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HOW TWO OPERATIONS BATTLED THEIR WAY BACK e didn’t intend for this issue to have the theme of “comebacks,” but that’s how it worked out. The two main mill operation articles—on Tolko Industries OSB in Slave Lake, Alberta, and the Omak Wood Products plywood plant in Omak, Wash.—certainly fall into this category. However, they bring quite different stories to the table. The beginnings of the Tolko OSB plant at Slave Lake, also called the Athabasca OSB operation, go back to 2005 when the company announced it was building the plant and putting in the world’s longest continuous press at more than 230 ft. The timing, however, turned out to be impeccably bad. Just as the plant was coming up, the building market was crashing, and after a short period of production, the plant shut down in February 2009. The article that begins on page 20 goes into some detail on how the OSB operation lived to fight another day, with a newly hired work force, and with some equipment and product tweaking. It resumed production last December. It’s a feel-good story, written by Andrew Macklin. I’m not sure “feel-good” is the correct description of the re-startup of the Omak Wood Products plywood plant. The word “historical” comes more to mind. Does anybody out there remember Biles-Coleman Lumber Company? J.C. Biles and Nate Coleman were the partners who in 1921 bought a sawmill and timber harvesting rights from the Omak Fruit Growers Inc. on the slopes of Omak Mountain and a box plant in Omak. In 1924, Biles-Coleman built a new sawmill in Omak, and this is really the roots of today’s Omak Wood Products. Coleman left the business fairly early on, but the company stuck, and so did Biles, who led the development of a large lumber business and extensive logging and railroad infrastructure. The company continued to prosper with multiple sawmills and then built a plywood mill in 1971.
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Then the Omak site began a long roller coaster ride, starting when Crown Zellerbach purchased Biles-Coleman in 1974. In 1985, British financier Sir James Goldsmith won control of the forest products portion of Crown Zellerbach, including the Omak operation, and operated it as part of Cavenham Forest Industries. Many of us remember, in late 1988, when the 635 union members of Omak Wood Products purchased the sawmill, plywood mill and 47,000 acres from Goldsmith, and formed an ESOP (employee stock ownership plan). That’s how the business ran until 1997 when it filed for bankruptcy and was subsequently purchased by Quality Veneer & Lumber. But that entity experienced financial stress as well, and in 2001 the Confederated Colville tribes purchased the Omak operation and operated it as Colville Indian Power and Veneer. The tribes operated the plant until 2009, when the recession forced its closure. It sat in silence until 2013 when New Wood Resources of Atlas Holdings signed a long-term lease agreement with the Colville tribes to manage the operation. Talk about staying power. Our writer, Dan Shell, picks up the story from there beginning on page 10. Tolko Slave Lake and Omak Wood Products are back in business. That’s good news for the workers and their families, their communities, and for our industry. PW
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ROSEBURG HAS WEED MILL ON TRACK
Roseburg Forest Products announced a phased ramp-up of production at its Weed, Calif. veneer facility beginning October 13. The repairs to the entire mill, which was damaged by the “Boles Fire” on September 15, will likely take until the first quarter of 2015. The fire hit the facility at 1 p.m. All Roseburg employees were evacuated and there were no injuries. The fire affected the jobs of 135 of the employees at Weed; however, Roseburg was able to quickly keep 90-100 of those employees working during the interim.
Roseburg moved quickly at Weed.
Between 55 and 60 were relocated to Roseburg, Ore. to continue to help produce veneer at the company’s plywood mills in Dillard, Ore. and Riddle, Ore. Roseburg provided housing for these employees (and their families, in some instances) and assisted them with meals for the duration of their stay in Oregon. Those employees have traveled back to Weed to begin work. Another 35 employees have been assisting with repairing and rebuilding parts of the Weed facility. In addition, Roseburg has provided temporary housing in the Weed area for 15 employees who lost their homes and everything in them to the fire. President and CEO Allyn Ford said, “While the fire in Weed was terrible for the community as well as our own employees, I couldn’t be more proud of the teamwork and collaboration of our people. Through the crisis, we’ve discovered some great stories, some great values and some great people. We survived the fire, provided for our affected employees, and repaired the facility enough to get the Weed facility back up and working so that we can help the Weed community recover. I’m proud to be a part of Roseburg
Forest Products.” Roseburg employees have already raised over $51,000 to help those colleagues displaced by the fire. The company has agreed to match those donations dollar for dollar, and a fund has been set up through the United Way in Northern California. The community in Douglas County (where Roseburg is headquartered) has rallied around the displaced employees as well. O’Toole’s Pub and Treats Café became donation sites for canned foods, bedding, clothes and other necessary items. They then drove their trucks down to Weed to drop off the donated items. Two Shy Brewery, founded by Roseburg citizens, donated 25% of a weekend’s proceeds to the employees in Weed. Brooke Communications in Roseburg held a “Need in Weed” drive at Sherm’s Thunderbird grocery store, where community members donated $2,300 in cash, 1,500 lbs. of food, and 1,300 lbs. of nonfood items to the folks in Weed. “The transition for the employees relocating to Roseburg has been smooth,” says Vice President of Human Resources and Labor Relations Kellye Wise. “These are employees who have an incredible work ethic and just jumped right in to help with production. I am happy we’re able to get them back to their hometown, families and friends as quickly as possible. We are also proud of our Oregon-based employees as we have seen them embrace this temporary transition and work well with the Weed folks.” Wise also added, “We’ve been down to Weed a number of times to collaborate with community leaders there, and those conversations are ongoing. We have the same goal: To see Weed cleaned up and thriving as soon as possible.”
DOJ GAVE THUMBS DOWN TO DEAL
Flakeboard America Ltd., a subsidiary of Arauco, abandoned its plan to acquire a medium density fiberboard (MDF) mill and two particleboard mills from SierraPine after the Dept. of Justice expressed concerns about the transaction’s likely anticompetitive effects in MDF. The department said the transaction would have substantially lessened competition in the market for the production of MDF sold to
customers on the West Coast. “This deal threatened to weaken competition and raise MDF prices for customers on the West Coast,” said Bill Baer, Assistant Attorney General of the Dept. of Justice’s Antitrust Div. Flakeboard and SierraPine are two of only four significant suppliers of MDF to the West Coast, the department noted. The proposed merger would have given the combined firm a 58% market share for the thicker and denser grades of MDF on the West Coast, the department stated. On January 14, 2014, Flakeboard America announced it was purchasing the three industrial panel mills from SierraPine for $107 million.
HAMPTON’S ZIKA BLASTS TRIBUNE
In a blog on the company web site, Hampton Affiliates CEO Steve Zika criticized the Portland Tribune editorial board for a column that downplayed the forest sector as part of the Oregon economy. The intent of the Portland Tribune column was to express enthusiasm for Intel Corp.’s plan to invest $100 billion in the area, but the article also addressed the state’s forest industry. Zika responded, “It gives me a thrill to know that an important portion of our state’s economy is making such a commitment. However, I am dismayed that the editorial board would unnecessarily treat Oregon’s forest sector with such contempt by stating, ‘…[the timber industry] clearly represents the past and not the future of Oregon’s economy.’” Zika asks: “Why must enthusiasm for economic progress in urban Oregon come by throwing a very large portion of Oregon’s rural economy under the bus?” Zika notes that Hampton Affiliates employs 800 in mostly rural Oregon. “While our manufacturing plants in Willamina, Tillamook and Warrenton may not seem as sexy as Intel’s new D1X module under construction in Hillsboro, our business has evolved and we also have to keep up with the same kind of global economic competition that Intel feels as that company invests in its future here.” He continues: “When was the last time your editorial board visited a modern sawmill with lasers, full log scanning and computerized optimization? Get out of your wood house, out from behind your
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wood desk, and put down your paper made from wood residuals and go see what is really happening in the forests of Oregon.” Zika writes that the author of the Portland Tribune column discounts the impact of Oregon’s overall forest sector economy for its “mere” 76,000 jobs and $5.2 billion in total annual income. “These are hardly numbers that support a thesis that the forest sector is a thing of the past,” Zika says. “While we have trouble growing in this state, due to ongoing radical environmental litigation that has shut down the federal forests, bankrupted rural counties and brought on catastrophic wildfires, we are not going away.” Zika says, “The editorial’s dismissive attitude is rooted in an image of the past. Work in the woods and mills has changed considerably. Equipment in mills requires people—both men and women—who have specialized technical and professional skills to keep it running. Those who work in the woods operate increasingly specialized equipment that minimizes en-
vironmental impacts, and they do so under strict environmental standards that have evolved with new science. University and technical degrees are required for much of this work.” Zika concludes: “The achievements of Intel and the others in Oregon’s silicon forest are laudable. But let us not forget the achievements and staying power of Oregon’s original forest. It plays a vital role in Oregon’s economy and will do so for decades to come.”
