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WHERE’S FRED? HE’S EVERYWHERE

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ne of the most frequently aged to fill the Omni Hotel ballroom asked questions around our each time with 75 exhibitors and attract office is, “Where’s Fred?”

50 speakers while drawing several hunWe’re talking about Dr. Freddred international attendees. erick T. Kurpiel, who is as well known A lot of credit goes to a lot of people on an international scale in the wood for pulling PELICE together, but Fred is products industry as anybody. That’s at the top of the list. saying something, but it’s true.

You may also be aware that Fred colOn page 12 of this issue we have an laborates with us on the Timber Proarticle on the Panel & cessing & Energy Expo, Engineered Lumber Inwhich will be held again ternational Conference next September 28-30 at the & Expo, which will be Portland Exposition Center held April 7-8 at the in Portland, Ore. This will Omni Hotel at CNN be our third TP&EE and it’s Center in Atlanta, Georgrown every year, with apgia, USA. This will be proximately 170 machinery the fifth PELICE since exhibitors and several thouits inception in 2008. sand in attendance.

Panel World magazine Fred stays pretty busy for along with Fred’s busius as he bounces between ness, Georgia Research PELICE and TP&EE. But Institute, are the primary he has a lot of teaching and hosts of the event. consulting projects going Fred on the Peking Duck trail I would like to take on, too, which frequently credit for the idea of PELICE, but that take him overseas. That’s why when the honor goes to Fred. I believe it was duremail lines between us suddenly grow ing the IWF event in Atlanta in 2006 silent, the question persists: “Where’s when Fred first approached me about Fred? Thailand? Malaysia? Italy?” collaborating on such an event. He beAnd then we’ll receive a photo from lieved, and I agreed, that the panel inFred like the one that appears here. “Oh dustry was lacking a conference that folook, Fred’s in China.” We discover cused on mill operations. Existing conthat Fred has been in China doing conferences had become a little too acasulting research on the panel industry, demic, a little too abstract. but fortunately for us has found some I had known Fred for some time, time to pull together a story on the though I can’t quite recall when I met Hubei BaoYuan OSB plant, which him. During his nearly 40-year career in graces the cover of this issue. the forest products industry, he has held So here’s to Fred, wherever he is. PW positions with Masonite, American Plywood Assn., Coastal Lumber, Siempelkamp and Imeas, meanwhile receiving a Ph.D. from the Dept. of Forestry/Forest Products at the University of Idaho. He formed Georgia Research Institute as his consulting and collaboration business.

Starting PELICE in 2008 was extremely difficult, given the economy, and 2010 and 2012 were pretty tough as RICH DONNELL well, before we found some breathing EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ph: 334-834-1170 room in 2014. As for 2016, we shall Fax: 334-834-4525 see. But through them all, we’ve mane-mail: rich@hattonbrown.com PanelWorld • NOVEMBER 2015 • 3

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(Founded as P l y w o o d & P a n e l in 1960—Our 475th consecutive issue) VOLUME 56 NO. 6

NOVEMBER 2015

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EDITORIAL INDEX Articles In 2015 OSB IN CHINA A Movement Is Afoot

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EVENTS PELICE, TP&EE

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FINELY TUNED Nordic Veneer

COVER: Hubei BaoYuan continues to add value to the first modern OSB plant in China.

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(Photo courtesy of Dieffenbacher)

Inset, Nordic Veneer is proof there’s always more yield to be had. Story begins on PAGE 22. (Dan Shell photo)

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UPDATE

CPA PINPOINTS POLICY POSITIONS

Jackson Morrill, president of Composite Panel Assn., updated the executive committee’s recommendations on “policy positions” with regard to energy/biomass issues that impact wood fiber supply during the September Fall Meeting in Banff, Alberta.

CPA opposes government policies that distort the market for woody biomass raw material, Morrill noted, adding that market forces should determine all uses of wood and wood residuals for renewable energy; policies that have the direct effect of diverting biomass supply to subsidized energy should be avoided; and governments that choose to initiate policies intended to increase demand for biomass energy production should couple them with policies that increase the available long-term supply of wood to meet future demand of composite wood panels as well as new and growing markets for energy and other uses.

Morrill said CPA will stay silent on the carbon neutrality of wood-to-energy, noting however that forest derived biomass should be treated as carbon neutral where there is a sustainable growing forest; within carbon accounting frameworks, the composite panel industry’s use of wood residuals to make long-lived products should be treated as a higher value use than energy recovery; the composite panel industry’s use of wood residuals is an important alternate use that should be considered when determining the scope of “qualified biomass” under the U.S. EPA Clean Power Plan.

Morrill said CPA will advocate that composite wood products be recognized for their carbon sequestration benefits; that public policies should recognize that sustainably managed forests and forest products sequester and store carbon and reduce CO2; the use of biomass in creating long-lived products that serve as carbon sinks should be formally recognized in any carbon calculations that might be referenced in a future carbon economy.

ROSEBURG COMPLETES SIERRAPINE DEAL Roseburg Forest Products Co. completed the purchase of the SierraPine medium density fiberboard (MDF) facility in Medford, Ore. Grady Mulbery, Vice

President of Manufacturing for Roseburg, states, “We compliment the SierraPine organization in getting this deal done. They have really been great. Once we had all of the approvals in place, our team and the SierraPine team were able to accelerate the closure of the transaction.”

A key objective of integrating the Medford MDF facility into the company is to establish continuity and stability with the existing customer base and sales force. An office has been established in Rocklin, Calif. and will house the transitioning MDF sales organization. The integrated sales team consists of several individuals from the SierraPine organization.

Jim Buffington, business director for Roseburg’s composite panel business, reports that David Smith will be the MDF Business Manager, reporting to Buffington; Chuck Jessup, Stewart Laney, Jamie Shull and Sergio Jimenez have been retained in their current roles and report to Smith. Theresa Garmon, on the transportation side, joins the Roseburg team and reports to Tom Gennarelli, Roseburg’s Director of Transportation.

Kelly Shotbolt remarks, “There is no better way to signal the commitment we have to the renewal and modernization of the North American composite panel industry. Our objective with this investment is to improve the logistics of our entire manufacturing footprint, and support the growth of our customers in the Midwestern Region.”

Arauco offers access to a wide range of sustainable forest products including moldings, plywood, lumber, pulp, particleboard, MDF and thermally fused laminate panels produced in nine mills in North America and 29 mills in South America.

This project is subject to approval of incentives and permits by both state and local agencies as well as final approval by the Arauco Board of Directors.

Arauco acknowledged the collaborative efforts of the State of Michigan, the Michigan Economic Development Corp., Crawford County, and Grayling Charter Township.

ARAUCO PLANS NEW P’BOARD MILL

Canfor Corp. is purchasing Anthony Forest Products Co. based in El Dorado, Ark. for $93.5 million (U.S.) AFP operates six facilities producing lumber, engineered wood and wood chips with a combined capacity of 250MMBF equivalent. AFP owns a sawmill in Urbana, Ark., which produces southern pine lumber and has an operational capacity of 150MMBF per year. It owns laminating facilities in El Dorado, Ark. and Washington, Ga., which produce beams, columns and other glulam products with an annual combined capacity of 75MMBF, and owns chip mills in Louisiana and Texas with a total annual capacity of 800,000 tons.

AFP also owns a 50% interest in Anthony EACOM Inc., a joint venture with EACOM Timber Corp., located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario which manufactures I-joists with an annual capacity of 54 million lineal feet.

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter 2015 and is subject to customary closing conditions.

As part of Canfor, Anthony Forest Products will continue to operate with the same management, sales and manufacturing teams.

Aubra Anthony, president and CEO of

Arauco North America announced plans to build a new particleboard mill in Grayling, Mich. to produce 424MMSF (750,000 m 3 ) annually along with full lamination capabilities to support the Prism TFL decorative surfacing program.

This $325 million investment will include the single largest continuous particleboard press in North America, and one of the highest capacity presses in the world. Groundbreaking is estimated for late 2016, with the rollout of the first panel during the latter part of 2018.

The project will generate 250 permanent jobs, and is expected to yield important economic and community development benefits to the Crawford County region. “The addition of panel capacity to this geographical area will improve customer access to a stable, cost-efficient supply of high quality particleboard and decorative panel products,” according to an Arauco statement. “The location of this plant will also complement the supply of MDF from our neighboring mill in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.”

Together with the Arauco North American Executive Management Team,

CANFOR DELVES INTO ENGINEREED WOOD

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UPDATE Anthony Forest Products, states, “We are truly excited about this partnership with Canfor, a progressive leader in our industry. It is a good and comfortable fit.”

LOG TRUCKER SHOWS BRAVERY Northeast Georgia log trucker Don Davis has experienced lots of twists, turns and jams in 34 years behind the wheel but he never dreamed he’d face the dire situation that jolted him while on the job August 28 and led to multiple gunshot wounds.

According to reports written by Joe Johnson and appearing on Online Athens, a service of the Athens Banner-Herald, Davis was preparing to leave the A&L Logging logging job in rural Oglethorpe County with a load of logs when a gunman, Ryan Arnold, on the run from authorities, emerged from the woods with a rifle and climbed on a skidder. Seeing Davis’ rig, Arnold commandeered it and Davis, forcing Davis lived to talk about it.

Davis to head toward a nearby highway.

Earlier, authorities had responded to a domestic disturbance involving Arnold and his former girlfriend, Haley Hill, and surrounded his residence, unsuccessfully negotiating for Hill’s release. Arnold, 23, bolted with Hill in tow, forced her into his pickup truck and drove away.

While being chased by sheriff’s deputies and state troopers, Arnold allegedly shot Hill and pushed her out of the moving truck. After firing at chasing officers, Arnold abandoned his truck near the Wilkes County line and made his way to the logging site.

Meanwhile, officers had formed a roadblock on the dirt road leading from the logging site. With a gun in his face, the truck driver was ordered by the gunman to ram the barricade, but Davis, 58, refused. According to family members, this led to a scuffle in which Davis put his foot underneath the accelerator and Arnold tried to remove it. Arnold allegedly shot Davis in the leg and pushed the accelerator to the floor, crashing through police vehicles as officers opened fire.

Family members said Davis was shot seven times in one shoulder, one hand and both legs, and Arnold was incapacitated by at least one gunshot wound. Both were hospitalized.

Davis, who resides in the Madison County community of Ila, underwent surgery and was released from the hospital after only four days and continues a painful recovery from his wounds, which may leave one hand permanently impaired. He faced additional surgery.

Arnold was released from the hospital and jailed. He was initially charged with feticide, kidnapping with bodily injury and multiple counts of aggravated assault.

Murder and numerous other charges are expected when the case is presented to a grand jury.

Hill, 23, was pregnant when shot. Her baby was dead upon delivery at Athens Regional Medical Center the day of the shooting. Hill was subsequently declared brain dead and kept alive by life support systems to preserve her organs for donor recipients.

WOOD SUPPLIERS WIN BIG MONEY A Monroe County, Alabama circuit court jury and judge awarded seven timber dealer-logging companies a combined $8.1 million in late August in a civil lawsuit they brought against Alabama River Group Inc. and its former principal, George Landegger, for default on payments due from contracts in 2010.

