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his issue of Panel World reports on several interesting developments, one of which is EPA’s release of its “final rule” on formaldehyde emission levels for composite panels and the related certification and recordkeeping stipulations. It’s similar to the CARB rule that originated in California, to which industry is no stranger.

I printed out the 272-page ruling and made some of the editors aware it was there and invited them to digest it. Suddenly the editors all left on vacation. I suppose it should have fallen into my lap, since I have some historical perspective of the formaldehyde issue, which I didn’t dare tell them because they tend to laugh at me when I say things like that.

However I do know that the formaldehyde issue surfaced in the early 1970s when Charles Morschauser, who was the technical director of the National Particleboard Assn., told Bill Ives, who was legal counsel for the association, that someone had raised a question about whether or not because of the offgassing of formaldehyde, companies should be concerned because it might violate the federal law that prohibits the shipment of chemicals. Ives said it might be an issue but he wasn’t sure if the association wanted to tackle it yet, and so they sent a notice to all the companies that this may present an issue at some point and meanwhile to handle it individually.

Then other things happened. Some manufactured home occupants complained of irritation, leading to a 1979 study by the Chemical Industry Institute of Technology that found that over a two-year period, high levels of inhaled formaldehyde—15.0 ppm no less— caused nasal cancer in lab rats. Then Consumer Products Safety Commission investigated a few installation problems with urea formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI) used primarily as retrofit insulation in older houses; and then some lawsuits surfaced against wood panel and

UFFI suppliers and home builders that placed a stigma on the resale of houses containing UFFI; and then there was the accompanying media coverage that found the particulars too complex to delve into and caved in to environmental sound bites.

The issue turned into a major discussion in the 1980s between health scientists, regulatory agencies and industry.

The particleboard/MDF industry reacted swiftly and worked with the adhesive industry on new resin technologies in combination with improved panel manufacturing process, resulting in great reduction of formaldehyde emission. That didn’t stop HUD from entering the picture in 1985 with a regulation, and OSHA from doing the same.

The State of Minnesota became the only state that had a formaldehyde emission standard. EPA started looking at it around the same time. In 1991 EPA classified formaldehyde as a “probable human carcinogen based on limited evidence in humans and sufficient evidence in animals.”

But these things take time, and it wasn’t until 2009 when airborne toxic control measures derived by the California Air Resources Board took effect in California, followed in 2010 by U.S. House and Senate legislation directing EPA to establish a national standard, comparable to CARB, resulting in the 272-page final rule that I eventually skimmed, but by no means fully deciphered.

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ARAUCO EXPECTS TO COMPLETE NEW GRAYLING P’BOARD PLANT IN LATE 2018

The $325 million particleboard plant Arauco is constructing in Grayling, Mich. will not only be the largest single-line capacity particleboard plant in North America, but it also represents the first greenfield particleboard plant constructed on this continent since 2001, according to Arauco North America President Kelly Shotbolt.

“When completed in late 2018, it will bolster our commitment to servicing customers, especially those in the Midwest and Eastern Canada,” Shotbolt says. “We’re currently laying the groundwork needed to proceed with construction: clearing the site, securing environmental permits and hiring a management team. At the same time, we’re enjoying getting to know our Grayling neighbors. The city has been a fantastic partner and we look forward to being a member of the community and providing career opportunities for many local residents.”

Jake Elston, Vice President of Operations for Arauco North America, adds, “This is definitely one of the most exciting things many of us have ever been involved with in our careers. This mill will utilize the newest technology available in the industry. It will truly be a state-of-the-art composite panel mill.”

The entire operation will be situated on one square mile located in north cen-

tral Michigan. The plant will occupy approximately 750,000 sq. ft. under roof.

A 170-foot long by 10-foot wide Dieffenbacher continuous press line housed in it will have an annual production capacity of 424MMSF of particleboard on a ¾ in. basis.

Plans for the operation also include installation of a decorative paper impregnation system and a pair of thermally fused laminate lines sold under the company’s new Prism TFL brand.

Elston says a project milestone was recently observed when the company hired Charles Mason as a site drafter. Mason became the first of many area residents who will be hired to operate the plant.

“We’ve had our internal design team of Tex Giddens, Goran Oscarsson, Manfred Timmerman and Mike Battisti working nearly full time with our strategic planning and engineering teams in South America for over a year. As the first local employee, Charles is working with this group to come up to speed on vendor contracts and also starting to support local issues in the Grayling community,” Elston says. “We will start hiring select plant leadership and construction management personnel by the end of the year.”

Elston adds that Arauco North America will be leasing temporary office space in downtown Grayling to support employees during construction planning and building phases. The facility is expected to eventually employ 250.

Arauco has applied for environmental permits with state and local agencies. Elston says approval is expected in midAugust.

In the meantime, work has begun to remove trees and underbrush from the

KRONOSPAN PLANS $362 MILLION EXPANSION IN ALABAMA Kronospan announced plans for a $362 million expansion of its operations in Oxford, Ala. The expansion will consist of four projects: two laminate flooring and decorative paper impregnation lines; a particleboard and thermally infused laminate line; an expansion of the KronoChem resin plant; and development of a furniture cluster. Kronospan plans to hire an additional 160 persons for its workforce. Startup for the expan-

sion projects will roll out from late 2016 through 2018.

“We sincerely appreciate the State of Alabama, acting through the Dept. of Commerce, the city of Oxford and Calhoun County, for supporting our expansion project and making it a reality,” comments Tim Pack, CFO of Kronospan. Once the expansion project is completed, Kronospan will have invested $650 million and will employ more

building site, prerequisite preparations to add roads and utilities to service the plant. If all goes according to plan, groundbreaking for the plant will commence this fall after permits are issued.

“It’s a very aggressive timetable to have the plant start up by the end of 2018. When you take into account Michigan winters, that’s really only 18 to 20 months to bring a mill of this size and capacity up to fully functional.”

Elston notes that the Grayling location is ideal for the new particleboard plant for a variety of reasons. “The upper Midwest region—with the office furniture industry, RTA industry, cabinets and others—is the largest panel consuming region in North America.

Michigan is a good fit to serve this market because it has available wood fiber, including residual wood from some nearby sawmills, and is logistically closer to many significant customers that are currently being served from suppliers much farther away.”

Elston emphasizes that the use of low value fiber that is currently underutilized in the area should be a win-win for Arauco, Grayling area landowners, and the community as a whole.

The commitment to build the Grayling facility comes on the heels of an important $30 million investment to upgrade and expand the Arauco particleboard plant in Bennettsville, SC, where the company added a new drying area that increases the plant’s annual capacity by 50MMSF of raw particleboard, and also added a fast-cycle press to double the plant’s output of thermally-fused laminate panels.

(Information here was published in the Arauco North America Newsletter.)

than 270 at its Oxford operations.

Kronospan will utilize the services of the local Alabama Career Center to recruit for the expansion. Hiring will be undertaken in phases and include a job fair in the near future.

Kronospan is a leading manufacturer of wood-based panel products and related value-added products. The company is privately owned, with more than 40 manufacturing and distribution sites throughout the world.

In 2008, Kronospan started up operations at Oxford where it currently manufactures MDF, HDF and resins. Notwith-

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UPDATE standing very difficult market conditions in the housing industry, Kronospan has maintained its level of employment at the Oxford facility since startup.

In December 2015, Kronospan made another significant investment in the United States when it acquired Clarion Industries in Shippenville, Pa. Clarion Industries produces MDF, HDF and laminate flooring. The Pennsylvania operations employ 320.

HUBER SUES GP FOR INFRINGEMENT Huber Engineered Woods LLC has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC, alleging that GP’s ForceField Air and Water Barrier System infringes Huber’s patents for its ZIP System sheathing and tape products. Huber filed the lawsuit in the United States District Court of the Western District of North Carolina.

branded products, including ZIP System sheathing and tape products and AdvanTech flooring and sheathing panels. We will vigorously defend our patents against infringement.”

Since its introduction in 2006, ZIP System sheathing and tape has been used by many builders as a replacement for traditional sheathing and housewrap. The exterior wall and roof system consists of an enhanced moisture-resistant, engineered wood panel with a built-in, water-resistive, vapor permeable barrier that eliminates the need for houseHuber says GP has infringed on its ZIP System. wrap or felt. Completed with taped panel seams using ZIP Sys“For more than two decades, Huber tem flashing tape, the system helps proEngineered Woods has provided innotect construction timelines by creating vative, premium and branded solutions quick dry-in status and reducing risk of to its customers and builders,” says rework, while providing moisture protection and reduced air leakage, accordHEW President Brian Carlson. “We ing to a Huber statement. have consistently invested to develop a Specifically, Huber alleges that the broad portfolio of patents to protect our

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UPDATE ForceField products marketed by Georgia-Pacific infringe two patents when used to sheath the walls of homes during construction; that the use of multiple ForceField panels to sheath the wall of a home, when sealed together with water-resistant tape such as GP’s ForceField Seam Tape, creates a panel system that infringes the two Huber patents.

Georgia-Pacific offered the following statement in response: “Georgia-Pacific Wood Products is aware of the lawsuit filed by Huber Engineered Woods related to Georgia-Pacific’s recentlylaunched ForceField Air and Water Barrier System. As a company that respects intellectual property, Georgia-Pacific remains confident that ForceField does not violate the intellectual property rights of others, including those of Huber. Georgia-Pacific disagrees with Huber’s allegations, and intends to vigorously defend itself in this matter.”

The Huber lawsuit states that the inventions claimed in its patents were the result of years of research and develop-

ment on structural sheathing systems by Huber. “The inventions represent a leap forward in roof and/or wall structural sheathing system technology, solving several problems exhibited by other sheathing systems that rely upon house wrap or felt paper that is used with structural wood panels as part of the weatherization of buildings.”

Huber’s ZIP System sheathing was first sold in 2007. The lawsuit states that GP introduced its ForceField System in January 2016 as a competitior to Huber. “Rather than put in the time and resources necessary to independently develop a sheathing product, like HEW did, GP instead chose to take advantage of the innovative development work done by HEW,” the lawsuit states.

Interestingly, according to the lawsuit, GP hired a former Huber employee to help GP develop its product—the same person who is a named inventor on each of the Huber patents and who was involved in the development of Huber’s ZIP System sheathing and

other Huber products. The lawsuit states that this person is a named inventor on GP’s currently pending patent application for the similar product technology.

Huber Engineered Woods has OSB manufacturing operations in Maine, Georgia, Virginia and Oklahoma.

EPA FINALIZES FORMALDEHYDE Environmental Protection Assn. is publishing its 272 page final rule— Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products—under Title VI of the Toxic Substances Control Act, and it is consistent with the existing California Air Resources Board (CARB) Phase 2 formaldehyde rule, in that emissions levels remain 0.09 ppm for particleboard, 0.11 ppm for MDF, 0.13 ppm for thin MDF and 0.05 ppm for hardwood plywood made with a veneer core or a composite core.

EPA states in the ruling, ➤ 54

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IMPROVMENTS BOOST QUALITY, PRODUCTION FOR VENEER DRYING LINE AT MEDFORD PLYWOOD PLANT Timber Products Co. makes extensive investment in southern Oregon hardwood plywood facilities.

BY DAN SHELL

MEDFORD, Ore. uring the past four years, projects to boost quality, production and efficiency at Timber Products Co.’s southern Oregon panel mills have featured big investments in veneer drying, grading and handling technology at the Grants Pass and Medford plywood plants, culminating in a major drying-grading-stacking upgrade at the Medford facility along with other improvements.

In addition to boosting output and efficiency, the Medford project is cleaning up several older rooflines with a new building and has also resulted in a rearrangement of veneer handling, plugging and composing areas that has made for a more efficient mill flow as veneer is moved from dryer outfeed through layup.

The Medford project features the latest veneer drying technology from USNR, a Ventek veneer grade scanning and moisture meter system identical to the one at Grants Pass—and an innovative, first-ofits-kind stacker from Sweed Machinery that can handle 4, 8, 9 and 10 ft. veneer sheets in both 27s and 54s.