ANOTHER PELLET MILL ON HORIZON
A company led by a private investor and two veterans of wood pellet production plans to build a $130 million, 500,000 metric ton per year wood pellet facility in Pine Bluff. Highland Pellets is a privately held company that plans to export its production into the United Kingdom industrial utilities markets. “While this plant will be the first built under the Highland brand, our colleagues
Mike Ferguson and Scott Jacobs bring decades of industry leading experience in the engineering and operating of industrial wood pellet plants,” Highland Pellets Chairman Tom Reilley says. “Together with Highland’s leadership team who are veterans of Cargill, Black River, JP Morgan and EnerNOC, we are excited to complete our Pine Bluff facility and expand our footprint.” Jacobs, who is director, business development, and Ferguson, director, engineering and operations, previously worked with Ozark Hardwood Products in Seymour, Mo., and also operate a construction company specializing in wood pellets, AgriRecycle, Inc. Jacobs is a former president of Pellet Fuels Institute. Highland Pellets states it is working with first class industry partners including a leading forestry company to provide sustainable fiber feedstock and Cooper/ Consolidated for the management of the logistics supply chain for export. Groundbreaking is expected to commence in October and deliveries from the plant should begin March 2016.
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LONG-TERM AGREEMENT REJUVENATES CENTRAL WASH. PLYWOOD MILL New Wood Resources gains new veneer source while Colville tribes enjoy expanded employment, economic opportunity.
BY DAN SHELL
OMAK, Wash. long-term plywood mill lease agreement between New Wood Resources LLC (NWR) and the Colville Tribal Federal Corp. (CTFC) of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in north central Washington aims to deliver positive results for both by securing quality veneer supplies for NWR while providing key markets for the tribe’s timber and overall enhanced employment opportunities and economic development for tribal members.
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The agreement was announced in March 2013, and employees of the newly formed Omak Wood Products (a subsidiary of NWR) began work immediately in the months afterward to bring the facility out of mothballs and back into production. New Wood Resources, which operates Olympic Panels in Shelton, Wash. along with the Colville mill, is a subsidiary of Atlas Holdings. The Omak Wood Products plywood mill dates to 1971, when a plywood mill was built at the current site by independent operator Biles-Coleman Lumber Co., which also built the original Omak sawmill in the 1920s.
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Colville tribal holdings provide a steady log supply from 700,000 acres of timberland.
The 40+ years since the plywood mill was built have seen a variety of mill owners and operators: Crown Zellerbach (and eventually Cavenham Industries) bought the facility from Biles-Coleman and operated it from 1974 till 1988 when it was sold to a group of employees in an ESOP that eventually went bankrupt. In 1998 the mill was sold to Quality Veneer & Lumber, which operated it until 2000 when it also went bankrupt. In 2001, the Colville tribes’ CTFC bought the mill out of receivership and operated it as Colville Indian Power & Veneer until it was closed in 2009, surviving a fire in 2006 that
caused almost $4 million in damage. Plans were to re-start the facility as soon as feasible, but it was still closed in 2010 when New Wood Resources came calling.
AGREEMENT According to former New Wood Resources CEO Richard Yarbrough, who recently retired, about four years ago the company was analyzing its West Coast businesses, and in particular long-term supply for the Olympic Panels plant at Shelton, Wash. The Omak mill had closed a year or so prior in 2009.
“We were familiar with the mill and remember when they closed it,” Yarbrough says, adding that in fall 2010 he visited Omak and talked to the tribal ownership about mutual interests. Like many mill closures at the onset of the Great Recession, what began as a temporary shutdown in 2009 was turning into years. Wood Resources and Colville representatives met several more times, with tribal members visiting Wood Resource’s Olympic Panel Products plywood mill in Shelton in 2011. “We told them we’d make a good partner and we’d run the mill,” Yarbrough says. “We needed the wood, and we already had the markets.” The deal also made sense in establishing a ready market for the Colville tribe’s timber harvests, which had dropped off after the economic downturn. The deal took a bit more time to come to fruition, as Colville tribal members, specifically executives with the Colville Tribal Federal Corp. (CTFC), researched and explored alternatives for the best way to rejuvenate the mill and boost logging and overall economic activity surrounding its operation. An agreement was reached and announced in March 2013, with Wood Resources signing a 25-year agreement (initially a 10 year lease, with three fiveyear renewals afterward) with the CTFC. When the deal was announced, according to John Sirois, chairman of the Business Council of Colville Tribes, “This long-term agreement will provide for sustainable mill operations and timber management in our forests, as well as needed employment opportunities for tribal members.” Yarbrough says Wood Resources was looking for a long-term agreement. “We said that if we can’t be here long-term, why invest the money? So
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this isn’t a five-year play; this is a longterm, meaningful venture.” Yarbrough adds that re-starting and operating a facility with a payroll of $4-$5 million in a town of 5,000 makes a big impact, and not only for the 140 or so who are directly employed at the mill. “There have been at least that many jobs created in the woods,” Yarbrough says, “jobs in logging and trucking, plus more stumpage fees. The agreement has made a tremendous impact, and seeing that impact is very meaningful.” New Wood Resources spent more than $3 million in getting the old mill back to startup condition. More will be spent to bring it fully up to competitive speed as it goes back into full panel production. Experienced work force helped greatly in starting up closed facility.
One major project was this boiler control room plus reconditioned boiler system.
Veneer is processed on site and sold to other in-house facilities.
STARTUP On the ground in Omak in early 2013, the first thing Omak Wood Products personnel did was make a long and detailed list of projects and actions that had to take place before the facility could go back into production. Plant officials describe a process of not only going through all the equipment from top to bottom with an eye toward rebuilding and reconditioning if not outright replacement, but also simply “resurrecting the facility from Mother Earth.” When a facility just sits unoccupied and not operating, nature tries to reclaim it. A group of owls that had taken up residence in the idle plant, and there was lots and lots of cleanup to go with machine and equipment work. While much of the activity was maintenance and long-deferred maintenance, some larger projects were also required: ● Personnel from the start realized the vats needed to be completely rebuilt. The vats were originally steam with a flat floor, but New Wood Resources put in a hot water system which meant re-engineering from the floor up. ● The plant’s 8 ft. Coe 249 lathe with x-y charger and Coe core drive and roller bar was completely rebuilt. Allan McClure of Feltham-McClure Co. did a lathe survey and diagnosis. New Wood Resources ended up rebuilding the entire lathe, everything on it, from the bearings up. Omak Wood Products recently completed installation of a Jacobson
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The plant's two dryers were thoroughly reconditioned prior to startup.
Engineering tray control system and USNR carriage control system at the lathe, and has a new USNR charger and lathe control system installation scheduled for the end of the year. ● PS Engineering was brought in to recondition the boiler system, including moving and rebuilding pumps and valves and a new controls system. The 130,000 lbs./hr. Riley Stoker provides heat and steam for the whole facility, including dryers, vats and hot press.