This was one of the largest settlements in Monroe County history. The defendants of the case have indicated they are appealing the decision.

The attorneys for the timber dealers presented a case that Alabama River Group (Alabama Pine Pulp and Alabama River Pulp) misrepresented itself to the government in order to receive matching money from the then newly implemented Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), but in the end left the dealers in a financial bind.

The dealers alleged they entered into purchase contracts with various landowners for fuelwood at a higher than current market rate based off guaranteed contracts with ARG for a higher than market rate per delivered green ton—all projected on payments ARG would receive from the Farm Service as part of BCAP. The BCAP, implemented in 2009, offered financial assistance to producer facilities that qualified based on usage of woody biomass in their facilities. The assistance was supposed to come in matching payments at a rate of $1 for each $1 per dry ton paid by the producer or conversion facility in an amount up to $45 per dry ton.

According to the dealers, ARG said it would set up the purchase of their delivered green tons at a lower than current market rate, but add incoming BCAP matching payments, which would actually raise the per green ton price significantly above current market value. Furthermore, the dealers said ARG was explicit in the payment arrangement: The dealers would be paid the amounts agreed upon, even if ARG did not receive its BCAP matching payment.

ARG apparently qualified initially as a conversion facility under the program,

but its black liquor byproduct (for steam production) was not listed as part of BCAP and the matching payment program fell apart on ARG. The dealers said they were never told of this development by ARG as the dealers bypassed other business opportunities.

The Monroe Journal reported, apparently using an example in the case, that ARG, working from a market green ton price of $36, reduced it $6 to $30, and then calculated a BCAP matching pay-

ment of $11.25, bringing the total payment per green ton to $41.25, which would give dealers a $5 boost above current market value. But the dealers never received the enhanced rate.

Each of the seven timber dealer-logging companies were awarded $1 million in punitive damages, and varying amounts of compensatory damages ranging from $77,000 to $344,000.

Those companies include Ayres Forestry, BAR Forest Products,

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UPDATE Conecuh Timber, Dry Creek Loggers, Pea River Timber, Pineville Timber and The Timber Company.

Georgia-Pacific purchased the Alabama River and Alabama Pine pulp mills in July 2010.

INQUEST DELIVERS RECOMMENDATIONS British Columbia’s Ministry of Justice Coroners Service has issued operations recommendations to both the Hampton Affiliates (Babine Forest Products) sawmill in Burns Lake, BC and the Lakeland Mills sawmill in Prince George, BC, and to WorkSafeBC, while determining that the four deaths (two at each mill) were accidental during the sawmill explosions that occurred at each mill in 2012.

The Coroners Service conducted separate inquests involving the incidents.

Earlier WorkSafeBC investigations of both accidents pointed to motor gear reducer mechanisms of basement level conveyors as the likely ignition spots, inspired by sawdust and frictional heating, and noted that both mills were processing some mountain pine beetle diseased logs and that the related dry sawdust could have contributed to the explosion.

WorkSafeBC fined both mill operations for alleged worker and safety violations related to the explosions, and both operations promptly appealed the fines.

The fines levied by WorkSafeBC, which administers the Workers Comp Act for the BC Ministry of Labour, followed a Crown Counsel review and decision not to bring charges against either company.

Following the release of the Coroners Inquest report, Hampton Affiliates noted the difficulty for the families of the deceased to relive the tragedy, and “the company can only hope this is another step in the long healing process from the events that happened over three and a half years ago. The company provided the coroner all of the relevant information it had and shared the engineering information and plans for the rebuilt Babine sawmill, which included state-of-the-art design and equipment to mitigate the risk of combustible dust in the future.”

Hampton also noted that many industry participants testified and all the WorkSafeBC personnel verified that “no one involved knew of the explosive properties of dust in a sawmill environment. Hampton has been in the sawmill business for

over 70 years in both the U.S. and Canada and had never heard of or experienced a similar type of catastrophic sawmill event.”

Both Hampton and Lakeland have focused on safety measures and procedures at their respective newly built mills.

The first of 12 jury recommendations for Hampton was to “ensure that all plants have proper outdoor lighting, a fire pumping station, a stand-alone first aid facility and well identified muster stations. All of these installations should be serviced by a fully functional automatic emergency power system.”

The report noted that worker testimony concerning the Babine accident showed it was dark outside as power had been cut off during the explosion causing disorientation and the inability to make it to a safe place in a reasonable amount of time, and that the fire pump was unable to operate because of loss of power.

The inquest report noted that evidence revealed that information on the explosive nature of wood dust was available in the public domain early as 2008.

The report also issued 10 recommendations to WorkSafeBC, many of them related to inspection documentation and communication procedures. One was: “Ensure that work environment hazard alerts are communicated effectively. Update regulations and guidelines promptly to reflect current knowledge in regard to combustible dust explosions.”

The Lakeland Mills inquest provided 33 recommendations to a variety of entities including the Forest Safety Council, United Steelworkers’ Union, WorkSafeBC and Sinclar Group Forest Products.

LP WON’T RESTART CHAMBORD OSB Louisiana-Pacific Corp. announced in September it will not submit a project to the Quebec Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks’ Project Office to reacquire the wood license associated with its Chambord, Quebec, oriented strandboard (OSB) mill.

After an in-depth analysis of the mill’s historical and projected costs, LP determined that market demand does not warrant operating the Chambord mill at this time, and it is not appropriate to reacquire the wood license without a plan for operating the mill.

“Based on these analyses, we do not believe that in the current OSB market, the mill can be operated competitively,” LP Executive Vice President, OSB, Brad Southern says. “The mill will remain curtailed indefinitely for the foreseeable future.”

LP indefinitely curtailed production at the mill in 2008 due to worsening North American housing market conditions.

LP’s decision to not submit a project is based on the ongoing soft market for residential building materials in North America, high production and raw materials costs in Chambord and a competitive landscape that has become more challenging over the last seven years.

“The restart of this mill will require a substantial capital investment, and there’s no guarantee that we would get a return on that investment now, or in the foreseeable future,” adds Mike Blosser, LP’s vice president for EHS, Forest Resources, Supply and Logistics.

LP continues to operate and invest in its Maniwaki, Quebec, OSB mill. “We look forward to working with the Ministry to ensure the economic viability of LP Maniwaki through volatile cycles of the North American housing market,” Blosser says.

NEW CORRIGAN OSB APPEARS ON TRACK RoyOMartin reported in September that its construction of a new OSB plant in Corrigan, Texas “is gaining momentum every day,” according to Terry Secrest, VP of OSB and Corporate Safety Director.

All of the major equipment contracts have been issued, much of the engineering is complete, most of the site has been cleared, and the administration building and warehouse are under construction.

The next major milestones are receiving the Corps of Engineers’ wetlands permit and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s air permit, which RoyOMartin hoped to have in September and would allow construction to begin on all the other parts of the facility.

The hiring process for construction and OSB team members has begun, with career fairs for maintenance employees upcoming. Startup for Corrigan OSB, L.L.C. is anticipated for the latter part of 2017.

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UPDATE PELICE ADDS MORE KEYNOTERS, TECHNICAL SESSION TOPICS ANNOUNCED rganizers of the fifth Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo have announced further developments for the event to be held April 7-8, 2016 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Three more keynoters have joined the foursome previously announced.

Jackson Morrill, president of Composite Panel Assn., will address the group’s positions and concerns with various issues ranging from the pressures on woody biomass raw materi- Morrill al to continuing developments with EPA and CARB on regulations that pertain to formaldehyde in composite wood products.

Morrill will have completed his first year as president of CPA when he speaks at PELICE. Educated and trained in environmental law (Tulane Law School), Morrill before coming to CPA served as director for the American Chemistry Council, where he managed the For maldehyde Panel.

Luis Tejado, president of Blue Drop in Mexico City and an affiliate of Proteak, will review the development of the new Proteak MDF plant in Huimanguillo. Tejado led the entrepreneurial efforts to purchase the largest eucalyptus plantation in Mexico while also raising $170 million for the Proteak MDF project. He continues to serve on the board of Pro-

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teak and is a member of the forestry and MDF committee. After obtaining a Master in Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School, Tejado spearheaded numerous develop- Tejado mental projects for several companies before joining Proteak in 2007 and leading a major teak forest planting and management program.

Rodney Schwartz, vice president of sales of B&W Megtec, will address developments in clean air technology and their implementation at panel producer operations, while also reviewing the current state of clean air regulations. Schwartz has worked 30 years in Schwartz air pollution control technology and was vice president and business director at Megtec Systems when it was purchased by Babcock & Wilcox in June 2014.

Morrill, Tejado and Schwartz join keynoters previously announced, including Jonathan Martin, chairman and CEO of Martin Companies, LLC; Steve Swanson, president and CEO of Swanson Group; Kurt Liebich, CEO of RedBuilt and New Wood Resources; and Brian Carlson, president of Huber Engineered Woods LLC.

PELICE will include up to 50 technical session presentations in the structural and non-structural fields. Technical session subjects planned include: l Adhesives, Resins, Binders, Agents—Technologies, Solutions, Implementation. l Air Emissions Control—Technologies, Maintenance, Retrofits. l Log Lathe Systems—Improvements, Refinement. l Wood Yard Raw Materials Preparation—Processing, Transfer. l Cross Laminated Timber—Production, Markets. l Real Time Quality Control—In-Line Detection, Measurement. l Engineered Wood Products—Continuing Developments. l Press Line Enhancements—Forming, Pressing, Controls. l Operations Data Management— Recording, Reviewing, Reacting. l Dryer Line Technologies—Drying, Grading, Detection, Testing. l International Developments: The China Factor l Fire Hazard Prevention—Technologies, Implementation. l Finishing End Systems—Strapping, Painting, Wrapping. l Export Considerations—Shipment, Standards. l Vendor Service Capabilities—Service Centers, Communications.

PELICE will be immediately preceded by the fourth biennial Wood Bionergy Conference & Expo on April 5-6, which is hosted by Wood Bioenergy magazine, an affiliate of Panel World magazine. PW

EARLY EXHIBITORS The following equipment and supplier companies have already committed as PELICE exhibitors through one of the available sponsorship programs: Gold: B&W MEGTEC; Siempelkamp; Engineered Wood Technology Assn.

(EWTA).

Silver: Argos Solutions; Baumer Inspection; Brunette Machinery; Cogent Industrial Technologies; Con-Vey; Dieffenbacher; Eagle Project Services; Electronic Wood Systems; Evergreen Engineering; Firefly; Georgia-Pacific Chemicals; Imal-Pal; Lundberg (Geoenergy); M-E-C; Meinan Machinery Works; Metriguard; MoistTech; NESTEC; Pallmann; Player Design; Process Combustion; Raute; Sandvik Process Systems; SASCO Chemical Group; Sigma Thermal/TSI; Southern Environmental; Stratachem Solutions; Sweed Machinery; Timber Products Inspection; USNR; Venango Machine; Westmill Industries; Willamette Valley.

Bronze: State of Alabama; Biomass Engineering (Veneer Services); CMA Engineering; Costa Sanders; Flamex; GreCon; Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Assn.; Laidig Systems; Mid-South Engineering; Process Sensors; Samuel Strapping Systems; Ventek; Walker Emulsions; Wechsler Engineering.