The Medford plant’s former dryer lineup included three dryers installed from 1964-66—and all were hand-fed, hand-pulled and hand-graded as they produced around 350MSF of veneer daily combined. “We knew we had to

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New USNR dryer replaced three 1960s vintage dryers while boosting output almost 30%, and along with related grading and stacking systems were part of phase 1 at Timber Products Co.’s Medford hardwood plywood plant. Phase 2, which includes building tie-in and boiler and air system upgrades, finishes later this year.

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Experience with Ventek scanning and veneer grading and moisture meter line at Grants Pass plant benefited Medford installation.

make some improvements,” says Timber Products Co. Process Controls Manager Brad Beavers, who manages capital improvements throughout the company’s operations.

Aiding the current Medford effort was a 2013 project at the Grants Pass plant that upgraded the veneer drying and grading line, and included converting to natural gas, adding new Sweed dryer loaders and unloaders, a used Coe stacker—and a Ventek automatic scanning, grading and moisture meter line.

The Grants Pass project increased the drying capacity and overall capabilities of the company’s southern Oregon regional plants. “We also did it to get more consistent grading by using the scanning system, where we were no longer having different people grading at different times, and people having good and bad days,” Beavers says. “We wanted to make our grading more routine and consistent, with better standardized grades.”

In doing so, the Grants Pass project was initiated in support of the future Medford drying, grading and stacking line project and helped shorten the learning curve on implementing the same auto grading system at the Med-

ford plant. Boosting the Grants Pass plant’s capabilities made the Medford project run smoother since Grants Pass was able to support the Medford facility as the three existing dryers were phased out and construction commenced on a large new building addition that covered the new equipment and the plant’s plugging and composing area before tying in to the existing building.

“We had to demo a lot of old building to put up the new one, and part of that was removing the dryers one at a time,” Beavers says. “In order to supplement dry veneer going to the Medford plant, we used the increased capacity we had at Grants Pass.”

Indeed, Beavers says, the two projects were undertaken initially within the same context, as company personnel planned how each plant would help the other as the projects proceeded.

The Medford plant project broke ground in September 2015, and the new dryer, grade scanner and stacker have been in production since late April this year. A second phase began in late June includes finishing the building and also installation of two new package boilers and a new air compressor system.

The plant reduced its steam require-

ments by 70% after taking out the older dryers, with the facility’s plywood and particleboard presses the only steam load now. “Every project has a ‘spiderweb effect,’” Beavers says. “We just wanted to add a new dryer and building, but as a result of that we have to modify the boilers.”

The two package boiler systems, one each for the plywood and particleboard press, provide a net emissions reduction for the plant, and an existing RTO system is handling the emissions. Also, the project allowed an opportunity to upgrade to a more energy efficient compressed air system that will lower costs.

Once finished by the end of the year, the new building will cover 90,000 sq. ft. and clean up the roof-lines and viewshed of the plant, which features a series of interconnected buildings, some as old as 1918 when they were built.

Moving the composing and plugging machines around during installation also allowed a rearrangement that makes for a more efficient material and product flow.

“We really straightened up the flow of the plant and linearized the process of green to dry to prep to layup and made it more efficient and safe, and that will be a

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Sweed’s innovative stacker features two plenums that can adjust along arbors on a frame, allowing handling of 4-8-9-10 ft. veneer sheets in both 27s and 54s. Company personnel collaborated with Sweed on design that has proven reliable and performed well.

definite improvement,” Beavers says.

Evergreen Engineering was closely involved in project planning and design, with S&B Construction Management handling construction. BMI is the erection contractor that installed the dryer.

Ollsen Electric provided electrical work. Beavers and his team handle PLC work, HMI implementation and overall project management.

EQUIPMENT In selecting the new dryer at Medford, Timber Products Co. worked with USNR. Determining dryer size was based on not only current operational needs but also future expansions.

The plant’s new 12 section, six-deck dryer replaces all three of the old dryers with almost a 30% increase in capacity as it’s designed to produce up to 450MSF/day. USNR also supplied the

dryer’s infeed conveyor, vacuum feeder and right angle unloader.

The Ventek grading and moisture meter line was relatively easy to implement considering an identical system had gone in at Grants Pass just a couple years before.

“One of the advantages we had was we had just done this at Grants Pass, and since that plant was drying for Medford, we already had the grade criteria defined for the most part,” Beavers says, adding that’s one of the reasons the company went with Ventek for the Medford project as well. “We basically just put the grade rules on a thumb drive and uploaded them to the new system at Medford and let it run.”

While the grading system came in “pre-tuned” in a sense, the crews still had to adapt to the new technology.

“They were used to the dryer plunking out a sheet and they’d grab it and look

for defects before putting it in a cart, but this is a completely different world,” Beavers says.

Ventek supported the project with plant supervisor training at its home office in Eugene, and crew leaders are already taking charge of the system, Beavers says. “They are overseeing the grade criteria now, making any alterations as needed for fine tuning.”

Beavers says he turned to Sweed Machinery after several vendors said they weren’t able to handle and stack 4-8-910 ft. sheets in both 54s and 27s. “No one had that off-the-shelf versatility.”

The company had worked with Sweed on several projects over the years, and there was some back and forth collaboration between Timber Products Co. and Sweed personnel before a final concept and design were agreed upon, Beavers says.

Traditional stackers have a single,

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New investments at Medford plant have improved overall quality and consistency.

Brad Beavers

fixed air plenum and belts that create negative air suction to lift and hold sheets for stacking. The 12-bin Sweed stacker incorporates two independent plenums mounted on arbors within a frame, and the plenums can be adjusted to handle any sheet size from 4 ft. 27s up to 10 ft. 54s. “The ability to do 27s as well makes it a completely new and different approach,” Beavers adds.

No mill really wants to be the very first to try out a system and make it work, Beavers believes, but in the case of the Sweed stacker the company had confidence in the design and vendor.

“We took a bit of a chance on a one-off machine, but it has been the most trouble-free device that we installed on the project,” Beavers says.

as a top hardwood plywood producer, one of nine facilities operated by the company that include hardwood plywood, softwood plywood, particleboard, hardwood veneer, decorative overlay, softwood veneer and hardwood lumber operations.

All of these mills are certified to offer products under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Four plants are dual certified to offer SFI labeled products as well. The Medford plant is a major producer of the company’s GreenT hardwood plywood that meets FSC and SFI sustainability requirements and the California Air Resources Board’s emissions regulations, making the product a good fit for green building applications and LEED credit support.

The improvements at Medford place the facility and the overall company on better competitive footing in a global marketplace.

“We’re getting solid, consistent grading now, and though it’s still early some studies show we may have as much as a 30% reduction in sheets going to the plugging line,” Beavers says.

Roughly two months after startup in late July, Beavers noted the dryinggrading-stacking line is on an upward trend toward achieving production goals. “We are excited about the significant gains in quality, consistency and PW productivity,” Beavers says.

OPERATIONS Now that the dryer, grade scanner and stacker are all up and operating at one end of the new building, Beavers and his crews have moved onto phase two with relocating plug- Plant is a big GreenT certified panel producer. ging and composing and tying in the new and old buildings while installing The new dryer is currently drying 1⁄6, 1 the new package boilers and com⁄7 and 1⁄10 in. thicknesses, and the Medpressed air system. ford plant is also drying 9- and 10 ft.

Veneer from Timber Products Co.’s sheets for the Grants Pass, which can Yreka, Calif. feeds both the Medford and lay up those sizes but not dry or stack Grants Pass facilities. The Medford prothem. ject includes a potential rail spur conThe Medford plant is a key part of nected to the new veneer storage yard.

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Woodland Face Veneer is adding a fourth Fisher+Rückle crossfeed splicer.

WOODLAND FACE VENEER ATTENDS TO DETAILS, QUALITY AND CUSTOMER CARE Wisconsin veneer company stays strong and steady through the ups and downs by paying attention to every detail.

Left to right, family management, Sharon Philipps, Libbie Wentland, Rick Philipps

BY JESSICA JOHNSON

TWO RIVERS, Wis. ick Philipps spent 30-plus years buying faces for a door manufacturer and says that after a while, not finding what he wanted got frustrating. “There were things I wanted to buy that the market would not supply to us effectively. We had a veneer room in our shop, so a lot of times, we would bring that stuff inhouse, and had to make it happen in our own factory,” he explains. So when his previous employer changed ownership,

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and he saw the need for a high-quality face veneer manufacturer in the Midwest, he went for it.

Philipps, alongside his wife Sharon, started Woodland Face Veneer in 2002 in a small city incubator building in Two Rivers. The company went to larger facilities a few years later and is running a little under 1MMSF per week.

“That was the basis for our design here—we’d take those kinds of goods and services to the marketplace thinking that others wanted what I had wanted. It worked out very well,” the former Chairman of the Board of the Hard-

wood Plywood Veneer Assn. says.

Woodland Face’s business is simple, Philipps says, buying cut veneer, grading it, clipping it to width and then splicing it into faces. Mainly, the faces service the door and decorative panel markets, with some furniture makers in the mix for good measure.

Philipps says the business had extremely humble beginnings. “It took us two tanks of gas and a minivan to get this thing going.” He went to all the door manufacturers in Wisconsin, approaching them about selling veneer.

“Everyone gave us a shot,” he adds.

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Veneer bundle reassembly

Full sheet inspection

“Most are still current customers.”

Thanks to a convenient location— and an efficient manufacturing process—Woodland Face is able to turn around most orders within a week, some as quickly as 24 hours.

“I think our average lead time is three days,” says Libbie Wentland, Philipps’ daughter. “If you look at our backlog, you’d think we don’t have work for the following week, but it always ends up being a full week.”

Wentland is one of three office staffers and she wears many hats, including some sales, answering customer questions and managing the facility safety program.

Philipps says that the backlog, or lack thereof, used to bother him. Now he looks at the schedule and knows that it will fill up as the week progresses.

Since the inception of the facility Woodland Face has been down only for standard holidays. Customers notice and appreciate that, he says. A focus on quality, and willingness to give customers exactly what they want, exactly how they want it, puts the company in an extremely good position with a very loyal customer base.

“I tell people we are kind of like

Burger King; we’ll do it your way. It’s a perfect analogy. We really are that way,” he explains.

QUALITY MINDSET Woodland Face produces all industry grades. As part of Philipps’ service to HPVA, he sat on the committee that developed industry grades, so it made it easy for him to understand their nuisances.

“We actually help our customers with that. We sell experience here as much as we do product,” he says. Industry standards are the basis, from there grades are developed based on customer requirement. Philipps says someone will call and say they want an A grade, figure free with PVA glue—this is not a problem for Woodland Face to handle, and is very typical of orders.

Two of the most important aspects of Woodland Face quality are choice of glues and ability to sell controlled wood. Those two main focal points helped the company survive the down economy that caused many face veneer facilities to shudder.

From previous experience, Philipps knew the importance of researching

glues and understanding what worked— and what didn’t. Having a superior glue line was extremely important to him, and he feels he’s achieved that goal. “I can’t remember the last time we had a glue complaint,” he says.

The facility runs a variety of different glues based on customer desire. As the growing concern for added formaldehyde increases, Woodland Face offers a PVA splicing glue with no added formaldehyde. It can be risky to press, Philipps warns, but some people want it, so they supply it. Though not without a stern warning: “We tell them we can do your product that way, but remember if you do this, this, and this it is going to fail and it won’t be our fault.”

In 2007, Philipps made the decision to get certified to handle controlled veneer.

The decision was not easy, and took a lot of time and energy on both Philipps’ and his wife Sharon’s behalf, but he says ultimately it made a difference in sales when the downturn hit. “We were selling controlled product when no one else could,” he says with pride, adding that Woodland Face was one of the first splicing facilities to receive all levels of available product certification.

As the economy quickly nosedived,

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The facility operates three Monguzzi clippers.

veneer companies were doing everything they could to set themselves apart—Woodland Face was no exception and selling controlled veneer was one of their ways. “I read an article that said to survive this downturn is to be as green as possible. It worked out well.

Our largest customer came to us because we could sell controlled wood,” Philipps explains.

SURVIVING DOWNTURN Clipping to spec, instead of inventory, has allowed Woodland Face to run flexible and Philipps doesn’t need a sales staff for a massive inventory.

“I handle whatever sales we have,” he explains, “and I don’t spend a lot of time on it. The product has a tendency to sell itself.”