● On the plant’s two Coe N 63 24section dryers, personnel had to virtually rebuild the whole inside with lots of bearings and tons of sprockets and chains. The dryers recently received an upgrade with new Sweed AutoVac system at both infeeds. ● Omak personnel also rebuilt the log yard and log bucking and merchandising system. The project was engineered and designed in-house. PSI provided merchandising controls and
some log handling hardware for the merchandising system, which uses a WGBM scanning and sorting package. Initial machine testing and operations began in August 2013, with sustained veneer production and a grand opening in October 2013. New Wood Resources and Omak Wood Products personnel worked closely with state and tribal employment officials in staffing the re-started mill, which began operations with 80 employees who had all worked there previously. The mill is now operating with 140+ employees, almost 80% tribal affiliated. Tribal employees are preferred, but the tribe has worked with plant management to get some skilled people who otherwise weren’t available. In addition, the plant is providing extensive training to cultivate more skills inhouse and among tribal employees. The facility was a challenge to restart, and many of the employees who did so were experienced and had worked there before, providing a large amount of wisdom and experience, and enabling the overall startup process to go smoothly. ➤ 16
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OPERATIONS Working with a timber supply agreement with the Colville tribe that owns 700,000 acres of timberland, some 90% of logs come from tribal sources currently, with open market log purchases expanding as production ramps up. The plant peels Douglas fir primarily, followed by larch, plus small amounts of grand and alpine fir and lodgepole pine. Logs up to 28 in. butt maximum and down to 7 in. on the top are taken, weighed Startup required complete vat system rebuild. across a set of Cardinal scales. peels mostly 1⁄8 with some 1⁄10 in fir, and Logs are unloaded with a Cat 988 the white woods peeled at 1⁄6. Those wheel loader and Wagner log handler thicknesses will change as the mill beand rolled out for the Yamhill Scaling gins layup operations this fall. The 31⁄4 Bureau. Sorting is by species mainly in. peeler cores are sold to a nearby with a few size sorts. value-added mill. After being placed on the infeed Veneer from the lathe flows to a deck and going through a Nicholson Raute rotary clipper with Ventek conA7 debarker, logs flow to a set of slashtrols and moisture meter feeding to a er saws for bucking, then are transfour-bin Raute stacker. Both dryers handle the same mateported to the conditioning vats. Vat rial. A Raute 12 bin stacker is curtime ranges considerably at the plant, rently being installed at one dryer which experiences 100°+ summers and outfeed, and the other dryer will evenbelow-freezing winter weather. tually tie into it. Logs are fed to the lathe, which
As layup, pressing and finished panel production takes off later this fall, the plant is operating a four-station G-P layup line that feeds 25- and 50-opening Williams White presses with Spar-Tek loaders and unloaders. Finishing equipment includes a Kimwood sander line.
FUTURE As production at Omak ramps up, New Wood Resources personnel are still working on fully integrating the plant into the company. For starters, D1 and D2 grade veneers go to the Red Built LVL plant at Stayton, Ore. ( Red Built is another Atlas Holdings subsidiary), while higher grade veneers go to the premium plywood Olympic Panels plant. The plant at Omak will be mostly a CDX plant, with some upgrade products manufactured as well. The facility provides a key solution for New Wood Resources in terms of in-house, high quality veneer supply and will also produce panels and veneer for the open market. PW
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TOLKO INDUSTRIES OSB MILL AT SLAVE LAKE COMES BACK TO LIFE Thoughtful and detailed approach to restart allowed mill to come up ahead of schedule. BY ANDREW MACKLIN
SLAVE LAKE, ALBERTA ebruary 12, 2013 was an important day for Tolko Industries and its Athabasca OSB/engineered wood mill here. Almost exactly four years earlier in 2009, the company announced that its facility would cease production due to a market down cycle “unprecedented in its severity and duration.” The shutdown announcement affected 112 employees. What made the closure even more depressing was that the mill had just “started walking.” In 2005, Tolko had announced its plan to invest $200 million to build the facility, which would include the industry’s longest continuous press, at 70.3 m. The next year, in 2006, the family owned company celebrated its 50th anniversary, having been founded as a small sawmill in Lavington, BC, and since grown to operate multiple wood products operations. Construction on the new plant commenced about the same time the building products market showed signs of softening and was completed in mid-to-late 2008. The plant began to feed panels into the North American hous ing market, but in February 2009, with the U.S. housing market crumbling and demand for OSB shrinking, Tolko was forced to shutter the mill until further notice.
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One change in the “new” mill is a Tanguay log handling loader.
Tolko OSB plant began production in December 2013, nearly five years since its market-induced closure.
It took four long years for Tolko President and CEO Brad Thorlakson to be confident that the demand for OSB had returned and that the demand was sustainable moving forward. “Before we could commit to the significant financial and human resource investment required to restart the mill, we had to determine, to the greatest degree possible, that current improvements in market conditions are sustainable,” he said. “We are confident about the future of the industry and look forward to positive years ahead. Reopening Athabasca confirms our commitment to meeting the needs of our customers through innovation and product development.” Thus on February 12 of last year, the announcement was made that Athabasca OSB would produce panels once again. The plan called for production to resume in the first quarter of 2014. By July of 2013, all of the senior management had been put in place, and that group represented close to 300 years of combined
experience in the production of OSB. That put the plant in a good position as they moved forward with the process of getting the plant back online. “We were able to bring the plant back into production in December of 2013, a few months ahead of the original target,” says Mark Cunningham, Plant Manager at Athabasca OSB. “The team has done an outstanding job getting the plant ready to run, and then commissioning and producing the first panels.” Previously a plant manager at another OSB operation, Cunningham came to Tolko in November 2012 to lead the startup of the Athabasca line. He recalls that during the time the line was down, they made sure the press was rotated each week, which ensured the bearings and other components were well lubricated. This has paid huge dividends as they restarted the line with very few mechanical issues. For the restart, Tolko serviced the press and had technologists from the
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The product versatility built into the plant originally is now reaping benefits.
press manufacturer, Siempelkamp, on site as they brought the line up to production. “Other than some minor commissioning work, we were able to run the press,” Cunningham says. Tolko of course looked at the entire mill site, determining which parts of the process were in need of a better, more efficient system to meet the new demands for production. For example, it was determined that the first stage of the mill process was in need of a change. In the wood room they identified a bottleneck with the existing jackladder system for conveying logs into the debarkers. They embarked on a project of tearing out the jackladders and installing a Tanguay rail-mounted loader that they knew would be able to supply the logs to the debarker and supply the furnish required to run the lines at an efficient speed. While the change to the infeed system was made to help improve the production process, another major change was made strictly to satisfy customer demand. They installed an imprint screen very similar to what is used on daylight presses into the Siempelkamp ContiRoll press. “It was identified that the imprint screen would open markets for us,” Cunningham says. “This Dryer processes 7 inch strands.
