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f course I understand the concerns of the wood products industry toward the new generation wood energy industry composed of industrial wood pellet and biomass power plants. Raw material is after all the lifeblood. On page six I wrote a little bit about CPA’s annual spring meeting that concluded in early June and about the Biomass Carbon Neutrality Panel Discussion that occurred in the General Session on June 2. Of the four presenters, the villain in the mix—I say that with tongue-in-cheek—was Pete Madden, the new president/CEO of Drax Biomass. The CPA crowd treated Madden quite cordially—many of them knew him from his wood products industry days; hey, the guy is a forester—but as Madden relayed some statistics on the volumes of woody biomass that will be processed at the two new Drax wood pellets plant in the South, then trucked and railed to the Drax port at Baton Rouge and shipped overseas to the Drax electricity generation plant in North Yorkshire, England, to be, dare I say it, “burned,” the collective silence was deafening. As it was when Dave Tenny, president/CEO of the National Alliance of Forest Owners, said NAFO doesn’t worry about subsidization because it’s a fact of life. CPA members do—justifiably so—a slow burn (no pun intended) over the possibility that the renewable (wood) energy industry either here or abroad might be reaping a financial advantage because of some government’s “good” intentions. I may have to side with Tenny on this one. It is a “renewable energy” world we live in, at least at the moment, and most politicians are going to ride that horse. Anyway, subsidization rears it heads all around us. Look at the number of MDF and particleboard mills in Canada, for example, which rely on chips and sawdust, which farther upstream came from the logs that the provincial governments set extremely low stumpage rates for—so low in fact that U.S. lumbermen have been contesting this form of Canadian subsidization for decades, because with-
out the competitive cost of logs, Canadian softwood lumber undercuts prices for U.S. softwood lumber in U.S. markets. At least that’s one side of the story. Another presenter was Laszlo Dory, outgoing chairman of the European Panel Federation. He provided some information on the Euro approach to renewable energy, but the one statement that really knocked my socks off was, “Compared to current coal-fired electricity plants in North America, wood biomass power plants emit up to 150% more climate disrupting CO2.” Madden of Drax took exception to it, and said 150% was nowhere-in-theballpark close. Later on, I looked to see what the source was for this 150%, and it was Greenpeace Canada. When a panel industry spokesperson starts using Greenpeace as a source of information, I know the world is ending soon. The other participant was Jim Bowyer of Dovetail Partners, who had a great presentation on the Forest Dynamics of Carbon. He made statements that you wish you could remember at the next dinner party, such as: “Emissions of CO2 from fossil fuel combustion, with contributions from cement manufacture, are responsible for more than 75% of the increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration since pre-industrial times.” He also said that comparable peaks in carbon dioxide concentration and temperature over the last 400,000 years means there’s a correlation. But he added, “Nobody knows for sure what the effect of increased carbon in the atmosphere is going to be,” but that it will probably be “significant and adverse.” Thanks go to CPA for hosting this insightful discussion. PW RICH DONNELL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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VENEER • PLYWOOD • COMPOSITES • ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS • LAMINATES
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COVER: Louisiana-Pacific has a good hardboard thing going at the long-running operation in Roaring River, NC. Story begins on PAGE 10. (Jessica Johnson photo)
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CPA ADDRESSES ECONOMY, BIOMASS
The best attendance since 2007 turned out for the Composite Panel Assn. annual spring meeting held May 31-June 2 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort at Bonita Springs, Fla. The North America MDF, particleboard and hardboard industries are striving to bring annual shipments closer to capacity, the latter of which was 8.654MMSF as of the beginning of this year, representing 35 particleboard mills, 22 MDF plants, and eight hardboard and engineered wood siding plants. However, it was noted that three new MDF plants (Masisa, Duraplay de Parral and Pro MDF) will go live in Mexico in the next 18 months. Economist Dr. Bill Conerly led off the keynote session addressing The Economic Outlook for Building Materials: New Opportunities and Risks in the Evolving Business Cycle. It won’t be a boom, Conerly said of the economy in
the next two years, but it will get better, pointing to U.S. real GDP growth of about 3% in 2016 from its current level of less than 2.5%. Conerly said housing starts should increase to 1.2 million in 2016, before higher interest rates stall the growth, at which time a surge in remodeling business will surface. He said higher interest rates stem from the Federal Reserve Board’s concern over inflation, and rates could increase 1.5% per year, possibly beginning this September depending on the strength of the economic data at that time. If the data shows a weakening, however, the Fed will wait. He said the Fed must worry about raising rates too soon, possibly sending the economy into a mild recession, or waiting too long to raise rates, which could cause a more severe recession in 2018-2019. Conerly said a recent Wall Street Journal survey indicated that the risk of recession is at 12%. CPA continues to address woody biomass chain of supply and the dynam-
ics of the new generation of wood energy pellet and biomass power plants. Biomass Carbon Neutrality was the subject of a panel discussion moderated by Kelly Shotbolt, president of Arauco North America. CPA especially has an issue with subsidies that encourage the direct burning of woody feedstock. And while the burning results in released carbon, the use of wood products as a building material is storing carbon. The composite panel industry has been very aggressive in challenging biomass proposals and policy that tend to distort the traditional raw material supply chain.. Shotbolt noted that “Circumstances are getting more intense as global governments find ways to reduce the greenhouse footprint. We’re not naive to the fact that wood will be part of the green energy solution. We’re aware of the benefits. We’re a long-standing industry. Our products sequester carbon. As governments intervene we will advocate the expansion of biomass supply.” The panel included Jim Bowyer of
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Dovetail Partners; Dave Tenny, president/CEO of National Alliance of Forest Owners; Pete Madden, president/CEO of Drax Biomass; and Laszlo Dory, chairman European Panel Federation. Madden noted that the Drax power station in North Yorkshire England provides about 7-8% of UK electricity with six turbines, each generating more than 600 MW. He said the company has answered UK directives and incentive for renewable energy by convering two of those turbines from coal to biomass, and a third one is in process, which combined would enable Drax to deliver CO2 reductions of 12 million tonnes per year. He reviewed the ongoing commissionings of new, 450,000 ton per year wood pellet plants in Gloster, Miss. and Morehouse Parish, La., along with an industrial wood pellet port facility at Baton Rouge, all of which represent a $350 million investment. Madden said the two pellet plants will each require 1 million tons of fiber per year, 80% of which will be forest
residuals (first thinnings) and 20% harvest residuals (slash). Each plant will receive 150 inbounds trucks per day delivering 3,900 tons of raw feedstock. The Mississippi plant will move 50 outbound trucks per day to the port, delivering 1,250 tons. The Louisiana plant will move an 80 car unit train (Union Pacific rail) per week 235 miles delivering 7,200 tons. Why build the plants in the U.S. South? Madden asked. He pointed to the obvious abundance of fiber and also emphasized that Drax targeted areas where there has been forest products operation closures. He noted that closed pulp/paper and OSB facilities in the Southern U.S. represents more than 28 million green tons of reduced demand for roundwood and chips, while operating and announced (and likely to happen) wood pellet facility demand will be 26 million green tons. Madden also pointed to the Drax commitment to sustainability, including forest operations auditing as well as
performance standards with regard to carbon stock, life cycle greenhouse gas savings and biodiversity protection. Madden said the size of the wood pellet market on a global scale has been overstated. “There’s not going to be hundreds of pellet mills in the South,” he said. He noted, according to forecasts, that EU demand for wood pellets may double by the end of the decade toward 25 million metric tons but then will most likely plateau.
