pollutants, special sorting machines for recycling wood, roller or disc separators, oscillating screens, gravimetric separators, as well as glue blenders. The company, always committed to innovation and improvement, recently focused on two crucial steps in the production of particleboard: glue blending and mat forming. For the glue blending process, an alternative glue blending system for PB particles, called “ecoResinator,” has been developed. The system not only preserves the shape and size of the flakes, but it also provides for the application of an uniform, extremely thin layer of resin, perfectly and evenly distributed on all the faces of the wooden flakes, granting significant savings in glue and power consumption. After the completion of the development stage, the unit has been thoroughly tested in industrial facilities, with excellent results. For the mat forming process, CMC created “ecoFormerSL,” a new concept of wind forming system aimed at improving the quality of cross weight distribution. The system was examined with the aid of a CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) based analysis. The unit includes an upper section equipped with axial fans, and a lower section with a specially designed diffuser plate providing for a very precise guidance of the air flow inside the wind forming chamber. The first machine has been installed on a newly built plant in Russia and it has been running for some months, with very good results. Hall 27, Stand F35
CHINA FOMA In 2007, China Foma summed up its years of experience producing woodworking machinery and independently developed an 8 in. dimension sizing line. Through constant improvements and technical innovations, this technology filled the gap on this domain. After 2009, China Foma introduced 4 ft., 6 ft. and 9 ft. sanding and sizing lines in succession, which are used to support continuous presses or multi-layer presses with annual capacity of 120,000- 400,000 m³. China Foma has sold more than 40 sanding and sizing lines successfully. Today China Foma integrates sanding machinery, dimension sizing machinery and auxiliary machinery into a post-processing line. Its diagonal tolerance of saw cutting finished board is smaller than 2 mm, straightness tolerance is smaller than 0.2/1000 mm and maximum saw cutting thickness reaches 250 mm. China Foma sanding and sizing line The sanding and sizing line supports continuous press production, which has forced dimension sizing machinery to develop toward a higher level for the purpose of adapting to market requirements. Hall 26, Stand J52
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ECOCHEM EcoChem’s latest invention is a range of additives to produce mass-incorporated fire-retardant OSB. OSB produced based on Ecochem’s technology and additives meets Euroclass B-s2, d0 for fire-retardant building materials. Wood is nature’s most versatile building material. However, use of wood and wood panels are sometimes restricted by public building safety requirements and regulations regarding its ignitability and fire spreading characteristics. The careful selection of the right fire retardant formulation can overcome this concern and enables the production of a wide range of fire retardant wood based products, complying with even the most stringent fire-safety regulations, extending the market-use of natural building materials. EcoChem, headquartered in Belgium, is a European market leader in produc- EcoChem fire-retardant additives tion and marketing of flame-retardant chemicals for cellulose and natural fiber based insulation materials and FR wood composite panels: particleboard, OSB, MDF and plywood. EcoChem fire-retardant additives are added dry or in a liquid to the wood chips, strands or fibers upfront or at the entrance of the glue addition. A similar technology has been developed for cellulose and natural fiber based insulation materials. Besides producing and marketing a top quality range of fire-retardant chemicals, EcoChem excels in chemistry-competence, engineering and processing knowhow. Fire-retardant treated wood delays the ignition during a substantial amount of time and lowers the heat release after ignition. The combination of these two effects dramatically reduces the spreading of fire beyond the location of original ignition. Untreated wood turns into flashover in a room fire test after three minutes while FR wood prevents flashover for 20 minutes or more. Hall 27, Stand E15
HUNTSMAN For more than 40 years, wood panel manufacturers have used resins containing formaldehyde to bond composite wood panels (CWP). Today, MDI-based resins offer a powerful, formaldehyde-free and fast-curing alternative solution. What is MDI? MDI is used to describe a range of products consisting of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, polymethylene polyphenylene polyisocyanate (polymeric MDI or PMDI) and other variants and is one of the basic components of polyurethanes, a widely used polymer. Is MDI a new chemical? MDI has been used in the production of composite wood panels for more than 30 years, and MDI-based polyurethanes date back to World War II. Today, MDI has gained worldwide acceptance as a binder for wood composite panels. Is MDI used in many common consumer products? If you have driven to work, sat at your desk, gone for a jog, gotten a good night’s rest or opened your refrigerator lately, chances are you have encountered polyurethane materials, which were manufactured from MDI. Huntsman MDI-based resins Do traditional CWP resins work better than MDI-based resins? MDI creates a very strong bond with the wood particles or strands as it reacts with the hydroxyl-containing compounds in wood when put under intense heat, creating a highly cross-linked polymer network which effectively acts as chemical weld. Do MDI products offer any benefits? Composite wood panels manufactured with MDI binders have no added formaldehyde, meeting the most stringent standards specified around the world. Is MDI subject to the same safety and regulatory challenges as traditional resins? Because MDI resins contain no added formaldehyde (NAF), they are considered “exempt” under requirements of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) standards. The resins are also compliant with the European EPF-S standard, as well as the Japanese formaldehyde emission standard. Hall 27, Stand H06
MERRITT MACHINERY Merritt Machinery is a long established manufacturer of machinery for the production of rotary peeled and sliced decorative veneer, with roots dating back to 1851. Products include veneer slicers, vacuum flitch tables for veneer slicers, flitch planers, hardwood veneer lathes, rotary veneer clippers, guillotine clippers, veneer conveyors, and veneer stackers. Merritt’s newly patented FlitchPrep machine automatically cleans veneer flitches prior to slicing, resulting in significant labor cost savings. Merritt is the U.S. representative for Meinan Machinery Works, Inc., a global supplier of veneer and plywood equipment and sanders. Hall 27, Stand G62 Merritt FlitchPrep flitch cleaner
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CLASSEN In 2012, Classen Apparatebau Wiesloch GmbH (CAW) was awarded an order for the world’s largest biomass-fired thermal oil heater systems. Installed in British Columbia for de-centralized power generation, four systems were supplied, each having a nominal output heating capacity of 28 MW which service four organic rankine cycle (ORC) turbine generators. In late 2014, this record was broken again by closing on an order for an even larger system. Classen together with its partner in the United States, SolaGen Inc. out of St. Helens, Ore., will supply a biomass-fired thermal oil heater system with an output capacity of 31.5 MW for a client in the Northeast. Besides the rugged and well proven combination of radiant and convective heaters, the system includes continuous mechanical ash cleaning hardware for maximum up-time. This system will feature a single reciprocating grate with a grate surface area of approximately 56 m2 and will service the first biomass powered ORC turbine generator in the U.S. The client has been a well-respected manufacturer of residential wood pellets. As demand for their high quality finished product has grown, mill upgrades have had to keep pace with the increased production goals. With this new installation, the client will be generating a new revenue stream and increasing the pellet plant production capacity. Besides 7.5 MW of electricity being fed to the public grid, they will be able to enhance their drying capacity by installing a SolaGen rotary predryer downstream of the Classen solid fuel fired thermal oil heaters in a plywood heater system. Even though the combustion system will be optimized for mill in Russia high efficiency, the flue gases will still have considerable energy content. The predryer strips the available waste heat from the heater flue gas effectively increasing the plant’s evaporative capacity. With an engineering goal to deliver the highest possible process efficiency it is anticipated the client will be able to receive renewable energy credits which will maximize the revenue stream from generation of electricity. The group of longstanding and highly-experienced engineers at both CAW and SolaGen have teamed-up for long-term success and is extremely proud for having been chosen as the suppliers for this groundbreaking installation. Hall 27, Stand G13
