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THE ISSUES

Hardwood Sawmillers Step To Plate

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Good Earth Power Comes To Rescue

HARDWOOD SURVEY

Optimism Comes To The Forefront

ANTHONY TIMBERLANDS

Bearden Mill Is Doing A Lot Of Work

FRANCE’S SEIGNOL

Family Sawmill Increases Production

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THEISSUES

Rich Donnell Editor-in-Chief

ARIZONA PROJECT ENCOMPASSES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS 6

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he Four Forests Restoration Initiative, a Forest Service endeavor to thin more than 2.4 million acres on the Coconino, Kaibab, Apache-Sitgreaves and Tonto national forests in northern Arizona, has taken another strange turn.

An article on page six of this issue goes into greater detail about the 4FRI, but allow me to chew on it a little bit here.

We’ve followed this project pretty closely, going back to 2012 when the Forest Service awarded the 4FRI Phase 1 contract (300,000 acres) at $6.3 million to a company called Pioneer Forest Products, which said it was going to build a $250 million sawmill and furniture component complex at Winslow, Ariz. for converting the ponderosa pine thinnings. And that the slab waste would be used to fire a new biofuels facility as well.

There was nothing in Pioneer’s past that gave the slightest indication that it could pull off a project of this magnitude. Obviously the Forest Service didn’t do its due diligence on Pioneer Forest Products, which continued to have “investment challenges” and had to back away from the deal.

Then in September of last year, the agency announced it was transferring the Pioneer contract to a company called Good Earth Power.

Good Earth Power?

The first sentence on the Good Earth Power web site under “About Good Earth Power” says: “We seek to drive long-term sustainable economic development in Africa.” The last sentence of that commentary says: “We believe in power for good.” The company appears to be focused on the development of power plants in Africa fueled by solid waste, though it reports it also has power plants running in Germany, Japan and India.

The contact information lists the company location as Sultanate of Oman, which is on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula near the Persian Gulf.

The group chairman and co-founder of Good Earth Power is listed as Alawi Zawawi, who is also the Chairman of the Omani family conglomerate, the Zawawi Group, which the web site states is a large family multinational with numerous businesses in the Gulf, USA, Africa, India and Europe spanning the defense, construction, retail and tourism industries.

Jason Rosamond is the CEO and co-founder of Good Earth Power, with a background in information technology and business ventures, and was the representative for Good Earth Power at the press conference last September when the Forest Service transferred the thinning contract.

The most recent development is that Winslow is no longer in the picture as a site for the wood products facility, but rather Williams, Ariz. will now become an initial site for bringing in forest thinnings and probably the site for any related wood products facilities.

Given Good Earth Power’s resume, one has to guess that a pellet mill, wood energy plant and/or biofuels facility are on its radar, in addition to a sawmill, though none of those facilities has been officially confirmed for Williams. Meanwhile, Good Earth Power has signed on The Campbell Group, the well known timberlands management and investment company, to manage the ongoing thinnings and restoration work in Arizona.

Will this rather bizarre marriage between the U.S. Forest Service and Good TP Earth Power of Oman have staying power?

Contact Rich Donnell, ph: 334-834-1170; fax 334-834-4525; e-mail: rich@hattonbrown.com

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NEWSFEED 4FRI PROJECT COULD BE GAINING MOMENTUM

Forest Service project in Arizona appears to be back on track.

Good Earth Power and Campbell Global (formerly The Campbell Group) officials are implementing the first phase of the ambitious 4 Forests Restoration Initiative (4FRI) across four national forests in Arizona after the original holder of the 4FRI Phase 1 contract couldn’t obtain financing. The unprecedented initiative covers thinning and ecosystem improvement activities on 300,000 acres during the next 10 years (Phase 1), with an overall goal to treat 2.4 million acres in the region.

Pioneer Resources of Montana was awarded the Phase 1 contract by the Forest Service (FS) in May 2012 but couldn’t obtain financing for its business plan, which included a sawmill, fingerjoint plant, furniture component plant and biofuels refinery to process logs and fiber coming off tracts specified in “task orders” generated by the FS and given to the contract holder.

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in December GEP announced Campbell Global had been hired to manage the woods activities and contractors performing thinning and understory removal.

The big issue in implementing the 4FRI strategy is the lack of forest industry infrastructure in the state.

Much of the state’s milling and conversion capacity had closed or downsized after the FS greatly reduced timber sales in the ’80s and ’90s due to old-growth timber and Mexican spotted owl issues.

Pioneer had planned to build its facilities in Winslow, Ariz., but Good Earth officials have already received approval from the Forest Service to locate facilities in Williams, which is closer to the initial 4FRI task order project areas in the western part of the state. Most of the initial projects are in the Kaibab and Cococino national forests near Williams.

Officials with Good Earth have yet to announce the actual facilities planned for Williams and would need ap-

proval from the Forest Service to significantly alter terms of the original contract. At the press conference announcing the new contract holder last fall, Good Earth Power Global CEO Jason Rosamond said the company would follow the initial wood products facilities plan, but was also exploring wood fuel pellet production and biofuel as well.

Currently, Good Earth is concentrating on efficiently handling log and fiber production from the task order projects and developing a plan for the Williams site. The furniture plant is not being actively pursued at this time.

Each task order covers a certain acreage and includes specific management activities to be completed in a set time frame, up to several years depending on project size. Through the end of 2013 roughly 15,000 acres of task orders had been released, but Pioneer had made very little progress (barely 1,000 acres according to some reports) on the task orders before the contract was transferred.

Steve Horner, Campbell Global’s Area Manager overseeing the projects, acknowledged the task order process is a good year-plus behind, but added that the company is making progress in ramping up project activities. The FS plans to issue another 25,000 acres of task orders in 2014.

The 4FRI initiative is heralded as an unprecedented ecosystem-scale project that “goes big” outside of the traditional FS timber/salvage sale programs. After a series of catastrophic wildfires hit the state in the past 15 years, including the 468,000 acre Rodeo-Chediski fire in 2002 and the 2011 Wallow fire that scorched 538,000 acres, federal land managers realized they needed to manage overstocked forests at the ecosystem level.

The 4FRI Phase 1 contract gained a measure of controversy when it was initially awarded to Pioneer Resources in May 2012. Pioneer beat out an Arizona-based group that had submitted a higher bid with a plan to build an OSB plant.

Some claimed Pioneer manipulated the process by hiring former FS personnel. But at the time, FS officials said Pioneer’s plan had a better chance because it didn’t rely so heavily on housing starts and a housing industry that was almost dead in the water at the time.

Meanwhile, locals on all sides of the forest health issue, environmentalists and industry-backers alike are looking forward to projects ramping up and seeing tangible ecosystem restoration results on the ground. Last fall when the contract was transferred, one local county commissioner who’s been involved with 4FRI said she hoped the FS had done a better job vetting Good Earth than they had Pioneer Resources. Even so, she said she liked the energy and innovation Good Earth was bringing to the contract, noting, “I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.”

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NEWSFEED INDUSTRY STEPS UP FOR OSO At the foot of the Cascade Mountains, the city of Darrington, Wash. and the forestry industry are so intertwined that they are practically one and the same. The mascot for the Darrington Middle and High School is the Loggers. Signs around town say, “Logger Power/Git Er Done.” The largest employer in the town of 1,300 people is the Hampton sawmill, which has 130 employees. Even Darrington Mayor Dan Rankin is a logger and sawmiller.