He adds that typically sales are as simple as picking up the phone when someone calls. “We make a good product, we get it to our customers and we hope they come back for more.” Wentland says the running joke is that the fax machine is the only salesperson on staff.

Woodland Face puts its money in the manufacturing facility and not the administration offices. “I don’t drive a Mercedes. We have good, quality equipment. I buy new equipment. And we take really good care of our people,” Philipps says.

From the onset, the intention of the company was to make investments in the process and focus on quality, so when the economy was struggling some years ago, Woodland Face didn’t struggle from high overhead. By design, the company was able to hunker down. No one lost his or her job, a fact Philipps is extremely proud of. The facility never

worked less than 40 hours per week.

The lean-running mentality is something Philipps says an old mentor taught him. “There’s always going to be a bad economy. You design your company for that, because you’re going to have to live through that at some point,” he says.

MANUFACTURING PROCESS Wood is procured from a variety of domestic suppliers and an overseas agent. Philipps’ background is in exotic veneers, so naturally Woodland Face specializes in veneers many haven’t heard of, like Monkeypod. In addition to the full range of traditional veneers, Woodland Face also works with engineered veneers.

By offering such a breadth of veneer, Philipps can easily sort to customer needs and pull A grade birch with a straight grain and lighter color, without too much stress. Those types of requests were always something he said he looked for when buying veneer and couldn’t find.

Less than 40% of production is the exotic veneers, but Philipps says it is one of his “claims to fame,” just based on knowledge of the product and availability.

Once received, bundles are reassembled to resemble the log to improve yield before beginning the process. Philipps explains that this technique can take a bundle of veneer with 24 sheets, and while some might make two faces, and have six sheets of veneer left as trash, he is able to take the remaining six sheets, put it with the next bundle in the right sequence and pick up another face.

Considering that he estimates his costs at 80% material and 20% labor

and overhead, being able to effectively manage wood means more money, plain and simple.

Woodland Face leans on two equipment suppliers, Fisher+Rückle and Kuper. Currently, the facility operates three Fisher+Rückle crossfeed splicing machines, with a fourth on order. The fourth machine will add 25% more capacity. By using Fisher+Rückle double knives, operators can log in to the machines and select clip widths based on customer order, a big selling point for Philipps. Clippers are Monguzzi (distributed by Fisher+Rückle).

Glue is sprayed automatically using a Kuper machine. Philipps points to the Kuper as one of the most critical things to get right in the process. Once glue is applied, veneer passes through the Fisher+Rückle crossfeed splicers. Splicing operators are responsible for splice line quality and are expected to check samples periodically throughout the day.

Trimming happens off-line, using a Kuper trim machine. The Kuper allows the operator flexibility when looking at spliced veneer that might need repairs.

The goal at the trim machine is to remove as much of the bad joints as possible, without sacrificing too much, to cut down on repair work.

At repair and final inspection, operators use the conventional air hammer repair method. Philipps believes this older technique is the best way to preserve quality in repair work. Also at this time, operators will match faces for pairs of doors—something Phillips thought of after talking to a customer.

“We mark the meeting edge, so when a customer gets them, they know exactly how to lay them out. We have to look at them anyway, so why wouldn’t we just mark them?” he says.

MACHINE MAINTENANCE Knives are not changed often.

Philipps isn’t even sure he remembers the last time new knives were installed.

Instead, he focuses on the cutting mats, saying they are the key to extending knife life. Choosing to change the mats before the knives has also helped with machine downtime.

Clipper knives are dressed by a local company a few times per year—Philipps and his management team follow the lead of the machine. When the joints start looking bad, the knives are changed.

Maintenance efforts are led by Chuck Skubal, Maintenance Manager.

“I don’t have a good mechanic back-

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ground. I know a lot about how these things run, but I don’t know how to fix them,” Philipps explains. So he leaned on his Plant Manager, Mike Baugniet, in the beginning to lead the maintenance programs, and eventually Skubal stepped in.

Philipps believes that one of the keys to a successful operation is keeping well-maintained equipment. “We run it hard, five days a week, 20 out of 24 hours. Stuff isn’t down for very long and when it is we have to get it back

up,” he adds. “My rule with Chuck and Mike is, if one of you is off the other one can’t be.”

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS Baugniet leads a staff of 45, including added summer help, on two full 10hour shifts, five days a week. Baugniet was the first person Philipps hired at Woodland Face.

“I remember standing in a big empty building, Mike and I with my wife, and

Kuper gluing line

wondering what is this going to look like. It’s amazing as time went on we got equipment, installed it, did our first hiring—we just kept growing. Prior to the economy dying, we were growing 20% per year,” he says.

When the economy tapered off, the company went flat, but never lost ground.

Philipps credits a lot of that to his monthlate mentality. “I just want to be sure that before we hire a person we are able to keep them on. It means a great deal to me to keep our workforce on the payroll. Everyone here came and asked me for a job.

Our responsibility is to give them the job we promised. Their job is to do the work they said they would do.”

Woodland Face employees are offered a full benefits package, including health insurance. Part of the responsibility of providing for the employees means also providing a safe work environment.

Wentland manages the safety program and holds company-wide meetings on various hot topics, like proper use of fire extinguishers, each quarter.

Mock OSHA inspections are done quarterly. “We nitpick,” she says. “Safety is the most important. We try to choose topics that are applicable not just here, but at home as well.”

Phillipps echoes her saying, “I want you to go home in the same condition you got here, just a little more tired.”

During the quarterly safety meetings, management also gives a rundown of what’s happening behind the scenes to employees. Philipps says this was important for him to institute so everyone is on the same page and knows what is going on: good, bad or ugly.

“Our goal is to make faces. The sign out front says we make faces, so that’s what we do.”

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REAL PULSE OF THE PANEL & EWP INDUSTRY WILL BE FELT AT TP&EE 2016 IN PORTLAND ore than 200 equipment and technology exhibitors will consume more than 60,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space at the upcoming Timber Processing & Energy Expo to be held September 28-30 at the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore. TP&EE, held every two years, is hosted by Timber Processing and Panel World magazines, is produced by Hatton-Brown Expositions LLC, and caters to primary producers of lumber, plywood and engineered wood products.

The 2014 event attracted 1,700 industry producer personnel representing 140 wood products companies and hundreds of lumber, veneer/plywood and engineered wood products mill operations. The event also attracted an international audience, with 22 countries represented in 2014. In addition, 1,000 exhibitor personnel were on hand.

As a result of the success of the 2014 event, organizers have moved the 2016 expo into the larger Hall E on the exposition grounds. The layout flow remains basically the same, but in more spacious confines.

Exhibitors have consumed all of the available show floor space, and consequently organizers have established a tent of exhibitors in the frontal grounds of Hall E. Show Director Rich Donnell says many exhibitors appear to be planning to use TP&EE for the presentation of new equipment

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and technologies. (See pages 36-42 for a snapshot of some of those offerings.)

“It will be an exciting environment,” Donnell says. “The housing industry, while showing gradual improvement, is still teetering on a boom, and so mills are continuing to refine and upgrade operations.”

The larger Hall has enabled the show to expand its Beer Garden to 50 ft. by

80 ft. (4,000 SF). “We’re providing more lounging area in the Beer Garden this time,” Donnell says. “Exhibitors and attendees can break away and come here to talk. I would also suspect the Beer Garden will have a lot of presidential election buzz going on.”

Also, the event has added German and Italian pavilions featuring machinery manufacturers from those countries.

Meanwhile the Plywood and Engineered Wood Products Manufacturing Workshop will be conducted on the first day of the expo, September 28. A range of speakers will address new veneer/plywood production technologies and there’s a special series of speakers that will discuss cross-laminated timber developments. (See page 34 for the schedule.)

Registration options remain the same as they were in 2014, meaning the event is free for those who register on-line before the show. Registration at the show will be $20.

The other on-line options include registration along with a beer & brat ticket for $15; registration for the Plywood & Engineered Wood Products Manufacturing Workshop on Wednesday, September 28 for $75 (which includes the three day exhibit floor pass and a beer and brat ticket).

To register, visit: www.timberprocessingandPW energyexpo.com.

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109

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319-G9

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725

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Bestar Stahlhandelsgesellschaft Remscheid GmbH 319-G3 www.bestar-steel.com

CH Murphy II Clark-Ullman www.chmcu.com Colonial Saw www.csaw.com

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165

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227

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1057 261 1037

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855

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Canadian Forest Industries

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EWTA www.apawood.org

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Curtiss-Wright Exlar Actuation Solutions www.exlar.com

Dykman Electrical www.dyman.com

www.woodbusiness.ca

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668

German Pavilion– Information

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138

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267

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758

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Peerless Saw www.peerlessaw.com

264

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137

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134

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717

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945

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352

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903

822

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CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER, NEW PANEL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES HIGHLIGHT PLYWOOD AND EWP WORKSHOP The workshop will be held the first day of the Timber Processing & Energy Expo in Portland, Ore. new engineered wood product called cross-laminated timber, new plywood mills and new technologies will be among the subjects addressed at the Plywood and Engineered Wood Products Manufacturing Workshop scheduled for Wednesday, September 28, during the Timber Processing & Energy Expo.

TP&EE will be held September 28-30 at the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore. TP&EE is produced by Hatton-Brown Expositions, LLC, an affiliate of Panel World and Timber Processing magazines.

This will be the third TP&EE. “The amount of experience that’s represented in these dozen speakers is phenomenal,” comments Rich Donnell,

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TP&EE Show Director and Editor-inChief of Panel World magazine. “At the end of the day, a person walks out of this workshop truly informed about the latest products and technologies.”

The morning session will focus on veneer and plywood manufacturing, including a presentation by Winston Plywood & Veneer President Dick Baldwin. Winston Plywood & Veneer is starting up a new plywood mill in Winston, Miss.

The afternoon session focuses on cross-laminated timber and includes a talk by Valerie Johnson, President of D.R. Johnson Wood Innovations, one of the leaders in the CLT production movement. Johnson’s talk is entitled, If the Sky Is the Limit for CLT’s, What Will It Take to Get Us There?

Dr. Fred Kurpiel of Georgia Research Institute has assembled the presenters and will moderate the workshop. Here’s the schedule.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 9:20 a.m.—Modern Veneer Dryers and Profit, Alan Knokey, Vice President, USNR 9:50 a.m.—Making the Most of Your Dry Veneer Upgrade Improvements to Increase Profits, Martin Murphy, Senior Vice President, Raute North America 10:20 a.m.—New Technology for Veneer Lathe Systems, Tim Fisher, Veneer/Panel Business Development Manager, USNR 10:50 a.m.—New Developments in Veneer Peeling Lines—Automated Green End, Anna McCann, President, Merritt Machinery (Meinen rep)

11:20 a.m.—Outlook for North American Plywood and New Plywood Mill, Dr. Richard Baldwin, President, Winston Plywood & Veneer Noon-1:25 p.m.—TP&EE Exhibits, Lunch on Your Own 1:30 p.m.—If the Sky Is the Limit for CLT’s, What Will It Take to Get Us There? Valerie Johnson, President, D.R. Johnson Wood Innovations 2:05 p.m.—The State of the Global CLT Industry—A Survey in Progress, Dr. Lech Muszynski, Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University 2:40 p.m.—Mass Timber Construction in the Forest Industry Infrastructure, Thomas Robinson, Principal and Founder, LEVER Architecture 3:15 p.m.—Unique New Press Design for Manufacturing CLT Panels, Sam Pope, Capital Sales Manager, Western North America, USNR 3:50 p.m.—Inspired by Smart Technology—Second Wave of CLT Investment on the Way in Europe, Dominik Wolfschuetz, German Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers Association (VDMA); Gerhard Binder, Projecting and Sales, Minda The cost of the Plywood and EWP Manufacturing Workshop is only $75 and includes an exhibit floor pass for the entire length of the three day expo, as well as a beer and a brat ticket for the Beer Garden.

A Lumber Manufacturing Workshop will be held on the second day of the event.

To read more about the presentations, the speakers and the expo, and to register, visit www.timberprocessingandenergyexpo.com.

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SHOWCASE EDITOR’S NOTE: The following companies are exhibiting at the upcoming Timber Processing & Energy Expo to be held September 28-30 at the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore., and they are also advertising in this issue of Panel World. All statements and claims are attributable to the companies.