allows the Athabasca facility to meet customer needs for roofing, walls and flooring products.” Tolko encountered many challenges with the restart of the plant. Perhaps number one on the list was hiring close to 125 new people. This required weekly orientations, where Tolko provided specific training on safety, reviewed Tolko policies, and addressed site expectations and equipment operation. Numerous vendors came on to train employees on the proper operation and servicing of equipment. There was considerable one on one discussion with workers to enhance their familiarity. “Our managers, team leaders and support staff did an outstanding job ensuring our employees knew the right way to approach the tasks they were being given,” Cunningham says. “Our safety performance to date reflects the excellent job by everyone on site. We also received great support from our Tolko owners and executives who supported our decisions and provided the requisite direction when needed. “
OPERATIONS The plant’s annual production capacity is 830MMSF of a full suite of products based on customer requests and in thicknesses from 9.5 mm
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(0.374 in.) to 18.3 mm (0.720 in.) currently. They have recently begun producing flooring products and will soon be supplying RV panels. Most of the wood mix is acquired locally from contractors within Alberta. The mix consists of approximately 70% aspen, along with black poplar, birch, pine and spruce. The logs come into the mill via conditioning ponds where they are heated using thermal oil. After approximately The plant has a whopping 830MMSF of annual capacity. seven hours, the logs are lifted into the Andritz rotary debarking Both the waste wood and the strands system, using the rail-mounted Tanguay are conveyed through a Unifab conveyor PL350HD grapple loader. The debarkers system that contains 10 conveyors of remove 90-95% of the bark before logs varying length that are 7 ft. wide by 4 ft move through a magnetic detection sysdeep. The total system spans 947 ft., with tem and onto the transfer decks. From the six curved and four straight conveyors transfer decks, the logs are fed to a pair of used to move waste wood and strands. Carmanah stranders that reduce the logs Bins hold the wet strands before they to 7 in. strands. The Carmanah stranders are screened and fed into one of the Bütuse a Deltech hydraulic system to provide tner dryers. From there, the strands power for the system. progress through one of three Coil
blenders and the mat formation process begins as the boards move down the forming line toward the Siempelkamp continuous press. Process gases for the furnace and dryers pass through EFBs before being discharged to the atmosphere. A Scheuch cleaning system is in place to clean the air that exits from the press hall. “The length (of the press) gives you a lot of control over thickness variation when you press the panel,” Cunningham says. “We will make a very high quality, consistent panel through this press, which is what our end users and customers are going to want.” The mat exits the press in a continuous ribbon where three saws cut the panels to desired length. The panels are cut to the customer specified width at the dividing saws, which are located after the cooling wheels. Panels are conveyed to a Samuel Strapping system to be packaged for
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shipment. The site has truck and rail shipment infrastructure in place. Cunningham explains: “We can easily make 9-10 foot panels on site. We just set our saws and run a 9 foot or a 10 foot board. That is what a lot of house construction in the Western part of the United States demands.” The mill is also set up to better handle varying thicknesses of panels. With the changes made, the mill can make 19⁄32, 23⁄32 and 1 1⁄8 in. thick panels as well as rim board and web stock. There is also the possibility of adding to the line if changes in market conditions create the need for a longer panel. “Down the road, we will be able to add equipment and go to a longer length than 24 ft., which could give us a leg up that others producers won’t be able to match,” Cunningham adds. The commitment to quality includes the production of 7 in. strands. The plant looked at other sizes of strand to use in its operation, but came to the conclusion that 7 in. provided the best possible end product. “Longer strand can give you better board possibilities,” Cunningham says. “At this plant, we feel we can make the 7 inch work for us, and give us good board properties and allow us to get in to some strand lumber markets (LSL/OSL). That’s why we focused on 7 inch strand.” Cunningham admits that using that length gave the mill a lot to learn. The company needed to understand how the dryers would work with 7 in. strand versus the more traditional sizes. Also, the press operators had to learn how the longer length varied the process as opposed to the shorter length strand. But quality production at Athabasca OSB hasn’t just been about having the right strand and the right machines. According to Cunningham, it has also been about having the right team. “We have been very fortunate with the people we have brought in from across Canada. Good trades people are hard to find.” At the Athabasca mill (so named because of its location in the watershed of the Athabasca River), a few of the electricians on staff have come over from Ireland, but the mill has been able to attract millwrights from within Canada. “We have been fortunate that some of them have worked in OSB, so they bring that skill set with them and are familiar with the business. These guys want to be here, and that always helps the team.” The demographic of the team has also been a big plus, with workers in all
departments ranging from their 20s to their 60s. That has provided a lot of leadership and mentorship, which has contributed to the success of the staff and the mill. It has also created a ton of positive energy as the mill ramps up production to capacity. “These are exciting times for us,” Cunningham says. “Our staff wants to get the mill running. They want to be producing boards and are excited about it. There is a lot of energy when you are out amongst the team.”
That energy can also be felt in Slave Lake, a community that is happy to have Tolko’s Athabasca OSB mill back up and operational. “The community has looked forward to this mill restarting,” Cunningham notes. “They are very supportive of what we are trying to do here.” PW The original version of this article appeared in Canadian Wood Industries magazine, and has been updated for publication in Panel World, which has an article-exchange alliance with CWI.
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RECRUITING FIRM ADJUSTS TO CYCLES IN THE WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY BY GEORGE MEEK
here are some major wood products companies losing up to 75% of their top managers in the next five years and are struggling with finding replacements even now. Finding skilled labor will become extremely difficult. This is a global problem—not just in the U.S. I started working in the wood products industry in 1975 with my first job feeding a teepee burner that was used to burn waste wood from a sawmill and plywood plant in Kalispell, Montana. I left that plant to go to Plum Creek MDF where we took the residuals to make MDF panels. Since those early years I went on to support building new plants and consulting to the industry. I started working as a recruiter full time in 2010 after looking at what was coming to the industry and saw recruiting as being a good opportunity for me. To be successful at the recruiting business you need to have good recruiting skills, understand the needs of employers for the industry you are working, have good connections and a lot of very good resumes. When our industry started to have its downturn in 2008, there were a lot of people laid off and resumes were available. Jobs for recruiters slowed up, but there were always jobs for people with technical skills in engineering, maintenance or production. The 76 million baby boomers were really starting to head towards retirement in 2008, but with the stock market and IRAs decreasing in value, many baby boomers held on to their jobs as long as they could until their IRAs bounced back. For many, their IRAs are now back to where they were in 2007
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Plywood and lumber plants are seeking employees for high level positions.
and possibly even better, so now the baby boomers are ready to get out after a delay in their retirement plans and the tough times we just went through. Many employers did not have good systems in place to keep track of where their laid off people went. Some of them either changed industries or retired. I have had many of the largest wood products companies contact me and they are very concerned about what is going to happen in the next five years with their work force that is scheduled to retire.
“I have had many of the largest wood products companies contact me and they are very concerned about what is going to happen in the next five years with their work force that is scheduled to retire.” The past recession made it difficult for employers to hold on to all their good people. They did not have the funds to support training their younger or less experienced employees so those companies don’t have the people to promote from within. The larger companies have increased their recruiting work force now and the smaller companies
are reaching out to recruiters like Top Wood Jobs to locate people with the skills they need. The recruiting industry is much like other industries too, in that it is losing experienced wood products people. Some of the larger recruiters don’t have the industrial experience that seasoned recruiters have who understand the needs of the employers. This is my fifth year of full-time recruiting after working in the wood products industry for 35 years. I have seen my business increase each year and I have been forced into turning down more clients and sending less resumes per job because of the demand. Any recruiter that’s in this business long enough will prioritize their work based on specific criteria. I can’t work on all the jobs I can get, so my focus goes towards the clients that get back to me in a timely fashion on the candidates I send and I get the highest fees. Wood products companies operate their businesses the same way. They support the clients they have that show them the same urgency that the supplier does and gives them the most business. When you look at all the jobs there are to fill it is based on the number of candidates that employers need. There are far more sawmills than there are OSB plants and there are more production workers than there are salesmen. 50% of my jobs are production management jobs and 50% are maintenance and engineering jobs. Lumber and plywood make up about 50% of my jobs while OSB and the growing market of wood pellets makes up another 25% and the re- ➤ 31
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28 ➤ mainder are for the rest of the wood products industries I choose to support. Wood pellets are taking good wood products people from the original wood products industries. With the increase of new wood pellet mills and the startup of OSB plants there has been a surge in the past year with those industries. OSB plants are mostly up now and there are some more wood pellet plants to start up yet. Plywood and lumber plants are seeking more high level positions to fill retiring employees. Everyone wants to hire a 35-yearold with 50 years of experience, Six Sigma, a college degree and a clean resume. I suspect that because of the loss of people we will see in baby boomers retiring now and lack of trained experienced younger workers, more companies will give in to hiring older, more experienced employees where they can. At the same time, companies will emphasize training their less skilled employees. There are many companies now paying very considerable wages and benefits to attract and keep quality candidates. Where plant managers may make between $80-150k/year, I have seen some making over $250k/year with over 70% bonuses. Some companies have realized to keep good people, they must sacrifice some of their profits to attract the best. Candidates now ask what their insurance might cost before they apply for jobs and I have seen insurance premiums for families vary from no cost to $1000/month. I am paying $900/month for my wife and me with a $5000 deductible each. I have started to ask employers what candidates should expect for insurance costs. I see my business continuing to increase over the next five years and beyond as employers struggle to locate the skilled and experienced candidates they will need. Wages went down through the recession, but wages and benefits will go back up to be competitive in the shrinking marketplace for skilled workers. PW Top Wood Jobs, LLC supplies recruiting, staffing and consulting services for the wood products industries for full or part time assignments, large and small companies. Contact George Meek, 360-263-3371; e-mail: info@topwoodjobs.com; visit topwoodjobs.com.
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PROJECTS VIETNAM FIRM ORDERS MDF LINE
The IMAL-PAL Group reports it has won the order for the supply of a complete continuous press line for MDF QUAG TRI—VRG (Vietnam Rubber Group) in Vietnam. The contract was signed in April 2014 and the line is scheduled to start production within 20 months. Plant capacity will be approximately 120,000 m 3/year, but all the major equipment has been sized to process more than 180,000 m3 of board a year with thickness varying from 2 to 30 mm. The line will produce board widths varying from 9-7 ft. at a maximum pressing speed of 1500 mm/sec. The continuous Dynasteampress, fully designed and constructed by IMAL in Italy, combines steam and thermal oil for board cure, thus cutting press times by 30% with respect to standard continuous presses. With the supply of this press, following that of Ipan, Italy, the number of continuous Dynapresses produced by the IMAL-PAL group has risen to six. The IMAL scope of supply, in addition to the Dynasteampress, also includes the engineering of the entire factory, technological support, diagonal saw, board handling, automatic stores, all the electric control, on line quality controls, laboratory equipment and the HI jet blow line resination system which can reduce resin consumption by more than 20%. PAL will supply a high performance rotary debarker to remove the bark from acacia logs, Dynascreen and the DCC for dry cleaning the chips, two vertical chip silos and the fibre former. The former distribution head will be equipped with a system that is able to automatically modify the transversal mat weight profile on the basis of the information received from an IMAL X-ray operated system placed on the mat, downstream of the press. The whole log feeding line, chipping and waste bark refiner will be supplied by GLOBUS, another member of the IMAL-PAL group.
