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New Mississippi Mill Starts Up

It’s Looking Pretty Good Out There Just The Facts, Please

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COVER: Well known in the Lake States region, Biewer Lumber ventures to southern pine country and builds a beauty of a sawmill in Newton, Miss. PAGE 12.

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THEISSUES

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oughly a decade after the wheels came off the U.S. housing market and threw the economy into a tailspin that resulted in historic lows for lumber prices and a major drop in housing starts, signs within and outside the industry are showing a positive thumbs up.

And while there hasn’t been a return to the white-hot markets of say, early 2006, when housing starts were banging along at a 2.2 million annual rate, strong and steady (especially since mid 2012) has been the rule: Housing starts have rebounded from a low of around 475,000 in April 2009 to today’s 1.2 million annual rate.

This issue reflects the lumber industry’s turnaround in several key areas, and the 2017 Timber Processing Sawmill Operations and Capital Projects Survey is a great place to start. Now, I’ve sat down with many sawmill managers and owners, and getting one to say lumber prices are good is quite tough to do—like pulling spotted owl teeth. But when 87% of mill owners and operators report that their “lumber business situation” is either good (59%) or excellent (28%), it’s clear evidence the industry is in a positive growth mode.

Additional evidence showing positive markets is reflected in quarterly reports from industry bigs Weyerhaeuser ($1.7 billion in net sales, with earnings more than doubling in first quarter 2017 compared to 2016) and CanFor (net income of $66.1 million for first quarter 2017, compared to $38 million for the fourth quarter of 2016 and $26 million for the first quarter of 2016), which both recently reported solid business results the first three months of the year.

Exhibitors at the Southern Forest Products Assn. Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition in Atlanta’s World Congress Center June 14-16 are understandably looking to step up their own sales during this time of expanding industry recovery. Almost half (46%) of softwood mills have committed at least $1 million in new capital investment since the beginning of 2016. And looking at projects completed since early 2016, almost three-fourths (71%) of sawmill survey respondents reported that ROI on such projects was “good to excellent.”

Of course, this recovery has been different than those in the past: This time around, super-low interest rates haven’t really done the trick; wages haven’t kept pace with housing costs in many regions; and household formation in general is happening later for many young adults, who are delaying home purchases. Yet there’s undeniable pent-up demand and new demand out there. A week after claiming the recently-imposed preliminary countervailing duty on Canadian lumber would horribly damage the housing market, the National Assn. of Homebuilders now says builder confidence is at its second-highest level since the downturn.

Those investments already made and currently planned have a two-fold benefit by not only making a mill more successful in terms of productivity, recovery, efficiency and profitability, but also ensuring more viable positioning in a global economy where the competition never sleeps.

So if you haven’t yet and if you’re waiting for a sign or a better Random Lengths pricing report, you can quit waiting and let us assure you: It’s definitely time to invest.

Contact Dan Shell, ph: 334-834-1170; fax 334-834-4525; e-mail: dan@hattonbrown.com

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NEWSFEED COMMERCE STICKS IT TO CANADA U.S. Dept. of Commerce has issued a preliminary determination of subsidy rates on Canadian forest products companies that export softwood lumber into the U.S. and is instructing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to require cash deposits based on these rates.

The ruling was in response to a petition filed by the U.S. Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations (COALITION). Border measures against subsidized Canadian lumber imports are essential, according to the COALITION, otherwise differences between the U.S. (mostly private) and Canadian (mostly public) timber sales systems give Canadian producers an unfair cost advantage.

Canada takes hit, but it’s not over.

About half of total Canadian lumber production is shipped to the U.S. market, and accounts for approximately one-third of total softwood lumber consumption in the U.S. Department of Commerce found the following rates of subsidization for these companies: Canfor, 20.26%; J.D. Irving, 3.02%; Resolute, 12.82%; Tolko, 19.50%; West Fraser, 24.12%; all other producers/exporters, 19.88%.

“This ruling confirms that Canadian lumber mills are subsidized by their government and benefit from timber pricing policies and other subsidies which harm U.S. manufacturers and workers,” comments COALITION Legal Chair Cameron Krauss, senior vice president of Legal Affairs of family-owned Seneca Sawmill in Eugene, Ore. However, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refuted the allegations by the U.S. Commerce and the decision to impose unfair duties. The Prime Minister stressed that the Government of Canada will vigorously defend the interests of the Canadian softwood lumber industry, “as we have successfully done in all past lumber disputes with the U.S.” “These duties stand to hurt hard working men and women in our mill communities across Canada,” says Derek Nighbor, CEO, Forest Products Assn. of Canada. “The duties are unwarranted and without merit. We 100% support the federal government’s Team Canada position and we must have a fair and equitable trading structure for both our industry and U.S. customers.”