ACROWOOD—The Acrowood Dual Drive Suspended Screen offers an alternative to the standard center drive screens. The Dual Drive design eliminates the large center bearing and counter weight. The drives and counter weights are instead located outside of the screen.

This makes maintenance access and belt changes easier. No need to crawl under or into the screen to get at bearings or belts.

The Acrowood Dual Drive can come equipped with a wide range of screen decks. Louvered decks as well as punched plate and wire mesh top decks are available. The bottom decks can come with punched plate or wire mesh. A steel ball deck is also available if required.

The Dual Drive Screen can be fine-tuned to meet specific screening requirements. Both speed and orbit can be adjusted to suit various applications.

While Acrowood screens come in a wide range of standard sizes and capacities the dis- Acrowood dual drive suspended screen charge arrangements are per customer requirements. This is especially important in retrofit situations where there is a need to match up with existing takeaway conveyors. Acrowood also offers dust covers and vacuum ports for dust containment when required.

The Dual Drive design has been in production and operations since 1992.

In addition to the Dual Drive Screen, Acrowood also offers its patented DiamondRoll screens, disc thickness screens, scalpers and Trillium screens. Acrowood is not only about screens but also offers chip crackers, chip slicers, air density separators and chippers. The chipper line includes whole log, sawmill utility and rechippers.

Acrowood offers both standard spout under shaft design as well as its unique Slant Disc design chipper.

Booth 857 ACTIW OY—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 container. LoadPlate stopper gate holds the load inside, while the plastic loading plate comes out of the container, leaving Actiw LoadPlate container loading 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 its functionality in the international markets.

Booth 131 ALTEC INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS—Altec is displaying a working version of its new clipper scanner and other vision technologies. Altec will also be featuring its greatly enhanced machinery design and manufacturing capabilities.

In July, Altec was pleased to announce the acquisition of Demco Manufacturing, Inc. of Diboll, Texas. The acquisition adds significant fabrication and machining capacity to Altec’s growing list of capabilities. Demco will give Altec much greater capability to supply, service and support machinery offerings to the wood-based panel industry throughout the world.

With the combined operations, Altec now has in-house capability to design, manufacture, service and support top-quality machinery complete with state-of-the-art control systems. Altec is looking forward to not only enhancing its current product offerings but bringing exciting new products to the industry in the very near future.

Altec core drive Altec will have personnel from both of its facilities on the booth and welcomes the opportunity to chat to the industry about the exciting future that this amalgamation brings to the industry.

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SHOWCASE DELTA COMPUTER SYSTEMS—Delta Computer Systems Inc. of Battle Ground, Wash. announces the new RMC200 closed-loop electro-hydraulic motion controller, extending the capabilities of previous generations of RMC motion controllers with regard to the number of axes.

With the capacity to handle closed-loop control of up to 32 motion axes, a single RMC200 unit can manage much more of the motion of a complete forest products production line. As with Delta’s other controllers, the RMC200 has special capabilities for synchronizing the motion of multiple axes, enabling the construction of machines with scalable performance and quick production changeovers. Also like Delta’s other controllers, RMC200 provides built-in support for controlling pressure/force/torque as well as position/velocity/acceleration. The controller can transition smoothly between these control modes, enabling smooth, reliable motion. To make it easy to use for Delta’s ex- Delta RMC200 isting customers, the new RMC200 controllers use Delta’s field-proven RMCTools software for setup, tuning, programming and diagnostics.

Through use of a programmable “Feature Key,” the RMC200 will enable only the number of control loops that a customer’s application needs, and hence Delta is able to deliver flexibility and charge for the exact functionality that is required, saving customers money.

Other physical enhancements include a display screen on the CPU, I/O modules with push-in wire connectors, and fully-encased, user-installable modules that “rock-in” to provide power-sequencing capability. The unit’s modular expandability makes RMC200 virtually “future-proof,” supporting expanded control and I/O interfacing compatibility as new modules are developed ensuring that it will continue to be the most capable electro-hydraulic motion controller offered to industry.

Booth 946 EVERGREEN ENGINEERING—Established in 1985, Evergreen Engineering, Inc. is a multi-discipline, full-service consulting engineering firm serving the power generation, wood products, pulp & paper, chemical, and resin industries. The company originated and is headquartered in Eugene, Ore. and has added a Southeastern office in Atlanta, Ga. Evergreen specializes in mechanical, civil/structural, chemical, environmental and electrical engineering. Services encompass all project phases from planning through construction, including scheduling, feasibility studies, preliminary engineering, capital estimates, detail engineering, process design, environmental permitting, purchasing, commissioning, startup assistance, project management.

Evergreen’s experience includes complete greenfield industrial facilities with Evergreen Engineering personnel site development, buildings, foundation design, machinery selection, steel structures, environmental permitting, emissions controls, material handling systems, boilers, piping, power distribution, programming and controls. In addition, many smaller projects include maintenance and machine installation.

Engineers, process specialists, technical designers, and support staff have the experience and creativity to provide clients with innovative engineering solutions and cost-effective designs for both large and small projects. Evergreen has a total staff of more than 60 full-time employees, most of whom are registered engineers, degreed engineers, designers and draftsmen. If required by the demands of a project, Evergreen can quickly add qualified personnel to its staff from a network of proven engineers and designers.

Evergreen has successfully completed design engineering for projects valued from a few thousand dollars to more than $100 million.

Examples include several large-scale projects for various pulp & paper companies, a $150 million LVL plant in Russia, a $60 million MDF plant for Georgia-Pacific, a $15 million wood yard modification for Mead Paper, a $60 million biomass-fired electric generating plant in Arizona, a feasibility study for a $180 million rice straw MDF facility in California, and a $7 million wood pellet plant expansion for Bear Mountain Pellets.

The company has also provided staff augmentation at multiple pulp & paper facilities in the Northwest and have completed “cold weather” projects in Alaska, Maine, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Nova Scotia and Russia.

Booth 823 GRENZEBACH—Grenzebach has a long history of providing drying solutions to the building materials industry, with more than 60 years of experience providing new wood veneer dryers into this industry, and more than 30 years of experience in rebuilding all brands of wood veneer dryers.

Building on the experiences gained from hundreds of dryer inspections and detailed dryer studies, Grenzebach has engineered multiple enhanced rebuild solutions that can custom fit the needs of Grenzebach turns old dryers… …into new dryers any brand or style of wood veneer dryer.

If you have a dryer in need of rebuild, contact Grenzebach to schedule a Grenzebach specialist to perform a free inspection of your existing dryer and discuss recommendations and options for your potential rebuild.

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SHOWCASE KUPER—KUPER, the internationally operating manufacturer of veneer splicing machinery, recently developed a special Plytape for the whole range of core composers available on the market.

Based on the experiences gained over many years in the production of glue threads for the zig-zag technology, the KUPER product range is now extended by a special Glue Thread for the joining of plywood cores.

The specially developed heating system for applying the glue thread in combination with a precise pressure device guarantees high-quality joints in the KUPER core stock composer CVX already in production in the European plywood industry. The quality, knowhow and the wide range of applications of this special Plytape allow the use of this product in machines of other manufacturers so that all producers may benefit from the advantages of this thread.

You will find the whole KUPER expertise with regard to veneer splicing machinery and Glue Kuper special glue thread 7880 Threads at its TP&EE exhibit.

X for joining plywood cores Booth 355 MEINAN MACHINERY WORKS—Meinan Machinery Works, Inc. was established more than 60 years ago in Nagoya, Japan to develop and manufacture innovative veneer and plywood machinery. More than 250 Meinan fully automatic veneer peeling lines are in operation worldwide, featuring the Meinan veneer lathe with circumferential drive system to provide higher full sheet recovery, better veneer quality and extremely close thickness tolerance. By utilizing powered spiked discs and a special backup roll, the system enables spindleless peeling to a 2 in. core with no log spinouts.

Meinan’s newest veneer peeling line was recently installed at Swanson Group Manufacturing’s new plywood plant in Springfield, Ore. The system features 3-D vision scanning with PC optimization, automatic knife changing for faster and safer operation, automatic clipping with full sheet stacking by moisture sort, and two in-line green veneer composers for splicing random width veneer and fishtails into full sheets to increase dryer utilization and save labor costs.

Meinan also manufactures scarf composers, sanders, grading systems and automatic layup lines. Visit the exhibit to learn more about how Meinan machinery can improve your veneer Meinan installation at Swanson and plywood production process.

Group’s new plywood mill Booth 937 METAL DETECTORS INC.—A metal detector is a vital piece of production equipment that is often overlooked or discounted. A properly designed, installed and maintained metal detector working in conjunction with a metal contamination control program can be extremely effective in reducing downtime due to tramp metal damage.

As with any capital expenditure the questions become: What are the benefits versus the cost? How do you justify the expense? Could there be a “Return on Investment?” The experts at Metal Detectors, Inc., otherwise known as MDI, can help answer all of those questions. The metal detector is there to protect the equipment from expensive repairs and downtime, which in turn causes loss of valuable production time. Customers have seen return on investment in as little as a few months.

As industry leaders, MDI has more than 50 years of experience in the wood products industry helping to solve metal contaminant issues. MDI specializes in designing and supporting metal detection systems for wood processing and bio fuel as well as many other industries. MDI’s systems are designed to work in harsh environments, taking into account such things as variable frequency drives, radio interfer- MDI range of metal detector products ence, and AC noise.

MDI has custom designed metal detectors for common as well as unique applications bringing to the industry two flat under conveyor systems to protect equipment such as chippers and hogs. MDI’s Surround Metal Detectors are designed to scan whole logs, cants and boards in both the linear feed and transverse applications to protect a variety of process equipment.

Advance Digital Technology has the processing power to achieve higher performance with greater stability and better sensitivity, and MDI’s well trained Service Department has the knowledge, experience and expertiser to help with any metal contaminate detection need.

When planning to install a metal detection system, many things need to be considered. Come speak with the experts.

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SHOWCASE METRIGUARD—Increasing demand for structural graded veneer in North America continues to drive sales and upgrades of Metriguard’s veneer testers to supply the laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and structural plywood markets. As demand for these finished products continues to climb, veneer graders that were turned off during the housing construction downturn have been recommissioned and are generating profits for veneer producers. Machine owners have found that their furloughed Metriguard machines can usually be returned to operation, often with minimal capital outlay.

Recommissioning an older machine usually starts with a phone call to Metriguard where a record of each machine’s history is kept. These records report the condition of the machine when it was last serviced, original configuration and options, ownership history, parts and repairs throughout its service life, and any upgrades that have been made. This valuable tool al- Metriguard veneer graders lows the knowledgeable and experienced technical support team to diagnose and troubleshoot issues as needed.

Equipment that was removed from service during the housing construction downturn typically does not have the features of new equipment. However, Metriguard strives to make product improvements backwards compatible. Often older equipment can be updated to the most current version. Being able to extend the service life of capital equipment has proven very beneficial to veneer producers as they work to improve their capabilities and capacities. A recent example was upgrading a 10-year-old machine to a faster line speed, making its speed comparable to a new machine.

Owners of Metriguard equipment can expect that parts, repairs, technical support and service will be available throughout the life of the machine from the original manufacturer. Metriguard, located in Pullman, Wash., has been improving wood structure safety through testing and grading materials for the structural wood industry since 1972.

Booth 1023 PRICE LOGPRO—Price LogPro is a worldwide leader in log handling/processing systems servicing the forest products industry since 1981. LogPro has developed a number of new products to better utilize small/medium wood diameters for lumber, engineered wood products and biomass. It offers a full line of material handling systems from complete roundwood processing systems to high speed/high recovery optimized log merchandising systems and rotary/linear log crane systems.

LogPro managers and engineers have been actively involved with the “Log Trimmer” series of high speed transverse bucking systems since its first release almost two decades ago. The transition of growth has brought technology from conventional “stop-n-chop” merchandising at 10-15 logs per minute to bucking stems at 40 logs Price LogPro log trimmer system per minute with full optimization. This transverse bucking technology has seen numerous advancements in efficiency and reduced capital cost over the past decades.

The latest generation of log trimmer technology combines greatly reduced capital equipment needs with an all electric drive package incorporating regeneration drive systems. These systems offer a fully optimized product solution with infinite trim lengths allowing lumber mills to greatly reduce over trim waste and broaden their product mix giving them versatility for growth.