ACTIW LOADPLATE Actiw LoadPlate changes the traditional way of loading complex cargo into standard containers. The equipment pushes any types of products—sawn timber, plywood and veneer products—safely into regular, unmodified containers and trailers by only one push of a button. Products remain undamaged and the cargo space is accurately utilized. No special structures are needed under the cargo. Actiw LoadPlate has installations in more than 20 countries. Actiw LoadPlate is especially designed for loading complex cargo into standard containers. The actual loading of entire container load takes less than five minutes. LoadPlate operation principle is simple. The product load is lifted, for example with a forklift on top of a plastic loading plate, which is fixed to the equipment. Height and side adjustment functions ensure that the equipment is aligned with the container. By one push of a button, the entire product load along with the plate is slid into the Actiw LoadPlate container loading container. LoadPlate stopper gate holds the load inside, while the plastic loading plate comes out of the container, leaving only the products accurately and undamaged inside. The container is then ready to leave. One of Actiw LoadPlate designs, LoadPlate Multi, is equipped with a transfer car function, which allows flexible and efficient loading of multiple containers one after another. With LoadPlate Multi, yard management can be optimized reducing delays in staging. LoadPlate benefits include decreased employment costs, process efficiency and safety, increased cargo space fill rate, and eliminated product damages. These benefits together with the equipment reliability and usability have been proven in the international markets. Hall 27, Stand C29
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IMEAS IMEAS will highlight its advanced Total Control System (TCS) management software, including the well known Full Control System (FCS) and the recent Full Control Belt (FCB) designed to maximize the performance and minimize the manwork for operating the machines. This system continues the IMEAS Development and Mission to add more value to wood based panels re- Imeas TCS on sanding lines sulting from more than 12 years of continuous research and development. The IMEAS TCS represents a technological milestone for the new generation of IMEAS calibrating and sanding lines, as it gives the operators the perfect way to control the entire sanding process from a remote room automatically: from the self precise positioning of each working unit to the exchange of data with the production line and the automatic feedback from thickness measurements system. Since March 2011 there are 150 units worldwide equipped with the IMEAS control systems, with applications ranging from MDF to plywood up to stainless steel. The IMEAS Total Control System combined with the proven IMEAS technology provides great control over the process, better surface finishing and reduced production costs through the optimization of the working parameters—a giant step ahead in the automatic control of the wood based panel production lines. Hall 27, Stand F54
FORBO MOVEMENT SYSTEMS The Forbo Movement Systems team is looking forward to presenting the latest conveyor and processing belt innovations for the wood and furniture processing industry at this year’s LIGNA. One of the leading belt manufacturer’s particular highlights is a new forming belt with enhanced resistance to hydrolysis, improved chemical resistance to substances in wood and release agents, as well as better release characteristics. In field tests, the new belt type has already proved to be superb, especially in tough conditions such as when PMDI is applied to bond OSB boards. For the first time the Forbo Movement Systems product portfolio can also offer a completely new generation of air-cooled lightweight heating presses for splices of up to 1,500 mm belt widths. The time required for splicing is therefore very short. And an integrated control, as well as a compressor and cooling unit, make the presses easy and Forbo Movement Systems conveyor belt technologies reliable to handle. When conveyor belts need to meet extreme demands, for example regarding temperature or durability, Forbo Movement Systems’ Prolink plastic modular belts are excellent solutions. Furthermore, this product group (and series 8 in particular) has a good track record as a problem-solver in reversing operations, in conveying furniture parts on pallets, as well as when the conveyor cannot be too high. Prolink series 8 is probably the most hard-wearing 1 in. modular belt on the market and has already been used often in the above-mentioned applications. Another focus of the showcase is a new UV belt for use in UV drying systems. The belt stands apart because of its dimensional stability, flatness and excellent tracking. The surface of the belt is very easy to clean. In other words, belting specialist Forbo Movement Systems offers one-stop solutions, whether it’s Siegling Transilon conveyor and processing belts, Siegling Prolink plastic modular belts, Siegling Extremultus high-efficiency flat belts, or splicing tools and accessories. Forbo Movement Systems employs more than 2,000 globally in nine production sites and 25 international companies. Forbo conveyor and power transmission belts are used in nearly all industries, but also in the retail and services sectors. The company was founded in 1919 in Hannover. Since 1994 the company has belonged to the Swiss Forbo Group. The products have been marketed since 2007 under the “Forbo Movement Systems” master brand. Hall 27, Stand F57
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BAUMER INSPECTION For the first time, the new inspection systems from Baumer Inspection will be able to intelligently distinguish between process related defects that can be avoided by process improvement and single, inevitable defects. ColourBrain 4.0 systems offer a solution to constantly monitor and analyze the quality of the production. The first ColourBrain 4.0 scanner will be installed in May 2015 followed by another four in production plants in Italy and Hungary. An identical system will be shown at LIGNA. Baumer Inspection, founded 35 years ago, is a leading company when it comes to automated optical defect detection in the wood based panel industry. More than 450 Baumer systems are running worldwide and make sure that laminate flooring and furniture boards have the quality they should have. Through a lot of communication with customers, Baumer Inspection has defined a new generation of inspection systems during the last year. The development target for the ColourBrain 4.0 scanners was clearly defined: process optimization to minimize production of rejects. The ideal goal is the “0-Defect” production and the scanners are a powerful tool to achieve this. The first thing to make sure of when optimizing production is to safely detect Baumer Inspection ColourBrain 4.0 all process relevant anomalies like heat streaks or double pressed paper in furniture boards. To do so Baumer combines newly developed illumination systems and in-house developed cameras which are essentially more sensitive and run at much higher scanning rates than other cameras. Equally important as good defect detection is the possibility to assign the defects to its cause. This leads to the proper optimization of the production process and a reduction in rejects. To achieve this Baumer uses new classification tools. The base of those tools was to analyze ten thousands of defect pictures and sort those pictures according to their origin. Through this the system learns to distinguish between a heat streak and a torn paper and an oil drop. Beyond that it also differentiates between real defects and dirt just lying on the surface. For the first time Baumer gives every production manager a tool with which process anomalies will be alarmed very fast and through statistical analysis defines which defect picture occurs at which product too many times and then tries to eliminate the cause of the defect. Hall 26, Stand D48
HYMMEN Plant and machinery building company Hymmen presents in a completely different way at LIGNA: real and virtual exposés. “If we tried to present our latest innovation—the JUPITER digital printing line JPT-C 2100—on the fair,” explains Dr. René Pankoke, CEO and president of Hymmen, “then we could not even serve our customers a cup of coffee. So much space does the Digital Printing Line occupy.’ This is why Hymmen decided to present the technological know-how with films of real working plants instead. Pankoke points out: “We are happy that our customers allowed us to film on their own production sites. It is a sign for our positive relationship.” At LIGNA in 2013 Hymmen used laminate flooring from its own laboratory production at the booth. This year Hymmen has the choice between many different decors and flooring products from its digital printing customers. The latest neo-design flooring Hymmen digital printing heads from Classen will reveal its outstanding qualities at the presentation area of the Hymmen booth. To get at least a glance of the real industrial dimensions of the Hymmen Inkjet technology, you can see a row of print heads in a showcase. Worldwide it is the only technology for digital printing on a width of 2,100 mm in single pass. This row of print heads is the core of the JPT-C 2.100, which has won the Great Innovations Award at the last INPRINT fair. All product divisions from Hymmen present themselves with films of production lines in the real customer production sites. Moreover you find various samples of the finished products that are the outcome of the Hymmen machines and lines: either digitally printed furniture or flooring boards or surfaces that were finished by Hymmen liquid coating lines; mirror-gloss or super matt surfaces with anti-finger-print from the Hymmen Calander Coating Inert (CCI) technology; or board- or roll-materials from double belt presses, short cycle presses or multi-opening presses. Four meeting rooms are prepared for discussions in a more private atmosphere. Coffee, tea, wine and beer as well as a changing lunch menu ensure that the customers feel good at the Hymmen booth. Hall 27, Stand G19 64 • MAY 2015 • PanelWorld