So it was no surprise when the timber community banded tightly together in the wake of the March 22 landslide in nearby Oso that killed 41, left two missing and buried dozens of homes. For weeks, loggers searched the slide,

bringing their shovel loaders and excavators to clear the mud and debris, opening their homes to the affected families, working long hours to help their own.

“I lived here my whole life. I’m just doing everything and anything I can to help,” said Forrest Thompson, an 18-year-old sawhand.

Local gypo Bob DeYoung said the government emergency personnel weren’t prepared to deal with physical challenges of the search and cleanup. “But the local loggers are,” DeYoung said.

“We have the equipment to deal with this.”

DeYoung said the loggers were turned away from recovery efforts initially, “but we went in anyway. That’s our family and friends buried out there. All the equipment you see, the big shovels and excavators, are from local logging

companies and even small gypos like myself. The FEMA people are helpful and professional, but the loggers take control and do the heavy lifting.”

Addressing the body recoveries, DeYoung said, “It’s tough, but you try and deal with that later and push on.

Right now, we’re trying to get these families some closure.”

DeYoung, a former policeman, added that some of the workers, once the recovery and cleanup ends, will need to receive support as they digest the horrific scenes they’ve witnessed.

Hampton Affiliates had one former employee die in the slide, and a current employee lost his house. Several employees lost relatives.

Hampton CEO Steve Zika noted that damaged road infrastructure might hamper mill operations, but empha-

sized, “I think people should be optimistic that we’re going to run that operation. Short term, we’re going to have some problems, but long term we’re optimistic with a good team and crew that the mill will be around for a long time.”

Though they were doing everything they could and more, local people still felt helpless at times. “I want my town to be whole and well and I want them to stop hurting and I want them to have the things that we need,” Mayor Rankin said. “I feel so humbled, because I don’t feel like I’m doing enough.”

President Obama visited the site of the landslide in mid April. He gave his remarks in the Oso firehouse, standing under a banner that read “Oso Strong,” next to a red Snohomish County fire truck.

“We’ll be here as long as

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NEWSFEED it takes because while very few Americans had heard of Oso before the disaster struck, we’ve all been inspired by the incredible way that the community has come together and shown the love and support that they have for each other in ways large and small,” he said.

Several geologists have also weighed in recently on the causes of the landslide.

The investigation is ongoing.

Lynn Highland, who heads the landslide program at the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo., said the catalyst for the slide was an unprecedented amount of rain.

When the hill finally gave way on March 22, the resulting slide was one of the largest to hit a developed community in recent history.

Mud, soil and rock debris left a tail 1,500 feet long, 4,400 feet wide, and 30 to 40 feet

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deep, flattening two dozen homes along Steelhead Drive.

Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Assn. researchers will be studying the causes of the landslide. They’ll be looking at the roles of soil erosion at the toe of the landslide, heavy rainfall in the area, and the topography within the disaster zone. Precipitation in March doubled the historical averages. Once the models are completed and validated, the research team can then alter variables to examine the roles of various factors in the tragedy.

Some national reports have attempted to bring previous logging activities as a factor in the slide, but data hasn’t been forthcoming to support those claims.

Meanwhile the Dept. of Transportation says the stretch of Highway 530 de-

stroyed by the Oso mudslide could open by late June. The re-opened stretch would be in rough shape but would create a more direct link to Darrington, which was largely cut off by the massive slide.

Work on clearing the highway began May 6. DOT officials say 23,000 cubic yards of mud had been hauled away as of mid May. Visit redcross.org or call 1800-RED CROSS to make a donation to support the Oso relief effort.

(This article was partially written by Ashley Bach for the Everett Herald newspaper and also borrows from an interview conducted by CBC radio.)

LP, AINSWORTH RUN INTO WALL Louisiana-Pacific Corp. and Ainsworth Lumber Co. are ter-

minating their previously announced agreement in which LP would have acquired all of Ainsworth and its wood products operations. LP and Ainsworth have determined that the regulatory approvals cannot be obtained without significant divestitures and without engaging in lengthy and expensive litigation with the regulatory authorities in the U.S. and Canada.

LP operates 11 oriented strandboard facilities in North America and Ainsworth operates four in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario.

The U.S. Dept. of Justice had expressed concerns about the transaction’s likely anticompetitive effects. According to the department, the merger would have allowed LP to substantially increase its market share by acquiring one of the largest suppliers of OSB in the Pacific Northwest

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NEWSFEED and Upper Midwest, while also eliminating the significant head-to-head competition between LP and Ainsworth in these regions, thereby enabling LP to better target its customers in these areas for price increases.

Canada’s Competition Bureau, which collaborated with the U.S. Dept. of Justice, also concluded that LP’s acquisition of Ainsworth would have likely resulted in a substantial lessening of competition for the supply of OSB.

CANFOR INVESTS IN POLAR MILL Canfor Corp. will proceed with capital investments totaling $30 million to improve infrastructure, productivity and cost performance at its Polar sawmill in the community of Bear Lake, British Columbia.

The project will include upgrades to log processing, lumber handling and residual systems, as well as replacing electrical components and the sawmill building structure.

The capital improvement scope includes design and technologies to enhance the mitigation of combustible dust.

“Canfor continues to be proactive in investing in our mills to ensure we have competitive facilities that can operate in all market conditions,” says Canfor Corp.

President and CEO Don Kayne.

TRI STATE LUMBER EXPANDS REMAN Tri State Lumber Co., Fulton, Miss., has expanded its remanufacturing operation to double production capacity.

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tom size resaw lumber (3x8, 3x10, 3x12, 4x8, 4x10, 4x12).

Tri State Lumber is owned

by Homan Industries and has been in business since 1967.

PUBLIC SAFETY ENTERS PLANNING Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark announced new requirements for proposed timber harvests near potential landslide hazard areas. Applicants for harvest permits will be required by the DNR to provide a detailed site review by a qualified geologist when DNR determines that a timber harvest near unstable slopes could affect public safety.

Geotechnical reports are already required for applications that propose to harvest timber on potentially unstable topographic features. DNR’s action extends that requirement where public safety considerations exist in the area, even when the application itself does not include potentially unstable features.

RENTECH BUYS PELLET PRODUCER Rentech, Inc. has acquired New England Wood Pellet (NEWP), the largest producer of wood pellets for the U.S. heating market, for $34.5 million in cash in addition to cash and debt assumption.

NEWP, established in 1992

by Steve Walker, operates three wood pellet facilities with a combined annual production capacity of more than 250,000 tons. The facilities are in Jaffrey, NH, Schuyler, NY and Despoit, NY. “NEWP is the leader in the growing U.S. market for wood pellets used in heating applications,” says D. Hunt Ramsbottom, president and CEO of Rentech. “The acquisition

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NEWSFEED brings additional cash flows and profitability to our wood fiber business.

In addition, NEWP’s business broadens our product offerings, customer base and geographic markets.”

NEWP has most recently been owned by Walker and several private investors, according to the NEWP web site.