STEMWOOD WILL CEASE OPERATIONS
StemWood, a New Albany, Ind.-based veneer and lumber operation since 1905, announced it is winding down operations over the next several months while looking for a possibe buyer. “The exodus of American furniture manufacturing to Asia and the prolonged recession in new housing have been punishing blows to our business model,” states David Wunderlin, president ➤ 54
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LOUISIANA-PACIFIC ROARING RIVER SIDING MILL THRIVES ON EXPERTISE, LONGEVITY Using an older style process, Louisiana-Pacific helps diversify its portfolio with a wet-process hardboard mill.
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BY JESSICA JOHNSON
ROARING RIVER, NC process created nearly a century ago in Mississippi, manufacturing hardboard is not new to the composite panel industry. However, some 45 years after ABTCO built the Roaring River, NC mill, Louisiana-Pacific, who acquired it in 2000, couldn’t be happier with the process and the product mix it makes. After sitting down with Operations Superintendent Wesley Stone, Plant Manager Scott Cranston and Director of Operations-Siding Greg Harrison, it’s hard not to become enthusiastic about the mill, and while they know the process might seem outdated to some, they are excited as they look toward the future of the mill. According Harrison, Roaring River is one of the key complements of the overall product offerings in the siding business for LP, allowing the company to have the ability to offer a full breadth of products, including the LP SmartSide trims and siding, as well as a growth product for the company, cedar shakes. As housing starts continue to rise, and the economy continues to improve, the team at LP is pleased about the place their product will have in the marketplace. The mill has a full capacity of 300MMSF, Stone says. The mill is equipped with two full production lines that run 24/7 and are able to make each product on each line, allowing for mill flexibility.
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PULP PROCESS The production of wet-process hardboard includes the pulping of wood chips, wet forming, pressing, baking, humidification, fabricating and finishing. But before LP can market a cedar shake pattern, or any of its other numerous siding products produced at Roaring River, the wood yard turns around 120 log trucks per day. The wood yard keeps pine and hardwoods separate, but does not take in a lot of pine. Logs are debarked and chipped using a Price System debarker and Carthage chipper. Chips are then stored in chip silos designed by Todd Hedeen Company using Laidig dischargers, before being washed to take out sugars, acids and any grime or dirt that might have been left on the log. After washing, the chips are steam pressure cooked in Bauer digesters to soften the chips for between 2-4 minutes. Once softened, the chips are con-
A paper overlay is placed on the mat to protect it.
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Boards travel over 90 ft. during the baking process.
Once boards are cut, they are conveyed to the finishing line for priming, painting and packaging.
Part of Roaring River's Management Team, from left, Wesley Stone, Scott Cranston and Scotty Mathis
veyed back through a set of Bauer refiners, with blades turning and grinding the chips into a fiber. The mill is designed to have multiple levels, so the digesters are above the refiners, allowing chips (and pulp fiber) to be conveyed between the two. Once the fiber returns to the refiners for the second time, it is about 98% moisture, and bubbles up through a headbox onto the forming line. At this point, the fiber mat is being formed into the 7/16 in. hardboard mat. During the forming process, LP adds different proprietary additives and resins to make the board properties what they need to be. As it goes down the forming line, water drains through the wire screen first by gravity and then by suction. The mat loses about 35% of its water during the forming process, and chemicals are added at different points during the forming process. The mat is then trimmed on the sides and the edges are formed. After trimming the mat is about 16.5 to 17 ft. long and a little over 4 ft. wide. It’s at this size the mats enter a multi-opening Siempelkamp press, either 24 or 26 depending on which of the two lines at Roaring River you are following, but not before a newsprint type paper overlay is placed on the mat to help protect it. Once it is ready to enter the press it is about 60% water. Press plates press specific patterns into the board, depending on the product being made. These plates are provided by Standex Engraving out of Richmond, Va. The fiber mat is compressed during the four to five minute cycle. Stone explains when the press is closed mats lose about 40% of the water, and when the board exits it is at about 20% moisture content. Once the press cycle has been completed, boards are conveyed out into buggies, but not yet cut. The mill has the capability to press multiple products using a single press cycle, but usually only presses seven or eight designs at a time. Stone says the press is driven 100% by customer order. Presses are heated using one gas fired boiler and two wood fired boilers using bark from the roundwood and some chips purchased from the outside; plus sawmill dust as well. Roaring River generates most of the wood needed to heat it. The buggies then take the pressed boards to Moore Oregon bake ovens, which take the boards to bone dry; after traveling the length of the oven, over 90 ft. with nine different temperature zones. Stone says using the nine different zones help keep board proper-
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ties where they should be. Lightheartedly, he says, “We don’t want to zap it all at once.” After the ovens the boards are then re-humidified. The humidifying chambers are equipped with misters, which introduce water back into the board. “We want the board to come out to 68% moisture content,” Stone says. From this point boards are conveyed from the buggies, grouped by SKU, to the priming and finishing lines and depending on what the customer order is, it might be a panel or it might be trim. Everything made at Roaring River, with the exception of one product, is primed Grouping like products allows operators in the finishing line to set the saws for one pattern at a time, streamlining the cutting process. After the boards are cut, gas-fired ovens bring the temperature up a small amount to prep them for priming. Boards are both roll coated and curtain coated with primer before returning to the gas-fired ovens to dry. Stone explains the second pass through the ovens also cures the primer. An inspector checks the boards for imperfections before packaging. The LP
name and is mostly used on single-family residences or DIY projects like sheds. “It’s a versatile product but I am constantly amazed at the ways people use it,” he says. The mill goes down two weeks in the fall to do regular maintenance work, ensuring it is ready for the winter. Additionally, most capital projects are completed during the scheduled outage. As part of the LP portfolio, Roaring River has a capital budget every year, and Stone says it’s driven by the needs of the market and the needs of the mill. He says the projects run the gamut, with the most recent being re-tubing the woodfired boilers.