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MEINAN MACHINERY WORKS Meinan Machinery Works, Inc. is a Japanese company with a historically rich heritage. Started in 1953 by a young engineer—K. Hasegawa, who envisioned changing the plywood making process by utilizing automation to lower costs and increase quality—the company gained popularity in Asia with its revolutionary veneer and plywood equipment. A series of inventions began with the wide belt sander for producing a smooth panel surface, followed by the veneer composer for splicing random width veneer into face and back sheets and core stock ahead of the plywood layup process, resulting in increased capacity at layup lines and considerably less waste of veneer and glue. Mr. Hasegawa’s philosophy to innovate and improve existing technology resulted in analysis of the mechanics of conventional lathes. Seeing the deficiencies, he developed a new lathe, and made truly spindleless log peeling possible with a revolutionary drive system. Unlike conventional spindle-driven lathes, Meinan’s lathe uses a Meinan lathe series of powered spiked discs located directly across from the knife and a unique backup roll system to provide the driving force along the log’s circumference. These 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, resulting in better quality veneer. 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 or those that usually require conditioning. Today the company employs a staff of more than 120 engineers responsible for development of patented equipment that includes the NewAristLathe automatic veneer peeling line, the Tape Edge Composer for splicing green veneer strips into full size sheets for better dryer coverage, and the automatic layup system. The combination of the entire spectrum of Meinan technology led to the implementation of the first fully automated plywood plant in Japan, the successful realization of a vision that began 60 years ago. Meinan’s machinery and plywood processing methods have become the standard of plywood production in Japan and can now be found in plywood plants throughout the world. Hall 27, Stand G62
KELZENBERG Since the early ’70s Kelzenberg has developed its know-how in the manufacture of big drums and turning components. The main products were the drums related to calendar presses, mainly known as “Mende,” “AUMA” or “roller presses,” which first were engineered and distributed by Berstorff respectively Bison. These presses are equipped with several drums to guide the steel belt, to transfer heat into the steel belt and into the product and to tense the belt. The center drum (heating drum) was installed in different sizes up to 5000 mm in diameter. Today Kelzenberg is a subsidiary of Carl KRAFFT & Söhne GmbH & Co. KG, one of the main roller manufacturers in Germany and Europe. In the workshops of KRAFFT many drums for the double belt presses (e.g. Siempelkamp or Metso type) have been made in the last decades, so a massive amount of know-how is available from the group. Kelzenberg offers all the required drums for the applications Kelzenberg roller workshop with CNC lathe of continuous presses for particleboard and similar production facilities, either for new presses or as replacement parts. Services are also available, for example the hard-shell application welding carried out on site. Companies who operate continuous presses have to be aware that the installed drums are subject of wear and weariness, at least after quite some years of operation. The lines are usually not designed for a quick exchange of the drums and in case of a breakdown the lead time for a new drum would be a couple of months. Even a repair, if possible at all, will take several weeks. The related losses can be huge. Like in other industries, the topic of preventive maintenance or spare part storage should be considered by any operator, no matter what kind of press is in use. From Kelzenberg a “Made in Germany” quality is available directly from the manufacturer, with a sophisticated design optimized beyond typical OEM cost-sensitive restrictions at absolutely competitive rates. Hall 13, Stand D10
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KUPER Heinrich Kuper GmbH & Co. KG will have more than 700 m2 in which to display its products at LIGNA at two locations. Visitors can expect a large variety of technical developments and new product solutions. At Stand C32 in Hall 11 trade experts will be given demonstrations of the refined models of the Kuper SWT XL planing and molding machines, which have been fitted with the new K² Professional control system. This control system presents graphic representations of specific tooling situations to ensure fast and safe processes. For example, the positions of pressure elements and manual spindles can be stored, then read and set directly at the right place by means of dual displays. The Kuper FWM 630 and FWS 920, two products from the range of zigzag veneer splicing machines, are a favorite of craftspeople due to their high value for the money. Among other features, users appreciate the jointing system’s tolerance compensation mechanism which in combination with the Kuper glue threads en- Kuper gluing and joining sures tight joints. The Kuper FLI 1000 is the best-seller out of the range of gluing machines. Sensitive veneers can be joined perfectly. The accurate glue dosing and narrow heating zone significantly reduces veneer shrinkage in the area around the joint. A new development allows the jointing of up to 5 mm veneers. As usual, Kuper will be presenting its entire range of machinery for veneer splicing at stand B48 in Hall 17. The new Kuper ACR 3200 cross veneer splicing machine is a real highlight. The optimized veneer intake area has a selectable, infinitely variable height adjustment especially for wavy and narrow veneer strips. With the introduction of new precise servo drives and intelligent control processes, significant increases in output have been achieved The Kuper CVX for jointing plywood cores is a new development for efficient jointing of peeled veneer strips of different widths. The veneer layons created in this manner are processed crosswise and in layers to form a wood material with special strength properties. In addition to the zigzag length splicing machines, the new Kuper FWQ will be presented. This zigzag cross splicing machine produces what are known as endless carpets or preprogrammed fixed veneer dimensions from peeled and sliced veneer strips of different widths. Hall 17, Stand B48; Hall 11, Stand C32
LAP Guaranteed quality during production is a crucial factor for modern board manufacturers. Thick Check from LAP offers MDF, OSB and plywood manufacturers a turnkey, reliable and accurate measurement solution. Thanks to its laser sensors, Thick Check can measure the thickness of sheets with an accuracy of just a few micrometers. Thickness measurements are carried out on multiple tracks and during production. LAP offers measuring frames for the thickness measurement of MDF, OSB and plywood sheets up to a width of 3 m. Up to seven measuring tracks ensure that the thickness of the material is controled accurately. The Thick Check system measures to nearest micrometers Each measuring track consists of a pair of sensors. The thickness is measured based on the distance from the sensors to the top and the bottom of the material. An emitted laser dot is reflected onto the sur- LAP thick check measurement face of the measured object and projected onto a CCD array via a lens. Depending on the distance from the measured object, the viewing angle changes and thereby the position of the point of light on the CCD array. The signal processor calculates the distance between the sensor and measured object from this data in real time. In conditions that require continuous cleaning of the sensor window, Thick Check can also be rinsed with air. The thickness measurement system from LAP allows the measuring frame to be integrated flexibly and simply into existing production systems. Measured values are output on a desktop PC. The machine operator can access the equipment and make adjustments directly. In addition, Thick Check offers a digital signal for tolerance violations, which can be integrated directly into existing control systems. This reduces the rejects; subsequent measurement is not required. As a result, wood, MDF and plywood sheet manufacturers can save time, material and costs. LAP laser sensors can measure geometric shapes without contact. Production can be monitored continuously to guarantee quality and avoid rejects. The flexible components of LAP measurement systems are easy to integrate. LAP has more than 25 years of experience and expertise in the development, design and manufacture of complex, individual measurement systems or applications. Hall 25 booth D54 70 • MAY 2015 • PanelWorld