Built in 1999, the Jaffrey facility has a capacity of 85,000 tons. The facility underwent significant modifications New England Wood Pellets operates three mills in the Northeast U.S. and expansion in capacity in 2008. The plant purchas- has a capacity of 85,000 tries MDF manufacturing es nearly 150,000 dry and tons/year. All manufacturing plant in Deposit, NY. Followgreen tons of wood residues and warehousing is contained ing a $14.5 million investeach year. within a 30,000 square foot ment, the plant commenced The Schuyler facility began building. production in June 2011 with operations in 2008 and incorNEWP’s newest venture is new innovations in design inporates state-of-the-art design an 85,000 ton/year manufaccluding dryer gas recirculaand engineering innovations turing plant located on the site tion and other modifications

by Walker himself. The plant of the former Norbord Indusdeveloped by Walker.

According to Rentech, NEWP commands an approximate 15% share of the market for heating pellets in the U.S. Northeast. The company is one of the largest suppliers of wood pellets to major retailers including Home Depot, Lowe’s, Tractor Supply and Wal-Mart.

Consistent with its 2013 performance, NEWP’s business is forecasted to have revenues of approximately $44.8 million and operating income of approximately $4.6 million Rentech, Inc., based in Los Angeles, entered the wood fiber business in May 2013 when it acquired wood chips manufacturer, Fulghum Fibres, Inc., including 32 chip mills (26 in the U.S. and six in South America), for $112 million.

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HARDWOOD

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A recent survey puts numbers to the fact that most hardwood lumber operations are experiencing a rebound.

By Rich Donnell

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he times, they are a changing” for the better. At least that’s what a vast majority of hardwood sawmill operators indicated in the annual Sawmill Capital Expenditure Survey conducted by Timber Processing magazine.

About 80% of hardwood lumber producers rated their business situation at the end of the first quarter as excellent or

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good. The response continues a positive trend: In similar surveys conducted at the end of the first quarter in 2011, 2012 and 2013, 26%, 27% and 56%, respectively, had said business was excellent or good.

Even more telling is that in 2014, 37% of hardwood lumbermen rated their situation as excellent, compared to 8% last year at this time.

And lumbermen expect business to remain strong in the near future, as 78% forecasted their lumber market situation

as excellent or good for the remainder of 2014 and 2015.

Timber Processing conducted this survey in late March and early April by emailing a sampling of its readership and providing a link to the 25-question survey.

The survey was directed toward owners, presidents, general managers, plant managers, supervisors, corporate executives and regional managers. The results of a similar survey for softwood lumber sawmill appeared in the May issue.

“In terms of market demand I would say it is without doubt the strongest market we have seen since prior to the major downturn of 2007 that lasted for six long years,” commented one lumberman.

Another lumberman said, “Hardwood lumber prices are finally, after about a decade of struggling, to a level where we finally feel like we are sawing for the right reasons—that is, to make a profit as well as supplying a lot of jobs and ‘feeding a lot of mouths.’ Long overdue!”

Though one lumberman offered a cautionary notice: “We may have already seen the peak in domestic demand,” said William Hull, CEO of Hull Forest Products, Pomfret Center, Conn.

Another lumberman commented, “My hope is we get a boost in real demand to go along with this supply-driven boom.

But it’s nice to feel optimism in this

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business again.”

About 57% of the mills responding produce mostly 1 in. lumber, followed by furniture grade lumber, 13%; pallets, 12%; timbers, 11%.

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sented mills that produced up to 10MMBF in 2013; 25% were 1015MMBF; 15% 15-25MMBF; 7% 2550MMBF; and 7% more than 50MMBF Anticipated production for 2014 generally shifts higher compared to 2013,

especially in the 15-25MMBF range (up to 19% from 15% in 2013) and the 2550MMBF range (increasing from 7% to 12%).

This is supported by the fact that while 38% produced at 90-100% of capacity in

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2013, 59% expect to produce at 90-100% this year. And while 12% produced at 50-70% capacity in 2013, only 6% anticipate 50-70% of capacity in 2014.

Only 18% took more downtime in 2013 than they did in 2012. About 40% expect to take less downtime in 2014 compared to 2013, while 47% expect to take about the same amount of downtime, and 13% anticipate more downtime

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in 2014 over last year.

Addressing his mill’s stable downtime in 2013, Lou Sycz, comptroller at Pine Creek Lumber in Mill Hall, Pa., stated simply: “a maintenance department with a preventative maintenance program.”

Another lumberman, as to why his mill took more downtime in 2013, attributed it to a weather related log shortage and construction and startup of new

equipment. Another said that markets were still recovering in the first half of the year.

As to downtime this year, David Ford, owner of Ford Sawmills in Vincennes, Ind., said, “Demand is still good. The only reason we might be forced to take more downtime would be running out of logs.”

Another lumberman said the “historically bad winter has led to more ‘voluntary downtime’ for lack of logs as much as mechanical downtime.”

However, another lumberman commented, “We have an abundance of logs.”

John Kantola, manager at Northern Hardwoods in South Range, Mich., said his mill should take less downtime in 2014 because they “invested in repairs and maintenance.”

A lumberman said their second mill is running again following a rebuild.

Meanwhile, 7% have added a shift in the production schedule and 10% are thinking about it.

Getting to the meat of the matter, 14% said they invested more than $1 million in machinery and systems that went into operation during 2012-2013. Most of that percentage (9%) spent $1-2 million,

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while 3% spent $2-3 million, and 2% spent $3-5 million. About 14% spent $500,000 to $1 million; 17% $300,000$500,000; 20% $100,000-$300,000; and 35% spent less than $100,000.

The survey asked lumbermen to check off any of 30 machinery and systems categories on which they made the investment during 2012-2013. About 39% checked off maintenance, followed by log yard handling with 37%. Next highest were lumber handling rolling stock, 25%; downstream sawing, 23%; trucking and dust control, both 20%; chipper/hammermills/screens, 19%.

Also scoring relatively high were primary log breakdown, conveyors, filing room equipment, debarker and log scanning/optimization.

One lumberman said his operation added an additional pallet mill under the existing lumber mill to get the most value from each stem.

A few questions addressed those projects in 2012-2013. One question asked lumbermen to rate their overall satisfac-

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tion with their return on investment.

About 46% said good and 24% said excellent. The question wasn’t applicable to the 10% who hadn’t completed projects.

As to the installation and startup timeline, 52% stayed pretty much on schedule, while 19% ran a little behind. One lumberman said financial limitations slowed the process.

As to the effectiveness of the vendors they were working with, 54% said it was good and 18% said excellent.

The question wasn’t applicable to 15%.

The only negative comment was “coordination between vendors problematic at times.”

As to projects in 2014, 25% said they have a project in the installation stage; 37% have one in the planning stage; another 12% are thinking about getting into a project; and 26% said no projects are planned.

Jack Shannon, owner of The Shannon Lumber Group, Memphis, Tenn., commented, “Installing second side of the

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double band mill with associated resaw and upgrading to a larger chipper. Planning third sawmill in location where we took one out four years ago.”

Another lumberman said a major project implementation had been completed and they were now debugging and “dealing with unintended consequences.”

A related question asked lumbermen how much capital investment in machinery and systems has already been or will be committed to their mill in 2014-2015.

About 12% said more than $1 million; 9% at $500,000-$1 million; 17% $300,000-$500,000; 29% $100,000$300,000; and 33% at less than $100,000.

Again getting specific as to where lumbermen are spending their money, maintenance again led the way with 32% of the responses checking it off, and again followed by log yard handling, 30%. Downstream sawing followed with 24%, followed by debarking and trucking each with 18%, and primary log breakdown at 16%.