This coupled with the reduced capital investment and reduced energy consumption gives lumber mills that upgrade to this technology a large advantage over conventional wood yard setups.

The new LogPro merchandiser arrangement has the capacity to easily merchandise stems at a continuous rate of over 550 FPM through the debarker and maintain a trim accuracy of +/- ¼ in. across all bucked solutions without any day to day maintenance needed, no incline lugged chain decks to keep in time, no even ending rolls needed and no elaborate stem positioning systems.

The new GEN IV LogPro electric balanced saw design allows for extremely smooth operation and provides fail safe actuation while reducing energy consumption by half over older hydraulic designs. The new fourth generation LogPro merchandiser systems will be adequate for 99% of all sawmill applications utilizing one high speed ring debarker and capital investment will be less than half of the early first generation log trimmer systems. With more than 21 log trimmer merchandiser systems supplied to the industry since 2009, Price LogPro is your single source for log handling equipment and is “building tomorrow’s wood yards today.”

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SHOWCASE RAUTE—Better raw material utilization has become one of the key differentiators in plywood and LVL production due to rising costs and shortage of premium wood. Most technology available attempts to maximize output by focusing on efficiencies in only one area, and is not able to regulate or control what happens when the veneer leaves and moves on.

Raute is changing that with its G5 Smart Mill technology that streamlines production to achieve 2-15% better raw material utilization.

During production, veneer runs through a series of processes and unacceptable veneer is downgraded, usually at a late stage, and always at a great loss. Naturally occurring defects such as knots, resin pockets and splits affect the quality and strength of the end product. Raute’s G5 technology uses state-of-the-art software and process controls that measure, analyze and calibrate to make the best decisions in seconds.

The G5 series was developed by Raute’s business unit, Mecano. This new gen- Raute G5 technology eration of analyzers acquires information from the veneer flow throughout the entire production process. The Raute G5 Smart Mill system incorporates all of the features of the different analyzers installed in the plant into one simple user interface. By utilizing a common platform, the information from all processes is collected and used to automate the handling of the veneer. All of this data makes it possible to make predictive decisions to better aid the material flow of the entire mill.

With this system the use of the raw material, from block handling up to the finished panel or engineered product, is optimized to improve recovery and quality. Systematically directing the most appropriate veneer to the different processes avoids unnecessary storing, handling and costly damage. The advantage of complete-process supply is in the smart optimization of the production of the entire mill.

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SAMUEL PACKAGING—Samuel Packaging Systems Group offers the forest products industry a wealth of experience in overcoming the challenges of transporting of lumber and panel products. Its products can help you to ensure that your final package maintains its integrity and ease of handling—both on route and in the yard.

Samuel’s comprehensive line of strapping and unitizing solutions, from steel and industrial strength polyester strapping, tools and accessories, bar coding solutions, general purpose machines, to large turnkey fully automated strapping systems, are specifically designed to keep you competitive.

Samuel lumber machine Booth 359, 409 SWEED MACHINERY—Through a combination of dedication to the industry, and 60 years of real-world engineering experience, Sweed Machinery continues to introduce innovative technology by producing original equipment and iterations of existing equipment to help improve veneer and panel handling.

During the first quarter of 2016, Sweed installed the patentpending Versatile Veneer Stacker at Timber Products in Medford, Ore. The technology accommodates multiple lengths (4 ft., 8 ft., 9 ft. and 10 ft.) of dry veneer, in half and full sheets, but is also geared toward effectively stacking single or standard length operations.

Sweed Versatile Veneer Stacker at Timber Products, Medford For green veneer stacking, Sweed recently installed the Sweed Strip Stacker at Nordic Veneer in Roseburg, Ore. and also at Roseburg Forest Products in Riddle, Ore. This stacker is designed for reducing wear and tear on green chain pullers through its ergonomic design. It eliminates the need for a worker to manually pull sheets, allowing them to feed sheets through a set of pinch rolls that conveys the sheets to a manual stacker. This new method of green end stacking produces the cleanest strip stacks while helping to reduce employee injury.

Additionally, Sweed continues to add value and innovation to its current line of ageless equipment. For example, the Sweed Accumatic was recently re-engineered to provide a simplified design that eliminates moving parts—reducing maintenance and downtime. This new design is in operation at five different mill locations across the country, proving to withstand high production demands.

Sweed is constantly evaluating how to improve the production needs of the industry and would like to invite you to join them for further discussions on new products, upcoming projects, and how they can better serve you. While at the Timber Processing & Energy Expo, stop by Sweed’s exhibit and learn how a 60-year-old company, with a deep rich history, continues to reinvent itself.

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SHOWCASE USNR—USNR’s veneer dryer infeed and unloading equipment has undergone major design upgrades. The high speed system is designed to achieve 66 sheets per minute. The first installation on a new USNR 6deck veneer dryer is at Timber Products in Medford, Ore. specifically designed for 4 ft., 8 ft., 9 ft. and 10 ft. veneer lengths.

The infeed consists of a new USNR vacuum feeder featuring a single fan design with fast acting vacuum release, and new accumulator featuring a servo motor driven rear roll for accumulating 8 ft., 9 ft. and 10 ft. veneer. A new pivoting pinch beam eliminates the need for linear guides that require adjustment. This pinch beam uses three independent roller assemblies, one for each sheet of veneer. These roller assemblies are also used on the tipple outfeed roll and the unloader pinch rolls. These interchangeable parts can be stocked as common spares. Additional features include an outfeed pinch roller assembly that can be lifted up to aid in New USNR dryer feeder and unloader system designed for 22 cycles/min (66 sheets) clearing jams.

The unloading system features three stages. First stage is a 6-deck unloader driven by dryer rolls. A pinch wheel on each deck pulls veneer from the dryer and places it on independently driven decks.

The unloader and the right angle transfer rolls are driven by tangential chain drives allowing for roll replacement and veneer clean out. The unloader is also designed to roll away for drive rig maintenance. Second stage is a 3-deck conveyor that conveys veneer from the unloader to the right angle transfer. Third stage is a right angle transfer that consists of three decks of rolls for conveying the veneer to backstops and three decks of pop-up belts to convey the veneer 90 degrees which is then merged into a single conveyor.

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SHOWCASE WESTMILL—Westmill emphasizes three product innovations: Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (patents pending), QuickChange Dryer Roll Baffle System, and WestVac Advanced Dryer Emission and Control System.

To help customers protect their investment in major equipment in- Impressed Current CaQuick-Change Dryer Roll Baffle WestVac advanced dryer emisstallations such as veneer dryers, thodic Protection System sion & control system Westmill has developed, tested and implemented an innovative new approach to eliminate the destructive effects of corrosion. ICCP forces the protected structure (the veneer dryer) to become the cathode by connection to a precious metal (Niobium) coated anode. It protects a wide range of metallic structures in extremely varied environments. In short, the protected structure becomes Cathodic, thus suppressing the electronic migration of metal and virtually eliminating corrosion altogether from occurring.

Dryer roll baffles (stop-off walls) are one of the most commonly disregarded areas for dryer maintenance or attention. When baffles wear and gaps are created between the roll and the baffle face, gasses are free to move in/out of the dryer. This has a substantial effect on production, energy usage, pitch build-up, fires, poor veneer quality. To solve these problems Westmill has designed and successfully installed a Quick-Change Dryer Roll Baffle System By comparison to changing existing roll baffles today, removing and replacing this new roll baffles design now takes only a couple minutes per baffle vs. a labor-intensive turnaround time in the order of 12-16 man-hours to change the same set of conventional roll baffles on a 4-deck jet dryer. An important and unique feature of this innovation is that you are not required to remove the existing rolls, chain, sprockets, star gears or jet tubes—they all simply stay in place.

These roll baffles incorporate an easily changeable hi-temp seal-strip to provide a positive seal against the turning dryer roll.

After many years in development and testing, Westmill’s new WestVac Advanced Dryer Emission and Control System have “Patents Pending” and and proven results in eight new and retrofit dryer installations to date. The WestVac system is the most effective and economical method to optimize a jet veneer dryer’s performance. This is done by effectively controlling the pressure at the ends of the dryer in order to keep gases from leaking either into or out of the dryer itself. The result is a hi-humidity drying environment.

Hi-temperature drying without increased risk of fires, or sacrificing wood quality are all proven results by using Westmill’s WestVac System.

The system does not remove emissions from the veneer dryer. Instead, Westmill has developed its innovative and revolutionary ReIntro-Duct technology, which eliminates the need of using a seal-section exhaust fan combined with an auxiliary heat source.

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WOODTECH MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS—Woodtech Measurement Solutions (Woodtech) is a supplier of truck load scanning systems geared toward forest product facilities in need of measuring log intake biometric characteristics and accomplishing log quality control in a fast, precise and cost effective manner.

Woodtech’s system known as the Logmeter generates benefits for mills via cost savings and improvements in the manufacturing process. The Logmeter measures automatically— while the truck goes through the system—key log variables such as length, top and butt diameters, and excessive sweep and crook.

For each log load entering the mill, the Logmeter provides the number of defective logs, diameter and length averages and distributions, and number of logs per load. The Logmeter includes a comprehensive auditing system which allows managers to analyze log data and images, identify trends, rank log suppliers, avoid fraud, etc.

Logmeter database can be integrated to the client log information systems such as accounting, inventory and procurement. The impact of scanning, measuring and auditing every single log load entering the mill and before it is unloaded is realized in the improvement of log size and quality enabling smoother running in the mill and resulting in increased efficiencies, recovery and profitability of the operation.

Woodtech Measurement Solutions has three systems operating in the U.S. Southeast re- Woodtech Logmeter 3D laser technologion: Shuqualak Lumber (Shuqualak, Miss.), T.R. Miller (Brewton, Ala.), and West Fraser gy enables fast and precise truck load (Newberry, SC) and nearly 50 installations around the globe including Chile, Argentina, measurement of log characteristics.

Brazil, Germany, Poland and the U.S. The same technology, developed by Woodtech, is utilized around the world to measure in cubic basis the volume of logs, wood chips, aggregates and other raw materials loaded in open containers. Woodtech has offices in Brazil, Chile and the U.S. Booth 106

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slagging dictates the operational cycle of a mill? What if we had a solution that would limit the formation of the slag; a solution that would dramatically extend the time between furnace cleanings, or perhaps even eliminate the need for shutdowns specifically planned around these cleaning needs?

At our mill, we were able to find a very effective solution to this problem from Atlantic Combustion Technologies Inc. We needed to be able to operate beyond nine months without the need to shut down and clean the furnaces, and enable us to extend our run to 15 months. Results were quite impressive; we met our 15-month goal, and substantial increases in furnace uptimes with a

BY MICHAEL REINDORP corresponding stabilization of the furfter many months of fine-tunnace performance were achieved by ing, the mill was finally startusing their patented fuel-independent ing to achieve its capacity and CoMate Ash Modifier technology. On quality goals. Coincidentally, shutdown avoidance alone, subsequent the OSB market was strengthanalysis of the extension of furnace run ening and it appeared that the industry time indicated an ROI of over 400%. was healthy, and we could see ourselves CoMate is an engineered clay-based meeting our targets for volume, quality, mineral compound that is pneumatically cost and profit. This had been a long injected with dry compressed air directand difficult road involving operator ly into the combustion zone in the furtraining, identifying and eliminating nace. It is fed on a continuous 24/7 equipment issues, improving reliability basis using Atlantic Combustion’s cusof the overall process and a close coltom-built feeder system, and begins to laboration with industry specialists and take effect immediately upon applicaequipment suppliers. tion. Often within a few days, indicaImagine our dismay when we retors of ash build-up issues begin to ceived a grim diagnosis on the health flat-line as the formation of hard deof our furnaces. The furnaces can be posits diminishes. While CoMate considered the heart of the OSB manmodifies ash only during combustion, ufacturing process. Their health/perexisting deposits become weaker as formance is critical to the efficient they are not continuously reinforced operation of the mill. A decline in furby new deposits. Due to this, the use nace efficiency equates directly to of CoMate has the remarkable effect product quality, process stability and of not only halting new deposits, but volume, which of course all reflect on helping to reverse existing deposits as costs and profits. Despite heroic efwell. forts by the mill Energy Group to regNot to be confused with fuel addiulate and balance the furnaces for tives (mixed with the fuel), an ash maximum efficiency, we were losing modifier tackles the slagging problem the battle and the pulse of the furat its source; it essentially enhances naces was becoming erratic and uncombustion efficiency, reducing the predictable. total quantity of slag while at same A steady diet of “dirty” biomass time making the remaining slag friable fuel had taken its toll on the critical and easily removed. heat exchange surfaces inside the An ash modification approach to furnaces, coating them with clinker slag elimination/control is a non-invaand glass to the extent that their persive process that eliminates shaking formance was so impaired that we and blowing down and the resulting were faced with a tough decision. maintenance and environmental probTypically, when faced with this situlems. The Ash Modifier is pneumatiation, the industry has accepted the cally injected directly into the cominevitability of shutting down the bustion zone in the furnace. The Cofurnaces for cleaning, often taking Mate solution, backed up by more advantage of the shutdown (approxi- CoMate bulk feeder system with FIBC packaging than 40 years of experience, has a scimately seven to 10 days) to carry out entific and economic basis; an analysis

ONE MILL FINDS SOLUTION TO ENHANCING BIOMASS-FUELED FURNACES

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other maintenance work around the mill. This is a significant decision for a mill because it results in lost production and increased costs, and perhaps more importantly the challenges of reestablishing operating stability upon restarting.