In 2016, U.S. imports of softwood lumber from Canada were valued at an estimated $5.66 billion.

The petitioner COALITION includes members Collum’s Lumber Products, Hankins, Inc., Potlatch Corp., Rex Lumber, Seneca Sawmill, Sierra Pacific Industries, Stimson Lumber, Swanson Group, Weyerhaeuser, Carpenters Industrial Council, Giustina Land and Timber, 8

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NEWSFEED and Sullivan Forestry Consultants, Inc. Unless the final determination is postponed, Commerce is scheduled to announce its final countervailing duty (CVD) determination on September 7.

This final determination will be based on the verification of the information provided to the department for the preliminary ruling, comments by the parties and further analysis. If Commerce makes an affirmative final determination of subsi-

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dization and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) makes an affirmative final injury determination, Commerce will issue a CVD order.

For the purpose of CVD investigations, a countervailable subsidy is financial assistance from foreign governments that benefits the production of goods from foreign companies and is limited to specific enterprises or industries, or is contingent either upon export perfor-

mance or upon the use of domestic goods over imported goods. The merchandise subject to this investigation is softwood lumber, siding, flooring and certain other coniferous wood (softwood lumber products). The scope includes coniferous wood, sawn, or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, whether or not sanded, or whether or not fingerjointed.

The COALITION alleged that Canadian provincial governments, which own the vast bulk of Canada’s timberlands, provide standing trees to Canadian producers for an administered fee that is far below the market value of the timber, as well as a number of other subsidies.

Meanwhile Commerce Dept. is also considering an anti-dumping petition that could lead to additional charges on incoming Canadian softwood lumber. That decision is expected early this summer.

The COALITION petition detailed the injury suffered by U.S. industry and workers by reason of “unfairly-traded” Canadian softwood lumber imports. In the immediate aftermath of the expiration of the 2006-2015 U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Trade Agreement, Canadian imports surged and volume of imports from Canada in the first eight months of 2016 was more than 33% higher than in the same period of 2015.

The previous agreement had kicked in in 2006, when the Commerce Dept. dropped the collection of countervailing and dumping duties (as much as 27%) that had been ongoing for more than four years. The agreement allowed the Canadian government to charge an export tax on softwood lumber bound for the U.S. The agreement was established to last seven years and then allowed for a twoyear renewal, which is what happened into 2015.

The previous agreement called for Canadian softwood lumber exporters to pay an export charge when the price of lumber was at or below US$355 per MBF based on the Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price. They could choose one of two options to operate under for a required period of three years. Option A called for an export charge with the charge varying with price. Option B was an export charge plus volume restraint, where both the rate and volume restraint varied with the price. Export charge revenues collected by the Government of Canada were distributed to the provinces.

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NEWSFEED More specifically under the Option A export charge, if the U.S. price per MBF was $336-$355, the charge was 5%; at $316-$335, 10%; at $315 or under, 15%.

Each province was allocated a share of exports based on its historic share of the U.S. market. Under Option B, at $336-$355 price, the export charge was 2.5% plus the regional share percentage of 34% of U.S. consumption; at $316$335, 3% plus regional share of 32% of U.S. consumption; at $315 or under, 5% plus regional share of 30% of U.S. consumption.

Also, if shipments from a province in a month exceeded 110% of its base allocation, then the export charge on shipments from that province during that month were increased by 50%.

As of early 2017, according to Random Lengths, the framing lumber composite price was $430. At that price, according to the previous agreement, there was no export charge implemented and no volume restriction.

Following the expiration of that agreement, as part of that agreement, a 12-month standstill period kicked in when no trade actions could be taken.

That period expired late last year, and the U.S. COALITION subsequently petitioned the Commerce Dept.

The U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute goes back to at least the Great Depression, and really kicked in in the early 1980s, resulting in a series of petitions, rulings and agreements, the course of which also brought in the World Trade Organization and the North American Free Trade Agreement into the picture.

Lumbermen’s Buying Guide Jordan Lumber Profile Hardwood Survey Results

NEW PELLET MILL PLANNED Thunderbolt Biomass, Inc. is launching a wood pellet operation in Allendale, SC. The company is planning to invest $6 million in the project, creating 35 jobs.

Located on an eight-acre site, operations will be housed in a 14,550 sq. ft. metal building and have a capacity of 60,000 tons per year.

The Coordinating Council for Economic Development has approved job development credits related to the project. Allendale County was also awarded a $100,000 Rural Infrastructure Fund grant to assist with costs related to this project.

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GREENFIELD Miller all-electric planer has gained Biewer’s endorsement.

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By Rich Donnell

Biewer Lumber comes South to manufacture a different kind of pine.

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NEWTON, Miss. n recent years Canadian wood products corporations have set a trend in purchasing family owned southern yellow pine sawmill operations.