SMARTPLY PLANS PLANT MAKEOVER OSB manufacturer SmartPly Europe— part of the business division Coillte Panel Products of the Irish state forestry organization Coillte—will replace its multi-daylight plant at Waterford, Ireland with a Siempelkamp structure, forming and press line and other equipment. The press line includes a ContiRoll continuous press as well as numerous finishing line machines. The SmartPly purchase also includes materials handling equipment downstream from the resin application system, the cooling and stacking line, a high-stack storage system as well as the cut-to-size and packing line. The ContiRoll press can be flexibly adjusted to manufacture boards with different widths. Siempelkamp will be responsible for the installation and its supervision, the startup and the acceptance test.
The upgrade of the existing infrastructure at SmartPly’s Waterford location is part of a €59 million investment by CPP, which will include a panel products innovation center on the current site. To date the Irish company has manufactured OSB for various applications including floor coverings, interior construction, furniture and packaging. A large share of the company’s products is exported. The Waterford plant has manufactured wood-based panels from locally grown sustainable forest resources from the South and East of Ireland. The current nominal yearly plant capacity is 350,000 m3 and with the new continuous line could be increased further depending on market requirements. This increase in capacity allows for the economical manufacture of OSB with new sizes and thicknesses suited to the European market. Full capacity is expected to be reached in 2016.
GP CONTINUES PLANT UPGRADES Georgia-Pacific is investing in its Madison, Ga. plywood operations, with recent and planned investments expected to total $65 million. This includes a $26 million upgrade to the mill’s veneer dryers that will increase drying capacity by approximately 35%. Project completion is expected by the third quarter of 2015. This follows the replacement of the mill’s wood yard in June totaling approximately $19 million. Plans are also under way to modernize other equipment at the Madison facility, which would total approximately $20 million and include an upgrade of a lathe and expansion of a glue line and pressing operations. Georgia-Pacific is also evaluating the potential restart of an idled plywood mill either in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida or North Carolina.
AKIJ ORDERS P’BOARD PLANT Akij Group, Bangladesh, signed a contract for a particleboard plant with Siempelkamp, which will supply all components ranging from the chipper infeed to the automatic sanding and cut-to-size lines, as well as the Generation 8 ContiRoll continuous press, the Ecoresinator blending system and the optimized control of the pneumatic conveyors. Siempelkamp will support the customer starting with engineering to equipment startup and production. Several affiliates and subsidiaries of Siempelkamp are participating in the project, including Sicoplan, which is responsible for engineering; front-end of the line provided by Pallmann; dryer supplied by Büttner; and screening and sifting technology from CMC Texpan. “The key argument used by Siempelkamp during the negotiations was that the complete process engineering would be supplied from countries within the European Union, therefore ensuring the best possible quality,” according to Siempelkamp. The heart of the plant is an 8 ft. x 23.8 m Generation 8 ContiRoll press. It will be equipped with a light-board package for the production of extra light particleboard. The plant is expected to start up in 2016. Akij Group operates 21 different industrial sectors.
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LINES LUNDBERG BUILDS ON GEOENERGY WET ESP, REGENERATIVE OXIDIZER SYSTEMS undberg has the exclusive ownership rights to the Geoenergy E-Tube wet electrostatic precipitator and the GeoTherm/Geocat family of regenerative oxidizer emission control technologies. Since 1984 more than 150 Geoenergy E-Tube wet ESPs, treating more than 10,000,000 CFM of waste gases, have More than 150 Geoenergy E-tube wet ESPs have been installed in the panel industry. been successfully applied in the panelboard industry. These installations have included all common forms of wood destruction and, at times, have been Recently, Lundberg updated the dryers including gas/steam/wood heated tested at greater than 99% efficiency. GeoTherm and GeoCat designs. The veneer dryers, rotary drum dryers for This excellent performance is always new GeoTherm II and Geocat II prodparticleboard and OSB production and achieved at minimum fuel consumption. ucts offer the same excellent VOC deflash tube dryers for MDF manufacturIn fact, at several GeoCat installastruction efficiency and low energy coning as well as presses. tions the catalytic operation allows the sumption as the original design with The E-Tube wet ESP design exploits oxidizer to run with virtually zero auxilsubstantially reduced cost. the intense electric field of the disk-iniary fuel. Both wet ESP and regenerative oxitube configuration to yield the best dizer products are supported by particulate removal performance Lundberg’s experienced staff of possible. Theoretical analysis and engineering and field service proempirical data show there is no fessionals. This support team will higher-performing wet ESP design tackle any project ranging from available, the company claims. simple equipment-only supply to Lundberg’s GeoTherm and the most complex turnkey instalGeoCat regenerative oxidizers lation project either domestic or have also received wide accepinternational. After a project is tance in the panelboard industry. started up, operating customers Since 1995, more than 65 of can continue to rely on Lundthese units have been installed on berg’s field service staff, the wood dryers and presses treating largest and most experience in more than 7,000,000 CFM of the industrial air pollution control PW VOC-contaminated emissions. market, the company says. Both of these regenerative oxiContact Lundberg, 425-283-5070; e-mail steve.jaasund@lundbergdizer products have consistently Geoenergy has installed more than 65 regenerative us.com; visit lundbergassociates.com. achieved more than 98% VOC oxidizers.
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LINES INSTALMEC NEW MDF CLEANER GOES FOR HIGHER CLASSIFICATION EFFICIENCY nstalmec reports that 98% of all MDF production lines have a common problem that is not solvable with traditional separation systems available on the market: small black spots on the panel’s surface. After several studies, analysis and trials, Instalmec offers a new generation technology of separator operating in two steps and obtaining a much higher classification efficiency compared to traditional systems on the market, the company claims. The first step is a large pre-sifter that processes the whole capacity and divides it in two fractions: the clean fiber (~95%) and the uncertain fraction (~5%) containing rejects mixed with a certain quantity of fiber of good quality. The second step is a small postsifter that processes the uncertain fraction rejected in the first step and definitely separates it in two fractions: the reject and the recovered fiber of good quality. Instalmec’s high efficiency MDF Cleaner separates both fine and coarse material up to particles of 1.5-2 mm and eliminates every kind of pollutants contained in fiber wood such as rubber, glue lumps, oversize pieces of wood, small stones, sand, fiber lumps and foreign bodies. The new Instalmec high efficiency MDF Cleaner is the first fiber cleaning system in the world in which fiber does not go through the fan, the company reports. In such a way the
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fiber does not enter in contact with the fan blades; instead it keeps its original structure and therefore the final result is an MDF panel whose mechanical characteristics are much higher than the average MDF panel. Advantages: much more efficient system than traditional ones since it works in two stages; excellent protection of press steel band; improved panel quality; excellent panel surface; increased production of first quality boards; low production costs; compact installation. The wood fiber to be cleaned is introduced from the top of the pre-sifter through a group of special spreading rolls. The spreading rolls are especially designed to obtain a uniform dispersion and distribution of the fiber on the whole inlet of the sifter. The fiber falls by gravity into a well controlled counter current flow of air. The material floats into the air flow until it is sorted in function of its density, weight and shape. Heavier parts like balls of fiber (formed by lumps of glue and/or humidity); coarse fiber (not well refined by the defibrator); and impuri-
ties and foreign bodies (like particles of metals or plastic) fall down and are rejected at the bottom of the pre-sifter. This uncertain material contains also a certain quantity of fiber of good quality that can be recovered by means of a post-sifter. The post-sifter works with the same principle of the pre-sifter but it is pneumatically independent from it. The air flows of the two sifters are set by means of regulating gates and by frequency converters in order to precisely adjust the air speed and consequently obtain the desired separation degree. Clean material is pneumatically conveyed and collected to the discharging cyclone placed above the actual distribution flap that distributes the material to the two forming bins. The use of the innovative Low Pressure Drop (LPD) cyclones by Instalmec has the advantage of much lower electric energy consumption in the motor of the fan, so that the cyclones do not waste prematurely because of wear. The system is very easily and precisely adjustable, according to the level of desired cleaning efficiency. The excellent removal of balls of fiber, coarse fiber, impurities and foreign bodies improves the panel quality and its surfaces and assures an excellent protection of the steel PW belt of the press. Visit instalmec.it; e-mail sdavola@ instalmec.it
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FMC CHINA REPORTS RECORD NUMBERS The 20th Furniture Manufacturing & Supply China (FMC China 2014) successfully concluded on September 13 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center (SWEECC) concurrently with FMC Premium 2014. The total area of FMC China 2014 was 59,000 m3 with 800 exhibitors from more than 45 countries and regions including China, Sweden, Germany, France, U.S., Australia, Turkey, Colombia, the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Singapore, Mexico, Malaysia, Russia, Poland, South Africa, Japan, Canada, Korea, Brazil, Vietnam, Britain and India. This year, a total of 35,524 trade buyers from 108 countries and regions visited FMC China 2014. Both the number of visitors and countries represented FMC records. Conferences and exhibitor seminars mainly focused on the upstream and downstream linkages and industry upgrading. These included the China Up-
FMC attracted 35,500 visitors.