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The mill has a capacity of 300MMSF.
shroud is placed and product is shipped both by rail and by truck to customers. Harrison reports that the majority of Roaring River’s production is headed to big box retailers under the LP brand
Stone and Cranston are pieces of the management puzzle at Roaring River, supported by Log Yard Superintendent, Robbie Caudill, Manufacturing Superintendent (through the presses and ovens) Shanda Gentry, Fabrication/Finishing Superintendent, Scotty Mathis, and Maintenance Superintendent, Larry Johnson. As with many of Louisiana-Pacific’s mills, Roaring River is hyper-focused
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on safety and the well-being of As is the LP standard, plant employees. The mill emRoaring River has both safeploys around 330, and it is exty committees and subcomtremely important to managemittees, composed of hourly ment everyone goes home the employees and managers. way they came into work—and The committees hear what that’s safe. In fact, in February, general concerns are and the mill celebrated half a mildiscuss possible solutions, lion safe man-hours. Stone was while safety subcommittees on hand at the recent Composaddress a specific area (like ite Panel Assn.’s annual meethand safety). Stone says the ing to accept a safety award on mill over the years has had behalf of LP for Class II Safety Roaring River purchases logs and chips the wood themselves. good years and bad years as Achievement. far as recordables, and “Our total incident rate is less than One large point of pride LP has in resometimes employees don’t make the one. When you have this many employdecisions that need to be made, but gard to the Roaring River location is the ees in this industry, that’s pretty good, overall the programs are very successdeep-rooted family values of the mill. but not good enough. LP strives to creful, especially over the last few years. Harrison explains, “A lot of families ate an Injury Free Culture. Every year The mill just recently was recommendhave come through the plant. Some the North Carolina Department of Labor ed for re-approval in the Carolina Star grandfathers, fathers and sons have all recognizes this mill as one of the mills Program. Carolina Star is the North come in here as a place to work.” that is below the industry threshold,” He believes one reason why the plant Carolina version of OSHA VPP. Stone says proudly. sees a lot of generational employees is Harrison says, “What makes this He reports the majority of the workbecause of the strong safety programs. He plant special is the employee base. We force is very seasoned, and many have make a good quality product that is used says, “When employees own the safety seniority of 30-plus years. On the flip in the different segments for LP, but it’s program, that’s when you have a good side, the day Panel World visited, some all about the people. People are what safety program. This team really supports operators were also going through first drive it, what makes it stand out. It’s a it. We encourage all our employees to be day orientation, so it’s a very seasoned very humble group that always is open a safety manager first, then perform their PW but diverse workforce. to new ideas.” regular job responsibilities.”
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NEW DRYER INSTALLATION FOR MURPHY BOOSTS ABILITY TO MERCHANDISE MORE EFFICIENTLY New dryer line adds to Murphy Company’s veneer merchandising prowess and efficiency.
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BY DAN SHELL
WHITE CITY, Ore. dozen years after acquiring a veneer plant here in southern Oregon that put the company back in the peeling business, Murphy Co. has made a big investment in drying capacity that has boosted production, efficiency and merchandising capability. The White City plant’s new dryer line includes a 20-section, gas-fired Raute dryer, a Mecano VDA-S grade scanning and defect detection system, a Mecano MVA moisture detection system using new microwave-based moisture detection technology, a Metriguard 2655 DFX veneer tester and a Raute 12bin dry veneer stacker. Though the debarking and bucking lines were upgraded soon after the plant purchase, the new dryer line is Murphy’s largest operational investment at White City and plays a big role in supplying raw material to Murphy Co.’s softwood plywood plant in Rogue River, LVL plant in Sutherlin and hardwood plywood plant at company headquarters in Eugene. In 2005, the company flagship plywood plant in Sutherlin was destroyed by fire, and was replaced in 2008 with a stateof-the-art LVL plant. In the meantime, between the fire and LVL plant startup, the company acquired Georgia-Pacific’s Eugene hardwood plywood plant and a veneer plant in Elma, Wash. from Weyerhaeuser. In 2010, Murphy bought the shuttered Panel Products plywood plant in Rogue River, Ore. It was reconditioned and restarted in 2011. Most recently, Murphy Co. completed a significant purchase of timberlands in southern Oregon from an institutional investment owner. Processing the variety of species and log sizes characteristic of timber stands in the region requires a flexible and efficient processing plant. The recent improvements at White City put the plant in a better competitive posi-
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Microwave-based moisture detection provides accurate “map” of each sheet's moisture content and distribution.
White City plant provides veneer for Murphy's LVL and plywood layup plants.
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Raute’s pre-fab approach greatly reduced installation time; note I-beam mounts that make cleaning, maintenance much easier.
tion. (The plant also recently installed a Nicholson A1 35 in. debarker to process more of the larger diameter logs that had previously been sold on the open market.) “Adding the hardwood mill changed the role of the White City plant,” says Bill Thompson, Murphy Co. site engineer who worked on the White City dryer project and a similar dryer project at Murphy’s LVL plant in 2007. “We sold more veneer on the outside prior to buying the hardwood plywood mill and starting the LVL plant. Now we’ve added the Rogue River plant and a great deal of our veneer is used in-house, but we still merchandise veneer to its fullest.” Prior to installing the new dryer, the plant was operating a vintage Coe M62 jet dryer that fed to a roundtable, with veneer pulled by hand. Efficient merchandising was a challenge to say the least. The configuration meant a significant amount of wide sheets were sold green. All 53 in. wide sheets produced at White City are dried inhouse, while most of the residual is trucked to the Rogue River plant for drying. The White City output is shipped to Murphy’s three layup plants: Eugene (hardwood plywood), Sutherlin (LVL) and Rogue River (softwood plywood).. “There’s still a small amount that’s sold green, but the big thing is we’re not hauling water up I-5 anymore,” Thompson says. “Even though the Rogue River plant is fairly close, getting the water out of the wood and doing most of the drying here has its advantages.”
PROJECT Murphy Plywood’s in-house engineering staff worked with Evergreen Engineering on design and blueprint work for the dryer project. Murphy ordered the dryer mid-2013, and the Merchandising for highest value is a Murphy Co. specialty.
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Metriguard 2655 DFX Veneer Tester
new system was online in August 2014. Noting that most involved with the project had some experience with a similar drying system at the Sutherlin plant, White City Plant Manager Scott Prowell says working with Raute’s extensive pre-fab process went well. “Once we
got the product here, it cut the install time in half,” he says. “The moisture meter was a new device for us, and presented a bit of a learning curve,” Prowell says of the system. It has a sensor composed of a strip line resonator and two center conductors, with
veneer flowing between the conductors. Microwaves passing through the veneer between the conductors are affected by moisture in the sheets and correlated to overall MC per sheet. The technology is “very accurate,” according to Thompson, and also allows “mapping” of moisture distribution within the sheet. According to Raute North America Sr. Vice President Martin Murphy, the microwave technology enables measurement of actual moisture in the sheet and not just moisture on the surface. While conventional brush-type systems have trouble with moisture contents below 10%, he says, the microwave technology provides accurate readings down to less than 1% moisture content. “Using this data is important, and knowing where the moisture is located within the sheet is vital information for dryer feedback and speed control,” he adds. According to Prowell, there’s always a learning curve with the Mecano VDAS grade scanning and defect detection system “because it depends on what you want it to do, so it has to be programmed” with in-house parameters, grade and defect specifics and any pro-
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Raute 12 bin stacker feeds to a Samuel Strapping machine, right, that provides a custom shipping solution for Murphy Co.
prietary grade information, he says. Experience with a similar system at the LVL plant helped in the White City installation, Prowell says. “We adjusted the grade scanner pretty well and got it tuned in from the start, then did a lot of tweaking when we fired up the dryer, working with our supervisors and quality control people here and also with
Raute on fine tuning,” he explains. The White City plant peels all thicknesses (.100 to .200). Species include Douglas fir, white fir and ponderosa pine. The 8 ft. lathe is a Premier base with Coe improvements, including x-y charger, backup roll and big bar with hydraulic knife. The lathe feeds to a Raute clipper and Durand green stacker with strip tray.