Other noteworthy investment areas included primary log breakdown, lumber handling rolling stock, dry kilns, chippers/hammermills/screens, log carriage, log scanning/optimization, green end sorting/staking, filing room equipment.

In fact maintenance and log yard handling always score high as areas of investment in Timber Processing surveys going back to 2011.

The survey concluded with two questions. One was: What are you most concerned about with regard to your lumber markets?

“The fact that lumber and timber do not go up at the same pace,” said Lou Sycz of Pine Creek Lumber.

Jack Shannon of The Shannon Lumber Group had a bigger-picture response.

“Fragile U.S. economy with a weak economic recovery and no leadership from Washington. Hard to plan longer than two years out.”

Steve Johnson, general manager of Thompson Hardwoods in Hazlehurst, Ga., said he’s concerned about the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture-Agricultural Marketing Service “Hardwood Lumber and Hardwood Plywood Promotion, Research and Information Order being implemented and taxing hardwood sawmills with sales volumes over $2 million!”

Johnson is referring to a program that would be financed by an assessment on hardwood lumber and hardwood plywood manufacturers and their products and would be administered by a board of industry members. The program would

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exempt those hardwood lumber manufacturers with annual sales of less than $2 million and hardwood plywood manufacturers with annual sales of less than $10 million.

Kantola from Northern Hardwoods is concerned about “Markets staying strong long enough to recover from all the poor years we just went thru.”

Other concerns and comments from other lumbermen: “Sustaining the current growth rates, and hopefully cherry lumber rebounding in our area.”

“That (markets) could collapse at any moment as a result of government stupidity and/or regulations.”

“Availability of logs and environmental red tape.”

“Getting enough logs to fill orders,” a comment registered by numerous respondents.

“That it stays good the third and fourth quarters.”

“Over-production, decrease in export demand, esp. China.”

“Historic high price for lumber being paid for lack of supply. Once supply starts catching up, prices will fall hard.”

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“They (markets) have gone up so fast, there is concern of stability.”

The final question asked: What are you most concerned about as to the efficiency of your mill?

William Hull at Hull Forest Products commented, “The extremely high cost of upgrades.”

Weighing in again, Shannon of Shannon Lumber said, “Labor, labor labor!

You can have the best machinery but you have to find people that care and that is becoming harder and harder to find.”

Finding and maintaining skilled labor and employee training was pointed to by many respondents. Another lumberman said, “Experienced people make the difference, if they stay in the industry.”

Scott Sawle, president of Rockbridge Sawmill in Richland Center, Wis., commented, “We have to spend money to

improve ourselves. The memory of the last few years is still too fresh in our mind.”

Machinery affordability was also addressed by several respondents. One lumberman stated specifically his concern over being able to “replace obsolete optimization equipment.”

“Sawmilling does not have the returns to justify the heavy capital costs in today’s environment,” said another lumberman.

Several lumbermen offered specific concerns about their mill: “Log flow at the debarker.”

“Slab edging.”

“Bottlenecks on certain species.”

“Controlling downtime.”

“Not being able to capture the highest value product from the log.”

“Calibrating the resaw.”

“Preventative maintenance.”

“Production per man should be higher.”

Many comments addressed the issue of logs: “log supply, declining log diameters, log quality, log inventory.”

One lumberman stated his concern over “Having enough logs to go around.

Having enough loggers to go out and get TP these logs.”

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Longtime Arkansas company, Anthony Timberlands, Inc., continues to make necessary improvements after the recession.

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BEARDEN, Ark. estled in the mill town of Bearden, Anthony Timberlands, Inc. (ATI) has been a part of the landscape for as long as most can remember.

Steve Anthony, President of the organization, and fourth generation lumberman, took over officially in 2005, but can relate company history to his great-grandfather, Garland Anthony, who founded the company in 1907. At one point in the 1940s, through a network of sawmills spread throughout south Arkansas and east Texas, Mr. Garland was reputed to be the largest privately owned lumber manufacturer in the United States. (Mr. Garland’s grandfather, Addison Anthony, first came to Arkansas in the 1840s.) The company has grown over the years and now has more than 650 employees across six mills: two pine sawmills, a hardwood sawmill, a wood treating plant, a hardwood laminating plant and an oak flooring mill.

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Two sided cants are scanned before entering the curve-sawing gang.

mill probably should have shut down completely until conditions improved.

In 2005, right before the recession, ATI elected to build a new planer mill, after deciding between it or a new optimized log deck. “We went with the planer mill because it allowed us to add a second shift,” Anthony says. The new mill ran for about six months before the shift had to be laid off.

“So we really didn’t get to fully realize the benefit of the new planer mill until we added back the second shift in 2013,” he says. “When the recession hit we really pulled in our horns and didn’t spend any money on anything until 2012.”

ATI might have pulled in the horns for

a while, but now they are throwing them out with force. Both pine mills have recently installed Lucidyne GradeScan automatic lumber grading systems: Bearden first, in January of 2013, with the second ATI pine mill in nearby Malvern, Ark. following one year later. “Once we were sure it could do what we wanted it to do, we installed it in Malvern,” Anthony says.

The grade machine is a point of pride for ATI. “It’s done everything they promised. It identified a lot of mismanufactures, poor kiln drying and poor quality control,” Anthony says, which helped clean up some problems the mill didn’t know it had, and in the process improved grade recovery. Lucidyne also provided

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Steve Anthony, left, with Sawmill Supervisor Freddy Hall

Anthony is currently installing log deck optimization.

Optimil quad bandmill breaks down logs.

its Warp Tunnel wrap measurement system and True-Q board tracking system.

Another very recent project, in April, was the modernization of the trimmer line in the green end with new optimization, gates and lumber handling equipment provided by Baxley Equipment.

OTHER PROJECTS Another significant, and needed improvement, for all the ATI sawmills was to rolling stock. “We went through five or six years where we didn’t buy anything. So, we entered into a program with Taylor forklift, which basically takes our old lifts and completely renovates them to virtually new,” Anthony says. The program is on a rotating basis and he reports that at least

ATI is pleased with the performance of a Lucidyne GradeScan.

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and fabricated by ASM, with controls by R&L Engineering and optimization by USNR. A new Nicholson A8 27 in. debarker will service the new deck. Site prep has begun with a scheduled completion date of late summer. Installation is by E&H Construction of Camden, Ark.

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Some key ATI employees: Bo Nutt, Allen Cobb and Blu Quarles

one lift is always in the process. ATI also recently purchased two new track loaders, a Cat 330 and a Cat 345.

Previously, Bearden operated four wood fired boilers, two supplied by Hurst and two very old Babcock & Wilcox hearth style units. The older B&Ws are not efficient and extremely expensive to maintain. Anthony says, “One of the B&Ws needs extensive refractory and tube repair, so faced with either spending a million dollars on an old boiler or buying a gas boiler, we elected to go with gas.” A 1200 HP CleaverBrooks gas boiler was recently installed and is awaiting final permitting authority

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prior to going into operation.

The Malvern mill also has Holman gas boilers that ATI operated throughout the 1980s and ’90s, until gas prices spiked.

“We couldn’t afford to dry our lumber,” he says, “so we went to wood fired. Now that gas is cheaper, we’re able to supplement our wood generated steam whenever circumstances require it. We always have the option to switch to ‘all gas’ at Malvern.”