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PERTEN INSTRUMENTS Perten Instruments diode array product line offers full spectrum NIR instruments in three measuring configurations: l DA 7250 at-line, benchtop l DA 7300 in-line, measuring bulk products in conveyors and fibers after drying in real time l DA 7440 non-contact, measuring from a distance over a conveyer or over the press line. A large number of key parameters can be measured with NIR and the products in the Perten DA product line are based on the same technology so calibrations can be developed at line with the DA 7250 and transferred to key in-line or on-line measuring positions in the process. Calibrations are available for parameters measured from the intake of raw material, to key parameters in the process and for the finished product. Implementation of full spectrum NIR in wood-based panel production offers Perten Instruments DA 7440 non-contact measurement a great variety of possibilities. The complexity of the implementation depends on the target key parameters for the application. Some parameters are more complex to calibrate, validate and certify (if applicable) than others. A good approach for implementation is to focus on parameters that are straightforward to calibrate, validate and certify in the first steps. Once completed, one can continue step by step to develop the more complex parameters. One such example is board moisture. The EN 312 standard requires board moisture to be measured with the EN 322 method after each eight hours of production. Each formaldehyde test with EN 120 also requires determination of board moisture according to EN 322 to correct the perforator value to 6.5% moisture. The EN 322 standard method takes 24 hours to complete. The EN 322 method can be replaced with the DA 7250 board moisture measurement using the procedure described in EN 326-2. This gives several advantages: short analysis time; automatic documentation of results, no risk for typing errors; save personnel resources; no limitation in oven capacity; the EN 120 uncorrected value can be moisture corrected directly after it is measured using the DA7250 moisture measurement. Hall 27, Stand H29
PESSA IMPIANTI Specialist in wood processing and production of wood particles and chips, Pessa Impianti srl designs and manufactures machinery and plants for the primary working of wood and production of flakes and chips of the requested type and size. The wide range of flaking and chipping machines is mainly used in the WBP, MDF, OSB industry: thanks to the great flexibility, also in the production of wood composite products, wood wastes recycling and energy plants (biomass, pellets, briquettes, wood flour, et.). The range includes also wood shaving machines for the zootechny field, designed for animal bedding soft flakes and qualified for animal comfort. Pessa Impianti is a reliable partner to work out the realization of new lines but also for the upgrading of existing plants and to meet changing production needs. It supplies a wide range of systems and equipment with complementary functions for working improvements and full automation of the lines. Thanks to Pessa’s consolidated experience of more than 50 years, customers can count on a reconditioning service for complete machines and the parts subject to heavy wear such as cutterheads, rotors and impellers, assuring high efficiency and top performance of the machines. Pessa discontinuous flaker Pessa’s universal discontinous flakers are reliable machines with extraordinary performance, designed to comply with different production requirements and able to produce good quality calibrated flat flakes and OSB strands with superior mechanic characteristics. Their high performance allows a reduction of the plant basis cost: one machine is able to produce a flat flake already suitable to the final use. That means reduced manpower, reduced maintenance costs, less energy consumption. Pessa’s product range includes: discontinuous flakers; drum chippers; wood shaving machines for animal litters; milling machines and shredders; wood feeders, handling and storage systems for logs; machines for particle comminution—knife ring flakers, hammermills, refining mills; storage silos, mixing and extraction systems for flakes, chips, sawdust; conveyors and auxiliary equipment. Hall 27, Stand G45/1
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VALMET The EVO-46 with a capacity range between 6 and 18 tons per hour and segments ranging in size between 40 and 46 in. is the latest addition to the Valmet series of EVO defibrators. When designing the EVO-46, the Valmet development team focused entirely on the requirements of MDF mills for low energy, steam, water and resin consumption as well as significant reductions of emissions and effluent. What’s more, developers paid careful attention to designing a defibrator with a capacity that would meet the needs of mills with a limited supply of raw materials as well as limited investment capital. This is one of the reasons why the EVO-46 will prove to be popular with MDF mills in China. In fact, during 2014 Valmet received eight orders for EVO systems. These mills are part of a trend among Chinese MDF mills to upgrade from production of low board quality and high consumption of raw materials and energy to more efficient manufacturing processes. Front-end equipment from Valmet for MDF production lines features many benefits for Chinese customers. It enables them to further develop their business to ensure successful competition. It allows mills to minimally impact the environment. It improves working conditions in mills. Some Chinese mills purchase Valmet defibrators to replace old refiners from other suppliers in order to improve product quality and energy efficiency as well as to reduce environmental impact. Often mill staff visit the Valmet reference plant where they witness live the benefits of the EVO defibrators. And that’s one of the reasons why Valmet is now the leading supplier of fiber preparation systems for high quality MDF production in China. EVO-46 benefits in a nutshell: low operating cost; low electric energy consump- Valmet EVO-46 defibrator tion; excellent dewatering capacity; low steam consumption; minimal water consumption; uniform fiber flow to save resin; easy to operate and maintain; short installation time to production; global service network; continuous development. Valmet is well prepared to take orders and arrange quick delivery oft he EVO-46 systems. Hall 27, Stand G59
TAIHEI MACHINERY WORKS Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd., which is located in Komaki, Japan, was established in 1925 and has produced veneer and plywood machinery and woodworking machinery for 90 years. Product range includes the hot press, dryer, knife grinder, knife honer and woodworking machinery. The company produces machinery that maintains the veneer/plywood condition from the previous process. One example is its horizontal hot press, which has a completely different concept than a conventional hot press. It was developed based on the concept of not applying the weight of heat platens to plywood panels. In a vertical press, there are normally pressure differences between the top and bottom panels. Taihei Machinery Works horizontal press In a horizontal press, it’s possible to eliminate contact pressure differences caused by gravity. The difference in contact pressure between the top and bottom panels in a vertical press with 50 openings is more than 3 kilograms per square centimeter, or 46 PSI for a 3 ft. by 6 ft. panel size. On the other hand, there is no contact pressure difference between panels in a horizontal press. Taihei can manufacture a horizontal press with up to 140 openings. Uniform panel thickness is achieved by applying uniform pressure to each panel. Additionally, there will be more uniform glue coverage across each ply. Compression in a horizontal press is less and more uniform in all decks. Peel thickness can therefore be reduced between three and a half and five percent. Peel thickness reduction is most effective with plantation logs such as poplar, and softwood. The horizontal press also works well for hardwood. If you would like information about the horizontal press feel free to visit the Taihei Machinery Works booth. Hall 27, Stand F62
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PROJECTS STACKER REDUCES TAXING STRIP HANDLING Even with the advent of automated stacking systems, the most labor intensive position in veneer peeling operations is the green chain puller. Tasked with the arduous job of manually grading, sorting and stacking veneer strip (and the occasional full sheet) into carts, worker fatigue and injuries continue to be a common occurrence and a detriment to production. For this reason, Nordic Veneer in Roseburg, Ore. recently conveyed its Sweed stacker at Nordic Veneer idea of a green end strip stacker to engineers at Sweed Machinery. Their concept would assist laborers in sorting; making the process an almost effortless task for workers; and provide an efficient and cost-effective alternative to the current grueling method. Through much collaboration and dedication to bringing Nordic’s idea to realization, the Sweed Stacker was born. The Sweed Stacker not only helps to reduce the amount of employees required to operate the green end (Nordic Veneer was able to reduce its laborers from seven and a half per shift to four), but it also greatly reduces the demanding effort previously required. Instead of workers manually pulling and stacking the usable strips off of the conveyor, the veneer strips are easily fed through the stacker pinch rolls onto a chain driven landing table. From there, they travel to another worker who strategically layers the strips into uniformed stacks. Once the stack reaches the desired height, it is transferred via roll case or chains where it is picked up by a forklift. With the Sweed Stacker, the sorting process becomes almost fully automated, creating a much less taxing job function for the employee(s) while reducing the amount of workers necessary for production. The end results are increased worker safety, an incredibly more efficient process, and an end product that is more desirable and easier to market. Visit sweed.com.