Thompson notes with the new dryer and all other projects, for that matter, “Just because you’ve started up, it doesn’t mean you’re finished with it.” He emphasizes: “As you learn more about it, you figure out how to make it work better and exceed your expectations. In this business you never stop PW learning.”
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IMPROVED AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES GREET WORLDWIDE PRODUCERS AT LIGNA 2015 Equipment exhibitors give it their all for five days at the biennial wood industry fair. BY RICH DONNELL
HANNOVER, Germany he primary production panel equipment manufacturers may be moving out of Ligna’s Hall 27 (as the show organizers have announced as part of a new layout plan), but the last time in 27 was one to remember, as an overall stronger world economy encouraged a mood of enthusiasm and generated significant project discussion and development. More than 96,000 visitors—about 40,000 from outside of Germany—and 1,567 exhibitors—on 340,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space—participated in the Ligna 2015 trade fair for the woodworking industries held May 11-15 at the exhibition center here. The top visitor nations outside of Germany were Austria, France, Italy, United States, Great Britain, Russia, Belgium, Poland, Sweden, China and Brazil. Nobody keeps a count on how many people actually visit which machinery halls, but the activity in Hall 27 was never lacking, as observed by representatives of Panel World magazine, which exhibited for the fifth consecutive time at Ligna. Following are the observations from some (certainly not all) of the exhibitors familiar to Panel World. Look for additional post-show reports in future issues of Panel World. IMAL-PAL group spokesmen said the
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2015 edition of the international Ligna show ended on a very successful note. The 600 m² plus exhibition area attracted a large number of visitors. More than 50 of the group’s Sales & Technical managers spent all five days of the show engaged in meetings with customers to discuss ongoing and new projects, while at the same time sealing some major sales contracts to further support the rise in sales forecast for 2015. IMAL-PAL presented its latest DYNASTEAMPRESS generation—“the only continuous press in the world that is able to produce over 25% more than a standard press of the same length, through the application of steam,” the company states.
In addition IMAL-PAL promoted its Hi-Jet high pressure resination system for MDF, PB and OSB; a full range of EC standard compliant laboratory equipment; all kinds of on line quality controls such as the Full Control Blister detector, the Cyclops—an “eye” which is able to detect contaminants in recycled material; the SRC knife flaker that can process up to 15 ton/h of flakes; the MSG mill for dry material equipped with an hydraulic system that changes the ring in just eight minutes. The company has also entered the wood bioenergy industry and displayed its large Dynapellet press, which is capable of processing up to 12 ton/h of pellets.
USNR was two-dozen strong at Ligna.
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Argos presented its latest high-tech solutions for automatic grading and repair of wood panels, especially plywood, and was able to report on successful installations. The first Argos line to the UPM plywood mill was installed in 2011, resulting in a second line installation at UPM in 2013. CMPC in Chile followed with two large capacity-repairing lines, which were installed in 2013/2014. At Ligna, Argos also launched a new generation grading system for decorative panels as well as a combined detection system for in-line detection of chatter marks and thickness measurement. “The interest and feedback for these systems was overwhelming and the company has already had detailed discussions with global leading companies within furniture and integrated wood panel companies about new projects,” according to Tor Gustavsen. The Chatter mark detection system is a world first solution for in-line detection of chatter mark and several visitors requested budget quotes during the show, he added. Argos’ new generation grading system for decorative surfaces will cover all full-size panels as well as furniture components. As a direct result of the Ligna introduction, Argos has been invited to present its solutions to several major furniture companies in Europe. The number of visitors was especially strong from central Europe and SE Asia, but also customers in North America were represented in good numbers at the Argos display. Always a very visible figure at Ligna, Siempelkamp emphasized a number of technologies, including improvements to its Generation 8 ContiRoll continuous press. Since introducing Generation 8 at Ligna in 2011, Siempelkamp reports it has sold 19 of the presses. An update in Generation 8 was an additional row of cylinders in the calibration section, which makes the surface pressure in the transverse direction even more consistent. Siempelkamp’s ContiRoll is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its success story. Immediately after its market launch in 1985, it quickly established itself as a leading system for the continuous production of wood-based panels. Siempelkamp received 17 orders for the ContiRoll by September of 1986. Worldwide, Siempelkamp sold a total of 47 systems in 16 countries during 1984 to 1989, with 39 of these going to the wood-based panel industry. ➤ 32
IMAL-PAL discussed numerous technologies, including steam injection.
GreCon showed its surface inspection technology.
Dieffenbacher introduced an enhanced continuous press.
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The system was first used for the production of OSB in 1997. Siempelamp had plenty of other technologies to talk about during Ligna. One was the process control and optimization system, Prod-IQ Next. In the self-optimizing plant of the future, customers will only have to specify the product they want to produce, its characteristics and quantity. The rest is fully automated— from the change to the desired product, to online quality control, to the change to the next product on completion of a production order. The goal of Prod-IQ Next is the further development of the online quality control system into a superordinate control loop, which configures the system to optimize costs and simultaneously ensures the desired board properties—without the need for operator intervention. Siempelkamp also addressed its mat steam preheater, ContiBooster. The ContiBooster heats up to 40% of the mat before the press. In order to achieve this effect, the Siempelkamp specialists have replaced the intermediate belt in the press infeed section with a steampermeable wire-mesh belt. Steam boxes attached above and below the wiremesh belt use overpressure to inject up to 500 kg/h of saturated steam into each mat surface layer and thereby heat up to 40% of the mat. The steam boxes can also be pulled out to the side for easy maintenance. Siempelkamp in cooperation with its Italian subsidiary CMC Texpan has developed the wind former Ecoformer SL (Surface Layer), said to reduce the use of materials by up to 5% compared to conventional systems in particleboard production. Siempelkamp also developed the Ecoresinator P in cooperation with subsidiary CMC Texpan. With the Ecoresinator P, the core-layer particleboard material is first divided and then sprayed with a fine glue mist from the inside and outside using special nozzles with optimum pressure that are installed offset and opposite to each other. The system is currently in further development at a Siempelkamp customer site in Central Europe. Two other systems have already been sold. Siempelkamp has also developed the Ecodrive drive system to power its ContiRoll discharge drums. Consisting of an energy-efficient electric motor and twostage gearbox, the powerful system is suitable for all ContiRoll models. Hashimoto regularly participates in Ligna and sees the event as an opportu-
Siempelkamp revealed the future of quality control.