ATI is in the process of planning and installing a new optimized log deck at Bearden, which Anthony estimates is about a $5 million project, provided by David Seffens with Advanced Sawmill Machinery.

The new cutup system is being designed

“This mill is a large, high capacity mill,” Anthony says. “It’s got high fixed costs. It needs to run two shifts for volume. Timber prices in this area, historically, have been very high and very resistant to any decrease. So, for the first three or four years of the recession, after lumber prices collapsed, timber prices were just as high as they were before. We had a huge negative margin,” he remembers.

Instead of shutting down, ATI curtailed production to the bone. “About a year before lumber prices started to recover, timber prices finally declined,” he continues, “largely because so many producers went out of business. Many people took their timber off the market because they didn’t like the price we were able to pay.”

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was only a short time. “After three or four years, timber needs to be cut,” Anthony points out, “a lot of timber came on the market at significantly lower prices. We were able to develop a margin and immediately put on the second shift, which has allowed us to recoup some of the losses we had incurred during the recession.”

Biggest supplier is Plum Creek Timber, and various private non-industrial timber holders.

“It’s funny because things that you count on year in and year out have changed,” Anthony says. “You used to plan for a good spring market and the fourth quarter to be weak. We’ve seen that flip over. We had a year where our fourth quarter was one of our best, and that never happened before.”

The mill used to have to build big inventories, to peak in about November, since, according to Anthony, a lot of folks take deer season off. Plum Creek, however, logs year round and they are able to consistently deliver timber about 50 weeks a year. “We don’t have to build nearly the inventory we used to,” he says.

Anthony has noticed a change in the logging force. “It has really contracted.

We used to have 30 loggers that we would buy timber deeds for and then develop the timber with our own crews— mainly family crews,” he notes. But now? ATI loggers provide only about 15% of the mill’s production. Most logs needed for production are gatewood.

Bearden mill has plenty of production capacity.

MILL PRODUCTION As Anthony points out, Bearden is a high capacity mill, permitted for 200MMBF a year. But, with the lower recovery and production rates realized through production of specialty products, the mill doesn’t always hit that mark.

Between 20-50% of production can be decking; however, when dimension prices are high, the mill can convert to 100% dimension. Going all dimension helps with recovery and allows for higher production, Anthony says. “It lowers our piece count.”

When cutting 100% dimension, the mill can, like it did in February 2014, cut 1MMBF in one day. “If this mill cut all dimension, all the time it would be between 200 and 250MMBF. But when it’s cutting decking, because of the high piece count, it is closer to 175200MMBF,” he reports.

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through 2x12, with 1x4 and 1x6 as residual products being sold rough green, and 4x6 and 6x6 timbers.

MILL FLOW The mill operates small log and large log breakdowns, with the small log side running double shifts while the large log side runs on a day shift.

Log loads pass Pioneer scales once entering into the mill site, and depending on the time of year are either ATI uses an Armstrong band saw sharpener. sorted to the working yard or put under water for future consumption.

Large logs are delivered multi-length, but prides itself on. Most logs of sufficient size a majority of deliveries are treelength to an are cut to a 6 in. cant since the decking 8 in. top. The large log mill has two 8 ft. products and small timbers require it, bandmills with carriages, but due to availthough Anthony points out that when cutable log supply, only one is currently being ting all dimension, cant size can be maxioperated. mized.

For small logs, there is an MDI metal In the mid-1990s ATI decided to up cadetector, two debarkers, a 17 in. and 23 in., pacity to its current level and started downequipped with kickout decks. An Optimil stream at the sorter. “We wanted to build quad bandmill develops cants off a double upstream, so downstream had to see imlength infeed and sharp chain, followed by provements in order to handle the capacity,” Anthony explains. a CAE-USNR cant optimizer and McGeIn 1995 the Bearden mill got a new 60 hee curve-saw gang, and edger. After a log bay sorter and in 1997 CSMI-USNR optigoes through the quad band it is regraded by the gang saw operator, which allows for mized edger and trimmer lines were installed. In 2000, when the new doublethe higher grades specialty products ATI length infeed sharp chain and curve-sawing gang came online, the mill could handle the additional capacity downstream with relative ease. Now the work has switched again to downstream with the trimmer line upgrade performed this spring.

Lumber is dried using conventional kilns provided by Irvington-Moore-USNR and are stamped KD19. Lumber enters the redone planer mill, which includes a Coastal 20 knife planer followed by the Lucidyne GradeScan, which moved the mill from a partial auto-grading to fully automated. The line also includes a Lucidyne Grade Mark Reader, Timberstar grade stamper, Newnes-USNR trimmer, 60 bay sorter and stacker, and Signode strapper.

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FILING ROOM The Bearden filing room is staffed with six to seven filers. Anthony says, “We always try to have one filer in training, as it is terribly difficult to staff a night shift in this area.”

Bearden Head Filer Clint Vaughn, is trained on both carbide and band saws. ATI does have a senior head filer, Tim Howard, that is based in the Malvern mill, but comes to Bearden at least once a week to help train.

Carbide kerf is .125 in., and band saws are at .140 in.

“We went through a period where we really tried to play around with kerf, but lately, haven’t done much with it,” Anthony says. The filing room has a Vollmer side grinder, carbide tipping station, Simonds saw plate, Armstrong band saw sharpener and Simonds leveler. The mill uses Simonds circle saws and Oleson 38 ft. band saws.

Employment number at the Bearden site is 225, which includes corporate staff. Key production personnel include Vice President of Pine Operations Jim Jones (who has authority over both pine mills), Plant Manager Chuck Gossett, Production Superintendent Chad Williams, Sawmill Supervisor Freddie Hall, Planer Mill Supervisor Allen Joe Cobb, Maintenance Superintendent Brian Dorrell, Head Electronics Technician Russell Fridell, Head Filer Clint Vaughn and Dry End Quality Control Director Bo Nutt. Chuck Quarles oversees night shift production.

Most of the routine maintenance is performed by departmental millwrights and machine center operators. Special projects and more in depth maintenance issues are handled by a shop staff of 12 including mechanics, millwrights, electronics technicians and electricians. Mechanical maintenance is supervised by Maintenance Superintendent Brian Dorrell. Russell Fridell directs electrical and electronics staff. TP

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OUT PUT Family-owned pallet stock sawmill in France starts up a new HewSaw line coupled with upgraded lumber handling equipment.

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ith a conservative budget and a reasonable capital investment in mind, brothers Patrick and Thierry Seignol arrived in Helsinki, Finland in October 2010 for a dinner meeting with sawmill equipment manufacturer HewSaw, followed by a trip to Estonia to look at a used sorting and stacking line that was for sale.

Patrick and Thierry are both sons of Roger Seignol, who was the founder of Seignol & Fils (Seignol & Sons in English) in France. They now run the family-owned business with another brother, Stephane. This latest investment was for a new sawing line at their Saint Priest La Prugne operation. In business since 1971, the company focuses on pallet production, and today they employ approximately 40. Raw material mainly comes from a 15 mile radius of the mill and is primarily spruce with a small amount of local Douglas and pine mixed in.

As a small, family-owned business, it was important to the Seignols to upgrade their facility at a reasonable cost, which is why they decided to mix some used equipment with some new.

The sorting and stacking line in Estonia, which they did acquire, was located at a Stora Enso mill, but it had been sitting idle for several months.