holstery Industry Development Forum, China Woodworking Machinery Industry Forum, 1st China International Timber Order and Exchange Conference, 3rd Furniture Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Conference, High-class Wine Reception for Waterborne Furniture, and E-business of Furniture Manufacturers and Suppliers. FMC China 2015 will be held September 9-12, 2015 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center (SWEECC) and Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC). Visit fmcchina.com.cn.
Eight-hundred exhibitors participated.
MOMENTIVE PLANS NEW FACILITY Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., Columbus, Oh., has selected the city of Curitiba in Parana, Brazil, for its next facility. The new operation includes an administrative building and world scale formaldehyde production plant of 150,000 metric tons per year, including base resin manufacturing for wood adhesives. Construction is expected to take 12 to 18 months. Momentive is the world’s largest producer of formaldehyde.
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CLIPPINGS PANEL WORLD JOINS WOOD INDUSTRY SUMMIT Deutsche Messe, the organizer of Ligna 2015 in Hannover, Germany, and Hatton-Brown Publishers, Inc., which is affiliated with Panel World magazine, announce that Hatton-Brown Publishers has become an Official Partner of the Wood Industry Summit, a new exhibition and networking showcase as part of Ligna. Staged on 2,000 sq. ft. in Hall 13, the Wood Industry Summit will comprise an exhibition area, a matchmaking platform and a forum organized by Deutsche Messe and German Forestry Council. Held on all five days of Ligna, May 1115, the Wood Industry Summit will present the latest wood industry technologies and provide a forum for international leaders of industry, science and government to share information, experience and opportunities for conducting business in North and South America, Russia, China and Eastern Europe. As an official partner, Hatton-Brown Publishers will display and distribute its publications at the Wood Industry Summit, and its company and magazine logos will be displayed throughout the staging area. Hatton-Brown will assist Deutsche Messe and Hannover Fairs USA in publicizing the Wood Industry Summit. “This is an exciting development,” says Rich Donnell, editor-in-chief at Hatton-Brown Publishers, Inc. “We’ve attended and exhibited at Ligna for many years, and will continue to do that. The Wood Industry Summit is an additional opportunity that has tremendous potential on an international scale, and we intend to be a significant part of it.” Hatton-Brown Publishers, Inc., which is based in Montgomery, Ala., is affiliated with Panel World magazine and publishes Timber Processing, Wood Bioenergy, Timber Harvesting and Southern Loggin’ Times magazines. The company also produces the biennial Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) in Atlanta, Ga., the Timber Processing & Energy Expo in Portland, Ore., as well as live logging equipment shows in the Southern U.S.
FEDS INCREASE MONTANA HOLDINGS U.S. Forest Service Northern Region announced the acquisition of 26,700 acres in western Montana that will integrate private holdings into the surrounding national forests to better conserve wildlife and support public access. The $26 million acquisition, along with an 11,600 acre acquisition completed last year, is one of the first projects implementing the Collaborative Land Protection appropriations of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a new approach initiated by the secretaries of Interior and Agriculture. The purchase lies within the Flathead and Lolo national forests and is part of the 18 million acre Crown of the Continent, which is a key intersection connecting vital habitats across western Montana. The purchased acreage was part of the Montana Legacy Project, composed of 310,586 acres obtained by The Nature Conservancy from Plum Creek Timberlands L.P., which is being transferred into surrounding public and private ownership.
CPA ANNOUNCES OFFICERS FOR 2015 Composite Panel Assn. Board announced its 2015 officers, new and reelected Board members as well as other
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leadership positions. Grady Mulbery of Roseburg is Chairman-elect; Steve Stoler of Boise is Vice Chairman-elect; Emilio Ayub of Duraplay is Secretary/Treasurer-elect; and Kelly Shotbolt of Arauco North America will complete his term as CPA Chairman at the end of this year and serve as Immediate Past Chairman in 2015.
Five Executive Committee members were re-elected to At Large terms including Bryan Wilson, Georgia-Pacific; Mike Blosser, Louisiana Pacific; Dave Hoheisel, Marshfield DoorSystems; Will Warberg, Plum Creek; and Brian Balkwill, West Fraser. Seven Associate Members were reelected to the CPA Board of Directors
including Rick Bryson, Ashley Furniture; Tom Lepak, Casey Industrial; John Kaufmann, Kimball; Garrett Tinsman, Sauder; Mark Kable, Setzer Forest Products; Dirk Koltze, Siempelkamp; and Mike Phillips, SURTECO North America. Joe Caldwell of MBJ Wood Group was elected as the newest Associate Member of the CPA Board. Committee Chairman and Vice Chairman were elected for 2015 including the Environmental and Public Affairs Committee Chairman, Jake Elston, Arauco North America, and Vice Chairman Will Warberg, Plum Creek; the Marketing Committee Chairman Wade Gregory, Arauco North America, and Vice Chairman Eric Dedekam, Tafisa; the Production-Technical Committee Chairman, Jack Johnson, LP, and Vice Chairman Dale Garges, Georgia-Pacific; and the Decorative Surfaces Council Chairman, Bob Knothe, Toppan Interamerica, and Vice Chairman Tom Haffner, Schattdecor. In 2015, CPA will return to the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point in Bonita Springs, Fla. for its Spring Meeting from May 31 to June 3. Next year’s Fall Meeting is scheduled at the Fairmont Hotel in Banff, Alberta, from September 13-15.
IVC’S MALLOY DIES IN AUGUST Robert W. (Bob) Malloy died August 24 in Spokane Valley, Wash. He was a founder of Idaho Veneer Co. in Post Falls, Id., along with his brother Leonard and father-in-law John Gregor, in 1953. According to his nephew, John Malloy, who is current President of Sales & Marketing at the 61-year-old family owned IVC, “Bob was the one with hydraulic fluid in his veins and grease in his hair” who did much of the hiring and worked side-by-side with the crew early on before becoming more involved with purchasing and overall business strategies and projects later in his career in the role of vice president of operations. He retired in 1990. Malloy entered the Navy out of high school in January 1944 and served on a South Pacific mine sweeper in World War II. He is a graduate of St. Martin’s College and worked at Astoria Plywood in Oregon before helping start IVC. He is survived by his wife, Gerry, five daughters and six sons. 44 • NOVEMBER 2014 • PanelWorld
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Redundant Temposonic probes for each roller screw assembly are attached directly to the knife bar, preventing any opportunity for carriage skew. Visit usnr.com. 1606
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USNR introduces roller planetary screw drives for veneer lathe carriages. The direct coupled modular AC Servo motor and planetary screw assembly replaces hydraulic cylinder and ball screw technologies. The new roller screw technology comfortably retracts the lathe carriage at a sustained rate of 20" per second. Both planetary roller screws are commanded by a virtual master eliminating induced position errors and all the complexity associated with older positioning techniques. The screw features threaded rollers as rolling elements which offer a larger load transfer contact surface. Roller screw technology does not require a complex support system of valves, pumps and filters.