nity to meet global business partners and friends. The company emphasized its lathe line and veneer composer machinery and technologies. “Confronting new challenges based on real demand is another aspect we cherish,” Tokuritsu Ishihara stated. ‘We plan to stay as an exhibitor for the time being. It was an exciting show.” Ligna was very positive for Fezer, with the number of visitors very good, but most important was the good quality, according to Commercial Director Gustavo Rene Mostiack “We had several customers coming with new projects and also a good number of new leads, which will for sure bring new contracts for the future. Majority of good contacts remain in Eastern Europe, but we also noticed a good number of South American visitors.” The company’s XY charger received considerable interest due to its advantages in wood recovery. “We see potential customers not only
for delivery of XY chargers with our peeling lines, but also for retrofitting outdated lines from competition,” Mostiack said. Ligna was a success for USNR, generating several project leads and requests for quotations, according to senior marketing associate Sonia Perrine. USNR’s 6-deck jet dryer was on display, represented by a real-world 3D model under glass, supplemented by a 3D animation detailing the operation of the Automatic Dryer Exhaust Control (ADEC) system. The display was met with enthusiasm and led to lengthy meetings on new project possibilities. Prospects from Russia, Brazil and the Southern United States seemed particularly interested in USNR’s panel technologies, discussing future lathe, dryer and press projects. Steel belt manufacturer Berndorf Band found a lot of interest in registered embossed surfaces with endless steel
Grenzebach demonstrated warehouse logistics automation.
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Sandvik’s exhibit provided a relaxing environment.
belts. An eyecatcher was the laminate floor on the booth. Clients also inquired about Berndorf’s extensive range of service programs. Dieffenbacher made official at Ligna the introduction of its CPS+ continuous press. It combines the advantages of the Dieffenbacher CPS press and its subsidiary SWPM ContiPlus press, which between the two have sold nearly 200 presses. Adopting technology from the ContiPlus, in the CPS+ the cylinders are pre-installed in the upper frame assembly, a modular design which offers reduced maintenance and repair times, and extension of the press with minimal downtime. The arrangement of the differential (push-pull) cylinders is friendlier to optimized press operation and adjustment for thin board. Metro-Ply of Thailand ordered a particleboard plant from Dieffenbacher in late April and included the new CPS+ (265-40.5) press as part of the scope of
EWS Conti-Sound blow detection equipment
supply. In addition to the Metro-Ply order, Dieffenbacher reported orders for MDF plants in Brazil (Floraplac) and China (Bazhou Guangyang), both with continuous presses, and Corrigan OSB (RoyOMartin) in Corrigan, Texas, which will operate a 14-opening press. Also at Ligna Dieffenbacher announced its engagement in concepts and supporting machinery for alternate raw materials-based plants, such as bamboo, bagasse, straw and recycled wood. The company pointed to a cooperative project with Chinese chemical company, Wanhua, in which boards will be produced using straw residue that can no longer be burned on the fields after harvest due to government guidelines. Dieffenbacher also reported it has signed a cooperation and licensing agreement with Binos to jointly develop and market forming technologies and products such as the Binos segmented scalper.
Electronic Wood Systems introduced technical improvements of quality control systems and a new spark detection and extinguishing system. The new generation of SDES works with 30% less water using a newly designed spring loaded nozzle (patent pending) and requires 50% less cabling for installation, according to the company. In addition the company displayed a new blow detection system. An attached air knife device produces an airstream below the panel which stabilizes the ultrasonic signal through the hot panel. This results in a more effective analysis of panel property changes and early warning functions. Another highlight was a new area weight gauge—Mass-Scan X Multi Energy—which utilizes X-ray technology. The system is located on the mat before the hot press. Although the new continuous and non-contact panel scale Conti-Scale X has been on the market with great success since Ligna 2013, it attracted many visitors again this year. It is also based on X-ray technology and located after the hot press. It not only evaluates the scale weight, but also the area weight distribution of the finished panel. Only a space of 300 mm (1 ft.) in the conveyor is required for installation. “The management, technology and application team members of EWS were overwhelmed by the success of the best Ligna ever,” reported Hans-Peter Kleinschmidt, pointing to a large number of visitors keen to invest in quality measuring technology. The company also welcomed visitors to its R&D center and production facilities in Hamelin, which is only 40 minutes south of the Ligna fairgrounds. Merritt enjoyed a successful week at Ligna with a steady flow of visitors to its booth each day. Merritt’s newly patented FlitchPrep machine for automatic cleaning of veneer flitches generated the most interest, according to principal Anna McCann. The company has three machines installed in the U.S., with several new leads at Ligna from both the U.S. and E.U. “Despite fewer Americans visitors than in previous years, a sale to a U.S. customer was closed on the last day of the fair,” McCann said. Merritt co-exhibited with Meinan Machinery of Japan, which two years ago at Ligna attracted significant attention operating its green veneer composer, but which was too busy with orders this year to build a machine for exhibit. PanelWorld • JULY 2015 • 33
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Meinan garnered several leads for its veneer lathe line with automatic stacking and green composing. The company has several lines operating in North America with two lines to be installed during the next 12 months. Hexion Inc. Forest Products Div. (formerly Momentive Specialty Chemicals) exhibited under its recently announced new name for the first time and reported a great event. Hexion associates from five continents were in the booth ready to answer questions from visitors around the world. The majority of visitors came from Latin America, North America and Europe. Hymmen stood tall on digitally printed, liquid coated flooring. Hexion explained to visitors how it is leveraging the efficiency of its technoloend products were also on display, with electrically heated presses. gies to different global markets, and how the biggest sample a neo-design flooring Panel repair was another area of emit is operating in a sustainable way. from Classen that covered the whole prephasis for Raute, which promoted its Hexion Inc. is a leading global source sentation area of the booth. It was digitalMecano VDA color and 3D defect anafor adhesives, resins, formaldehyde, ly printed and finished by liquid coating lyzer as part of its automatic repairing melamine and derivatives. The compalines from Hymmen. line. The Arauco Nueva Aleda softny is bringing online three formaldehyMuch interest was focused on Hymwood plywood mill features two repairde facilities this year and next men’s combination of industrial digital ing lines with a common platform for LIMAB reported it had its best Ligna printing and double belt pressing techtwo operators in between. ever with 200 leads from around the nology, which produces extra-thin lamiRaute continues to gain business in world, according to Stefan Jerrelid, nate (less than 0.1 mm thick). the LVL sector, with four LVL mill orbusiness area manager. He said visitors The Calander Coating Inert (CCI) for ders placed during the last four years. from the U.S., Canada, Germany, other production of mirror-gloss surfaces as Steel press belt manufacturer Sandvik European countries and Asian countries, well as different grades of matt surfaces again emphasized its encompassing seras well as Turkey and South America with anti-finger-print attracted many cusvice programs to its customers. Sandvik frequented the booth. A lot of plywood tomers. Well known companies of the also revealed a new company, Sandvik producers, MDF, particleboard and woodworking industry (e.g. Egger and TPS, for the manufacture of double belt some OSB producers were on hand, as Borg) count