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OSB INDUSTRY IN CHINA GAINS MOMENTUM FOLLOWING LEAD OF FIRST PLANT AT HUBEI BAOYUAN The first OSB plant in China is five years into operation and others are forthcoming.

BY DR. FREDERICK KURPIEL AND DR. HUI WAN

JINGMEN CITY, China he 1991 Reformation, when China launched a series of trade reforms, was a true “opening up” of Chinese society. Entrepreneurism and wealth creation began to be looked upon favorably. One of the sectors to embrace this opportunity was wood products.

Plywood was a state industry that— mainly by small producers (some literally mom and pop businesses)—grew quickly to more than 5,000 producers and 92.4 million m3 of production. This brought China to the number one position with more than 60% of global production.

Meanwhile, China is reported to have 784 MDF/HDF production lines in operation, with annual rated capacity of 53 million m3. In 2014, 26 new MDF/HDF production lines came online. The average annual production rated capacity of the new lines is 160,000 m3 per line. In total, this is about 50% of global production.

As the China economy grew to the second largest in the world, per person income increased, creating a large domestic consumption market for wood products. From about .4 cubic meters per person per year, wood products consumption is at about .6 cubic meters, compared to .7 average wood products

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Ready for shipment at Hubei BaoYuan Wood Industry

Production capacity is 220,000 m3 annually.

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consumption globally. According to Nengwen Liu, President of China Timber and Wood Products Distribution Assn., it is estimated that China consumption will surpass global average and stabilize at just under 1 cubic meter per capita. Wood use will continue to increase, while GDP growth will stabilize at single digit numbers.

BACKGROUND

Cai Weijing has spearheaded OSB growth.

OSB is the new kid on the block here thanks to Hubei BaoYuan Wood Industry, Co. LTD. Although there were illfated earlier attempts at producing a waferboard type product on small inefficient lines bought second hand, it is Hubei BaoYuan that is creating one of the most vertically integrated OSB operations in the world.

The story begins with the human energy machine behind this enterprise. In the mold of a swashbuckler (a la LP’s Harry Merlo in the early years), Cai Weijing, Chairman of the Board of Hubei BoaYuan Group and GM of Hubei BaoYuan Wood Industry, has created a firm foundation for this value-

Poplar forest management program has been the foundation of the new OSB industry.

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added OSB plant based in Jingmen City, Hubei Province, in central China.

The area is known for its clever people and fertile productive agricultural farmland. People in the 31 provinces in all of China say, “If HuGuang (Hubei is part of HuGuang region) has a good crop year, we will all eat.”

Cai was born at the right time to develop into an enterprising hard working young man. His first employment was as a coal miner in a local state owned mine. Rising to management, he was Feeding raw material into the mill able to participate in ownership when the mine was privatized. Amassing explore the OSB idea. Following the enough capital, he assessed his next step event, the company did extensive reand came above ground and built an search, visiting with key importers of MDF plant, based on raw material coOSB. Cai also traveled to Europe and operation with local farms in a contracNorth America to visit OSB plants. Both tual business enterprise.

Dieffenbacher and Pallmann conducted After extensive work with university testing on the raw material for OSB proresearchers, fast growing poplar was duction at their respective factories and chosen as the species of choice for these at BaoYuan before BaoYuan decided to plantation forests, started on unutilized move forward with OSB. Already having or underutilized land (primarily fertile a Dieffenbacher continuous press in the agricultural land abandoned when the MDF plant, BaoYuan chose a Dieffenfarm families went to Tier 1 cities to bacher turnkey line with new CPS conimprove their way of life). This soon tinuous press at its core, with Pallmann supplied all of the raw material for the green end machinery including the long MDF plant, with leftovers being used log flaker. for energy production.

Meanwhile, with new legislation reLine one was a domestically produced stricting some harvest of natural forests, multi-opening press. A second MDF line was added, with a Dieffenbacher continuous press, in 2005. As the plantations grew and more acreage was added, a next step opportunity presented itself. In 2008 OSB was beginning to gain market share by substitution and natural market growth as an imported product. BaoYuan was considering building either a block board plant; adding more capacity to MDF; or producing OSB in a modern larger production plant. Block board was dismissed as being too labor intensive, too costly to produce and with known limitations in the market for properties and aesthetic reasons. It was thought that MDF was still an increasing market, but at a decreasing rate.

At this time, top BaoYuan management attended the WMF (International Exhibition on Woodworking Machinery) trade show in Beijing. They met with leading machinery and technology suppliers, including Dieffenbacher, to fully Pallmann was a key participant in early tests.

BaoYuan’s low cost plantations of the fast growing poplar is proving to be a smart move. The local forests have grown to 57 counties and more than 17,500 farm families involved, tending to every tree. BaoYuan reports on its web site that from 2002 to 2013 the company invested more than 40,000,000 RMB (more than $6 million) to create a fast growing forest of 470,000 acres, covering 31 towns and 248 villages. Its Wood Purchasing and Afforestation Company buys trees from farmers, provides services for farmers and teaches them how to plant trees.

BaoYuan has received a national agriculture industry award for this concept.

Social benefits are many including O2 from fast growing trees; jobs and increased incomes. Traditions have grown in the communities to plant trees during festive celebration times, like weddings and birth of children.

It doesn’t take much to have a tree planting party. Added income is providing for advanced education. Taxes are paying for roads and the schools. The farmer foresters care for the forest health and have extensive fire protection programs.

FIRST OSB Cai was everywhere during the construction process in a “Mossy Oak” type outfit. The plant produced its first board in the fall of 2010, equipped with a turnkey Dieffenbacher line, with 8 ft. x 30 m CPS continuous press, with a rated capacity of 220,000 m3 annually. Dieffenbacher also supplied the drying, screening, gluing, three head forming line and post-CPS cooling and stacking station.

With the OSB line built in

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D ryer receiv es material after drum-debark ing and fl ak ing.

the immediate vicinity of the MDF line, both lines are connected by a wood yard. The plantation raw material is optimized with butt ends going to OSB; upper part of tree and branches to MDF; and wood and bark refuse to energy.

GTS Energy of Shanghai supplied the energy plant.

As a first step, the round wood is brought to a drum debarker. Following debarking the logs are transported to the flaker and the ensuing strands are stored in the horizontal bin. At the outfeed from the bin the material flow rate is precisely controlled to ensure exact loading of the dryer. In the drum dryer the strands are dried with hot gases.

Following this the dried material is separated from the air flow in the primary cyclone. In the multiclones the dust is removed from the air flow and thus extremely low emissions are achieved. The OSB chips are screened,

which separates out fines as well as foreign bodies. The fines are screened out further in the adjacent MDF line. The clean strands are put into temporary storage in two horizontal bins for the surface and core layers of the OSB panel. The strands are weighed for optimum gluing and are fed through the glue blenders.

Conveyer belts now carry the material to the forming bins. The Dieffenbacher forming station is characterized by its exact spreading accuracy. The surface layers are spread in the length wise direction and the core layers in the cross wise direction. This creates a high quantity strand mat with a uniform weight distribution and optimum orientation of strands.

The core of the line is the continuous press. The Dieffenbacher CPS press is characterized by its high flexibility in the face of changes in board thickness. The

D ieffenbacher forming and pressing

panels leave the press and pass through the edge trimming machine and following that the diagonal saw, which responds to changes in the speed of the press and adjusts its speed rate accordingly.

GreCon provided in-line blow detection and thickness gauge quality control systems.

The cut boards are moved to the star cooler and then are transported to the stacking and packaging station and are now ready for dispatch.

The product is a BaoYuan/Dieffenbacher developed OSB that matches properties and smooth surface for laminating potential. The OSB poplar based board is a light, bright color. Made with 100% MDI (supplied by Huntsman), the no formaldehyde product is touted for being “green” friendly. It range of use is broad, including for rugged specs and moisture resistance for seagoing shipping containers, bus floors and termite resistance, south of Yellow River.

The panels are 1.22 to 2.6 m maximum width. and cut into 6.5 m maximum length. Thickness range is 6 mm to 40 mm.

P R OM OT ION The company has built its sales and marketing force around its people, providing incentive programs that have led to great results and exceptionally low turnover. Its mission is to add value all the way from manufacture to the end users. Long-term contracts with end users and a chain of currently 200 wholesale/retail outlets, on way to 300, is the backbone of this vertical integration and profitability. Low cost production, with consistent high quality and a system of creating “proprietary” skews for its customers has created loyalty.

OSB end uses are many, including furniture frames, bus floors, crates, pallets, seagoing shipping containers (97% of

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shipping containers in the world are made in China), windows, doors, floors and, yes, construction use in wood framed buildings for floor, wall and roof systems.

Cai comments, “I will not be happy until I see a significant amount of wood residential and non-residential being built in China, including for the Olympics in 2022.”

A walk about on BaoYuan’s 1,000 acre industrial site reveals not only its log yard and MDF and OSB plants, but also a five story completely wood frame complex with offices on the first floor and worker residences on the upper floors. OSB is utilized everywhere in furniture contents, decoration panels and structurally for roof, wall and floors.

Not far away, Cai’s own home is completely wood framed with OSB throughout over APA stamped engineered lumber shipped from the U.S. Infeed to continuous press BaoYuan is helping lead a charge to allow more use of wood structures and approximately 400 million RMB (about to be legislated for lower income fami63 million USD). lies. (Actually, wood framed structures In 2015, three more OSB plants with are the norm in mountainous forested Dieffenbacher continuous presses are areas, especially near the autonomous coming on line in China. All have their Tibet border area.) own unique parameters and are built in In 2014, about 6,000 builders, interior decoration companies, furniture manufacturers, crating/ packaging companies and others came to the BaoYuan training center to view the sam ple rooms and test product under extreme conditions and for instruction while sitting at OSB desks and furniture.

Hubei BaoYuan is further expanding to include a film faced laminating line for OSB; manufacture of waterproof OSB flooring; fireproof doors and furniture made of OSB. Cut-up boards at finishing end The initial investment will be

Boards pass through GreCon scanning system.

different regions of the country, with different raw material supply chains and sales and marketing concepts.

Guizhou Jianhe Yuanfang (Forestry Investment and Explore Co., Ltd.) is starting up with a rated capacity of 250,000 m3. Plywood producer Kangxin in Hanchuan City will produce 220,000 m3 rated capacity. The catalyst for adding this line was to be able to produce a plywood/OSB sandwich panel to be used in seagoing shipping containers. Shouguang Yuli Wood Co. is starting up with a rated capacity of 300,000 m3.

All of the above OSB plants use plantation poplar, as well as pine and eucalyptus.

Another new kid on the block is OSSB (oriented strand straw board), with one and possibly more in the planning stage.

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INNOVATION, PRODUCTION, HIGH QUALITY ARE HALLMARKS FOR OREGON’S NORDIC VENEER Employee skills and motivation deliver both high quality and production for operation that recently surpassed 60 years in business.

BY DAN SHELL

ROSEBURG, Ore. uality is key for longtime Pacific Northwest veneer producer Nordic Veneer as the company has tooled its operation to produce 25MMSF in green veneer each month, most of it high-quality material destined for two major LVL plants in the region.