By the time the group visited the mill at Pärnu in October 2010, the site was covered by snow and a four-wheel drive vehicle was needed to get up close to the equipment. However, the conditions were nothing new to the Seignols as their French mill is located in a coniferous forest area and at 1,800 feet above sea level. And of course for the Seignol’s Finland-based HewSaw hosts, a little snow was nothing they couldn’t deal with. Fast forward three years to October 2013, and that same type of weather is what HewSaw’s after sales crew had to contend with for the installation of the HewSaw portion of the Seignol & Fils project.

The HewSaw delivery for the project includes a HewSaw Login 2R log positioner, a HewSaw R250 A.1 primary breakdown machine, an EK1 board separator conveyor, and a CRS250 cross saw. Canada’s Prologic+, which is a long-term 38

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New sawmill building houses HewSaw line.

AS Hekotek chip conveyor under installation

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partner of HewSaw, provided the log scanning equipment, saw pattern optimization and controls. The HewSaw delivery also included the MCCs and PLC panels and cabling.

This project provided another example of how customers appreciate a one-stop shopping experience, with all of the above components falling under HewSaw’s umbrella. Other mill components needed for the project were acquired directly by Seignol & Fils, while after sales and spare parts were organized

by HewSaw’s Paris-based French representative, Finnso Bois.

Other machine suppliers in this project include AS Hekotek from Estonia and Manitek Oy from Finland. Hekotek delivered much of the log infeed equipment, while Manitek delivered the used sorting and stacking line from Estonia, which was shipped to Finland for a re-design, modernization and overhaul before being installed at the French site.

When it came to training, Seignol & Fils sent Patrick Seignol, Patrice Mousse and Louis Devernois to Finland in early 2014, where the project manager from HewSaw, Pasi Mäyrä, and Vincent Planté from Finnso Bois demonstrated everything from building sawing and edging assemblies to aligning the HewSaw. Most HewSaw projects allow for extensive training at the HewSaw factory in Mäntyharju, which is two hours north of Helsinki in Finland’s lake district, and/or at another HewSaw sawmill with similar equipment.

PROJECT OUTCOME Following this spring’s startup, the mill will double its production to 60,000 board feet per day, which although not overly high in terms of North American volumes, is what they require to achieve self sufficiency in pallet production. There will also be lots of room for future growth as the new equipment will provide the mill with enough capacity to produce up to 150,000 BF daily, meaning they can respond to any increases in demand for pallets and can produce construction timber when needed. The mill’s increased pallet production will help them meet the needs of their customers for the French markets.

“HewSaw was pleased to offer Seignol & Fils a complete package, including machinery and service,” explains HewSaw Senior Sales Executive Kenneth Westermark. “Together with our partners, we can offer more with less resources, like in the Seignol project. We can offer optimal solutions by using the right products from our wide product range and this assists our customers and provides them with an opportunity to increase the extent of their value-added products and increase profitability. A good investment can ensure the customer’s competitiveness long term, while allowing them to produce a wide range of products flexibly and efficiently to meet the demands of today’s changing markets.”

Westermark also adds that the mill meets France’s high requirements for occupational health and safety and environmental regulations, while adding that the mill layout had to be integrated with the mill’s need for a small workforce.

In sawmilling terms, the mill requires high recovery and must be able to produce a high quality level of sawn timber. The maintenance has to be easily and quickly managed, and after sales has to be reliable. “In conclusion, the goal of this project is to increase output with less raw material and less manpower,” says Westermark. “Planning the project and layout was a lengthy process, but we feel that we have achieved a successful outcome by combining new and used equipment with good partners that TP have the experience and knowledge to put it all together.”

This article first appeared in HewSaw’s Team magazine (www.hewsaw.com) and has been modified slightly for this publication. It is produced here with HewSaw’s permission.

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Bill Mitchell Dies In Oregon At 64 Longtime forest products industry specialist William (Bill) Mitchell died May 10 in Boring, Ore. He was 64.

Mitchell had worked with The Beck Group of Portland, Ore. for more than 28 years. Prior to coming to work as a consultant with Tom Beck, Mitchell worked in sawmill and plywood operations, in-

cluding positions at International Paper, Weyerhaeuser and Roseburg Forest Products.

As a consultant, Mitchell was responsible for projects concerning both primary and secondary wood products manufacturing, including benchmarking studies, feasibility studies, marketing research, due diligence evaluations, plant operational assessments, timber resource studies, and profit improvement projects.

In recent years, Mitchell was most widely known as the chief recruiter for The Beck Group’s industry benchmarking studies (and master joke-teller at their management training workshops).

“Bill was a caring and considerate man who placed great importance on his family, and on his relationships with clients and co-workers,” commented Tom Beck. “Bill was very positive and could always be counted on for a compliment, an encouraging word, a joke, or to look for the silver lining on a looming cloud. He will be greatly missed by our team—on both personal and professional levels.”

Mitchell is is survived by his wife, Lorraine, five children, and numerous grandchildren. Remembrances may be sent to Lorraine Mitchell, 27550 SE Knox, Boring, OR 97009.

Comact Taps Cesselli In West Comact Equipment appointed Mike Cesselli as Technical Capital Sales— West Canada & West USA. “With his long and great experience in sales and sawmill design, Mike will definitely be able to help and support the sales force already in place in order to get more market shares in the Western part of North America,” according to a statement from Comact.

Former H-B Publisher Cline Remembered Charles E. (Charlie) Cline, former president of Hatton-Brown Publishers, the parent company of Timber Processing and other publications, died March 27 at his residence in Montgomery, Cline Ala. He was 92.

Cline retired in 1981 after a 28-year career as editor and publisher that began in 1953. He helped clear the forest industry trade publication path that HattonBrown successfully followed and subsequently widened.

In his post retirement years he enjoyed fishing with close buddies, visiting with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, and immersing himself in projects connected with the Dalraida Church of Christ, Montgomery, where he served as an Elder for more than 40 years. He was an avid reader and had a 42

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ATLARGE passion for Creek Indian history, often sharing his passion by addressing various groups on the subject.

Born in Bay Minette, Ala., he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and later earned a BS in journalism at the University of Oklahoma.

Survivors include his devoted wife of 70 years, Irma Beth, a daughter and son, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Campbell Global Expanding Reach The Campbell Group, a full-service timberland investment firm, has changed its name to Campbell Global.

“For more than three decades, The Campbell Group has been a leader in timberland investment management,” says John Gilleland, CEO and Chairman. “We are expanding our global reach and offer-

ing additional expertise and analysis, while maintaining the strongest commitment to our existing clients, partners and assets.”

Campbell Global manages more than 3.1 million acres across the Western and Southern U.S. and in South Australia, representing $6.3 billion in assets. The firm has more than 300 employees.

Campbell Global has hired Steven King as Director of Global Business Strategy, with primary responsibilities to develop and support the firm’s international initiatives.

NCFA Appoints Gibson As Executive VP North Carolina Forestry Assn. named former North Carolina legislator, Pryor Gibson, as Executive Vice President.

During his tenure in the North Carolina General Assembly (1989-1990, 19992011), Gibson chaired more than 20 committees and was a chief sponsor of numerous forestry, environment, natural resource, tax & regulatory legislation. Gibson left the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2011 to serve as a senior advisor to Governor Beverly Perdue.

Midwest Hardwood Adds Randy Wilson Midwest Hardwood Corp. has added Randy Wilson to lead Quality Control and Product Compliance.