Lake States U.S.-based Biewer Lumber’s recent startup of its greenfield sawmill in Mississippi may not represent a north-to-south trend, yet, but it certainly has added a twist to the SYP landscape.

Headquartered in St. Clair, Mich., Biewer Lumber has never been shy about expansion in its home region—the company operates predominately red pine sawmills in McBain, Mich.; Prentice, Wis.; Lake City, Mich; and a partnership sawmill in Spencer, Wis., while also operating several lumber treating and distribution facilities.

Several years ago a representative of Plum Creek Timber indicated to President Tim Biewer that Plum Creek was looking for more markets for its considerable timber holdings in the South and suggested that Biewer look into building a sawmill “down there.”

By 2014 Biewer was making the rounds at county and forestry meetings in the South. He became confident in the timber basket in Mississippi as presented

by Plum Creek (which would be purchased by Weyerhaeuser in early 2016), Resource Management Service, Potlatch and others.

Biewer had narrowed his selection down to three potential mill sites in Mississippi and the city of Newton was the selected site location. A vacant farm field of about 63 acres directly across Old Highway 15 from one of the Richton Tie & Timber facilities became the spot.

In November 2015 Biewer Lumber hired longtime SYP sawmill manager Dan Bowen as General Manager of Biewer South. Tim Biewer and VP Doug O’Rourke had several objectives in mind that they wanted Bowen and his team to

implement: build a mill that could produce 200MMBF annually. It needed to be constructed and operational in less than a year. It should ramp up to 50MBF/hour in six months. And the second shift should be operational as the first shift began to hit targeted production.

The company that came quickly to mind to the Biewer team as a turnkey supplier was BID Group, whose various companies, especially Comact, had done considerable work in recent years at all of the Biewer sawmills.

“By using the BID Group we were able to capitalize not only on their construction expertise but also equipment installation and startup capabilities,” Bowen comments. Civil engineering work began April 4, 2016.

Only one Biewer employee from the north headed south. Jason Otto, a former hardwood logger, had joined Biewer in 2008 and worked his way up the sawmill ranks at the McBain and Lake City mills. He volunteered for the plant manager post at Newton. “The production aspect of it really excited me,” Otto says. The Newton mill is designed to do twice as much production as any of the other Biewer sawmills. Otto arrived in July 2016 and joined GM Bowen, who enticed several other experienced sawmill supervisory personnel to join Biewer South.

Otto says the mill is fully staffed at 125. “I was very pleased with the work force that was available,” he says. “There were a lot of trained people in this area in certain fields—electricians, millwrights, forklift drivers, a very good, trained work force, not necessarily from the sawmill industry, but it wasn’t real difficult to hire what we needed.”

Biewer South collaborated with Mississippi Development Authority with a number of on-the-job training positions.

The mill was built and operational in eight months, sawing logs in mid-December 2016.

Production targets were met within three months and the second shift was started on April 3, 2017.

The second day operating both shifts the mill hit 1MMBF output.

When Timber Processing visited the mill at the end of April, production had hit 4MMBF per week of dimension lumber running four days (MondayThursday) with two 10hour shifts in the sawmill Optimized trimmer is downstream, but the mill doesn’t and two 10-hour shifts in require a conventional edger.

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Scanning at the curve-sawing gang

the planer mill while operating the kilns 24/7. Maintenance is performed Friday and Saturday.

“We’re getting more consistency day to day,” comments Plant Manager Otto, who adds that 200MMBF annual production is currently the going number but it could go higher. While the mill was running hard to 2x4s in April, more timbers production could be in its future; and as far as value-added products certainly MSR lumber is in store as technology using sound waves for stiffness measurement is already in place.

Being a greenfield mill, it obviously operates with the latest technologies, but several aspects stand out: —Profiling is done on both the primary and secondary breakdowns, which takes out the need for an edger.

—Quad circle saws are used on the primary instead of bandmills. Typically you don’t see many mills running sharp chains with circle saws. This gives the mill the capability to cut multiple side boards on the primary after profiling without the complexity of quad bandmills.

—Both the sawmill and planer mills are under one roof, and the green sorter and dry sorter are parallel to each other.

—The planer mill runs an all electric planer/planer infeed.

Cut-n-two process on the dry end enhances value and production efficiency.

MILL FLOW Veteran forester Shane Britt is the Procurement Manager for the mill and he collaborates with several timber dealers to see that an average of 120 truck loads of logs arrive daily—five days a week. The mill is looking for a 7 in. top, 14-16 in.

DBH. It can take up to a 20 in. butt, up to a 65 ft. stem, minimum of 33 ft.

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Profiled piece drops off out of the OLI.

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Green end and dry end sorters run parallel in neatly designed arrangement.