According to Nordic General Manager Art Adams, LVL producers don’t want any utility grades. “Thickness requirements are very stringent, and peel quality tolerances are very tight,” he says. “Variation isn’t tolerated outside of just a few thousandths.”

The mill is situated in what Adams calls a “hotbed” of plywood and engineered lumber production, with multiple Roseburg Forest Products plywood plants, Murphy Co., Emerald Forest Products and Swanson Group plywood plants all located within a reasonable distance of Nordic, along with Roseburg and Murphy’s large LVL manufacturing operations at Riddle and Sutherlin, respectively.

“We’re conveniently located in the middle of all these ‘opportunities,’” Adams says. But while there are plenty of plywood veneer consumers in the region, Nordic’s reputation for quality and consistency has led it more to the premium LVL stock end of the market: More than 75% of Nordic’s veneer out-

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Charger added in 2006 boosted production, which sometimes hits 600 blocks/hr.

put is destined for an LVL product.

From the big things like a new, state of the art x-y charger added in ’06 to daily and weekly maintenance schedules that allow for tight quality specifications and maximum veneer production, “We are driven by the engineered wood market,” Adams says, adding there’s “no silver bullet” when comes to maintaining veneer quality. “You just have to do the work,” he adds.

The high-speed charger project was a collaboration between Glenwood Machine and Nordic personnel, who did de-

sign and engineering. Controls are from McDiarmid. The project remains a solid success, with piece counts and wood-towood speeds increasing significantly, from 400 blocks/hr. to 600 in small wood, Adams says. “We have to be in really small wood to get up to 600, but we go over 500 all the time,” he adds.

Adams notes that “The charger was the one piece that really added to our volume, and we’ve kept getting better with it as well.”

With the lathe boosting its piece count, the debarker and merchandising line went

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up to a shift and a half per day, and three new conditioning vats were added (for a total of 12).

“Every time you improve one area in your mill, then it seems you’re lacking in other areas,” Adams says, adding that Nordic has never taken on a project requiring more than 10 days of downtime.

“We’re a small company so we can’t afford to do large mill overhauls; we have to phase our projects.”

Most recently, Adams notes the mill has “semi-automated” its green chain operation utilizing an innovative concept in collaboration with Sweed Machinery.

Adams says he’d had the idea for years after seeing something similar on an automated layup line at a plant he visited. He took his idea to Sweed Machinery, and the collaborative effort produced the Sweed Stacker system: As veneer travels from the trays down to the green chain conveyor, instead of manually pulling and stacking the 27s and higher value strip material, operators give the selected sheets a gentle push into two

Lathe charger is collaboration between Nordic, Glenwood Machine, McDiarmid.

Nordic Veneer GM Art Adams

sets of pinch rolls that deposit strips on a chain-driven landing table.

Strips travel to another worker who layers the strips into uniform stacks and readies the unit for forklift pickup.

The innovative strip stacking system reduces much of the exertion and repetitive motion required for green chain personnel and also reduces the overall manpower required as well.

“Now we’re handling the veneer, not pulling it,” Adams says of the system that started up in spring 2014.

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The skills and experience provided by long-term employees are key to Nordic's success. From left are Randy Denn, knife grinder operator who has 37 years with Nordic; Mel Stewart, head electrician, 36 years with the company; Belen Ketchum, day shift foreman, 24 years on the job; Darron Shaw, head lathe operator, 27 years; Pat Bintliff, plant superintendent, 41 years; and Scott Beavers, head millwright, who has "only" 10 years with Nordic Veneer.

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As piece counts increased, Nordic added three additional innovative conditioning vats for a total of 12.

them to be even more productive, a key factor in success for Nordic Veneer, which had its 60th birthday last year.

In 1954 Adams’ father and a partner purchased the then-closed Sutherlin Plywood Co. (at the same location of today’s Murphy Co. LVL plant). The partners bought the current Nordic site and green veneer facility in Roseburg from Forest Industries in 1960, and Adams’ father bought out his partner a year later.

Art joined the operation in 1966 after college; his father died in 1971, the same year Art’s brother, Bob, joined the company. With Art already working closely with the production side of the mill, Bob went into the sales side.

The brothers sold the plywood business in 1975 to concentrate on green veneer production in Roseburg. Soon after, they began upgrading the manufacturing operation in an almost neverending stream of improvements.

At each step of the way, employee expertise and skill have proven invaluable. The mill employs 55, and average seniority for all employees is easily 20+ years, Adams says. “As with any good company, good people are the key, and the employees here have a commitment to meet customer needs,” he adds.

Adams cites the crew’s experience from the top down, and notes that almost all employees have worked in various areas of the mill. In fact, with the exception of three positions, all mill employees have worked on the green chain. “So many of our people started off on the ground floor,” Adams says.

That includes people like Pat Bintliff, plant superintendent, who’s

been with the company 42 years, and Lonnie Yurk, administrative general manager, who just passed 40 years with Nordic.

“We have very little turnover, and we all take care of each other,” Adams says, noting the health insurance and 401-k benefits plans that Nordic offers are what any successful business must do in order to compete. “You have to meet the needs of your people,” he adds.

Another key to the Nordic’s success is an employee production bonus incentive plan, implemented coming out of the early ’80s recession. Based on production and recovery, the plan allows all employees to share in the mill’s success and efficiency.

In a 2002 Panel World feature article on Nordic Veneer, Adams said the bonus plan “might be the single best thing we’ve ever done.” He says that employee skills, experience and motivation can’t be overemphasized when talking about Nordic’s success in the market: “You can go in any veneer plant and see the same types of equipment,” Adams says, “but our production levels are due to our employees’ ability to produce.”

Family is also a big part of the employee equation. While Bob Adams retired in 2008, Art’s children are now working in the family operation. Son JR Adams buys logs and also works with the production crew, while daugh-

Nordic Veneer routinely produces up to 48,000 54 in. sheets per shift.

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ter Andrea Martin works in the office handling payroll and invoicing.

The company also boosted its employees in 2009 with a new office and building upgrades that included a new employee break room and improved lighting that’s brightened up the mill.

OPERATIONS The quest for quality begins in the woods: Nordic works with local open market log suppliers and also buys some logs direct from local loggers. “We have to have a higher quality log, about 12-14 in. DBH, and we’re looking for specific characteristics, such as tighter grain and smaller knot structure—you can’t just buy anything,” Adams says.

Nordic processes 100% Douglas fir, and all logs are third-party scaled. Logs are processed through a Nicholson 43 in. ring debarker and a swing saw, with average block diameter around 10 in.

The plant operates 12 block conditioning vats and an innovative system that uses low pressure steam bubbling through a bed of hot water in the vat tunnels. The result is a consistent, 130° block core temp that adds to product quality.

After 16+/- hours or conditioning, blocks are fed to a Premier 4550 8 ft. lathe with Coe core drive and big bar.

The lathe includes Premier 2¾ in. spindles that enable peeling to 3 in. cores.

Almost all production is 1/8 in. veneer, and the plant routinely produces up to 48,000 sheets of 54s per shift.

Three 95 ft. lathe trays handle veneer and feed to a Durand clipper with Ventek scanning system and Elite Automation controls. From the clipper, full sheets flow to a Durand 6-bin stacker with Elite Automation control system.

Random width and 27 in. veneer flows to seven strip trays that feed to the green chain, where the Sweed Stacker makes material handling much more efficient at lower cost. A Keystone banding and packaging machine readies the product for shipping.

“Any new innovation that a company has—we’re always interested, and we keep an open mind,” Adams says, noting the in-house development assistance working with suppliers on the lathe charger and strip stacking systems.

“In the past decade, we’ve done a lot of heavy lifting and also replacing smaller components, but you’re never really done,” Adams says, adding that the next area mill personnel are looking at upgrading is the debarking and merPW chandising line.

Continuous improvements have made the mill and its employees more productive.

Innovative strip stacking at green chain reduces employee exertion, adds to efficiency.

New break room part of facilities upgrade that included new offices, better lighting.

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PROJECTS COLUMBIA UPGRADES HEARST OPERATION

The installation of a Meinan lathe line at Columbia Forest Products’ production facility in Hearst, Ontario (Canada) completes the conversion of all of Columbia’s North American core-peeling facilities to Meinan’s peeling technology.

There has been tremendous activity this summer as crews of engineers, electrical technicians, installation laborers and technicians from Japan collaborated on installing Columbia Forest Products’ newest Meinan lathe line in Hearst.

Andy Frei, lead engineer and project manager for the Hearst installation, notes, “The attention to detail on this system is so high that the entire 200 foot long lathe line was assembled, tested and disassembled in Japan prior to shipping to Canada.”

Once disassembled, 36 containers holding the lathe, stackers and ancillary equipment were shipped to Vancouver, BC. From there, the Meinan system traveled across Canada via rail, was un-

Columbia now operates four Meinan lathe lines.

loaded in Toronto and then transported to Hearst on 30 trucks.

Columbia Forest Products’ Canadian General Manager Gilles Levesque comments, “As a follow-up to the more than $5 million investment in innovative

capital projects at the facility over the past seven years, this $15 million crowning investment provides more than 200 employees in Hearst an integral piece of capital innovation that will enable us to compete well into the fu-

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PROJECTS ture—regardless of the exchange rate or foreign competition.”

“Without doubt, this is a great event for our employees and it will also positively impact hundreds of other loggers, truckers, and associated industry workers in Ontario,” adds Mike Fournier, the Hearst plant production manager.

The Hearst facility has been in steady production since 1961 when brothers Hervé and Yvon Levesque built the plant. Columbia Forest Products purchased the plant in 1996 and oversaw its transition from producing industrial aspen-based panels to premium-grade hardwood veneer surfaced panel production in subsequent years.

Commenting on the most recent developments, Columbia President and CEO Brad Thompson states, “Four years ago I challenged the Hearst team to show our board of directors that the facility was worthy of this significant investment. They rose to the occasion in the days and weeks that followed. With the Meinan equipment in place now, the work force in Hearst is positioned to be the best in the world at what they do.

I’m very proud of the accomplishments at Hearst and look forward to our team there delivering the best quality hardwood panels available to customers in Canada and the United States.”

FANTONI ORDERS NEW MDF PLANT August 2015 saw Dieffenbacher achieve success with two new orders. Italian furniture and board manufacturer Fantoni Spa ordered a MDF plant, while the second order was for a particleboard plant and came from furniture manufacturer Ganzhou Aigesen in China. These two new orders take the total number of plants Dieffenbacher has sold this year to nine.

Fantoni is using its new MDF plant to replace two multi-opening lines at its main site in Osoppo, Italy. As part of the scope of supply for this new plant, Dieffenbacher will also provide modifications on the existing fiber dryers and two new fiber sifters. The core package includes a forming station equipped with the latest generation of mechanical forming equipment, a forming line and a CPS 240 – 65.5 m continuous MDF press. The 65.5 m long CPS produces boards with a width between 1830 and 2200 mm and a thickness of between 6

and 60 mm. The components supplied in the finishing line area include a raw board handling system with triple diagonal saw, a board cooling and stacking system as well as a modification to an existing raw board storage system.

The plant is designed to deliver an annual output of 460,000 m³. Startup is scheduled for the end of 2016.