Thermal modification of wood improves many properties of wood. During the process mainly hemicelluloses in wood will be modified and compounds like acetic acid, formic acid and other organic compounds, including carbon in different forms, are released. These compounds represent a mass loss from wood generally between 5-15% from dry weight of wood. These are carried out from the thermal modification chamber with steam. As a total it can reach 500-1500 kg of organic compounds plus the carrier steam. The contaminated and malodorous gases must be treated before they can be released to the atmosphere. The high temperature heat demand of the thermal process has to be covered. The joint solution of the companies, Jartek Oy and classen apparatebau Wiesloch, is to direct the gases to the thermal oil heater plant, which is also providing heat energy and steam to process needs. The thermal oil heater is a combination of a waste gas incinerator with a defined reaction time and a high efficiency thermal oil heater. Depending on the heat demand of the thermal modification process, the system works either with high efficiency and high thermal capacity, or with minimum firing ca-
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pacity and controlled combustion temperature to ensure the complete burnout of carbon and VOC and to reduce the fuel 2170 consumption to a minimum.
SURFACE INSPECTION
GreCon offers an inspection system for the raw panel segment (MDF/HDF or particleboard): SUPERSCAN SPR 6000. The advantages of the raw surface inspection system are the detection of all defects occurring on the panel surface inside the production process, the determination of the defect type, and calculating the defective area. The systems finds: light patches (glue, water); dark patches (oil, rubber, resin, bark); course chip in the surface, spreading faults; un-sanded areas, rough areas, dust patches; cracks (in the surfaces), stretch marks; break-off, at panel edge or corner; cross-strips, sanding mistakes, chatter marks, holes, indentations; dents, elevations, blisters; pin stripes. Benefits of the system includes: reliable objective, complete inspection of press size panels; 100% consistent quality control and quality classification; evaluation of the sanding pro-
cess and belt conditions; graphical representation of the whole panel; defect location data on the panels; reports for quality proof; reduced manpower costs; storage of data in SQL database; statistical evaluation. Operation comprises the administration of recipes, the adjustment of sorting criteria and the integration of new defect types. Visit grecon-us.com. 8040
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The Grizzly Mill Hog is recognized as tough and reliable. With its rugged, extreme-duty construction, it’s able to process the most difficult materials reliably and efficiently. The heart of the hog is an extreme-duty, solid-steel, high-inertia, offset helix rotor that evenly shears material in two directions against the anvil and grate. The rotor turns at half the speed of a conventional hammermill rotor with the lowest horsepower requirement of any hog, resulting in substantial savings in operating and maintenance costs. Visit brunettemc.com. 1903
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MAY
Taking Stock The Fourth PELICE Returns to Atlanta. Page 3.
Taking Stock Power Of PELICE Is In The Exchange. Page 3.
Vertical Integration: Clarion Boards Feeds Clarion Laminates In Pennsylvania Clarion Industries operates two facilities in Pennsylvania, making it the only integrated board-to-laminate flooring operation in the United States. Page 12.
Freres Goes All Electric With New X-Y Charging System In Oregon Plant Upgrades in the past year include industry’s first all-electric x-y charger, new x-y scanning system and lathe controls. Page 13.
Innovative Engineering, Solid Systems Put Sweed In Target Market ‘Sweet Spot’ Panel, recycling industries are both on the grow, and Sweed Machinery is in position to benefit. Page 16. Composite Panels: Innovative Products For New Markets. Page 20. Veneer/Panel Suppliers Directory. Page 80.
MARCH Taking Stock PELICE Speakers Bring Loads of Experience. Page 3. PELICE Convenes In Atlanta March 20-21 As Great Recession Fades In Rear-View Mirror (We Hope) Outstanding lineup of speakers should be more upbeat at the fourth PELICE. Page 13. N. American Plywood Producers Face A World Of Challenges In Marketplace Innovative plant operators are needed to successfully produce and market a highly adaptable product. Page 20. EWP: Engineering The Future Of Forest Products Capabilities. Page 28. Veneer/Panel Suppliers Directory. Page 56.
PELICE 2014 Reveals Projects Are In The Works, Optimism Holding Steady Many viewed the PELICE event in Atlanta as the official kickoff to the post-recession, new recovery era. Page 18. Technology Propels Industry Through Half-Century Of Innovation ‘Amazing’ is the only word to describe technology developments in the structural and non-structural wood products segments. Page 30. The Spirit Of An Entrepreneur. Page 45. Veneer/Panel Suppliers Directory. Page 54.
Veneer/Panel Suppliers Directory. Page 55.
SEPTEMBER Taking Stock Portland event continues to emphasize veneer-plywood. Page 3. ATCO Leverages Resources, Personnel, Technology In Developing World-Class Organization After acquiring veneer mill in 2007, new ownership weathers market storm and makes moves to emerge stronger than before. Page 12. Helping Birth An Industry: ‘I Feel Very Fortunate.’ Page 18. TP&EE Exhibitors List. Page 22. Time-Proven Method Increases Lathe Production & Efficiency T-Time Principle is revisited by longstanding plywood manufacturer. Page 32. Quality Control Section. Page 40. Veneer/Panel Suppliers Directory. Page 71.
JULY
NOVEMBER
Taking Stock ‘He Who Is On Guard Even When Safe.’ Page 3.
Taking Stock How Two Operations Battled Their Way Back. Page 6
Huber At Crystal Hill: Where Safety Is More Than The Flavor Of The Month. Huber exhibits a top-down comprehensive commitment to VPP standards. Page 10.
Long-Term Agreement Rejuventates Central Washington Plywood Mill New Wood Resources gains new veneer source while Colville tribes enjoy expanded employment, economic opportunity. Page 10.
Pavatex Launches Dry Process Insulation Board Plant In France New plant complements company’s wet-process operations in Switzerland. Page 16. Fact Versus Fiction: Clearing Up Misconceptions Over MDI Based Resins. Page 22. IWF 2014. Page 24.
Tolko Industries OSB Mill At Slave Lake Comes Back Thoughtful and detailed approach to restart allowed mill to come up ahead of schedule. Page 20. Lundberg Builds On Geoenergy Wet ESP, Regenerative Oxidizer Systems. Page 36.