The board industry typically stoically accepts this issue as an inevitable and unavoidable cost of doing business. Operating and maintenance schedules are developed around the frequent need to shut the furnace(s) down for cleaning.

Attempts to mechanically clean the build up of slag from the inside surfaces of the furnace, using such methods as soot blowers, high pressure hydro-blasting, explosives and vibrator systems have met with varying degrees of success. These methods also come with a significant risk of increased maintenance costs due to the stresses they impose on the equipment.

In some instances, modern mills are built with backup furnaces so that continuous operation can be assured while cleaning is carried out on a “slagged” furnace. This approach of providing redundant capacity, while effective, is obviously capital cost intensive. The formation of slag when burning biomass fuels is inevitable, however. Do we need to accept the inevitability that

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110 MW coal/biomass power boiler without CoMate after 45 days of operation

of the biomass fuel, the slag chemistry and the furnace operating parameters and condition etc. are used to calculate the required dosage of CoMate.

Recognizing that it is hard to sell increases in operating costs to mill owners and managers without a justification, an ROI (Return on Investment) can be completed to support the costs

The same boiler—section in the superheater—with CoMate after 45 days of operation

of using CoMate.

When committing to this solution a mill will have a set of metrics that they and Atlantic Combustion Technologies can agree and commit to; a partnership that drives the ongoing improvement of furnace performance, mill results and subsequently imPW proved financial results.

Michael Reindorp is an engineer with 45 years of experience in a variety of large manufacturing industries and in various capacities. As the former general manager of one of the largest and most modern OSB plants, his challenge was to transition the mill from a startup mode to an industrialized mode.

Today, Michael is semi-retired and works as a consultant. He wrote this article on behalf of Atlantic Combustion Technologies.

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PROJECTS BLACK GOLD IS OSB AT CORRIGAN, TEXAS RoyOMartin’s new OSB mill in Corrigan, Texas (Corrigan OSB) is on schedule for a fourth quarter 2017 startup. The company had announced in February 2015 the selection of Corrigan for the plant. Action shown here is of the first press pit wall in early July. Corrigan OSB, and its 700-750MMSF (3/8 in.) of annual capacity, will complement Martco’s existing wood products manufacturing plants in Oakdale, La. (OSB), and Chopin, La. (plywood). Chairman and CEO Jonathan Martin commented earlier, “The timing is right for us to position ourselves to more effectively meet the increasing demand for building products into the foreseeable future.” The company was hosting local information meetings in early August. The mill will employ 165. Based in Alexandria, La., RoyOMartin’s existing manufacturing facilities employ 1,000. The business owns 570,000 acres of timberland in Louisiana.

METSÄ WOOD COUNTS ON RAUTE Raute Corp. has received orders worth EUR 25 million from Metsä Wood, the Wood Products Business Area of Metsä Group.

The orders consist of a laminated veneer lumber (LVL) production line to be delivered to the Metsä Wood’s LVL mill in Lohja, and machinery and equipment for a birch veneer production plant to be set up in Äänekoski. Installation and commissioning of the new LVL line in Lohja will start during the first quarter of 2017, and installation and commissioning of the birch plywood production line in Äänekoski will start during the fourth quarter of 2017.

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

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WEYCO INSTALLS CROSSCUT SAW

Progressive Systems flying crosscut saw

Weyerhaeuser Co. has installed a Progressive Systems Inc. angular flying crosscut saw at the Weyerhaeuser MDF plant in Columbia Falls, Mont. The saw is designed to replace original mat cut-tolength style saws and for new press lines.

The saw is available for lines with up to 13 ft. mat width and line speeds up to 200 FPM. Saw motor HP and diameter of saw blades are arranged for the line’s maximum mat thickness and speed.

Visit progressivesys.com.

PLACAS DO BRAZIL ORDERS MDF PLANT Placas do Brasil has ordered a THDF/MDF plant with an annual capacity of 300,000 m³. Start of operation is scheduled for the end of 2017/early 2018. The order given to Dieffenbacher encompasses the complete process from fiber drying to the finishing line, with a new CPS+ continuous press as the key component.

The plant’s front end includes the fiber dryer and sifter, a PROjet gluing system, a forming station and a forming line complete with pre-press and Formator M. Formator M is a combination of a segmented scalper and a Dieffensor. This innovative combination creates extremely precise mat weight tolerances. The 33 m CPS+ press will produce boards with a width of up to 2750 mm and a thickness of 2.5 to 40 mm.

For the finishing line area, the order also includes a raw board handling sys-

tem with diagonal saw, board cooler, billet stacking system, raw board storage system, a sanding line with trimming and splitting saw.

Additionally, there are plans to retrofit an EVOjet M dry resin blending system. The CPS+ is designed for an extension to 39 m.

The project is an initiative of SINDIMOL (Sindicato da Indústria de Madeira e Móveis de Linhares e Norte do Espírito Santo—the Wood and Furniture Industry Assn. of Linhares and Norte do Espírito Santo), which aims to establish a cost-effective MDF plant in the region to enable its members to become more competitive. The project also includes a 18,000 ha forest containing eucalyptus trees, ensuring a supply of wood for the MDF plant.

Placas do Brasil, which was established for the purpose of operating the plant, involves approximately 40 companies from fields including the furniture industry and the forestry sector.

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THUMBS UP FOR BEIJING WOODWORK FAIR

The 16th International Exhibition on Woodworking Machinery and Furniture Manufacturing Equipment and The International Exhibition on Woodworking Machinery Supplies and Accessories (Beijing Woodwork Fair) concluded successfully on June 4 at the China International Exhibition Center (CIEC) in Beijing, PR China. The event featured more than 430 exhibitors from 16 countries and regions, including Austria, China, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg,

Malaysia, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and Uruguay. The four-day show attracted 22,838 international buyers from 60 countries and regions.

More than 80% of exhibitors found new customers during the fair. John Monument, director of Monument Furniture and Timber Works in Australia, comments, “The overall arrangement and services of Beijing Woodwork Fair were excellent.

Moreover, the quality of Chinese products is improving.” Several seminars were held to gauge the latest industry developments. “German Industry 4.0 & Made In China 2025 Conference” focused on global woodworking trends. “Children’s Furniture Forum,” “Symposium of Technical Talk on Energy Saving Panel Board Produc-

tion Technology,” “Green Furniture Future Sustainable Development Conference,” “The 3rd WMF-CRIWI Forum—The New Face of Panel Board,” “The 25th WBCP Plenary Meeting” and “Chinese Waterbased Paint Production Forum” were also featured. Beijing Woodwork Fair will be back for its 17th edition in June 2018. Visit woodworkfair.com.

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USNR NAMES WERT AS SENIOR VP

USNR has appointed Chuck Wert as Senior Vice President with responsibility for aftermarket customer support, including spare and replacement parts, technical service, and training.

Wert comes to USNR after 18 years with the Swanson Group, one of the largest independent lumber and plywood producers in the Western U.S. Wert served in a number of executive leadership roles at Swanson, including most recently as chief operating officer.

Prior to joining Swanson, Wert ran a millwork plant in Bend, Ore. for three years, and spent eight years in public accounting during which he earned his CPA certificate. Wert is a graduate of Linfield College, where he majored in Accounting, minored in Computer Science, and played varsity football.

George Van Hoomissen, USNR president and CEO, comments, “We are very pleased to have Chuck join our leadership team. He brings not only a

wealth of management experience, but also an intimate understanding of what it takes to be successful as a sawmill or plywood mill operator.”

VK UPGRADES ROBOT WELDING Finnish log debarker manufacturer Valon Kone Ltd. is upgrading its production machinery and manufacturing methods with a PEMA robotized welding station. Valon Kone operates in modern facilities with a total area of 6 500 m2 in Lohja, Finland.

The previous welding station started 15 years ago and was supposed to be replaced in 2008- 2009, but due to the recession at the time and other large investments, replacement was postponed.

Originally the planned solution was somewhat less complicated, but as the as the planning went further, the station grew in size and versatility.

The objectives of the investment were to increase productivity, gain better quality of welded parts and raise uti-

Valon Kone’s robot welding station

lization rate of fabrication cap acity. Based on simulations carried out with a selection of different work pieces, the robotized station provided a distinct increase in productivity.

“Now as the welding station is assembled and commissioned, and our personnel have been trained, we think that we made the right decision. We became convinced of Pemamek’s strong competence during the process,” comments VK Production Manager Jukka Jurvanen.

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10 ➤ “There is not sufficient information at this time on the relationship between formaldehyde exposure and myeloid leukemia, respiratory related effects, or reduced fertility to include a valuation estimate in the overall benefits analysis…EPA has made a reasoned determination that the benefits of the rule justify its costs.”

The compliance date is one year after the date of the publication of the final rule in the Federal Register.

The final rules establishes an EPA third-party certification program in which TPCs will regularly inspect composite panel producers to verify formaldehyde emissions tests. TPCs who wish to participate must apply to EPA for approval. Products must undergo quarterly testing and panels must be labeled with the producer’s name, TPC number and statement of compliance.

The rule exempts laminated products made by attaching a wood veneer to a core consisting of compliant MDF, particleboard or veneer with either a phe-

nol-formaldehyde resin or a resin formulated with no added formaldehyde.

EPA is providing producers of panels made with NAF (No Added Formaldehyde)-based resins or ULEF (Ultra Low Emitting Formaldehyde) resins with exemption from third party oversight and emissions testing after an initial testing period of three months, including at least five quality control tests, for each product type made with NAF-based resins and after an initial testing period of six months with at least 10 quality control tests for each product type made with ULEF resins.

During this initial testing period, to obtain the exemption, there can be no test result indicating emissions higher than 0.05 ppm of formaldehyde for hardwood plywood and 0.06 ppm for particleboard, MDF and thin MDF. In addition, test results for 90% of the required quality control testing must indicate emissions of no higher than 0.04 ppm of formaldehyde.

The final rule exempts hardboard,

structural panels, OSB, glulam, wood Ijoists and finger-jointed lumber.

The composite panel industry has generally sought a national rule to provide certainty for panel producers and customers and to provide closure after decades of governmental scrutiny.

STRUCTURAL PANEL NUMBERS GO UP While housing starts in the U.S. ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.17 million units in the second quarter, and Canadian housing starts ran at 198,000 units, North America structural panel production and apparent consumption rose 6% and 6.6%, respectively, in the second quarter compared to the first quarter. Relative to the second quarter of 2015, North America structural panel production was up 6.5%, and consumption increased 8.1%, according to data reported by APA—The Engineered Wood Assn. ➤ 56

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54 ➤ Compared to the first quarter of 2016, North America glulam production rose 4.7% in the second quarter. Ijoist production increased 4.1% and LVL output rose 3.9%. On a year ago quarter basis, glulam production was up 6.7%, while I-joist and LVL production increased 4.5% and 9.4%, respectively.