The modern particleboard plant equipped with a CPS destined for Ganzhou Aigesen is intended to replace a small multi-opening plant in the city of Ganzhou in Jiangxi Province, southeastern China. In terms of raw material, the furniture manufacturer predominantly uses wood waste from its own facilities for producing boards and furniture, as well as purchased recycled wood.

Two Windformer SL units for the surface layer and a core layer forming head will be supplied within the forming station. The CPS 265 – 24 press produces boards with a width of up to 2480 mm and a thickness of between 6 and 40 mm. The components supplied in the finishing line area include a diagonal saw and a trimming and splitting saw.

The plant is designed to deliver an annual output of 270,000 m³. Startup is planned for the end of 2016 or the start of 2017. Ganzhou Aigesen is a large furniture and board manufacturer in China and produces boards for its own needs as well as for sale. l Dieffenbacher was also able to secure two contracts for plants in Asia during June 2015. Allgreen Timber Products from Malaysia ordered a particleboard plant, while the second order came once again from the Metro-Ply Group. The board producer, based in Thailand, ordered a THDF plant, including the new CPS+ press.

Advanced Fiber, part of the MetroPly Group, is establishing a THDF plant at its Kanchanaburi site with a capacity of 928 m³ per day. The scope of supply ranges from dryers to sanding lines. The core element of the THDF plant is the new Dieffenbacher CPS+ 265 – 28.5 press. It is designed to work at speeds of 2100 mm/s and presses THDF boards with a density of 1.5 to 25 mm. The front end also consists of a fiber dryer and the Z-sifter, which has performed particularly well with shortfibered wood. The forming station is equipped with a scalper including a correction module and a Dieffensor for PanelWorld • NOVEMBER 2015 • 31

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Left to right, Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher and Giovanni Fantoni

maximum forming accuracy.

The components supplied in the finishing line area include raw board handling with diagonal saw, edge trim and split saw, a Lukki storage system and a sanding line. Startup is expected in spring 2017. This order represents the second CPS+ press that Metro-Ply has ordered within three months.

The particleboard plant for Allgreen will replace an existing Bison plant with multi-opening press at its Segamat site in southern Malaysia. The plant, with a CPS 265 – 26.5 press, is designed for a daily output of 800 m³ of particleboard. The forming station is equipped with three forming heads. The Dieffenbacher windformer with roller deck ensures minimum forming tolerance in the surface layer.

The company will also supply a drum dryer, the raw board handling with diagonal saw, edge trim and split saw, a large stack formation system and raw board storage system. Startup is planned for spring 2017. Allgreen is part of the Evergreen Group, one of the world’s leading producers of MDF and particleboard.

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PROJECTS YILDIZ ENTEGRE PLACES ORDERS

Siempelkamp reports it has received 12 orders thus far this year for the delivery of facilities for MDF and particleboard production.

Most recently, Yildiz Entegre, a longstanding Siempelkamp customer, placed orders for two new MDF/HDF production lines for its plants in Russia and Romania. This is the first time that Yildiz Entegre, the largest manufacturer of wood-based materials in Turkey, invested in wood-based material production plants outside its country. Siempelkamp will supply one MDF/HDF plant including a 9 ft. x 55.3 m ContiRoll continuous press to Vladimir in Russia situated 190 km east of Moscow. The second plant, also for the production of MDF and HDF, will be built in Pitesti, Rumania. Here, Yildiz Entegre will operate an 8 ft. x 55.3 m continuous press.

The scope of supply for both projects includes the production areas for drying and separating, the forming and press

Left to right, Carsten Otto, Nilgün Binbay, Ulrich Kaiser, Stefan Wissing (all Siempelkamp) with Hakki Yildiz (Member of the Board Yildiz Entegre), Dr.-Ing. Hans Fechner (spokesman G. Siempelkamp GmbH & Co. KG), Michael P. Krocker (GIM Export) and Bora Baysal (Chief Financial Officer Yildiz Entegre)

line, the cooling and stacking line, the fully automatic high stack storage system as well as high performance sanding lines with integrated cut-to-size system. Siempelkamp will also provide the

corresponding automation for all supplied plant areas as well as the process data handling and evaluation via ProdIQ for the entire production plant.

Sicoplan, a Belgium subsidiary of

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PROJECTS Siempelkamp which has successfully carried out the engineering for several projects in Russian-speaking areas over the last few years, will provide support with approval procedures and carry out the implementation engineering. Both projects are supported by Göttinger GIM Export Group, which is responsible for the financing of the main plant and for the downstream board finishing equipment.

With the innovative ContiRoll Generation 8, Yildiz Entegre has decided to order, for the seventh and eighth time, press technology made by Siempelkamp.

With its innovative pressure distribution plates this Siempelkamp press operates virtually isobaric. Equipped with an additional row of cylinders and a lightboard package the press allows, next to the production of standard MDF/HDF, the production of light MDF (L-MDF) with low densities and consistently the best board properties.

At the headquarters in Kocaeli, Turkey, the world’s largest production location for MDF/HDF, the company operates three ContiRoll press lines with a yearly capacity of 1.5 million m³.

This location is also home to a highspeed 12-daylight door skin line made

by Siempelkamp with a yearly capacity of up to 12 million door skins.

In 2012 Yildiz Entegre started up three more production locations in Turkey including Siempelkamp’s ContiRoll technology.

The annual production volume of Yildiz Entegre currently amounts to 2 million m³ of MDF/HDF and 900,000 m³ of particleboard. The new investment will increase MDF/HDF production by 1 million m³ to 3 million m³ annually. l Siempelkamp also reported that VRG Dong Wha Vietnam has placed an order for an MDF plant with an 8 ft. x 25.5 m continuous press.

FRONT ROYAL INSTALLS SENNEBOGEN UNIT Front Royal Transload is one of the “new kids” on the block, working to make the Hampton, Tennessee yard a vital hub for intermodal transport. However, with tens of thousands of containers going through the Hampton yard every year and much of the volume coming from the logging trade, Director of Operations Randy Langford understands the log handling business well

enough to know that traditional loaders wouldn’t do the job for him.

“Sometimes you get a lot of piles going in the yard and you start cramping your space,” Langford explains. “Knuckleboom loaders are pretty lengthy machines; they can’t get in and out of those tight spaces.”

For a solution, Langford turned to the Sennebogen 818 M log loader—a rubbertired purpose-built material handler that is quickly becoming a common sight in American wood yards and mills.

Part of the Oregon-based ARG Transportation Services group, Front Royal Transload specializes in moving hardwood logs from trucks into international shipping containers. Langford recently decided to equip the yard with Sennebogen 818s.

Langford’s search for a fresh approach to log loading began with Matt McQueen of Power Equipment, the region’s authorized Sennebogen dealer. Langford had already looked at the industry’s bestknown log loaders, but he continued looking. “All the other machines we looked at were stationary and that’s just not what we need. You have to mount them on some kind of carrier like the 6x6 unit that we had. We need mobility in confined spaces; that was primary for us.”

He and McQueen drove to the Sennebogen head office facility near Charlotte, NC. “We tested out one of the machines there, took one look and determined that this was the machine that we needed for our particular situation. It’s the ideal carrier for us because it’s compact and it’s quick.”

Langford notes that the machine’s agility is helpful for more than just running between aisles in the yard. “With the other loaders, all you can do is pull up beside the pile. With the Sennebogen, you can pull up to it, you can nose into it, you can back into it, and you have the room to do that. So it gives you more versatility and stability.”

Sennebogen machines are known for their maXCab operator stations, which, on the 818, hydraulically elevates above the deck to heights of over 15 ft.

(4.5 m). “You basically get on top of the loads as you’re loading and unloading trucks. You can actually see what you’re picking,” Langford says.

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With equal load capacity in all directions, the 818 M gives Front Royal Transload the versatility to operate in congested, high-traffic areas.

about the quickest I’ve ever run, and I’ve run just about everything! I like it.

You just have to get a feel for her.”

With the Sennebogen 818s now on the job, Langford looks forward to seeing the new operation run both productively and profitably. “These machines are very economical to run. There’s no onboard computer, and that’s another cost saver; if the computer goes down it gets expensive. They don’t have a lot of fancy bells and whistles on them; the simpler, the better for me.”

In late 2014 ARG started a new division—ARG Transmodal Services. The first company in this division was the Front Royal Transload offering truckto-container transloading of hardwood logs for intermodal transportation to Asia. It provides these transloading services for the Virginia Inland Terminal in Front Royal, Virginia and is the exclusive transloading partner for Keystone Transportation Solutions (KTS).

In April, 2015 FRT expanded its services to the KTS log yard in Hampton, Tenn.

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ROSEBURG INSTALLS ROBOTIC STENCILING

Tebulo NA Ltd. has installed a robotic stenciling and end striping system at three of Roseburg’s Oregon locations. The

ultimate goal was to have one application to perform multiple functions resulting in the end product being consistent regardless of which mill the package originated. The robotic system can perform both identification on the sidewall in multiple colors, and end striping in multiple colors.

A database was created in order to capture each and every possible product combination that Roseburg produces. This database can be updated at any time as new products are added to the mix. As the package reaches the identification station, the robot will locate the package to determine if there is any misalignment. The robot then prints the sidewall information—multi-color logo and product details. Next the robot maneuvers to spray end striping with four different colors.

The system moves off-line and allows the package to transport to the next station. The stenciling system has low maintenance due to self-cleaning and has a guaranteed 99% availability.

HIGHLAND PELLETS ORDERS ASTEC LINE Astec Industries, Inc. has entered into an agreement and received a related downpayment to build, deliver and install the first production line of a new turnkey wood pellet production facility for Highland Pellets, LLC at Pine Bluf, Ark. The $30 million agreement with Highland Pellets includes the option to add additional production lines, related equipment and installation services, which could bring the total order amount to $143 million. Astec expects to deliver the first production line and related equipment no later than early 2016.

Astec promotes its modular design and replicated parallel production lines. One of its pellet production lines has been running at Fram Renewable Fuels in Hazlehurst, with a second line in place and a third line expected to come on, which would give Fram 400,000 tons of production. One of the advantages of the parallel production lines is said to be the avoidance of a total production shutdown due to any one major equipment outage.

Highland Pellets reports it has rail and truck delivery options to Port Arthur, and that its site is cleared for construction.

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LINES ITALIAN FIRM FINDS NICHE IN CLEANING RECYCLED WOOD ood is a precious resource as much for the uses to which it is destined as for the time spent to transform it, even if it often happens that its life cycle comes to an end and is burned or disposed of. However, wood can be used again when subjected to a recycling process.

Instalmec understood the great potential of recycled wood. Adriano Stocco, founder and owner of Instalmec in San Giorgio di Nogaro, situated in the Northeastern part of Italy, went to the producers of panel-boards and noticed the unsuitability of their systems. He designed a new system for the cleaning of recycled wood that could achieve a cleaning grade in the wet and dry area, suitable both for virgin and recycled wood.

Instalmec’s wood recycling cleaning line for installation in the wet part of the mill has already been sold all over the world during the past decades. Nevertheless Instalmec has been working to improve the performance of this line, and has managed to raise its efficiency more than an impressive 95%.