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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY ■ India
ASIA
EUROPE
■ China
M P VENEERS, INDIA “Teak People”
■ Austria
Recognized Export House by Govt. of INDIA
The world of veneer at
AN ISO 9001-2008 Company
www.smartbamboo.com Premium quality bamboo veneer & panel FSC certified in 2009 Bamboo Veneer
– European fleece and glue – 4x8, 4x10 and custom cut – Thick veneer available Bamboo – Traditional and Density bamboo Panel – 8, 10, 13 length and custom cut – Many colors and patterns available Hangzhou Smart Bamboo Products Co., Ltd. Email: bhe@smartbamboo.com smartbamboo@ymail.com
Shanghai Lion Wood “Providing Industry Co., Ltd. Value & Cost
• High Grade Hardwood Plywood Savings With – HPVA Grading, All species, NAUF, High Quality Products” CARB, UV, FSC – Whole Pc X Bands, Composed Core – 1/8" - 1-1/2" Thickness: 6', 7', 8', 9' & 10' Lengths • Platforms – VC, MDF xBanded VC, FSC • Paper Laminated Plywood • Veneer Edge Banding – up to 3.0mm – UV Contact U.S. Direct Sales Agent Industrial Wood Products Inc. • Tel: 703-435-6486 Fax: 703-435-6489 • mlubina@iwpwood.com
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 Quarter 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
■ Indonesia PT. SENGON INDAH MAS Manufacturers of High Quality Plywood
www.veneer-world.com
We are an Austrian veneer producer with 50 years of experience in the export of veneer and Layons. We produce all European species but are strong in exotic veneers also. Find more information at www.frischeis.com helmut.spaeth@frischeis.com
■ France
• HARDWOOD PLYWOOD—HPVA Grade • ALL SPECIES—CARB/NAUF • CORES: VC, Lumber Core, Combi Core, MDF • PLATFORMS—Veneer Core & Lumber Core • DOOR SKINS Contact U.S. Direct Sales Agent Industrial Wood Products, Inc. Tel: 703-435-6486 • Fax: 703-435-6489 mlubina@iwpwood.com
SW–COC-001600 ©1996. FSC “Responsible Forest Management”
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KAOCHUAN WOODWORK CO., LTD. Taiwanese Enterprise in China
• FANCY: On Plywood/MDF/PB/BB • VENEER: Custom-cut, Layon, Parquet • PLYWOOD: Hardwood, Poplar, LVL, Marine Tel: +86-573-89110999 Ext. 218 Fax: +86-573-89110599 Email: kaochuan@kaochuanwoodwork.com Website: kaochuanwoodwork.com CARB : TPC 6/CARB-ATCM/M013-HWPW008
■ Japan ■ Germany Manufacturers of innovative machinery for the rotary veneer & plywood industry Meinan Machinery Works, Inc. 3-130 Kajita-cho, Obu, Aichi 474-8543, Japan E-Mail: sales@meinan.co.jp Represented in USA by: Merritt Machinery, LLC www.merrittmachinery.com
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Manufacturer of Creative, High-Production Veneer & Plywood Machinery Horizontal Hot Press, Veneer Dryer Super Precision Knife Grinder Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. 955-8 Miyamae, Irukade-Shinden Komaki-City, Aichi-Pref., 485-0084 Japan Email: sales@taihei-ss.co.jp www.taihei-ss.co.jp 11/14
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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY ■ Italy
■ United Kingdom
■ Quebec
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
Manufacturer of high quality veneers. Specializing in engineering flooring blanks and stiles and rail components. Lengthwise sliced hardwood veneer and cut-to-size veneer from 1/7" to 1/50" Walnut, Cherry, Maple, Mahogany, Red & White Oak, Eastern White Pine, Hickory, Aromatic Red Cedar, Birch, V.G. Fir, Alder
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
■ Poland
300, 6e rue Nord, Daveluyville, Qc, Canada G0Z 1C0 Tel: (819) 367-3100 Fax: (819) 367-3199 placages.beaulac@beaulacfils.com www.beaulacfils.com
NORTH AMERICA ■ Canada
■ United States ■ Georgia
■ 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
■ Spain
Southern Veneer
■ Ontario PRODUCERS OF SLICED AND ROTARY CUT VENEERS
SUPPLIERS OF FSC SPECIES • All figured species (Eucalyptus, Anegre, Sycamore...) • All pommeles and African species • All burls (Ash, Elm, Olive, Walnut, Oak...) • Bookmatched jointed burl faces.
We supply furniture, panel and architectural grades. VALENCIA – SPAIN Tel: +34-96126 5400 Fax: +34-96126 5144 timbercom@timbercom.com
www.timbercom.com
■ Switzerland
Products Manufacturer of high quality pine veneer and plywood
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”
240 Peachtree Road • P.O. Box 278 Fitzgerald, GA 31750 Phone: 229-424-0294 • Fax: 229-424-0424 Email: info@southernveneerproducts.com Website: www.southernveneerproducts.com
■ Idaho
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Knotty Idaho White Pine Western Red Cedar Red Alder Clear White Pine & Ponderosa Pine Clear Vertical Grain Douglas Fir, Hemlock, & Cedar
P.O. Box 339 Post Falls, Id. 83877 208-773-4511 FAX 208-773-1107 email: info@idahoveneer.com
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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY ■ Indiana Amos-Hill Associates, Inc.
Quality Veneers Manufacturers of Decorative Hardwood Veneer Domestic and International Markets Species include: Walnut, White Oak, Red Oak, Hard Maple, Cherry and Birch “Quality is the Lifeblood of our Business” 112 Shelby Ave. ◆ P.O. Box 7 Edinburgh, IN 46124 Phone: 812-526-2671 ◆ Fax: 812-526-5865 E-mail: info@amoshill.com Website: www.amoshill.com
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
RSVP is proud to offer
a full line of imported and domestic veneer that includes burls, crotches and highly figured woods. If you would like more information pertaining to these products or others we offer please contact us directly or visit our website.
1285 Indianapolis Rd. • Columbus, IN 47201 Ph: 812-375-1178 • Fax: 812-375-1179 www.RSVPveneer.com
The mark of responsible forestry FSC Supplier: SCS-COC-002445 * SCS-CW-002445
Manufacturers of Fine Face Veneer Machinery 2801 Roosevelt Ave. P.O. Box 18310 Indianapolis, IN 46218 Email: capital@capitalmachineco.com Website: www.capitalmachineco.com
CURRY VENEER SALES
1014 EAST SIXTH STREET NEW ALBANY, IN 47150 Email: bradblcveneer@gmail.com
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■ Kentucky
“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
■ Michigan
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COLDWATER VENEER, INC. Sliced Face Veneers
NORSTAM VENEERS, INC. Proud to announce we have the “Newest Veneer Mill in the World”
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
MANUFACTURER OF QUALITY HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD VENEERS
Oak ● Carolina Pine Cherry ● Hard Maple ● Walnut Dean Calhoun ■ Dave Counterman Don Steffey ■ Rob Taylor Jack Freese Tel: 517-278-5676 • Fax: 517-279-7104 548 Race Street Coldwater, MI 49036 www.coldwaterveneer.com
CUSTOM CUTTING AVAILABLE P.O. BOX 32 HWY. 135 MAUCKPORT, IN 47142
BUS: 812.732.4391 FAX: 812.732.4803
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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY ■ South Carolina
■ Minnesota BUFFALO VENEER & PLYWOOD CO.
A new “Dimension” in Veneer & Plywood
Darlington Veneer Co., Inc.
Quality Plywood, Six decades strong! Stock Panels Counter Front Panels All Thicknesses and Cores NAF, FR and MR Availability Domestic and Imported Veneers CARB P2 Certified
Dimension Hardwood Veneers, Inc.
Established 1918
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
501 6th Ave. NE - Buffalo, MN 55313 Tel: (763)682-1822 Fax: (763)682-9769 Email: sales@buffaloveneerandplywood.com Website: www.buffaloveneerandplywood.com
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■ Mississippi
Manufacturing and Sales Sliced Harwood Veneers Custom Cutting Available 1776 Tamarack Road Newark, OH 43055 Ph: (740) 522-2000 Email: info@universalveneer.com
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■ Oregon
•Manufacturers of stock sizes of hardwood plywood •Species range from ash to walnut in rotary, plain sliced and rift cut •Core constructions of veneer, lumber, flake and fibercore •Lengths up to 12 feet in all cores •Fire retardant plywood
P.O. Box 1087 • Darlington, SC 29532 (843) 393-3861 • Sales: 800-845-2388 Fax: 843-393-8243 email: rhubbard@darlingtonveneer.com
■ Vermont
North America’s largest manufacturer of fancy face rotary veneer. 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
■ Virginia
WEST POINT VENEER Manufacturer of sliced face veneers Carolina Pine is our speciality
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
■ Ohio
■ Pennsylvania
Oak • Cherry • Walnut • Maple • Ash • Poplar
Robert van der Meulen ■ Samuel Agcanas Tel: 804-843-2900 ■ Fax: 804-843-2554 320 Dupont Street West Point, VA 23181 Custom Cutting Available Member of the Coldwater Veneer Group www.coldwaterveneer.com
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Daqota Systems Inc. 9248
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MAY 2015
8-10 • APA-Engineered Wood Assn. annual meeting, J W Marriott San Antonio Hill Country, San Antonio, Tex. Call 253-565-6600; visit apawood.org.
3-5 • Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Assn. Spring Conference, Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa, Monterey, Calif. Call 703435-2900; visit hpva.org.
20-23 • Lesdrevmash, 15th International Exhibition, Expo Centre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia. Visit lesdrevmash-expo.com.
11-15 • Ligna: World Fair For The Forestry And Wood Industries, Hannover, Germany. Call +49 511 89-0; fax +49 511 89-32626; visit ligna.de.
FEBRUARY 2015
JUNE 2015
4-7 • Delhiwood 2015, India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, India. Call+91-80-4250 5000; visit delhi-wood.com.
10-12 • 33rd Forest Products & Machinery Equipment Expo, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 504443-4464; e-mail: egee@sfpa.org; visit sfpaexpo.com.
MARCH 2015
Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend.
APRIL 2015 12-14 • American Wood Protection Assn. annual meeting, Omni Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC. Call 205-733-4077; visit awpa.com.
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