MARTCO ORDERS OSB LINE
Martco, LLC has ordered a forming and press line from German-based equipment manufacturer Dieffenbacher as part of Martco’s recently announced OSB plant to be built in Corrigan, Texas. Dieffenbacher’s scope of supply includes a four head forming station, a Belt/Flexoplan combination forming line and a 12 ft. x 26 ft. / 14-daylight multi-opening hot press. Construction will start on the Corrigan facility in the last half of 2015 and the first board is anticipated in 2017. The plant is the second Martco OSB facility to utilize a Dieffenbacher press line. A similar line is operating at the Martco facility in Oakdale, La., which was commissioned in 2006.
INTERSPAN ORDERS NEW OSB PLANT Interspan, a company of the Swiss Krono Group, ordered an OSB plant for the Vásárosnaményi, Hungary, location, close to the Ukrainian border. Siempelkamp received the order, which will be the fourth OSB plant that Siempelkamp has sold to Krono Holding AG. The engineering of the plant is a cooperation between Kronotec Luzern and Siempelkamp subsidiary Sicoplan. Along with the screening technology,
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PROJECTS resin application, and forming and press line with a 9 ft. x 28.8 m ContiRoll continuous press, the complete finishing line and the pneumatic and mechanical conveyors are part of Siempelkamp’s scope of supply. The plant will produce 1,060 m3 of OSB daily. The Generation 8 continuous press will also allow the production of lightweight boards—the active lifting of the upper hot platen with additional differential cylinders generates special pressure profiles in the direction of production as well as crosswise to the direction of production. The ContiRoll press can be extended to 38.7 m at a later time. Together with Siempelkamp’s mat preheater, ContiBooster, the plant capacity can be increased by almost 100% to 2,000 m3 daily. Next to the press, the 3-head mat-forming unit can also be extended with an additional forming head for the core layer. The Siempelkamp supply includes the control technology systems Pro-IQ maintenance and Prod-IQ quality.
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PROJECTS
SAIB TO UPGRADE P’BOARD OPERATION
SAIB S.p.A. has ordered equipment for its particleboard plant in Fossadello di Caorso, located in the Piacenze region southeast of Milan. Siempelkamp received the order for a complete forming and press line as well as the blending system, cooling and stacking line and an intermediate storage system. SAIB uses 100% recovered wood for its particleboard production. SAIB, founded in 1962, has been producing particleboard on Siempelkamp equipment since 1968. Back then the plant capacity was 120 m3. In 1998 SAIB ordered the first ContiRoll continuous press with a length of 23.5 m which was designed for a particleboard output of 600 m3. Two years later the press was extended to a length of 30.4 m and production increased by another 400 m3 to 1,000 m3. In the early 1980s the Italian company, which has remained a family business, started with the production of laminated boards on a Siempelkamp short-cycle press. Today SAIB operates a multi-daylight press, a continuous production line and two short-cycle presses all from Siempelkamp. This equipment will be complemented by the particleboard plant and an 8 ft. x 30.4 m ContiRoll press will replace the existing multi-daylight press. To do so the new components will be optimally integrated into the existing plant structure. The Siempelkamp scope of supply for SAIB starts with the resin blending system and includes the dosing bunker, resin blender, resin preparation and dosing system. As resin SAIB uses formaldehyde-free melamine-urea resin exclusively. Approximately 20 years ago SAIB changed its raw material for production to recovered wood. Siempelkamp customized its plant components to the requirements of the used raw material. SAIB will be able to produce particleboard with a thickness ranging between 6 and 50 mm and a width between 1,830 and 2,440 mm. At a board
Contract signing in Italy, left to right: SAIB owner Adriana Rinaldi, Siempelkamp Managing Director JĂźrgen Philipps, SAIB owner Valeria Rinaldi, Siempelkamp Managing Director Heinz Classen, Siempelkamp Sales Manager Thomas Steeger, SAIB owner in the next generation Engineer Sergio Doriguzzi
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PROJECTS thickness of 16 mm the plant achieves a daily output of 1,180 m3. Due to an innovative feature that allows the production of lightweight boards, the new ContiRoll can furthermore manufacture boards with reduced densities of approximately 500 kg/m続. Downstream of the press Siempelkamp will supply a double-diagonal saw, cooling and stacking line as well as an intermediate storage system which will be connected to the existing finishing line. The Siempelkamp package is completed with measurement and control technology components, the steel structure, the wiring as well as the transport, installation and startup. The installation of the new Siempelkamp plant is scheduled to begin in October.
PLYWOOD PLANTS ORDER NEW DRYERS USNR announced orders for veneer dryers at facilities in the Southern and Western U.S. Winston Plywood & Veneer, which is building a plywood manufacturing facility at Louisville, Miss., is bringing in USNR to provide major retrofits to both lathe lines, a new 6-deck, 20-section veneer dryer as well as upgrades to existing veneer dryers. Included in the order are green and dry veneer handling machinery, stacking equipment, controls and dryer feeding and unloading systems. The Winston plant will process high value specialty plywood products. l Timber Products is investing in a new USNR 6-deck, 12-section veneer dryer for its plywood operation at Medford, Ore. The new drying system will feature Automatic Dryer Efficiency Control (ADEC) and cooler pressure balance control systems. Included in the order are veneer dryer feeding and unloading systems. Timber Products processes a variety of hardwood and softwood species into high value plywood and wood panels, and operates nine manufacturing facilities in the US.
KOHILA VENEER WILL EXPAND MILL Raute Corp. has received orders worth EUR 31 million for machinery and equipment from Kohila Vineer Ou, a company of Latvijas Finieris Group.
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PROJECTS The order will be delivered to Estonia for the expansion of the veneer mill in Kohila, near Tallinn. The scope of delivery includes drying, composing, patching, scarf jointing, layup and pressing, sawing, grading, overlaying and byproduct handling lines. The deliveries will commence this fall and plywood production in Kohila will start during the spring and summer 2016. The previous deliveries successfully completed by Raute to Kohila Vineer Ou and other mills of its parent company Latvijas Finieris AS had an influence when selecting the supplier. Latvijas Finieris is one of the largest birch plywood producing companies in the world with production in all Baltic countries and in Finland. Latvijas Finieris has made investments during recent years to systematically increase its production capacity and quality. Through this investment, Latvijas Finieris will expand the veneer mill in Kohila for plywood manufacturing. The annual capacity of the mill will be 45,000 m3 of high quality birch plywood.
ment a second structurally identical Hymmen production line and more than double its capacities. On the production line, which is 45 m long and 18 m wide, boards can be digitally printed on a maximal width of 2,040 mm. With a production speed of 25 m/min you can reach a production capacity of up to 50,000 m2 in 24 hours.
The striven production capacity is more than 10 million m2 per year. The complete line consists of feeding, cleaning, justification and supplying the boards to the digital printer, the digital printer itself, UV-curing, inspection-area including paternoster and stacking. It will be get up and running in the second half of 2015.