On the dry end, the system works in a very different way compared to other methods that the market offers. It features two essential steps: the first one includes a roller screen, designed to obtain a high efficiency screening. The following step includes the separation of the fractions having different granulometry. Therefore the material is divided into four fractions and each fraction is sent to a dedicated separator: for fine material, surface big material, core fine material and core big material. A fifth fraction made up of wood dust and silica is sent to a silo where it is stored to be used as fuel for the drying system. In-

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stalmec’s Super-Separator performs an excellent cleaning of each of the above mentioned fractions.

The first phase after sifting eliminates about 98% of pollutants from the material flow. As an option this material can be further screened by Instalmec’s special Densimat, which separates even more foreign bodies (i.e. sand, small stones, etc.) from the wood material.

The result of this double cleaning is outstanding Dry cleaning line at Pfleiderer, Grajewo and the final material obtained is clean above 99%.

Instalmec has recently installed a gravimetric-cleaning system for core and surface layer after the wind sifter in dry area at a Belgium customer who produces particleboard. The purpose of this cleaning system is to recover up to 85% of good woody material ready then to be reused in production. This system is very efficient and can be amortized in about three months. The cleaning mill is very flexible and could be defined as a “modular system,” as other components can be easily added during the time to improve the cleaning-grade of wood. The screen, for instance, separates the woody material into two fractions (>200µ e <200µ) followed by the Instalmec-Mineral Cleaner that eliminates minerals from fine fractions, thus contributing to the Waste wood mineral cleaner at Unilin, improvement of the panel surface.

Spano With the combination of the waste wood mineral cleaner and the dust and mineral cleaner, Instalmec obtained an excellent result with an outstanding level of cleaning efficiency. The outgoing material from the mineral cleaner can be sent either back to production to obtain a homogeneous panel surface or sent to the dryer to produce fuel.

Instalmec offers products based on experience gained throughout the years and widely appreciated all over the world. Moreover, thanks to the innovative and always up-to-date mind of Mr. Stocco, Instalmec provides mills with cutting-edge technologies, satisfying customers’ requirements and guaranteePW ing long-term success.

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Cleaning of recycled wood in wet area at Kronospan, Burgos

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LINES CLARIANT BUILDS ON 20 YEARS For most plant managers of plywood, OSB and MDF facilities, tight budgets and high operating expenses limit one’s options. A fast return on investment, immediate impact on the bottom line, and long-term benefits have become most influential corporate parameters for CAPEX approval. A popular option chosen by plants to meet this criteria are RTO-to-RCO retrofits.

Over the last 20 years, Clariant’s PRO-RCO and Envicat products have been selected as the catalyst of choice, helping more than 60 plants in North America to reduce operating costs and their carbon footprint by over 50%.

When the MACT rule went into effect between 2004 and 2008, many plants with uncontrolled emissions had two primary choices for meeting the new air compliance regulations from the EPA: install a RTO (regenerative thermal oxidiz- PRO-RCO, 1 in. saddles er) or a RCO (regenerative catalytic oxidizer). During this period, Clariant partnered with more than 35 plants to help successfully install catalyst beds in RCOs. Today, almost every plant with PRO-RCO or Envicat catalyst is still operating and meeting compliance with their original catalyst charge, 7-12 years later!

Since the MACT, many plants who initially chose to go thermal (RTO) to meet the regulations have since retrofitted to catalytic units (RCOs). Although natural gas Envicat 100 cpsi monolith prices have fallen, demand for panelboard has risen, and competition within the panelboard industry is high. The need to reduce costs at the plant level is again under the microscope, and plants have reacted by overhauling their equipment.

Process Energy Optimization is the new trend. Revamping and retrofitting older energy intensive RTO systems into RCOs allows plant managers to reinvest money wasted on natural gas to maintain nearly 1500°F in the RTO by cutting the operating temperature (and natural gas consumption) in half to 600800°F in the RCO. Recent developments in ultra-low pressure drop and ultra-high thermal efficiency heat media and catalyst media have increased the return on investment on these projects. Replacing the heat-media and topping it off with new Envicat catalyst media may allow a plant to increase overall capacity by optimizing equipment or to downsize the process fan and decrease overall electrical energy consumption.

If you are considering plant capacity expansion, process energy optimization, building a new plant or adding new process line, or are looking to improve performance of an existing RTO or RCO, Clariant offers its assistance.

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WESSEL BRINGS AIR CONTROL TO MERGER

Wessel BIOCAT scrubber

“When four of the best in the impregnation industry unite, your options are unlimited.” With the opening event of this year s Ligna, the management of Deurotech Group announced the consolidation of four specialist companies in the wood products industry: Vits Technology, IFA Technology, Deurowood and Wessel-Umwelttechnik.

Wessel-Umwelttechnik GmbH is in charge of turnkey facilities for various environmental tasks. The Hamburg based company, founded in 1965, is the specialist for the gap between production and back-end. Its thermal and/or biological waste air purification systems have established Wessel as efficient and cost effective, especially in the wood products industry.

Instead of thermal waste air purification systems such as regenerative thermal oxidizer, recuperative thermal oxidizer or catalytic thermal oxidizer, Wessel touts its biological catalytic scrubber technology as more efficient toward low exhaust volumes. Several Wessel BIOCAT-scrubbers have been successfully implemented in the wood based panels industry.

Current characteristics of a scrubber for the increased demands on the separation of formaldehyde: —Modular expandability for adapting the separation performance with respect to different clean gas requirements —High VOC destruction/clean gas values below 5 mg/m³ are achieved —Special scrubber technology with virtually no accumulation of excess biomass (no sludge disposal) —Sewage-free operation possible —In combination with a special selfcleaning heat exchanger fresh water re-

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LINES quirements are reduced to a minimum —Resettable behind pure dedusting systems such as wet electrostatic precipitator systems (WESP). Visit wesselumwelttechnik.de.

NESTEC ADDS ELSMAN TO TEAM NESTEC, Inc. has added Ray Elsman to its experienced OEM and aftermarket team. Elsman brings 34 years of experience in the application, design and installation of air emission control and energy conservation systems, increasing NESTEC’s 300 + years of staff experience.

Elsman joins the NESTEC team from Lundberg (Geoenergy Div.).

“NESTEC, Inc. is once again uniquely fortunate to be in a position to bring one of the most talented engineers in our field on to the NESTEC, Inc. team,” comments President James Nester.

SENNEBOGEN PLANS FACTORY EXPANSION Sennebogen, a leader in purpose-built material handling machines, will expand its Plant II facility in Southern Germany by 350,000 sq. ft. (35,000 m²). The project will also include a new 67,000 sq. ft.

(6,700 m2) assembly and paint facility.

The Plant II factory site is located near the Sennebogen head office and Plant I complex at the port of Straubing.

Constantino Lannes, President of Sennebogen LLC, welcomed the announcement as good news for Sennebogen customers and dealers in the Americas, too.

“Straubing Plant II is focused on production and testing for the larger machines in our lineup. We have seen increased demand for high capacity machines, so this investment shows that the factory will be ready to support future projects.”

The factory expansion will be completed in two construction phases. For the first phase, already under way, a paved surface south of the current premises will provide a spacious shipping area for machines and components. It will also be the site for technical approval and testing of new equipment. The second phase, a new assembly and paint shop, will be built by the end of 2016.

Erich Sennebogen, managing director of the firm, adds, “As a family-owned company, we feel committed to long-

term planning and to adjusting our production facilities to the market requirements of the future. This project ensures optimized logistics, enhanced reliability and an even better working environment for our team.”

The new assembly and finishing expansion, part of phase 2, will also increase the plant’s quality control area and will feature a section dedicated to customizing machines for special customer requirements.

SANDVIK COMPLETES INTENSE MAKEOVER To meet growing market demands, Sandvik Surface Solutions reports it has used the last 12 months to carry out a fundamental overhaul of its products and manufacturing processes and adapt its ever higher quality standards and flexibility to market conditions. This restructuring has been completed.

With more than 60 years of experience in the textured design of endless press belts and press plates, Sandvik now emphasizes the following: —Investment in precise digital printing systems with close tolerances —“WE THINK SYNC”—a wide collection in the area of synchronized pore products —New technology: Surface treatment with an anti-fingerprint effect Sandvik has reorganized its personnel in order to provide quicker and more flexible support for any customer requirements, from sampling and machine equipment right through to technical advice.

Karl-Heinz Ivanusic and Adrian Miller are responsible for sales and for the Design Center. Ivanusic will use his 40 years of experience to provide customers with texture design advice and assist them with technical questions as Design Director & Area Sales Manager.

Miller joined the company in 2010 and has developed his core competency in the area of product development over the last few years. Following the commissioning of Sandvik’s digital printing system, Miller has played a key role in managing and refining in-house product development, enabling texture collection in the “SYNC” range to grow to include attractive synchronized pore.

Miller assumes the title of Product & Area Sales Manager.

This new sales team replaces Sascha Porst, who has been performing new tasks in the Sandvik Group since the start of July 2015, and Torsten Berg, who is taking on new roles within the branch.

SCHELLING, IMA TIGHTEN PARTNERSHIP The Austrian company Schelling Anlagenbau GmbH and the German IMA Klessmann GmbH have been cooperating for more than 25 years, with Schelling as a worldwide leader in cutto-size machines and plants for wood panels and other materials, and IMA as a highly regarded specialist for edge processing technology and systems for the furniture and component manufacturing industries.

The companies now announce an official partnership through the acquisition of IMA by Schelling.. While both brands will be preserved, the companies will intensify their collaboration in all areas of business including groundbreaking technologies.

The partnership will also yield positive synergy effects in sales, purchasing and manufacturing for both companies.

The global subsidiaries of both companies will work closer together and the dealer networks of both companies, which already overlap in 90% of the world markets, will bring more advantages to the customers and partners of the two companies.

For many years both companies have shared exhibition space at numerous trade shows worldwide. At the same time the companies have successfully managed and executed many large scale customer installations and projects. The newly elevated partnership will present more of these opportunities and help intensify the cooperation. Combined they employ 1,400 and report 250 million Euros in revenue.

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Fantoni’s new cafeteria adjacent production facilities

Leading Italian MDF and wood products producer Fantoni proudly announces the reconfiguration of the interior of one of the wings of the Fantoni offices dedicated to the cafeteria where around 700 people have lunch/dinner every day—a building that characterizes Fantoni’s corporate identity.

The Fantoni campus was constructed at the end of the 1960s by architect Gino Valle, the same architect who did the urban plan of the industrial area in Osoppo and who invented—with Herbert Ohl—the 45° cut, an iconic element of Fantoni furniture. This campus has become a symbol of industrial architecture, destination of many architects who come over to discover the refined hand of an architect who marked last century’s architecture.

When the company had to renovate the cafeteria—one of the three buildings which were not destroyed after the big earthquake in 1976—the first question was: “Which architect can intervene on such a delicate project which represents the company’s DNA?” After long discussions, the project was assigned to Pietro Valle, Gino’s son, who carries on the family’s studio.

The main elements on which an intervention had to be made were: flooring, acoustic solutions for general well-being (reverberation noise), refurbishment, and advanced technical solutions in the kitchen.