OSB production in North America increased 6.5% in the second quarter versus the first quarter, and was up 7.8% from the second quarter of 2015. First half production totaled 10.775 billion SF, up 7.5% from the first half of 2015.

North American plywood production was up 4.9% in the second quarter versus the first quarter, and was up 3.9% from the second quarter of 2015. Plywood production in the first half of 2016 was 1.2% greater than the first half of 2015. Led by a 7.4% increase in the South, U.S. plywood production jumped 5% in the second quarter versus the first quarter, and was up 4.6% from the second quarter of 2015. Canadian production increased 4.9% in the second quarter, and was up 0.6% from the second quarter of 2015.

WEYCO CLOSING MONTANA MILLS Weyerhaeuser reports it is permanently closing its sawmill and plywood mill in Columbia Falls, Mont. in late August or early September. The company will continue to operate three mills in Montana: a lumber mill in Kalispell, a plywood mill in Kalispell, and a medium density fiberboard mill in Columbia Falls.

“For some time now our operations in Montana have been running below capacity as a result of an ongoing shortage of logs in the region,” says Doyle Simons, president and CEO. “These closures will allow us to align the available log supply with our manufacturing capacity, including adding shifts at our Kalispell facilities.”

Approximately 100 positions will be eliminated as a result of the mill closures. The closures follow a decision earlier this year to move corporate positions that do not support manufacturing in Montana to Weyerhaeuser’s Seattle headquarters.

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AIRSTAR

Airstar One blow detector more than doubles signal amplitude.

Airstar Inc. designs and manufactures quality control systems, including testing equipment for engineered wood products of any thickness, configuration and species. With more than 40 years of experience in ultrasonic testing worldwide, the advantages of Airstar blow detectors are numerous.

In order to achieve repeatability of defect detection, a very high signal to noise ratio is needed. Airstar’s 40 to 1 ratio on the thickest engineered wood structures is unmatched. The other advantage of the high performance Airstar sensors is the ability to position the sensors at a precise perpendicular angle to the material. This is the only way to achieve repeatable results while testing multiple different thicknesses.

Many blow detectors detect only about one third of the total width, but Airstar systems can be ordered with a full 100% coverage of the panel width (32 channels in 48 in.- 1.2 m width). The standard Airstar blow detectors penetrate products with the thickness of up to 200 mm (8 in.) and have superior defect resolution (due to high sensitivity).

Airstar blow detectors are virtually maintenance free, with remote access tuning, support and upgrades. With superior sound filters they can also handle any type of noise from surrounding machinery and any type of harsh environment such as proximity of rip saws, sanders and press outfeeds. Airstar incorporates a temperature compensation feature that also allows them to handle any type of hot fresh press material with the same accuracy and repeatability.

This is essential for installations in proximity to press outfeed.

Airstar blow detectors have an autocalibration feature that doesn’t require any downtime or tedious calibration procedures. The blow detector software application could also be connected to the customer’s PLC. The interface is very user friendly and was designed in collaboration with a world leader in engineered wood products.

In addition to blow detectors, a thickness gage system is also available using high resolution laser sensors. The thickness gages can be supplied as a standalone system or all-in-one system that includes both blow detection and thickness gages in one unit. Visit airstar1.com.

CROSS WRAP

films. 750 mm wide wrapping film gives more capacity when needed compared to the option of 500 mm wide film.

For veneer stacks, the CW packaging system provides an automatic, gentle and effective pressing system that minimizes the need of freight space and lowers the packaging cost.

Cross Wrap Oy is delivering its board packaging lines with the new features to its customers in Europe, South America and South East Asia during this autumn.

The company’s R&D mission is to continously improve its board packaging lines with new features serving the customers needs more comprehensively.

The company also runs its activities according to ISO 9001 Quality System Certification. Visit crosswrap.com.

CUSTOM ENGINEERING

Cross Wrap packing line for MDF

Finland based Cross Wrap Oy board packaging lines pack the various size board stacks automatically with polyethelene stretch film. Polyethelene stretch film is the only packing material needed; it is not only covering the stack but also binding the boards so there is no need for metal or plastic straps or side covers.

Cross Wrap’s new board packaging lines will include automatic weighing systems. The weight information can be then communicated to plant ERP systems. Cross Wrap provides an automatic labeling system, where all the product information is printed to label including the weight information. The high quality packing includes an informative, tidy labeling for a positive image that is more important to support the brand of each board manufacturer.

CW board packaging lines are equipped with a modem that provides CW remote assistance to the customer regardless of the machine location. The new lines also include automatic storing before packing for the stacks arriving from production. The consumption of wrapping film is optimized with an option to use different types of wrapping

Custom Engineering is one of the world’s largest suppliers of precision machined controlled temperature platens. In addition to shipping to all 50 states, Custom Engineering ships to customers in South America, Europe, Japan, China and India.

Custom Engineering manufactures platens as small as 12 in. square for use in laboratory presses, and as large as 10 ft. x 52 ft. for board and panel presses.

Typical heater or cooling sources include electric, steam, water and thermal fluid.

Custom Engineering’s press platens are used for applications as simple as cooling molds after curing and as high tech as hot forming of titanium and composites at 1700 degrees F. Platens from Custom Engineering are in use today in every imaginable industry; from compression molding of rubber to hot forming of Titanium, from

Custom Engineering manufactures and refurbishes platens.

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QC copper clad and decorative laminating to the manufacturing of plywood, hardboard and particleboard.

Maintaining square and flat platens is critical to operational efficiencies.

When platens become nicked, bent, gouged or damaged, they will produce imperfections in the end product. Often this will lead to additional costly finishing operations like additional sanding of particleboard. Custom Engineering repairs all types of platens restoring them to original specifications.

Custom Engineering refurbishes and replaces platens for nearly every make of hydraulic press in existence, regardless of the original manufacturer. Visit customengineering.com.

ELECTRONIC WOOD SYSTEMS

Area Weight Measuring System moving across MDF mat before the hot press

Electronic Wood Systems has added a new model besides its standard area weight measuring system (MASSSCAN X). This new model, MultiEnery, is designed as a tool to meet the highest demands in uniformity of the mat. Centerpiece is a super sensitive detector, which can receive and rapidly evaluate X-rays of extremely low radiation energy.

To cover a wide range from thin to thick panel board production, the X-ray tube can gradually change energy according to three stages of area weight. First stage is for thin panel board production with up to 9 kg/m² [1.8 lb/ft²]. Second is up to 21 kg/m² [4.2 lb/ft²] and third up to 40 kg/m² [8 lb/ft²].

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59 ➤ enhancement by an order of magnitude provides enormous advantages to reliably detect even low deviations in area weight distribution,” explains EWS Director of the Wood-Based Composite Div., Konrad Solbrig.

Along with this remarkable increase in accuracy, the new system still includes the feature of low X-ray power of <5 watts only. Visit electronic-wood-systems.de

GRECON

the product quality is maintained. The significant reduction of spreading fluctuations leads to less strain of downstream production processes. The service life of working tools, such as sanding belts, saw blades or milling heads, will increase. Panel surfaces become more homogeneous and therefore better for coating. The consumption of lacquer or other coatings is reduced.

The FORMATOR pays for itself in less than one year. Improved product quality increases customer satisfaction.

The combination of homogeneous material distribution and reduction of the nominal value allows higher production speeds and output. Visit grecon-us.com.

IMAL-PAL

GreCon FORMATOR reduces material costs

Automatically homogenize material distribution of the formed wood based panel mat with the GreCon FORMATOR. Remarkable improvements in panel quality will significantly affect material savings with reductions of process and logistic costs.

Improving panel quality requires high accuracy while forming the panel mat.

This is achieved by combining a segmented scalper and the X-ray scanner DIEFFENSOR. Both systems are integrated in a control loop so that the mat can be homogenized automatically. The DIEFFENSOR determines the weight per unit area of the entire mat. With the scanner’s high resolution, the system regulates the segments of the scalper to the appropriate positions.

Thereby, spreading fluctuations are considerably reduced and all panels become more homogeneous increasing the panel’s quality.

Precise weight per unit area measurements, by the DIEFFENSOR, allows for not only eliminating the safety material added for sanding off pressed panels, but also a reduction of nominal material values. Material savings of up to 5% can be realized while

IMAL-PAL offers several product innovations for quality control: Dynasteam is mounted at the infeed to the continuous press for the production of OSB, MDF and PB. Steam is injected into the top and bottom of the mat making it possible to increase production by as much as 30%. Other benefits of the installation include optimized density profile, less porous surface, lower formaldehyde emission and a reduction in resin consumption.

The Full Blister Control Detector utilizes a limited number of control channels to detect panel delamination and is able to control the whole width of the board.

Controlling the density profile is essential for MDF quality. The CDP700 analyzer is rapid, extremely accurate and able to analyze boards over a thickness range of between 3 mm and 60 mm. It mounts both sensors below the board, a technical solution which protects the sensors from the vapors released by the board, hence they last

IMAL-PAL Full Blister Classifer (FBC200)

longer and performance is not affected.

The PSD (Press Security Device) is designed to protect continuous presses from foreign objects (pebbles, wire, resin chunks, plastic lumps, etc.) and other dense objects that could damage the belt, particularly important when producing thin panels. The X-ray system provides full mat width coverage and mat density is accurately displayed in 3D. ISO30X (On-Line X-ray Mat Density Gauge) performs an accurate on-line weight per surface unit analysis and is an essential device for managing and controlling mat formation.

WinThick (thickness gauging system) is highly accurate and reliable system with installation at the press outfeed and sanding line.

The group also manufactures a full range of laboratory equipment such as the IB700 board property tester, DPX density profile meter, Lab Formaldehyde Tester, Fibercam and Screencam, for analyzing the granulometry of wood particles and fiber. Visit imalpal.com.

INSTALMEC

Cleaned fiber obtained after processing with Instalmec’s MDF cleaner.

The latest wood cleaning systems conceived by Instalmec target and then eliminate impurity contained in the raw material: The result is the absence of spots and imperfections in the surface of particleboard and MDF. A problem that often affects the surface of the MDF is the presence of small black spots, as they lower the quality and therefore the price of the panel. Indeed, when it comes to laminating or painting, these spots produce a defect on the surface.

These black spots and other imperfections are caused by the presence of pollutants in the wood fiber, such as

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Instalmec’s “High Efficiency MDF Cleaner” operates in two steps, and the final result is a panel with smooth surface, and very resistant to mechanical stress as the fiber is not forced through any fan so the fiber maintains its original structure.

Instalmec has been installing for years its cleaning systems for recycled wood at the inlet of particleboard plants, and today these installations are contributing to the economic success of many leading producers around the world.

In order to have a top quality panel whose surface is even better than panels produced with virgin wood, Instalmec has recently conceived and installed a system that is matched with the above cleaning system for recycled wood. This new system is installed downstream of

the dryer and divides all the material flow in different granulometries, and each granulometry is then cleaned.

The above systems are managed by a PLC, which can be arranged to work with existing softwares. Visit instalmec.it.

LAP With more than 30 years of experience in laser technology, LAP GmbH Laser Applikationen is one of the leading suppliers of advanced laser measurement systems for quality and process control.

LAP has developed a turnkey solution named THICK CHECK. THICK CHECK is a robust and flexible multitrack system that performs in-line thickness measurement with the highest accuracy. It provides a customized number of measurement tracks, capable of covering virtually any prevailing product width.

Flexible and independent of material:

LAP 5-track thickness measurement with “Thick Check”

THICK CHECK will measure almost any type of nontransparent board, strip or sheet-like material with diffusely reflecting surfaces. Applications include quality assurance and process control after calendering, pressing, sawing, grinding and sanding, the detection of double layers or optionally width measurement. OSB and MDF, particleboard, hardboard, laminate and laminat-

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High precision at high speed: THICK CHECK uses non-contact measurement based on laser triangulation. LAP laser sensors measure very precise and fast. Objects at any speeds may be measured with an accuracy of up to +/- 10 μm within measuring ranges from 10 to 400 mm. The selected range depends on the thickness of the object and its perpendicular moving range. Every measuring track typically consists of one pair of oppositely disposed laser sensors between which boards etc. are passed. Sensors of POLARIS or ATLAS series may be chosen, operating at measuring frequencies up to 10 kHz. Measured values of above and below sensor are matched and transformed into reliable thickness values.