STORA ENSO ORDERS LVL EQUIPMENT Raute Corp. has received from Stora Enso Wood Proucts an order worth EUR 30 million to supply the machinery and equipment for a laminated veneer lumber production line in Varkaus, Finland. The machinery and equipment will be manufactured at Raute’s Nastola, Shanghai and Kajaani plants and delivered in the beginning of 2016. The annual capacity of the new plant will be 100,000 m3. The raw material for the LVL line will be softwood supplied from the surrounding region.
CLASSEN ORDERS DIGITAL PRINTING LINE Classen reports it has been so successful with its first innovative digital laminate and design flooring decors, that the flooring manufacturer is enlarging capacities. At Classen’s production site at Baruth, close to Berlin, an industrial digital printing line from Hymmen—model JPT-C 2100—has been producing flooring boards in single pass for two years. Classen will now implePanelWorld • MAY 2015 • 81
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W H AT ’ S
NEW
RELEASE AGENTS Michelman has introduced two additions to its line of Michem Wood Release mold release agents and processing aids for manufacturers of medium density fiberboard, oriented strandboard, particleboard and laminated strandboard. Michem Wood Release
1136 is a water dilutable mold release agent for pMDI based board that is sprayed over the fiber mat, board caul or press plate. It produces a coating with a low coefficient of friction that allows easy release of the wood fiber from the press plate. It also produces a lighter color board with reduced buildup, and virtually eliminates pro-
cess slip issues. The new solution is designed for use on laminated or oriented strandboard. Michem Wood Release 3002 is a new non-silicon, continuous belt conditioner that seals the surface of the press belt. It is easily dilutable with water and is sprayed on the belt during fiber mat processing. Michem Wood Release 3002 improves cleanliness, reduces the frequency of required cleanings, and produces a smoother board surface. In addition to a complete line of mold release agents and processing aids, Michelman designs and manufactures trial spray equipment and has developed the expertise required to help customers process pMDI and resin-based wood panels efficiently and cost effectively. Visit michelman.com.
SLUDGE DISPERSANT
Technol 246 Fuel Tank Cleaner and Sludge Dispersant is a diesel sludge dispersant that focuses on the sludge problem. It is not an additive that is blended to cover a myriad of problems. It has been specifically formulated with the use of non-metallic modifiers, solvents and emulsifiers for problem tanks to remove and eliminate diesel sludge. The 246 dispersant breaks up sludge. Now in suspension, these small particles can pass harmlessly through filters and nozzles without plugging or doing damage. Clean fuel will then have lower NOx, carbon monoxide, and particulate emissions. Visit diselcraft.com.
EDGE SOLUTIONS
Nordson Corp. has introduced the EF 60 V edge filling and edge sealing slot applicator to provide smooth, even panel edges to less expensive, larger particleboards. The EF 60 V applicator system delivers a high-quality finished appearance, improved moisture protection and increased structural support. This allows furniture manufacturers to retain or improve product quality while reducing production costs. For this two applicator system, the first EF 60 contact slot applicator fills the voids in the panel edge with adhesive. A second EF 60 V applicator then applies an adhesive seal to the panel edge for a final smooth surface suitable for application of even the thinnest decorative paper or foils. Visit nordson.com.
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NEW TECHNOLOGY WINS AT WOODMAC
Exhibitors displaying new technology that can improve on efficiency, reduce waste and save on labor and energy costs were much in demand at the recent WoodMac China 2015 exhibition in Shanghai held March 11-14 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. WoodMac China 2015, the 13th edition of this exhibition for technology used in the production of all wood products, attracted a total of 260 overseas and domestic enterprises from 15 countries and regions. Exhibitors showcased the latest woodworking machinery, components and supplies over the four day exhibition and met with a total of 12,865 buyers from overseas and all over China. “We have met a lot of customers in WoodMac China, most of them coming to see new products and new technology,” said Gao Wenzhong, Sales Manager, Shanghai Wood-Based Panel Machinery CO., LTD. “We are a machinery importer from Argentina. We are looking for various kinds of furniture manufacturer machines. This has been a successful visit and we will return to the next edition in 2017,” commented Gabriel Frund, Director, Binastar S.A, Argentina. “This is my second visit to WoodMac China, I have collected product information from many companies for further study. My interest for this year is advances in plywood production machinery,” said Randy Ng, assistant to the president, SMWPI Wood, Philippines. A record 63% of all visitors came from outside of Shanghai. 52% or 6,697 visitors came from cities of China outside of Shanghai and 11% or 1,437 came from overseas. “WMC in Shanghai is right for us as its strategic location facilitates buyers to visit from all regions of China and overseas,” said Federico De La Vega Figueroa, Regional Director, Sales & Marketing, Berndorf, Visitor delegations to Woodmac China 2015 came from Shanghai Timber Assn., Shanghai Construction Material Assn., China National Forestry Machinery Assn. - Kunming delegation, Shanghai Interior Design Industry Assn. among others. This year’s seminars covered a variety of subjects including Wood Products in Interior Decoration; Advances in Forestry and Sawmilling Equipment; Woodworking Tools and New Technology for the Panel Board Production (by exhibitor Dieffenbacher Gmbh). WoodMac China is supported by the leading woodworking Guilds of China from Harbin, Qingdao, Shanghai and Lunjiao, coordinated nationally by the China National Forestry Machinery Assn. and organized by Deutsche Messe, Hannover Fairs International Gmbh and China International Exhibitions. WoodMac China returns to Shanghai March 7-9, 2017 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Pudong.
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CLIPPINGS CPA NAMES MORRILL AS PRESIDENT
Composite Panel Assn. has hired Jackson Morrill as its new President. Jackson has served as director for the American Chemistry Council since 2010, where he managed the Formaldehyde Panel directing comprehensive
state and federal advocacy initiatives, communications, third-party outreach and scientific studies on formaldehyde. He has also represented ACC as a member of the Federal Wood Industries Coalition (FWIC). “We are pleased to have Jackson on board to lead our association. He brings a solid background of legislative and
regulatory advocacy and technical expertise,” says Grady Mulbery, CPA Chairman and member of the executive search team. “I was greatly impressed with the caliber of the candidates and I believe we found an extraordinary fit both in terms of experience and personality with Jackson and he will complement the already strong CPA staff.” “I am honored to join CPA and represent the North American composite panel industry. I look forward to continuing to build upon CPA’s strong industry reputation as a leader in advocacy and to support the membership and its initiatives,” Jackson says. Jackson is an adjunct professor at Washington College of Law of American University and prior to ACC practiced environmental law for five years at Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. He also worked as an environmental legal consultant at The World Bank. Jackson graduated cum laude from Tulane Law School and was admitted to the Maryland and the District of Columbia bars. He has a B.A. in Arts, History and Latin American Studies from the University of Virginia. Jackson replaces former longtime president Tom Julia who left the organization last August.