The large space has been unified by a suspended ceiling with Fantoni’s acoustic panels in four colors (light and dark blue, gray and white) that float against the original ceiling which has been painted charcoal gray. This “artificial sky” is also marked by spherical lamps that form a luminous “planetarium.” The terminal wall has a mural painting by artist Carlo Ciussi that shows diagonal white lines set against a blue background. Four cabinet lines subdivide the lunch space in subareas for more privacy. The fronts that define a single sub-area have the same colors: light and dark blue, white with the hallways painted gray. The dividing wall between lunch area and free-flow is transparent.

The Fantoni Group is a leading manufacturer of office furniture, partition and storage wall systems, MDF and chipboard panels, melamine flooring and sound-deadening panels. It is composed of seven companies—Fantoni Spa, La Con Spa, Lesonit (Slovenia), Novolegno Spa, Patt Spa, Spik Iverica (Serbia), and Inter-rail. The Fantoni group produces its own resins, impregnates papers for facing its own panel products and, with its hydro-electric power and cogeneration plants, produces a large part of its own energy needs.

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CLIPPINGS PLUM CREEK DONATES TO OSU FORESTRY

Plum Creek, one of the largest private land and timber owners in the United States, has committed $1 million to Oregon State University’s College of Forestry to support construction of the school’s new Oregon Forest Science Complex.

In addition to serving as the college’s home, the 85,000 sq. ft. complex will include a state-of-the-art advanced wood products laboratory. The research facility will be built from and dedicated to developing sustainable new building products that could be manufactured in the Pacific Northwest, including cross laminated timber.

“OSU’s College of Forestry is one of the premier forestry programs in the country, and the Oregon Forest Science Complex is proof of their commitment to sustainable forestry research,” says Rick Holley, Plum Creek CEO. “We see the OSU complex as a unique place that will

effectively showcase the innovation and sustainability of wood products.”

“As architects and engineers around the world begin to increasingly appreciate the multiple benefits of wood construction, OSU is positioned to be a global industry leader in the field,” says Thomas Maness, the Cheryl Ramberg Ford and Allyn C. Ford Dean of the College of Forestry. “We are deeply grateful for Plum Creek’s partnership.

The company’s gift will help us expand our program while attracting visionary faculty and the talented students who will become the next generation of forest industry leaders.”

Headquartered in Seattle, Plum Creek previously gave $500,000 to create an endowment supporting an OSU postdoctoral fellow who studies the impacts of active forest management on water quality and aquatic systems. The first fellow, Matt Sloat, focused his research on how contemporary forest harvest practices affect fish.

The $60 million Oregon Forest Sci-

ence Complex will be funded by private gifts and $29.7 million in approved state bonds. The project is one of several fundraising initiatives being led by the Oregon State University Foundation to advance the university’s strategic plan—creating transformative student learning experiences and building on the institution’s areas of greatest strength and potential impact.

FPINNOVATIONS GETS INTO POST-TENSIONING FPInnovations has signed an agreement with New Zealand-based Structural Timber Innovation Co. Ltd. (STIC) and Prestressed Timber Ltd. (PTL), which will allow FPInnovations to acquire North American rights to their post-tensioning technology for timber building systems. Under the agreement, FPInnovations will obtain rights to U.S. and Canada patents related to development of post-tensioning technology and will have complete ac-

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CLIPPINGS cess to all knowledge, research data and reports, thereby placing FPInnovations at the forefront of post-tensioned-timber systems in North America.

Post-tensioning technology has already been introduced to concrete and steel systems. Its introduction to timber buildings is expected to further enhance the appeal of constructing midrise and tall buildings using modern mass timber products and systems. The technology relates to a prestressed engineered wood building construction system that enables lightweight low cost buildings, with energy dissipators that may be replaced after extreme loading. The advantages of post-tensioning technology include: —Enables the design of open floor plans (large open spaces) in high seismic regions, a design concept highly sought after in non-residential buildings; —Provides enhanced resilience by re-centering of the system to its initial position after an earthquake; —Enables buildings to resist strong

earthquakes with less structural damage.

STIC and PTL are leaders in developing timber-based structural systems for application in seismic zones. Each have strong ties to the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

“We are proud to be a part of this partnership, which exemplifies FPInnovations’ mission of accelerating innovation and promoting cooperative relations at the academic, scientific, technical and business levels, and to adopt and adapt opportunities from international sources to support innovation in the forest sector,” comments Pierre Lapointe, president and CEO of FPInnovations.

PLUM CREEK DIVESTS HARDWOOD TRACTS Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. has sold 98,000 acres of timberlands in westcentral Florida to Hancock Timber Resource Group for $120 million.

Plum Creek stated that although the

lands were well-managed, the significant hardwood component of the property didn’t fit well with the company’s broader Southern timberland portfolio.

Hancock Timber reported that the timberlands, stocked primarily with southern pine plantations as well as hardwoods, are largely contiguous blocks and located in Levy County.

“These highly productive timberlands are an excellent investment opportunity for our clients and we’re very pleased to be able to acquire them,” says Hancock Timber Resource Group President Brent Keefer.

EXPORTS LAG 2014 PACE Log exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California and Alaska totaled 329MMBF in volume in the second quarter of 2015, an increase of more than 21% compared to the first quarter of 2015, the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Sta-

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CLIPPINGS tion reported. During this same period, West Coast lumber exports increased by 16% to 189MMBF. Despite these recent increases, West Coast exports of logs and lumber in the first half of 2015 are lower than they were during the first half of 2014.

“Port strikes during the first quarter of 2015 reduced overall log and lumber exports from the West Coast, which makes the increases we saw in the second quarter significant,” says Xiaoping Zhou, a research economist with the station who conducted the analysis and compiled the data. “Although these numbers represent a within-year increase in exports, the West Coast’s 2015 log and lumber exports to date have decreased significantly compared to 2014 levels, mainly due to reduced demand from China.”

Compared to the first half of 2014, log exports in the first half of 2015 decreased by nearly 39%, while lumber exports decreased by 30%.

Nationwide, 39% of outgoing logs and 29% of outgoing lumber were des-

tined for China in the first half of 2015, compared to 48% of logs and 33% of lumber in the first half of 2014; Nationwide, U.S. log exports decreased by nearly 21% and U.S. lumber exports decreased by more than 11% in volume in the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014.

GP WILL MARKET LAMCO PRODUCTS Georgia-Pacific announced a sales and distribution agreement with Quebecbased Lamco Forest Products, a manufacturer of laminated fingerjointed lumber (LFL) products. Lamco will manufacture several LFL products and sell them under the Georgia-Pacific brand.

“We’re looking forward to adding Lamco LFL product to our portfolio,” says Paul Watterson, general manager for Georgia-Pacific’s engineered lumber business. “It complements our line of I-joist, LVL, rim board and glulam products, as well as adds a product that

helps meet fire-related codes being adopted in some of the geographies in which we sell.”

Lamco’s LFL products are made using a patented process combining double tongue and groove and fingerjoints to create a dimensional beam that is said to resist twisting, cracking and warping.

“We are proud to work with GeorgiaPacific because of their history of providing high-quality engineered wood products to the construction industry,” says Andrew Dingman, vice president of sales and market development for Lamco.

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EDITORIAL INDEX JANUARY

Improved And New Technologies Greet Worldwide Producers At Ligna 2015 Equipment exhibitors give it their all for five days at the biennial wood industry fair. Page 28.

Taking Stock New Year Projections, New Year Decisions. Page 3.

Successful TP&EE Prompts Move To Larger Facility At Expo Center For 2016 Event. Page 14.

SEPTEMBER Taking Stock The Unexpected Mill Manager.

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Peeling Quality Veneer To A Small Core: Three Critical Success Factors Key factors and proven techniques when peeling small logs to small cores. Page 16.

Old School Hardwood Face Veneer Manufacturer Appreciates New School Ways Long running Ohio veneer company embraces technology, third generation. Page 12.

2015 Directory/Buyer’s Guide.

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SmartLam Blazes New Cross Lam Technology Young company SmartLam is the first producer of cross laminated timber (CLT) in the U.S. Page 18.

MARCH Taking Stock You’re Not Seeing Double, Two New Plywood Mills Planned.

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Pollmeier Finds Rhythm One Year After Beech LVL Plant Starts Up Company brought beech handling and processing experience to the table. Page 16.

Coastal’s Chapman Plywood Mill Undergoes Major Transformation Nearly six years after acquiring the deteriorating Alabama plywood mill, Coastal has it up to production speed. Page 14.

Ligna Show Preview Page 28.

JULY

Turning The Corner. Q&A with LP’s Brian Luoma. Page 20.

An Integrated Model. Q&A with Roseburg’s Grady Mulbery. Page 22.

Taking Stock Keeping Up With Carbon Can Be Taxing. Page 3.

Panel Plants Seek To Reinvest As Markets Stay Strong A brightening house market and a solid year or more of strong pricing are leading more panel producers to plan and schedule capital improvements. Page 26.

Louisiana-Pacific Roaring River Siding Mill Thrives On Expertise, Longevity Using an older style process, Louisiana-Pacific helps diversify its portfolio with a wet-process hardboard mill. Page 10.

MAY Taking Stock A Record Issue, Another Ligna, Friends At Coastal. Page 3.

Remember The USFS 4FRI Proposal In Arizona? It Is Happening On The Ground There were plenty of doubters as well as controversy, but now it’s picking up steam Page 26.

New Dryer Installation For Murphy Boosts Ability To Merchandise More Efficiently New Dryer line adds to Murphy Company’s veneer merchandising prowess and efficiency. Page 20.

NOVEMBER Taking Stock Tragedy Hits Close To Home.

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OSB Industry In China Gains Momentum Following Lead Of First Plant At Hubei BaoYuan The first OSB plant in China is five years into operation and others are forthcoming. Page 14.

Innovation, Production, High Quality Are Hallmarks For Oregon’s Nordic Veneer Employee skills and motivation deliver both high quality and production for operation that recently surpassed 60 years in business.

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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS

DIRECTORY ASIA

EUROPE

■ Indonesia

■ China

PT. SENGON INDAH MAS Manufacturers of High Quality Plywood

Shanghai Lion Wood “Providing Industry Co., Ltd. Value & Cost Savings With High Quality Products”

• High Grade Hardwood Plywood – HPVA Grading, All species, NAUF, CARB, UV, FSC – Whole Pc X Bands, Composed Core – 1/8" - 1-1/2" Thickness: 6', 7', 8', 9' & 10' Lengths

• Platforms – VC, MDF xBanded VC, FSC • Paper Laminated Plywood • Veneer Edge Banding – up to 3.0mm – UV Contact U.S. Direct Sales Agent Industrial Wood Products Inc. • Tel: 703-435-6486 Fax: 703-435-6489 • mlubina@iwpwood.com SW–COC-001600 ©1996. FSC “Responsible Forest Management”

KAOCHUAN

• 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

■ Taiwan

GREAT GIANT INC.

Taiwanese Enterprise in China

• FANCY: On Plywood/MDF/PB/BB • VENEER: Custom-cut, Layon, Parquet • PLYWOOD: Hardwood, Poplar, LVL, Marine

CARB : TPC 6/CARB-ATCM/M013-HWPW008

■ India

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

■ Germany

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

AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA M P VENEERS, INDIA “Teak People”

Recognized Export House by Govt. of INDIA Recognized Environmentally Friendly An ISO 9001-2008 Co. Enterprise by Chamber of Commerce, FMPCCI Manufacturer of TEAK sliced veneers • In clipped and Bundled 0.5 to 2.5 mm • Spliced Faces 0.5 to 1.4 mm • Panel Size : 50” x 99”/123” and Counter front or any size required.