Wilson comes to Midwest Hardwood with more than 15 years of experience in production, grading and quality control.

He was most recently an NHLA Inspector based in China.

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PRODUCTSCANNER10 New Grading Scanner

Online reports are available on a 42” screen.

Handheld terminals can be used by supervisors in their morning meetings.

Based on wide experience from many different sawmills, FinScan has developed an all new grading scanner. The new BoardMasterNOVA grading system includes improved electronics, cameras and other key components. It scans individual boards from 10 angles and makes fast quality analysis and optimization solutions. The new scanner has better accuracy in defect detection.

It analyzes more precisely for knots, holes, splits and shakes. Because of more scanning data the analysis of wane and deformations are done more comprehensively.

All common international grading rules have been implemented for a variety of softwood species. A large selection of application programs for different remanufacturing purposes is also available. Pre-grading can be done for component factories, for cross-cutting and ripping, as well as for fingerjointing applications. The FinScan grading system includes tools for extensive off-line simulations and analyses of production.

The optional board end analyzer, EndSpy, analyzes the annual ring widths as well as splits, bluestain and rot in the board end. MoistSpy microwave moisture analyser measures the total moisture content of the board. It performs fast and accurate moisture profile measurements, which can be used for sorting and for analyzing drying errors.

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PRODUCTSCANNER10 and edger applications in the sawmill, and for sorting of dry boards as well as for final grading of planed boards. FinScan grading systems have been delivered for softwood grading in both large and small sawmills. In the largest mills, more than 200 boards per minute can be graded and the total production output may be more than 500 000 m3/ year. The smallest mills run 60-100 boards/minute, and capacity is about 50 000 m3/year.

During the past 25 years FinScan Oy has delivered more than 300 automatic board grading systems to sawmills, making the company a leading global supplier for transversal board scanning applica5261 tions. Visit finscan.fi

Dual Fork Stacker

Hogue Industries’ patented high speed dual fork stackers operate at the highest, most consistent production rate available—up to 22 layers per minute, and with 2 stackers in 1 they are always producing.

Other innovations include all electric high speed package accumulation lifts designed for high speed handling of full and half packs. The latest innovation is package compression on the package lift with an automatic hoop dispenser. Visit hogue industries.com 1784

Cap Stapler System

Utility Composites, Inc. offers a new cap stapling system for fastening plastic caps and RAPTOR composite staples in one easy step. The new RAPTOR RCSH/04 cap stapler accepts 11 MM composite RAPTOR staples. This system replaces the previous cap stapling system, which only accepted 3⁄8" staples. The UC research team found that the SH/04-40 staple provided better holding and more reliable drivability than the SH/05-37 staple when using strain relief caps.

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PRODUCTSCANNER10 with rips, tears or staple pull-through in their wrap, or corrosion, rust or staining and degradation by metal staples. RAPTOR metal-free staples will not set off metal detectors or damage saw blades and sanding belts. The RC-SH/04 cap stapler can also be used with metal staples. Visit raptornails.com /product-catalog/cap-staplers.php 4292

Vibrating Conveyor

Brunette Machinery Co. offers the Brunette SmartVIBE Vibrating Conveyor. Unique and simple in its design, the first thing you’ll notice about the Brunette SmartVIBE is that it has no coil springs or external balance beams.

The patented design of the Brunette SmartVIBE enables the operator to vary the feed speed of the conveyor through the use of a variable frequency drive while maintaining the balance at all feed rates. This new technology allows systems to be optimized based on system loading and efficiency levels, rather then be fixed at a single speed.

SmartVIBE is available in different widths and lengths complete with size

specific screening options and metal detection. This versatile conveyor is suitable for many industries including biomass, recycling, pellet manufacturing, sawmill, plywood, OSB, food processing and agricultural industries. Visit brunettemc.com 1903

Super Wood Hog

Rawlings wood hogs come in all shapes and sizes, from simple stand-alone vertical hogs for sawmills, pulp, paper, power & pellet plants to complete custom horizontal hog systems that can process material of any length such as logs, forest debris, and urban waste.

The Rawlings Patented Super Hi-Inertia Hog is designed to run 24/7 365 days a year. The rotor is equipped with the highest mass moment of inertia with the lowest operating costs per ton of material processed.

Operating at lower RPMs, the machine still provides the crushing and shearing power needed to handle really tough jobs, like green waste, cypress, redwood, cedar, poplar, and a wide range of other stringy and fibrous materials. The Rawlings Super-Hi Inertia Rotor was designed to maximize inertia

while minimizing its weight. With less downtime and easier maintenance customers have applauded both the SuperHi Inertia Rotor as well as the Rocwear striker system. Visit rawlingsmanufac 2843 turing.com

Baghouse Dust Collector

When it comes to efficiency, adaptability and ease of use, the BRF baghouse dust collector from Imperial Systems is among the top dust collection systems in the industry, with a particulate collection efficiency of 99% or more.

Not only does it offer a superior cleaning system, but it is also easy to use. With a large access platform and tool-free bag and cage removal, you do not have to waste valuable time when maintaining the Baghouse Dust Collector. The cleaning mechanism comes with an 8-year warranty, so you can work with confidence in your dust collection system.

From the conceptual state through the installation, Imperial Systems is a one source company. Visit isystems 2956 web.com

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Executive – Managerial – Technical - Sales

JOHN GANDEE

FIELD PROJECT MANAGER

With more than 50 years of experience, Comact has established itself as a North American and international leader in designing, manufacturing and installing innovative equipment for the sawmill industry. In combination with our parent company, The BID Group, we employ over 800 people throughout Canada and the USA

Based out of our Comact USA office in St. George, SC, we are currently seeking a Field Project Manager. Reporting to the General Manager, this position will be both at office and on site overseeing the construction phase of projects in accordance with the Company’s standards, specifications and guidelines.

Duties and Responsibilities; • Help Sales group with bidding on projects.

• Coordinate pricing for a variety of trades like electrical, concrete, buildings etc for “turn-key projects • Coordinate the activities relative to the installation of new equipment, ensuring there is effective tie-in to existing equipment.

• Supervise equipment installation, equipment upgrades, and start-ups on a day-to-day basis, ensuring timelines for project completion are strictly adhered to.

• Supervise all personnel on site, including employees and sub-contractors.

• Communicate effectively among Comact, sub-contractors, and the client.

• Participate in daily/weekly project planning meetings.

• Manage procurement activities on the job site • Ensure a “Safety-First” climate on the job site at all times.

Requirements • Training in project management.

• Minimum of eight (8) years relative experience.