HARDWOOD FEDERATION ADDS SITTS TO BOARD Hardwood Federation and Columbia Forest Products, Greensboro, NC, announced that Jim Sitts, Appalachian Timber Manager, has been elected to the Hardwood Federation board of directors, taking the seat vacated by Brad Thompson, CEO of Columbia Forest Products, after eight years of service. The Hardwood Federation includes such groups as the Hardwood Lumber Assn., Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Assn. and National Wood Flooring Assn., among many other associations and individual companies representing the interests of the North American hardwood industry. Hardwood Federation staff have facilitated the development of cohesive strategies and tactics, enabling it to engage in expert testimony, grassroots organizing and legislative action. At one of the many Hardwood Federation-sponsored gatherings in Washington, DC, Thompson spoke about why the Federation matters on The Hill: 90 • MAY 2015 • PanelWorld
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CLIPPINGS “We need to educate our Congress, Senators and administrators so that when they hear the story of wood, they stand behind us. They need to hear our voice and as companies, we need to be able to go back to our employees and tell them what we are doing to protect their jobs and their industries.” During Thompson’s tenure the Feder-
ation built a coalition of industry and environmental groups to add hardwood to the materials covered under the Lacey Act, helping to level the playing field in trade by combating illegal logging. Thompson also spearheaded efforts to include hardwoods in the list of approved products in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Bio-Based Procurement
Program, which will open the doors to U.S. hardwood businesses for government purchasing programs. Sitts is a 45-year veteran of the forest products industry and is a registered forester in North Carolina. He has earned the designation of Certified Forester through the Society of American Foresters.
FOREST SERVICE BATTLES BUDGETS In testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resource and Environment Robert Bonnie says the Obama Administration continues to increase the pace and scale of forest restoration and management on public forest lands, but the shift of funds from management, recreation, and conservation programs to fight wildfires threatens to cripple the agency. “The U.S. Forest Service is accelerating restoration and management of the national forests, despite budgetary challenges, though we agree more must be done,” Bonnie says. “The good news is that the agency is making significant progress.” He says the Forest Service is achieving results despite the fact that since 1998 National Forest System staff has been reduced by over a third. Last year, he says, the Forest Service met or exceeded all of its targets related to forest management on national forests. Across the country, Bonnie says the Forest Service is investing in collaboration, landscape scale projects and innovative approaches to restore forests: l The agency has funded 23 projects through the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program. Through CFLRP, the agency and partners have made significant progress in reducing wildfire threats while exceeding the five-year target for timber volume sold by nearly 25%. In addition to making 1.45 million acres more resilient to wildfire, the program improved the health of 1.33 million acres of wildlife habitat, and helped local economies support an average of 4,360 jobs each year. l The Forest Service is developing larger, landscape-scale projects like the 200,000 acre project in the Black Hills to restore ponderosa pine. ➤ 96 92 • MAY 2015 • PanelWorld
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CLIPPINGS l The Forest Service is imple92 ➤ menting new authorities in the Farm Bill. With input from governors, last summer the Forest Service identified 46 million acres to be designated as impacted by insects and disease, and recently added more than 700,000 acres in Washington State. l The Forest Service is partnering
with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to engage in 28 restoration projects across private and public lands. l Through the Forest Products Lab, the Forest Service is investing in markets for woody biomass, solid wood products, and other forest products to support a viable forest industry. Additionally, Bonnie notes that in
2014 the Forest Service exceeded its targets by producing more than 2.8 billion BF of timber. The timber harvest, he says, has increased 18% since 2008. Bonnie told the Committee, however, that the way the Forest Service budgets for fire suppression is crippling the agency. “Our fire seasons are 78 days longer than they were three decades ago. Fires are increasingly larger, more catastrophic and more expensive. In 1995, the agency spent 16% of its budget on firefighting. Today, the figure approaches half of our annual budget.” The Under Secretary says that in most years the Forest Service is forced to transfer dollars from non-fire budget line items—recreation, research, conservation and forest management—to pay for fire suppression. “If there is one action Congress could take to further forest restoration on the national forests, it is to change the way we budget for fire,” Bonnie says. The bipartisan Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, now pending in Congress, would end the practice of fire borrowing. That legislation, which is mirrored by a proposal in President Obama’s budget, would allow the agency to increase the number of watersheds and acres treated while increasing timber production.
UTTAR PRADESH GAINS CERTIFICATION Third-party certifier SCS Global Services announced that Uttar Pradesh Forest Corp. (UPFC) has met all of the requirements necessary to earn certification for responsible forestry under the internationally recognized Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standard. The Forest Management Certification encompasses 13 forest divisions covering a total forest area of 349,296 hectares. This area represents roughly 40% of the FSC-certified forest area in South Asia. UPFC manages all aspects of forestry operations within the State of Uttar Pradesh, located in northern India bordering on Nepal. The SCS audit team, consisting of seven professionals representing a variety of disciplines, completed a six-day field and office audit of the forest management operations as part of the assessment. The interdisciplinary team collected data, analyzed records and conducted interviews. 96 • MAY 2015 • PanelWorld
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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS
EUROPE ■ Austria
DIRECTORY ■ China
PT. SENGON INDAH MAS Manufacturers of High Quality Plywood
Shanghai Lion Wood “Providing Industry Co., Ltd. Value & Cost
• High Grade Hardwood Plywood Savings With – HPVA Grading, All species, NAUF, High Quality Products” CARB, UV, FSC – Whole Pc X Bands, Composed Core – 1/8" - 1-1/2" Thickness: 6', 7', 8', 9' & 10' Lengths • Platforms – VC, MDF xBanded VC, FSC • Paper Laminated Plywood • Veneer Edge Banding – up to 3.0mm – UV Contact U.S. Direct Sales Agent Industrial Wood Products Inc. • Tel: 703-435-6486 Fax: 703-435-6489 • mlubina@iwpwood.com SW–COC-001600 ©1996. FSC “Responsible Forest Management”
KAOCHUAN
■ Taiwan
GREAT GIANT INC.
■ Germany
■ Poland
VENEER AND VENEERED PRODUCTS
Taiwanese Enterprise in China
Tel: +86-573-89110999 Ext. 218 Fax: +86-573-89110599 Email: kaochuan@kaochuanwoodwork.com Website: kaochuanwoodwork.com
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.
• HARDWOOD PLYWOOD—HPVA Grade • ALL SPECIES—CARB/NAUF • CORES: VC, Lumber Core, Combi Core, MDF • PLATFORMS—Veneer Core & Lumber Core • DOOR SKINS Contact U.S. Direct Sales Agent Industrial Wood Products, Inc. Tel: 703-435-6486 • Fax: 703-435-6489 mlubina@iwpwood.com
WOODWORK CO., LTD. • FANCY: On Plywood/MDF/PB/BB • VENEER: Custom-cut, Layon, Parquet • PLYWOOD: Hardwood, Poplar, LVL, Marine
www.veneer-world.com
Find more information at www.frischeis.com helmut.spaeth@frischeis.com
■ Indonesia
ASIA
The world of veneer at
260 Dachang Road Niao Song District Kaohsiung, Taiwan 833 Tel: 886 7 3790270 Fax: 886 7 3790275 E Mail: jc.giant@msa.hinet.net
CARB : TPC 6/CARB-ATCM/M013-HWPW008
AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA
■ India
■ Spain
M P VENEERS, INDIA “Teak People”
Recognized Export House by Govt. of INDIA Recognized Environmentally Friendly An ISO 9001-2008 Co. Enterprise by Chamber of Commerce, FMPCCI Manufacturer of TEAK sliced veneers • In clipped and Bundled 0.5 to 2.5 mm • Spliced Faces 0.5 to 1.4 mm • Panel Size : 50” x 99”/123” and Counter front or any size required. FEQ TEAK LUMBER – Rough & Random Sawn OR Even Qtr Sawn on Edge or Face Teak Decking S4S - QTR - 9mmx36mm; 10mm x 48mm or any size required Thickness 3/4 to 12/4 Phone: +91 755 246 1243 • Fax: +91 755 246 8197 Website: www.mpveneers.com Email: exports@mpveneers.com
PRODUCERS OF SLICED AND ROTARY CUT VENEERS
SUPPLIERS OF FSC SPECIES 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:
www.briggs.com.au admin@briggs.com.au +61 2 9732-7888 +61 2 9732-7800
www.fsc.org FSC™ C004099 The mark of responsible forestry
• All figured species (Eucalyptus, Anegre, Sycamore...) • All pommeles and African species • All burls (Ash, Elm, Olive, Walnut, Oak...) • Bookmatched jointed burl faces.