Modular system from one hand: THICK CHECK is designed as a modular system with mainly standard elements and often requested options. As LAP produces the whole systems, individual requirements may be added, like sensors for width measurement. For keeping the sensor clean, an air purge for use in dusty environments is also available. As an additional option, in-line calibration may be integrated. For environments with changing temperatures HVAC of the measuring frame is recommended.

User-friendly software: LAP’s userfriendly software provides various options such as visualization, a report function per piece, lot or over time. It also allows for documentation of measured values for quality control. Visit lap-laser.com.

LIMAB

LIMAB PanelProfiler thickness measurement technology

LIMAB is a market leader in noncontact thickness measurement of wood panels. LIMAB offers 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 side ways 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 sand-

ing belts wear and giving quicker answers of what has caused an out-oftolerance condition. Each system is prepared mechanically to fit the production line dimensions for ease of installation.

Measurements are displayed graphically and numerically in real time with a user-friendly software, instantly alerting the operator at outof-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. Visit limab.se.

SIEMPELKAMP The demands on the quality of particleboard MDF, HDF, OSB or veneer are quite challenging, the tolerances to be met are very tight. This is true for the board thickness, board weight, density distribution, surface quality as well as the mechanical properties. In all circumstances, the product quality must

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Based on its 30-year experience in ContiRoll development, production and system support, and from countless laboratory tests and sample analyses in collaboration with its experienced customers, Siempelkamp has developed a board quality model that constitutes the basis for its intelligent and adaptive process control system: Prod-IQ. The concept: More than 2,000 sensors are continuously monitored and provide information on the actual prevailing production status. A quality forecast and control is done online based on the board quality model. For templates that can be individually configured, the production results can be clearly shown in terms of quantity and quality, and can thus provide the basis for any process optimization. The data can be transmitted to any terminal device, e.g. iPad, iPhone or large screen.

In order to further increase system availability, Siempelkamp has fitted its plants with a condition monitoring system. More than 20,000 measurement data and plant parameters are transferred to the monitoring software and are analyzed using intelligent technology monitoring systems that look for irregularities. Based on the findings, process-led corrective measures can be taken or indications provided for predictive maintenance.

Plant operators are always one step ahead. Visit siempelkamp.com.

STEINEMANN Investments ensure future growth.

They strengthen a companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competences, which lead to a stable or improved market position. This statement fits precisely with the investments of Steinemann in its new Technology Center, which means: new sanding equipment for testing and trials, additional manpower for more expertise and new precision measurement equipment.

Steinemann, the supplier of wide belt sanding machines, sanding belts and sprint system, analyzes the interaction between machine, belt and sanding insert. A key element is the new equipment to measure roughness and wavi-

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ness of panels and sanding belts.

Boards from customers with individual process settings such as the number of sanding heads, grit sequence of the belts, production speed or stock removal among others can be measured and judged.

The Steinemann Technology Center is

the heart of the education and training environment. The first sanding seminar in the new technology center took place at the end of July, with customers from Russia in attendance. For Steinemann, education and training means also providing support to its customers’ education activities. The objective is to provide advice and detailed information on how to set the parameters for a steady process and constant panel quality. Steinemann shares its expertise to give the participants a better understanding and useful tools for their daily operations.

Research plays a major role in Steinemann’s investments and activities. The sanding of wood based panels has a long history, but there are still unknown aspects and influences of various parameters and interference which impact board quality. The improvement of chatter marks or the opti-

mization of roughness measurements are an important aspect in this field.

But also questions persist such as: What is the best setting for the most economic process? When is the best time to change the belt and sanding inserts regarding energy, efficiency, productivity and quality? How will the next generation of sanding machines, abrasive belts and sanding inserts perform? Which is the most efficient way to change abrasive material in the tight space around the machine?

The investment in the Steinemann Technology Center is a clear sign of Steinemann’s desire to set today’s standards by maintaining a comprehensive education and offering hands-on training for the sanding industry. Through this approach, customers and consumers will benefit from real solutions. Visit steinemann.com.

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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS

DIRECTORY ASIA

AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA

■ Poland

■ China KAOCHUAN

WOODWORK CO., LTD. Taiwanese Enterprise in China

• FANCY: On Plywood/MDF/PB/BB • VENEER: Custom-cut, Layon, Parquet • PLYWOOD: Hardwood, Poplar, LVL, Marine • Musical Instruments Plywood: Drum, Piano • Fire Retardance Veneered panel • Others: 4'x12', CARB, NAUF, FSC, UV

kaochuan@kaochuanwoodwork.com

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

EUROPE

www.kaochuanwoodwork.com

■ India

■ Spain

■ Germany M P VENEERS, INDIA “Teak People”

PRODUCERS OF SLICED AND ROTARY CUT VENEERS

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

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

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

• Bookmatched jointed burl faces.

We supply furniture, panel and architectural grades.

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

■ Switzerland

■ Italy

■ Taiwan

GREAT GIANT INC. VENEER AND VENEERED PRODUCTS

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

www.timbercom.com

LEGNOQUATTRO S.P.A.

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

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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY ■ United Kingdom

■ United States ■ Georgia

CURRY VENEER SALES

1014 EAST SIXTH STREET NEW ALBANY, IN 47150 Email: bradblcveneer@gmail.com “Hands On Personalized Relationships” 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

NORTH AMERICA

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■ Idaho

■ Canada ■ British Columbia

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

Producers of high quality fine face veneers.

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

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

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

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

■ Indiana

■ Ontario

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

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”

Reserve your space today.

Call Melissa McKenzie 800-669-5613

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

Locate veneer & plywood products and services w o r l d w i d e .

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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.

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

MAGNOLIA FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. DISTRIBUTORS OF SYP Plywood & Lumber OSB Cut to size

1-800-366-6374

www.magnoliaforest.com Terry, MS J.I.T. & P.I.T. Nationwide

Locate veneer & plywood products and services w o r l d w i d e .

■ Oregon

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

2323 Cross Street ● Eugene, Oregon 97402 Sales: (541) 461-0767 ● Fax: (541) 461-0738 Email: sales@westernpanel.com web site: westernpanel.com

■ Pennsylvania

■ Ohio

Locate veneer & plywood products and services w o r l d w i d e .

■ Vermont

■ Kentucky

North America’s largest manufacturer of fancy face rotary veneer.

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.

■ Mississippi

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

Universal Veneer Mill Corp.

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

Offering FSC certified veneer products in Red Oak, Hard Maple, Birch, Ash, Tulip Poplar, Basswood and Soft Maple in Stock Panel & Cut-to-Size Lay-ons as well as unspliced veneer .4mm thru 1.6mm thickness

Plain sliced Alder and Aromatic Cedar faces and flitch stock are regularly available.

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

Contact Sales at 802-334-3600 • Fax: 802-334-5149

www.cfpwood.com • 324 Bluff Rd. • Newport, VT 05855

LOCATE VENEER & PLYWOOD PRODUCTS AND SERVICES WORLDWIDE. Reserve your space today.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIRECTORY The Feltham-McClure Co., Inc. 2151 Wembley Place • Oviedo, Florida 32765 407-366-9333 Office • 407-366-4900 Fax www.thefeltham-mcclurecompany.com

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, Inc. 9926

5394

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60 Wilson Ave., Suite 101 Timmins, Ontario, Canada P4N 2S7 Tel: 705.360.5525

9237

Complete Engineering Services for the OSB, Particleboard, MDF, Plywood, LVL, Sawmilling and Biomass Industries.

Offering Services in: • Conceptual Design • Budget Preparation • Feasibility Studies • Procurement • Detail Engineering – Civil/Structural – Mechanical – Electrical • PLC / HMI Programming • Project Management • Construction Management • Startup Assistance

5515 S.E. Milwaukie Ave, Portland, Oregon 97202 503-230-9348 Fax: 503-233-2051 www.kh2aengineering.com Email: kh2a@kh2aengineering.com

www.cmaeng.com • info@cmaeng.com

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Executive – Managerial – Technical - Sales

SEARCH NORTH AMERICA, INC. IT'S YOUR MOVE...

FOREST PRODUCTS RECRUITING SINCE 1978

The Jobs You Want — The People You Need

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CONTACT CARL JANSEN AT 541-593-2777 OR Carlj@SearchNA.com

Contingency or Retainer

Depending on Circumstances / Needs

“Your Success Is Our Business” Serving the Wood Products and Building Materials Industries For more than 21 years.

MICHAEL STRICKLAND & ASSOCIATES LLC Executive Recruiters Wood Products/Building Materials Industries Mike Strickland mike@woodproductjobs.com 601-529-2157 • www.woodproductjobs.com Fees paid by employer

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THE Forest Products Group

Jon Olson

Tel: (800) 985-5191

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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Top Wood Jobs Recruiting and Staffing George Meek geo@TopWoodJobs.com www.TopWoodJobs.com (360) 263-3371

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Management Recruiters of Houston Northeast

Gates Copeland 281-359-7940 • fax 866-253-7032

gcopeland@mrihouston.com • www.mrihouston.com

JOB DESCRIPTION: • Has overall responsibility for all company activities including P&L responsiblity • Provides direction to all department managers including sales, production, maintenance and human resources and responds to their problems.

• Provides and manages strategic manufacturing plans and objectives • Monitors and insures that all regulatory issues are closely followed such as CARB, EPA, LACEY, FSC, OSHA • Strives for continuous improvement in manufacturing processes • Reviews manufacturing reports daily QUALIFICATIONS: • BS in business or engineering • Minimum of 5 years as plant manager with forest products company • Ability to multi-task and self-motivate • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Results oriented

Send resume to: Human Resources Darlington Veneer Company PO Box 1087 Darlington, SC 29540 sbritton@darlingtonveneer.com 475 800-845-2388

PEMBROKE MDF INC.,

a Canadian MDF (medium density fiberboard) manufacturer, is seeking the following professionals for its Ontario, Canada mill: • Director of Manufacturing • Project Manager/Engineering Manager • Instrumentation & Control engineer/ degreed technician Please see detailed description of the company and of the open positions in our website: www.pembrokemdf.com/careers/ Resumes and expressions of interest should be sent to our HR Manager at nicole.roussy@pembrokeMDF.com

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Austin, Texas

GENERAL MANAGER

Darlington Veneer Company is a manufacturer of stock panel hardwood plywood located in Darlington, SC. A third generation familyowned business, the plant employs approximately 115 co-works in a one-shift operation.

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EVENTS AUGUST

OCTOBER 2017

24-27 • International Woodworking Fair, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Visit iwfatlanta.com.

1-3 • Composite Panel Assn. Fall meeting, Hyatt Regency, Savannah, Ga. Call 703-724-1128; visit compositepanel.org.

SEPTEMBER 28-30 • Timber Processing & Energy Expo, Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center, Portland, Ore. Visit timberprocessingandenergyexpo.com.

OCTOBER 2-4 • Composite Panel Assn. Fall meeting, Marriott World Ctr., Orlando, Fla. Call 703-724-1128; visit compositepanel.org.

8-12 • Wood Processing Machinery & Intermob Fair, Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center, Istanbul, Turkey.

Call +90 212 867 11 00; visit intermobistanbul.com/en.

24-27 • Lesdrevmash 2016, 16th International Exhibition for Machinery, Equipment and Technology for Logging, Woodworking and Furniture Industries, Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia. Call 8 (800) 707-37-99; visit lesdrevmash-expo.com.

NOVEMBER 5-8 • APA-Engineered Wood Assn. annual meeting and Engineered Wood Technology Assn. Info Fair, Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa, Bonita Springs, Fla. Call 253565-6600; visit apawood.org.

MARCH 2017 1-4 • Delhiwood 2017, India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, India. Call+91-80-4250 5000; visit delhi-wood.com.

7-9 • WoodMac China 2017, Shanghai New International Expo Center, Shanghai, PR China. Call +44 (0) 20 7840 2104; visit woodmacchina.net.

APRIL 2017 30-May 3 • Composite Panel Assn. Spring meeting, Grand Fiesta Americana, Los Cabos, Mexico. Call 703-7241128; visit compositepanel.org.

MAY 2017 22-26 • Ligna: World Fair For The Forestry And Wood Industries, Hannover, Germany. Call +49 511 89-0; fax +49 511 89-32626; visit ligna.de.

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