• Ability to read blueprints • Knowledge of welding, assembly, mechanics, pneumatics, hydraulics and machining a must.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word and Excel

Please send all resumes to jobs.USA@comact.com Top Wood Jobs Recruiting and Staffing George Meek geo@TopWoodJobs.com www.TopWoodJobs.com (541) 954-8456

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Management Recruiters of Houston Northeast

Depending on Circumstances / Needs

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CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT Responsibilities: ● Ensuring that both the health and safety of the project plans are implemented ● Being on site on a daily basis to oversee all construction activities and insure that best practices are followed ● Monitor and report on project budget, track spending and monitor and report on project schedule ● Be involved in daily work plan to insure that goals are achieved ● Insure that all work is conducted in a safe and productive manner ● Act as company liaison with government inspectors on the standard requirements of the site in terms of licenses and safety ● Review all drawings and technical documentation received on the job site for accuracy and constructability prior to release for construction. Any discrepancies are to be reported immediately to the project engineer/manager for clarification. ● Approve all on-site purchase requisitions for construction materials prior to release to purchasing department (all requisitions must contain the proper account number before approval). ● Certify accuracy of all invoices before release to Project Engineer/Manager for payment. ● Writing project progress reports on a weekly basis Basic Qualifications ● Ability to use MS Project ● Minimum of 5 years industrial construction experience ● Proven experience managing projects with dollar value equal to or greater than $10,000,000. ● Knowledge and experience working with and in wood products processing facilities a plus ● Bachelor’s degree preferred in related filed but not required ● Minimum OSHA 10 Hour training ● Demonstrated experience using best industry practices in all aspects of industrial construction.

Knowledge and Skills: ● Ability to supervise ● Ability to schedule and multitask ● Knowledgeable in building and construction ● Be a good problem solver ● Be computer literate ● Be able to read and understand drawings ● Be familiar with a variety of field concept practices Location and Travel: ● Atlanta Georgia ● Travel 70%

We are an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.

This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf How to apply: Go to www.GP.com/careers and click on “Search for U.S. Jobs”, and then search 016543 in the “Job number” field.

-If you are having difficulties submitting an application, please contact Sr. Recruiter Brooke Ballard at 6591 brooke.ballard@gapac.com

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WOOD PRODUCTS marketplace NORTH AMERICA ■ United States

■ Kentucky HAROLD WHITE LUMBER, INC. MANUFACTURER OF FINE APPALACHIAN HARDWOODS

(606) 784-7573 • Fax: (606) 784-2624

■ Florida

Ray White

CRACKER SAWMILL CYPRESS AND SYP Sawmill, Drying and MillIng facility Custom Cut to Order Lumber, Cants, Specialty Beams to 44’ We will Mill Log Home logs S4S 6”x6” thru 8”x12” T&G Your wood or ours WE DO WHAT OTHERS CANNOT 20253 N.E. 20th Street Williston, Fl 32690 www.Crackersawmill.com Info@Crackersawmill.com

Domestic & Export Sales rwhite@haroldwhitelumber.com

Green & Kiln Dried, On-Site Export Prep & Loading Complete millworks facility, molding, milling & fingerjoint line

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(352) 529-2070 ■ Georgia Beasley Forest Products, Inc.

Buyers & Wholesalers We produce quality 4/4 - 8/4 Appalachian hardwoods • Red Oak, White Oak, Poplar •

Green Lumber: Air Dried, Kiln Dried Timbers & Crossties • Hickory, Sycamore, Beech, Gum & Elm • Custom Cut Timbers: Long lengths and wide widths

Sales/Service: 336-746-5419 336-746-6177 (Fax) • www.kepleyfrank.com

Do you produce or buy lumber?

Here's your #1 source for effectively promoting your hardwood or softwood service to your top prospective buyers.

P.O. Box 788 Hazlehurst, GA 31539 beasleyforestproducts.com Manufactures Kiln-Dried 4/4 Red and White Oak, Poplar, Ash and Cypress Contact: Linwood Truitt Phone (912) 253-9000 / Fax: (912) 375-9541 linwood.truitt@beasleyforestproducts.com

Pallet components, X-ties, Timbers and Crane Mats Contact: Ray Turner Phone (912) 253-9001 / Fax: (912) 375-9541 ray.turner@beasleyforestproducts.com

■ Indiana

Next closing: July 7, 2014

■ North Carolina Cook Brothers Lumber Co., Inc.

Manufacturer of Appalachian Hardwood Lumber LEONARD COOK, Sales (828) 524-4857 • cell: (828) 342-0997 residential: (828) 369-7740 P.O. Box 699 • Frankin, NC 28744

WANT TO GET YOUR AD IN OUR NEXT MARKETPLACE? Call or email Susan Windham 334/834-1170 susan@hattonbrown.com

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■ Tennessee

MERIDIEN HARDWOODS OF PA, INC.

P.O. Box 227 ● Pittsfield, PA 16340 www.meridienpa.com Export and Yard Quality Hardwood Green, KD, S2S, SLR Custom Walnut Steaming Available

Ph: 800-780-3187 Fax: 800-292-5773 Dan Ferman – meridien@penn.com Brandon Ferman – brandonferman@hotmail.com Rob Allard – 802-380-4694; rallard@hughes.net Mike Songer – 814-486-1711; mjs@zitomedia.net

■ Virginia

STACKING STICKS

Producing Quality Southern Yellow Pine Since 1939

FOR SALE

AIR-O-FLOW profiled & FLAT sticks available Imported & Domestic DHM Company - Troy, TN 38260 731-538-2722 Fax: 707-982-7689 email: kelvin@kilnsticks.com www.KILNSTICKS.com

P.O. BOX 25 • 628 Jeb Stuart Highway Red Oak, VA 23964 Tel: 434-735-8151 • Fax: 434-735-8152 E-mail Sales: john@morganlumber.com Website: www.morganlumber.com Product Mix: ALL KD, HT STAMPED 1x4 D&BETTER, 1x6 D&BETTER, 1x4 #2, 1x6 #2, 1x4 #3/#4, 1x6 #3/#4, 5/4x4 PREMIUM, 5/4x4 STANDARD, 5/4x4 #2/#3/#4, 5/4x6 PREMIUM, 5/4x6 STANDARD, 5/4x6 #2/#3/#4, 6x6 #2&BETTER, 6x6 #3/#4

Do you produce or buy lumber?

Here's your #1 source for effectively promoting your hardwood or softwood service to your top prospective buyers.

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19-21—Georgia Forestry Assn. Annual Meeting, The Westin Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head, SC. Call 478-992-8110; visit gfagrow.org.

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26-28—Florida Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Sawgrass Marriott, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Call 800-222-5646; visit floridaforest.org.

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26-28—Louisiana Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Shreveport, La. Call 318-443-2558; visit laforestry.com.

Heinola Sawmill Machinery

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AUGUST 20-23—International Woodworking Fair 2014, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 404-693-8333; visit iwfatlanta.com.

SEPTEMBER 5-6—2013 Lake States Logging Congress & Equipment Expo, EAA Grounds, Oshkosh, Wis. Call 715-282-5828; fax 715-2824941; visit timberpa.com.

10-13—FMC China 2014: Furniture Manufacturing & Supply China 2014, Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, Shanghai, China. Call +86-21-6437 1178 * 153; visit expo.fmcchina.com.cn.

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Peninsular Cylinder

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Pipers Saw Shop

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16-18—Tekhnodrev Siberia Industry Fair, Novosibirsk Expo Centre, Novosibirsk, Russia. Call 511-893-1602; visit tdsiberia.ru/en.

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18-19—Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. annual meeting, Red Jacket Mountain View Resort & the North Conway Country Club, North Conway, NH. Call 207-829-6901; visit nelma.org.

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15-17—Timber Processing & Energy Expo, Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center, Portland, Ore. Visit timberprocessingandenergyexpo.com.

20-23—Lesdrevmash 2014, 15th International Exhibition for Machinery, Equipment, Fittings, Tools and Instruments for the Woodworking, Furniture, Timber, Pulp and Paper Industries, Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia. Visit lesdrevmashexpo.com.

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Williams & White Machine

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