FEQ TEAK LUMBER – Rough & Random Sawn OR Even Qtr Sawn on Edge or Face Teak Decking S4S - QTR - 9mmx36mm; 10mm x 48mm or any size required Thickness 3/4 to 12/4 Phone: +91 755 246 1243 • Fax: +91 755 246 8197 Website: www.mpveneers.com Email: exports@mpveneers.com

The world of veneer at

VENEER AND VENEERED PRODUCTS

WOODWORK CO., LTD.

Tel: +86-573-89110999 Ext. 218 Fax: +86-573-89110599 Email: kaochuan@kaochuanwoodwork.com Website: kaochuanwoodwork.com

■ Austria

■ Italy LEGNOQUATTRO S.P.A.

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

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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NORTH AMERICA

■ Poland

■ Idaho

■ Canada ■ British Columbia

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

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

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

■ Indiana Amos-Hill Associates, Inc.

PRODUCERS OF SLICED AND ROTARY CUT VENEERS

■ Ontario

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

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

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

Contact us: Birchland Plywood-Veneer Ltd. TeL: 705-842-2430 • Fax: 705-842-2496 Visit www.birchlandplywood.com to view our “Live Log Program”

■ Switzerland

■ United States ■ Georgia

Manufacturers of Fine Face Veneer Machinery 2801 Roosevelt Ave. P.O. Box 18310 Indianapolis, IN 46218 Email: capital@capitalmachineco.com Website: www.capitalmachineco.com Locate veneer & plywood products and services w o r l d w i d e .

■ United Kingdom

CURRY VENEER SALES

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

Reserve your space today.

Call Melissa McKenzie 800-669-5613

SUPPLIERS OF: HARDWOOD DOMESTIC VENEERS Carrying a diverse line of Cherry and Walnut to supply your every need Imported Veneers Including Recon Veneer (Veneer Style) and Rotary Okume FSC Species Available

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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

RSVP is proud to offer

■ Mississippi

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

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

Producers of fine veneer for the global market, since 1892

Cherry Maple White Oak Walnut Hickory Red Oak Exotics

■ Ohio

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

Reserve your space today.

Call Melissa McKenzie 800-669-5613

NEXT CLOSING: MARCH 23, 2016

■ Kentucky

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.

■ Minnesota

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

CUSTOM CUTTING AVAILABLE P.O. BOX 32 HWY. 135 MAUCKPORT, IN 47142

BUS: 812.732.4391 FAX: 812.732.4803

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

BUFFALO VENEER & PLYWOOD CO. Quality Plywood, Six decades strong!

Stock Panels Counter Front Panels All Thicknesses and Cores NAF, FR and MR Availability Domestic and Imported Veneers CARB P2 Certified 501 6th Ave. NE - Buffalo, MN 55313 Tel: (763)682-1822 Fax: (763)682-9769 Email: sales@buffaloveneerandplywood.com Website: www.buffaloveneerandplywood.com

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

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VENEER/PANEL SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY ■ Oregon

ESTABLISHED 1972

Promote your veneer 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

Proudly serving our clients in the hardwood plywood sheetstock, plywood component, solid wood component, face and core veneer markets for over 40 years. Looking forward to applying our worldwide knowledge and resources to help create the solution you need.

or located veneer and plywood products and services

inquiry@pittsburghforest.com Office: 724.969.5000 375 Valleybrook Rd, McMurray, PA 15367

worldwide.

Reserve your space

■ Vermont

■ Pennsylvania

and plywood

today.

Call Melissa

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

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

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

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIRECTORY The Feltham-McClure Co., Inc.

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

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 4809

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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

2151 Wembley Place • Oviedo, Florida 32765 407-366-9333 Office • 407-366-4900 Fax www.thefeltham-mcclurecompany.com

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www.cmaeng.com • info@cmaeng.com

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CONSULTANTS & ENGINEERS FOR THE FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY Feasibility Studies, Cost Estimates, Complete Project Design, Structural, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Design

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

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIRECTORY

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 2200

Specializing in confidential career opportunities in the Forest Products industry

SALES ENGINEER

THE Forest Products Group

Management Recruiters of Houston Northeast

Con-Vey Keystone, Inc. located in Roseburg, OR has an immediate opening for a Sales Engineer for industrial equipment in the wood products industry.

Tel: (800) 985-5191

gcopeland@mrihouston.com • www.mrihouston.com

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

Jon Olson

Overview: Sales Engineer will work with Sales and Engineering on quotes and estimates. Customer contact is required. Must be able to tour mills and attend trade shows so some travel will be necessary.

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jon@olsonsearch.com Custom search & recruitment services for the complete range of composite panel and related careers in the U.S., Canada and Europe. www.olsonsearch.com

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

OUTSIDE SALES AGENT WANTED EAGON USA CORP is expanding and is looking for an outside sales agent with knowledge of wood panel for their Chilean Radiata Pine Plywood.

Salary/commission negotiable.

Send resume to: PO BOX 22 • Issaquah, WA 98027 or ivyh@eagonusa.com Fax: 425-837-3591 8226

Requirements: • Mechanical Engineering degree preferred • Excellent communication skills both oral and written and email • Mechanical knowledge and ability • Ability to use AutoCAD or 3D(Inventor) • Be proficient with office software. Especially MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint) Benefits: • Excellent Wages and Benefits • Generous Health and Dental Insurance • 401k • Life Insurance • Paid Vacation

Phone: 425-369-6629

Recruiting Services Executive – Managerial – Technical - Sales

Con-Vey Keystone, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

JOHN GANDEE

& ASSOCIATES, INC

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Contingency or Retainer

Please email resumes to hr@con-vey.com in Microsoft Word or apply online: www.con-vey.com

Depending on Circumstances / Needs

“Your Success Is Our Business”

SEARCH NORTH AMERICA, INC. FOREST PRODUCTS RECRUITING SINCE 1978

The Jobs You Want — The People You Need

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IT'S YOUR MOVE...

WWW.SEARCHNA.COM

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

Serving the Wood Products and Building Materials Industries For more than 21 years.

Toll Free 1-800-536-3884 www.johngandee.com Austin, Texas

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Top Wood Jobs Recruiting and Staffing George Meek geo@TopWoodJobs.com www.TopWoodJobs.com (541) 954-8456

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PANELWORKS WYSOCKI CTS VENEER, INC.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER / DESIGNER Mechanical Engineer needed for Automated Equipment Manufacturer.

Duties include: • Mechanical design and documentation • Creation of accurate Bill of Materials • Troubleshoot manufacturing related failures and design issues • Provide technical advice and support to fabrication • Interface with purchasing • Define and implement performance/cost improvement opportunities • Must have the ability to multi-task and work within deadlines • Structural/Mechanical calculations and analysis Skills: • Excellent problem solving and analytical skills are required • Proficient in AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor Pro, Excel and Word • Knowledge of power systems • Understand industrial automation & controls • Ability to work independently and in groups • High degree of attention to detail • Must be high energy and be able to work in a fast paced environment

PLANT MANAGER Timber Products Michigan, located in Munising, MI, is seeking a Plant Manager for our Veneer Mill facility. A BA/BS degree in production management, engineering or other technical field is preferred. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of mill manufacturing management experience, preferably in wood products or other manufacturing environment. Individual must possess excellent communication skills and functional computer skills in MS Word, Excel and email, as well as ability to learn and use company specific software.

Timber Products Company is a leader in diversified wood products sales, manufacturing, and transportation. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and prescription insurance for employees and their families.

We also offer life insurance, disability coverage, retirement plan, vacation plan, and a generous holiday schedule. Applications will be accepted through November 2015 and can be mailed to: Human Resources Department Timber Products Company Michigan Hardwood Veneer and Lumber Div. P.O. Box 378 • Munising, MI 49862 Timber Products Michigan is an equal opportunity employer, including protected veterans and people with disabilities.

Timber Products Company supports a drug free and tobacco free workplace.

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Rotary-cut, cut-to-size, northern hardwood veneers.

No job too large or too small.

Let me quote on your needs.

Call or Write: Walter Wysocki 8109 County Line Rd. • Armstrong Creek, WI 54103 (715) 336-2351 • Fax: (715) 336-2050 Email: acbison@hotmail.com 2037 GOOD USED MACHINES FOR PANEL INDUSTRUES: • Raute, COE and Cremona peel. lines (4’, 5’, 8’, 9’) • Capital, Cremona & Marunaka ven. slicers • Babcock, COE, Moore, Cremona roll dryers • Raute composers, Fischer-Ruckle veneer splicers • Globe prepr., Williams White 30- & 42-open. plyw. presses • Fjellman 5’ x 12’ x 20-open. press • Sennerskov 5’x 12’ x 8-open.overlay press • Globe trim saw w/ stacker • Steinemann & Kimwood panel sanders • Capital/Babcock sliced veneer mill • Plyw. mill (8’ COE peeling, 20-sect. Coe roll dryer, 30-open. press) • Veneer mill (4’ COE peeling, 16-sect. COE dryer) • Bison/D-bacher /S-kamp, particle. machines (flakers, dryers, blenders, . presses) • Siempelkamp OSB mill. mach. (drum dryers, blenders, formers,, 8x16’x10-open. press) • MDF mill machines (Sunds L-42 refiner, 16-open. press) • and many more machines Please contact us for additional information.

PENTEC International Inc., www.pentecwoodmachine.com Tel. 1-770-9928380 & 1-404-4028051 emails: pentec02@comcast.net 8777 pentecwoodmachine@gmail.com

Education: • BS in Mechanical Engineering • Experience in Wood Products industry a plus Benefits: • Excellent Wages and Benefits • Generous Health and Dental Insurance • 401k • Life Insurance • Paid Vacation

Qualified, interested parties should please email your resume to HR@con-vey.com or apply online at www.con-vey.com Con-Vey Keystone, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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EVENTS FEBRUARY 2016

OCTOBER 2016

25-29 • Indiawood 9th International Trade Fair, Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bangalore, India.

Call+91-80-4250 5000; visit indiawood.com.

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

MARCH 2016

Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend.

12-14 • Western Wood Products Assn. annual meeting, The Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa, Rancho Mirage, Calif. Call 503-224-3930; visit wwpa.org.

APRIL 2016

6-8 • IWPA 60th World of Wood Annual Convention, JW Marriott in Austin, Tex. Call 703-820-6696; visit iwpawood.org.

7-8 • Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE), Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 800-669-5613; visit pelice-expo.com.

17-20 • Composite Panel Assn. Spring meeting, Westin La Paloma, Tucson, Ariz. Call 703-724-1128; visit compositepanel.org.

MAY 2016 19-20 • Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Assn. Spring Conference, Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Two Poydras Street, New Orleans, La. Call 703-435-2900; visit hpva.org.

AUGUST 2016 24-27 • International Woodworking Fair, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Visit iwfatlanta.com.

SEPTEMBER 2016 28-30 • Timber Processing & Energy Expo, Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center, Portland, Ore. Visit timberprocessingandenergyexpo.com.

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