We supply furniture, panel and architectural grades. VALENCIA – SPAIN Tel: +34-96126 5400 Fax: +34-96126 5144 timbercom@timbercom.com
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■ United States
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
■ Idaho
Dimension Plywood Inc.
Knotty Idaho White Pine Western Red Cedar Red Alder Clear White Pine & Ponderosa Pine Clear Vertical Grain Douglas Fir, Hemlock, & Cedar
NORTH AMERICA ■ Canada
P.O. Box 339 Post Falls, Id. 83877 208-773-4511 FAX 208-773-1107 email: info@idahoveneer.com
Custom Architectural Plywood & Face Veneers 415 Industrial Blvd. • New Albany, IN 47150 Tel: 812-944-6491 • Fax: 812-944-7421 www.dimensionhardwoods.com FSC-C041275
Reserve your space today. Call Melissa McKenzie 800-669-5613
■ Indiana
■ Ontario
Amos-Hill Associates, Inc.
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”
■ Quebec
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
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
COLDWATER VENEER, INC. WEST POINT VENEER Veneer Showroom/Warehouse Oak ● Cherry ● Hard Maple ● Walnut Ash ● Poplar ● Imports
Manufacturer of high quality veneers. Specializing in engineering flooring blanks and stiles and rail components. Lengthwise sliced hardwood veneer and cut-to-size veneer from 1/7" to 1/50" Walnut, Cherry, Maple, Mahogany, Red & White Oak, Eastern White Pine, Hickory, Aromatic Red Cedar, Birch, V.G. Fir, Alder 300, 6e rue Nord, Daveluyville, Qc, Canada G0Z 1C0 Tel: (819) 367-3100 Fax: (819) 367-3199 placages.beaulac@beaulacfils.com www.beaulacfils.com
Jack Freese Tel: 502-767-4761 • Fax: 812-725-1169 1201 Bridgeport Road Jeffersonville, IN 47130 www.coldwaterveneer.com
CURRY VENEER SALES
1014 EAST SIXTH STREET NEW ALBANY, IN 47150 Email: bradblcveneer@gmail.com “Hands On Personalized Relationships”
Locate veneer & plywood products and services worldwide.
SUPPLIERS OF: HARDWOOD DOMESTIC VENEERS Carrying a diverse line of Cherry and Walnut to supply your every need Imported Veneers Including Recon Veneer (Veneer Style) and Rotary Okume FSC Species Available
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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY RSVP is proud to offer 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.
1285 Indianapolis Rd. • Columbus, IN 47201 Ph: 812-375-1178 • Fax: 812-375-1179 www.RSVPveneer.com
■ Minnesota
Universal Veneer Mill Corp.
BUFFALO VENEER & PLYWOOD CO. Quality Plywood, Six decades strong! Stock Panels Counter Front Panels All Thicknesses and Cores NAF, FR and MR Availability Domestic and Imported Veneers CARB P2 Certified 501 6th Ave. NE - Buffalo, MN 55313 Tel: (763)682-1822 Fax: (763)682-9769 Email: sales@buffaloveneerandplywood.com Website: www.buffaloveneerandplywood.com
Manufacturing and Sales Sliced Harwood Veneers Custom Cutting Available 1776 Tamarack Road Newark, OH 43055 Ph: (740) 522-2000 Email: info@universalveneer.com
■ Pennsylvania
■ Mississippi
■ Kentucky ESTABLISHED 1972
■ Ohio Proudly serving our clients in the hardwood plywood sheetstock, plywood component, solid wood component, face and core veneer markets for over 40 years. Looking forward to applying our worldwide knowledge and resources to help create the solution you need. inquiry@pittsburghforest.com Office: 724.969.5000 375 Valleybrook Rd, McMurray, PA 15367
Locate veneer & plywood products and services w o r l d w i d e .
■ Michigan
COLDWATER VENEER, INC.
■ Virginia
Sliced Face Veneers
WEST POINT VENEER
Oak ● Carolina Pine Cherry ● Hard Maple ● Walnut Dean Calhoun ■ Dave Counterman Don Steffey ■ Rob Taylor Randy Taylor ■ Ward Harris Tel: 517-278-5676 • Fax: 517-279-7104 548 Race Street Coldwater, MI 49036 www.coldwaterveneer.com
NEXT CLOSING: SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
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
Dimension Plywood Inc.
Custom Architectural Plywood & Face Veneers 415 Industrial Blvd. • New Albany, IN 47150 Tel: 812-944-6491 • Fax: 812-944-7421 www.dimensionhardwoods.com FSC-C041275
Manufacturer of sliced face veneers
Carolina Pine is our speciality Oak • Cherry • Walnut • Maple • Ash • Poplar
Robert van der Meulen ■ Samuel Agcanas Tel: 804-843-2900 ■ Fax: 804-843-2554 320 Dupont Street West Point, VA 23181 Custom Cutting Available Member of the Coldwater Veneer Group www.coldwaterveneer.com
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Veneer Lathe Service - All makes, models and peripherals for all end products. Installation, Laser Alignments, Retrofits, Rebuilds and Troubleshooting Peel Problem Troubleshooting and Rectification Lathe Training Seminars - Operational and Maintenance Representing: Demco Manufacturing and Doyle Tool & Gauge
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Gates Copeland 281-359-7940 • fax 866-253-7032
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“Your Success Is Our Business” Serving the Wood Products and Building Materials Industries For more than 21 years.
Custom search & recruitment services for the complete range of composite panel and related careers in the U.S., Canada and Europe. www.olsonsearch.com
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EVENTS MAY 3-5 • Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Assn. Spring Conference, Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa, Monterey, Calif. Call 703435-2900; visit hpva.org. 11-15 • Ligna: World Fair For The Forestry And Wood Industries, Hannover, Germany. Call +49 511 89-0; fax +49 511 89-32626; visit ligna.de. 31-June 3 • Composite Panel Assn. Spring meeting, Hyatt Coconut Point, Bonita Springs, Fla. Call 703-724-1128; visit compositepanel.org.
JUNE 10-12 • 33rd Forest Products & Machinery Equipment Expo, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 504443-4464; e-mail: egee@sfpa.org; visit sfpaexpo.com. 16-21 • The Vienna International Wood Products/Markets Conference, Expo & Tours, Hotel Savoyen Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Call 604-801-5996; email fredkurpiel@aol.com; visit woodmarkets.com/conference/global-conferences.
SEPTEMBER 2-4 • Wood & Bioenergy Exhibition, Conference and Fair Centre Paviljonki, Jyväskylä, Finland. Visit bioenergyevents.fi. 13-15 • Composite Panel Assn. Fall meeting, Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Call 703-724-1128; visit compositepanel.org.
OCTOBER 16-18 • APA-Engineered Wood Assn. annual meeting, The Coeur d’Alene, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Call 253-5656600; visit apawood.org. 16-18 • EWTA Info Fair, The Coeur d’Alene, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Call 253-620-7237; visit engineeredwood.org.
APRIL 2016 5-6 • Bioenergy Fuels & Products Conference & Expo, Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 334-8341170; e-mail dianne@hattonbrown.com; visit bioenergy show.com. 7-8 • Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE), Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 800-669-5613; visit pelice-expo.com. Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend.
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