on this Hymmen technology. presses, including the CombiPress, which well as number of fiber cement board Raute talked about its new moduleoptimizes the use of steel belt technology producers and laminates producers based green veneer composing line, inin combination with Teflon-coated belts “Our PanelProfiler non-contact thickcluding automatic defect clipping with during the pressing process, which can ness measurement system is gaining more machine vision based defect analysis significantly lower material costs and reand more popularity, with increasing deand composing, sheet clipping and duce energy consumption. TPS is a longmands on accuracy and low maintenance stacking. The aligned and clipped vetime double belt press manufacturer. costs,” Jerrelid said. “We have sent out neers are jointed with tape applied on Steinemann Technology announced its many quotes since the show end, both for both sides of the veneer with the aid of Quartz Circle service partner program. It hot projects and budget quotes involves three status levels for next year’s CAPEX.” Some (Gold, Silver, Bronze) based on machine builders showed intercustomer usage of Steinemann est in including PanelProfiler in sprint inserts, belts and parts. their lines. Steinemann also promoted Hymmen received more new capabilities of its Satos than 200 qualified leads from sander, including contact drum Europe, North and South adjustment and automatic belt America, Russia, Australia oscillation retrofit packages. and Asia, according to Dr. Biele’s Commercial DirecRené Pankoke, CEO and tor, Jesús Tellería, commented president of Hymmen. that Ligna was very positive for Hymmen showed films of Biele mainly due to the signfimachinery and plants from cusciant number of customers vistomer production sites, with iting with new projects, and emphasis on industrial printing also because that the quality of lines, double belt presses, short these projects was very high. cycle presses, multi-opening “One of our main goals that presses, liquid coating lines has been successfully reached and the Calander Coating Inert was to extend the message onto (CCI) technology. Samples of Raute emphasized several products and service support. the market about Biele as an in34 • JULY 2015 • PanelWorld
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natural oil. The companies plan to set up a demonstration plant in Norway. Chemisol promoted its hardener for MF resins, UF resins and additives for paper impregnation among numerous other products. Ventek was on hand to promote its growing list of products and technologies—green end (such as the multi point diverter) and dry end (dryer speed management, moisture control measurement and grade scanning). Ventek’s Chris Van Ackeren said customers from North America and worldwide were on hand and interested in Ventek’s systemSteinemann exhibition had a sense of geology. atic applications. A new development at Ligna, and a tegrator and as a turnkey projects develexperience in preventive fire protection, big success, was the Wood Industry oper along with our ability to manufacFirefly noted it is the first company in Summit in Hall 13. It offered presentatiture customized hydraulic presses under the world to be FM approved for spark ons and discussion with a theme of inthe name of Marzola,” Tellería said. detection/extinguishing systems and ternational business development. Panel The company’s range of innovations showed its detection technologies that World magazine and Hatton-Brown Puintroduced in press manufacturing, to complement critical ignition temperablishers, Inc. was a media partner for veneer handling, to packaging solutions ture and energy factors. this ongoing event. were very much appreciated by the cusPallmann presented several new prodHotly rumored during the week of the tomers, he said, adding, “We are alucts, including a disc chipper, PHS30/12, fair, and which became a reality at ready getting a good feedback in terms for upper performance range of 75-90 t/h show’s end, was the announcement of new projects.” bone dry; and a knife ring flaker, PZSC from Ligna officials that the next Ligna, “Ligna 2015 was very successful; 16-600, for higher capacities. May 22-26, 2017, will feature a revamright from the beginning it exceeded our Pallmann has upgraded its service ped “visitor-centric” layout. expectations,” commented Stephan center for North American customers The main changes for the next Ligna Zimmermann, president and CEO of from its facility at Charlotte, NC. “We are as follows: GreCon Inc. “The number of visitors are now in a position to recondition Wood-Based Panel Production Techcoming from Asia and America was even bigger wear parts at the Charlotte nology exhibits will be in Hall 26 (mopleasingly high.” service center,” said Rolf Gren, general ving from Hall 27), in close proximity He pointed to GreCon innovations manager, Pallmann Industries USA. to the Surface Technology exhibits in such as the new wood chips separator In addition, Pallmann announced it Hall 17. l The majority of exhibitors of Solid “GreCon CHIPINSPECTOR” and has joined forces with Standard Bio to Wood Processing machines will be locathe panel forming optimization technolodevelop technologies and process for ted in Hall 27, adjacent the Sawmill gy “GreCon FORMATOR” as receiving briquette production and natural oil Technology exhibits in Hall 25. The cloparticular interest. “Ligna once again conbyproduct. At its heart is a high-pressely related Timber Construction displays firmed its reputation as the woodworksure wood press capable of producing will next door in Hall 13. ing industries leading trade show,” Zimcompressed wood along with barrels of l The Automation Technomermann said. logy exhibits will have their Todd Kurle and Phil Wolfe own display category and be of Metriguard were very given greater prominence in pleased with the attendance the centrally located Hall 16. and traffic at the Ligna “Visitors will find it easier show. “It’s a great event for and more efficient to navigate us to meet with European prothan ever before,” an official ducers and particularly effeccommented. tive for us to learn about upThe new layout means that coming projects in Eastern nearly all regular exhibitors Europe,” Kurle said. “Interest will be relocated. To allow in our veneer testers to proplenty of time to work with duce laminated veneer lumber exhibitors on finding the best (LVL) and structural plywood possible locations for their is particularly strong as imstands, the fair’s organizers, provements in the overall Deutsche Messe and the Gereconomy and the construction man Woodworking Machinery markets continue.” Manufacturer’s Assn., have Firefly had booths in both extended the timeframe for the Hall 27 and Hall 13. Promoting its more than 40 years of Pallmann gave the press a look at new wood bioenergy venture. space allocation process. PW PanelWorld • JULY 2015 • 35
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PROJECTS ROSEBURG IMPLEMENTS REPAIR LINE AT COQUILLE
Two Goldeneye 600 scanners and two complete Speedfiller lines by Fill have been delivered to Roseburg’s plywood operation in Coquille, Ore. The detecting and repairing solution has been developed according to the APA rules in longitudinal feeding. Thanks to a very high
resolution the detection of the position and the size of each defect recognized by the Microtec Goldeneye 600 scanner is extremely accurate, according to the participants. The multi-sensor scanner is created as a modular solution, which is precalibrated with all the customer’s needs and settings according to production requirements. The Goldeneye scanner detects defects such as cracks, knots, resin pockets and more with high precision. Glue spots and roughness are filtered and the size and position of the defects is transferred to the two repair stations. Thanks as well to the very accurate positioning of the Fill Speedfiller system, each defect is routed and/or filled right where it needs to be repaired, also delivering significant savings on putty consumption. A highly dynamic
control system enables the synchronization of the processing axis to the vacuum conveyor. The lightweight axes in the repair station allows very fast movement to the defect location. The conveying system holds the panels securely with suction cups and only releases the panel after the repair process. “Our needs were perfectly understood by Fill and Microtec, so we have been very satisfied with the entire process of development of the project. We are pleased to have a great cooperation also for the future,” states Bob Jewell, director of Manufacturing, Roseburg.
BOISE TO INSTALL USNR DRYER AT FLORIEN Boise Cascade is investing in a new USNR 6-deck, 21-section veneer dryer for its southern pine plywood manufacturing plant in Florien, La. The new drying system will feature Automatic Dryer Exhaust Control (ADEC) and Cooler Pressure Balance Control, as well as a
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fully insulated steel floor. The dryer will be commissioned in mid 2016.
METRO-PLY ORDERS DIEFFENBACHER CPS+ The largest wood-based panel manufacturer in Thailand, Metro-Ply Group, awarded the core package of a particle-
board plant to Dieffenbacher. The scope of supply includes the forming line including air spreading system with roller deck for surface layers and a new CPS+ continuous press. The new CPS+ combines proven technology such as the double hinge infeed, the Parallel Press Gap system for optimum press gaps and a modular
frame construction for easy installation with new design features. All this makes the CPS+ the most powerful press with the best production tolerances ever produced by Dieffenbacher. Metro-Ply was quickly convinced of the benefits of the CPS+ and was the first to order the new press model. “We are proud to launch the new generation of our successful CPS model in collaboration with Metro,” said Holger Ries (South-East Asia Sales) and Christian Dieffenbacher (Head of the Wood Business Unit) during the signing of the contract.
UPM PLYWOOD ORDERS MACHINERY FOR OTEPÄÄ Raute Corp. received orders worth EUR 13 million for the machinery and equipment for the expansion of the UPM Plywood mill in Otepää, Estonia. The delivery will include veneer peeling, composing and patching lines, a veneer dryer and a plywood layup line. The deal also includes machine vision and moisture analyzers and a management information system. The deliveries will take place during the spring and summer 2016. Machinery and equipment will be manufactured at Raute’s Nastola, Shanghai and Kajaani plants. The machinery and equipment ordered from Raute are part of the Otepää mill investment program, through which the annual capacity of the mill will be increased up to 90,000 m3.
NORBORD GETS MORE OUT OF WOOD CHIPS A project to reduce waste wood chip at panel manufacturer Norbord’s South Molton (Devon, UK) site has helped lower the risk of fire and, ultimately, enhanced the quality of the final wood panel product. Raw wood chip at the mill has traditionally been cleaned using air density separation where blown air helps to lift the lighter wood chip away from heavier contaminates such as stones, glass and metals. However, the team was finding the process inefficient as it was producing as much wood chip waste as heavy contaminate collection. This all had to be sent to landfill which was wasteful and expensive. The Waste Management team ➤ 46 38 • JULY 2015 • PanelWorld
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APA ANNOUNCES 2014 SAFETY AWARD WINNERS APA announced the winners of its 2014 Safety and Health awards for the North American structural panel and engineered wood industries. Anthony EACOM Inc. and LP won Safest Company awards in their respective categories, while the Innovation in Safety Award went to two winners: Weyerhaeuser of Grayling, Mich., for the EquipmentBased Innovation Award, and LP of Wilmington, NC for the Jeff Wagner Process-Based Innovation Award. LP earned top honors among companies with four or more mills, with a 2014 average Weighted Incident Rate (WIR) of 3.03. Anthony EACOM Inc., which produces I-joists, won its award in the category for companies with three or fewer mills. The company posted a perfect 0.00 WIR for 2014. The Weyerhaeuser Grayling mill’s original “Fire Hose Nozzle” equipment innovation and the Wilmington LP mill’s “Pinch Point Safety” program took top honors out of 20 Innovation in Safety Award entries. Seventy-six APA-member structural wood panel and engineered wood product facilities in the U.S., Canada, and abroad participated in the 2014 program. A total of 12 facilities representing seven APA member companies— Anthony EACOM Inc., Boise Cascade, Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd., LP, Norbord, RoyOMartin, and Weyerhaeuser—earned awards in various competition categories. Some of the mills were multiple award winners. In addition to the Safest Company and Innovation awards, other competition categories include Safety Improvement, Annual Safety and Health Honor Roll, Three-Year Safety Award, and Incident Free Honor Society. Sixteen mills achieved a zero-incident rate for the year and thus were named to the Incident Free Honor Society. The annual honor roll, three-year average, and safety improvement categories are divided into three divisions based on the type of product manufactured at the mill. The 2014 Safety and Health Awards program is coordinated through the APA Safety and Health Advisory Committee. Winning facilities and companies will be recognized and their safety accomplishments celebrated during the Chairman’s
CLIPPINGS Dinner at APA’s annual meeting in October in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. l APA’s Process-Based Innovation Award, one of two innovation awards in the Safety and Health Award program, has been named in honor of Jeff Wagner, Executive Vice President-OSB for LP, who is retiring this summer after a distinguished career in the industry. Wagner was instrumental in revitalizing the safety award program during his tenure as APA chairman in 2009-2012. He also worked with APA staff and members to create the Safety and Health Advisory Committee, which now meets regularly to share best practices and participate in educational sessions related to safety in the manufacturing environment. “Jeff brought the vision and inspiration to make the APA safety program the best in the industry. His steadfast commitment to this important program has helped the entire industry make our manufacturing facilities and workplaces better and safer places for all employees,” says Ed Elias, APA president. “It’s fitting that we remember Jeff’s dedication to safety with the Jeff Wagner Process-Based Innovation Award.”
TWO CERTIFICATION AGENCIES MERGE Two third-party certification agencies, PFS Corp. and Timberco, Inc. (TECO), have merged. PFS and TECO have been headquartered in the Madison, Wis. area since 1992, at times working out of the same building but never being part of the same company. Jim Husom, president and CEO of PFS Corp., and Steve Winistorfer, president and CEO of TECO, signed papers merging the two companies. Husom comments, “This merger combines what have been two well-respected and successful companies into one; and as one, we’ll be able to provide even more effective and efficient service to our existing clients and grow our business more than we could individually.” Adds Winistorfer, “One of my goals when I purchased TECO almost two years ago was to make this merger happen. Now that it has, I am even more excited about the future and for what we will be able to do together.” The two companies together provide certification and testing services for more PanelWorld • JULY 2015 • 41
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CLIPPINGS than a dozen different building products, including engineered wood products like LVL, I-joists, and glulam; plus SIPs (structural insulated panels), OSB, softwood and hardwood plywood, metalplate connected wood trusses, adhesives, precast concrete panels, hearth products, and construction fasteners for approximately 500 manufacturing plants. Their testing laboratories, located in Wisconsin and Oregon, perform a variety of structural tests, durability tests, formaldehyde emissions tests, and some fire tests. The PFS Manufactured Structures Div. provides design approval and factory inspections to over 120 HUD Code and modular building factories in 39 states and Canada. The companies together have offices in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Texas, California, Oregon and Wisconsin, and also operate in Canada, Europe, South America, Russia, China and Japan. The combined company’s most unique project is TECO’s ongoing work with Major League Baseball’s (MLB)
Safety and Health Advisory Committee. The Committee commissioned a group of experts in 2008 to study and recommend improvements for the perceived high rate of multiple-piece bat failures (MPFs). TECO has been involved with the implementation of the MLB Bat Supplier Program since 2009, with the goal of improving safety on and off the field through the reduction of MPFs. The program has been successful over the last seven regular seasons, with a roughly 65% reduction in the MPF rate from the 2008 to 2014 season. Visit pfscorporation.com and tecotested.com.
DRAX LEADER IS FAMILIAR TO INDUSTRY Drax Biomass announced Peter Madden as its CEO of U.S. Operations. Madden brings nearly 30 years of experience in the forestry industry and will guide the overall strategy and oversee day-to-day operations in the U.S. ➤ 48
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PALLMANN EXPANDS SERVICES AT CHARLOTTE
Pallmann, a producer of size reduction technologies, has upgraded its service center for North American customers near Charlotte, NC. “All our customers in the USA, Canada and Mexico can benefit from
the advantages that this upgrade provides,” says Rolf Gren, general manager of Pallmann Industries USA. Pallmann recommends that PZU knife rings are thoroughly checked for wear or possible damage at least every two years. Until now, that has required shipping the ring back to Pallmann’s manufacturing plant in Zweibrucken,
Germany. Now the work can be done in Charlotte more quickly and without the transatlantic freight costs. To keep repair times to a minimum, Pallmann offers users of its PZU strander a special rebuild package, under which the knife ring is first inspected while still in the strander, three months prior to the scheduled knife ring change. Any required spare parts are shipped to the Charlotte service center ahead of time, so that once the ring arrives work can start immediately.
COSTA SANDERS NA CELEBRATES 30TH In 1985 Alessandro Costa, founder of Italy’s Costa Levigatrici S.p.A., made the decision to streamline customer care in North America and founded what today is known as Costa Sanders LLC. Since that successful launch 30 years ago, Costa Sanders, under the leadership of Stefano Costa, has installed more than 1000 industrial sanding systems throughout the U.S. and Canada. Located in Archdale, NC, Costa Sanders has grown in size and scope as a sales and service organization that includes a comprehensive parts storehouse, U.S. based service technicians, professional training facilities, proficient rebuild services, and an excellent sanding laboratory in North America. Since 1985 Costa Sanders has expanded its product offering to include sanding systems and individual machine developments for a variety of industries including metal, solid surface, and large wood-based panel manufacturers.
STEINEMANN REVEALS QUARTZ CIRCLE Quartz Circle is he name chosen by Steinemann Technology for its customer loyalty program for sanding customers. Admission to the Quartz Circle gives customers numerous advantgages in consumable, spare parts and services. The program rewards customers who regularly purchase not only their sanding belts and sanding platens from Steinemann, but also their spare parts, wear parts and services, including machine upgrades. The special terms granted in the framework of the Quartz Circle are geared to the total volume of orders placed with Steinemann. 44 • JULY 2015 • PanelWorld
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38 ➤ at South Molton looked at the problem and came up with a solution: a float-sink process which would allow all the wood chip to float through the system and the contaminants to sink and be collected, followed by an eddy current separator which would further sort the contaminates into non-ferrous metals, such aluminium and copper, and other waste. The scrap metal now provides a useful source of income. As the team could not find any one piece of equipment on the market that suited their needs, they had to design and build the pre-cleaning system themselves. Engineering Projects Manager, Justin Smyth, said, “Being able to start a project like this from scratch has been a great experience and it brought a whole range of special skills together, including our in-house engineering and electrical teams, as well as involving our PLC engineer to help program the system so we can integrate and control all the processes. We also involved outside contractors to ensure compliance of safety systems
in line with PUWER regulations.” The team is now working on integrating the pre-cleaning system into the rest of the plant so that cleaned wood chip is
transported directly into the wood chip silo so increasing the capacity of the new system to meet the entire production demand.
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43 ➤ cently served as the vice president of Renewable Energy and Supply Chain for Plum Creek Timber Co. Madden began his career in forestry in 1988 as a field technician with the Westvaco Corp. in South Carolina. In 1992, he joined Georgia-Pacific Corp. where he held various positions including operations manager, procurement manager and senior financial analyst. Drax Biomass is a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Drax Group plc, a major electricity generator in the United Kingdom. Drax Biomass has constructed wood pellet manufacturing facilities in Amite, Miss. and Morehouse, La. as well as a Gulf Regional Hub storage and export facility in Baton Rouge.
to Roseburg direct from her completion of studies at Oregon State University, where she earned Bachelor of Science degrees in renewable materials marketing and in interior design. Her work experience includes a summer internship as a quality control technician at Roseburg’s Coquille plywood mill. Roseburg also named Pat Schleisman as the central planning business manager. Schleisman has a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from Amber University. Schleisman has an extensive back-
ground in the plywood industry, including several management roles with Georgia-Pacific/BlueLinx, eastern region director at Wood Products Council—U.S. Woodworks Program, strategic business development manager at Mid Columbia Lumber and various consulting and contract work assignments. The Hardwood Plywood Sales Team at Roseburg named Jodi Ellingson as a new sales assistant. She is a graduate of Roseburg High School and completed two years of study at Umpqua Community College.
ROSEBURG BEEFS UP PLYWOOD SALES TEAM Roseburg announced that Camille Chow-Moyers has joined the Softwood Plywood Inside Sales Team in the Dillard, Ore. office. Chow-Moyers comes
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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”
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■ 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
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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
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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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hardwood face veneers. The mill was under new ownership when devastated by the 1937 flood. Chet Stem purchased it and replaced it with the most advanced mill of its day. Opened on Grant Line Road in 1945, the mill has had numerous enhancements and improvements, but the basic footprint of its “new” location is unchanged. In 1989, Richard Stem (Chester’s son) retired as president after his 50 years of service to the veneer and lumber industry. He sold the mill to James Robinson and David Wunderlin, who has served as president of StemWood since that date. The operation was the cover story of the September 1999 issue of Panel World. Today, StemWood produces high quality 4⁄4 walnut, cherry, white oak and red oak lumber as well as flitch and clipped and bundled hardwood veneers in a variety of species for a worldwide market.
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