Trucks come across Rice Lake scales with 3Log weighing software and proceed to two Demag monorail overhead cranes with Mack grapples for unloading and feeding the mill. Logs run through a

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Nicholson A8 22 in. debarker, through a Metal Shark metal detector, Comact lineal scanner and up into a Comact four-saw cutup system. Pieces proceed through another Metal Shark detector and are kicked

onto two sorting decks. (Bark is conveyed from the debarker to a Williams hog and then conveyed to a bin for truck loading.

The mill also operates a PHL chipper and a BM&M shaker screen.)

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Comact wave feeders bring logs from the decks onto the V flight conveyor running through a Comact scanner and rotation device. The log transfers from the log turner to the OLI (Optimized Length Infeed) and onto the sharp chain, is rescanned then passes through a set of Andritz Iggesund conical heads that open the side faces. The two-sided cant is rescanned for position prior to the profiler and saw box.

The cant passes through the profiler either profiling one or two side boards.

Once profiled the cant enters a set of quad circle saws, which remove the profiled pieces from the cant. The cant transfers down a conveyor, is turned on its side and re-scanned. An additional board on each side can be profiled as the piece enters a Comact TBL3 double arbor, curve-saw that processes the cant into lumber. The infeed to the TBL shifts for the curve-sawing; the saw box is a shifting saw box for variable products.

Lumber is unscrambled up into a Comact trimmer optimizer with LMI chroma+scan 3155 3D multi-point laser sensors, through a Comact trimmer and into a Comact sorter, followed by a Moco stacker.

Lumber is dried in one of two DelTech

Biewer South Team Front row, left to right, Dan Bowen, General Manager; Lea Ann Shivers, Safety Manager; Deanna Savell, Accounts Payable; Susan Horton, Procurement Clerk; Datoya Wilson, Shipping Clerk; Tracey White, Purchasing Manager; Bobby Spears, Planer Supervisor; Scott Westbury, Planer 2nd Shift Supervisor. Back row, left to right, Jason Parker, Maintenance Planner; Tim Lyon, Kiln Supervisor; Chris Chisholm, Sawmill 2nd Shift Supervisor; Amanda Jenkins, Office Manager; Bob Harmon, Area Forester, Shane Britt, Procurement Forester; David McCoy, Sawmill Supervisor; Jason Otto, Plant Manager; Tim Crawford, Maintenance Superintendent; Jeff Searcy, Production Superintendent

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Comact log bucking line is quick.

continuous kilns with load packages pushed in opposite directions on parallel tracks through a sequence of ventilation, conditioning and drying fans. The kilns run on gas burners.

Dried lumber packages come into the tilt hoist and are broken down with pieces proceeding through a Miller electric planer. “The reliability and ease of operation has proven to be the best planer system I have ever operated hands down,” Bowen says. The planer runs with Key Knife disposable knives. When TP visited, 2x4x16s were running through the planer at 1760 FPM. Lumber goes through a Comact GradExpert automated grader. (A Falcon Engineering A-Grader acoustic grader for measuring lumber stiffness is in place preceding the GradExpert.)

Out of the automated grader, lumber proceeds through a Comact cut-n-two system, which saws longer pieces in half when a longer piece is of higher value in shorter lengths. The pieces are then separated, even ended on both the far and near ends and then put back into the same lug to avoid any loss in production. The pieces are then sorted in bins on both the far and near ends, with the first 15 bins designated for the far end pieces and the near end pieces conveyed to the appropriate near end bay. Samuel grade stampers mark the pieces

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Bark hogging and load-out

Tilt hoist line, and the rest of dry end, is under the same roof as the green end.

Two log infeed decks.

Wood yard features two monorail cranes.

prior to sorting.

A Comact stacker and two Samuel strappers prepare lumber for shipment.

All lumber is currently trucked out, but a rail spur will be installed in late summer.

Biewer Lumber in Michigan handles sales and shipping.

The mill contracts all saw work (except for saw guides and knife changes) to U.S. Blades in Tuscaloosa.

The mill’s rolling stock is heavy to Taylor Machine Works, which is based in Louisville, Miss., including five XH350L big forklifts and five TX160 forklifts. The mill also operates a John Deere 318E skid steer loader and 5055E utility tractor and Caterpillar 950H wheel loader.

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Samuel strappers at dry end outfeed

The mill counts on Taylor rolling stock.

worked with Two Rivers Lumber on spare parts inventory and has assisted Two Rivers with some training video. Two Rivers Lumber is building a sawmill in Demopolis, Ala., about 75 miles to the east.

In addition to GM Bowen, Plant Manager Otto and Procurement Manager Britt, the management/supervisory team at Biewer South includes Jeff Searcy, production superintendent; Tim Crawford, maintenance superintendent; Tim Lyon, kiln supervisor; David McCoy, first shift sawmill supervisor; Chris Chisholm, second shift sawmill supervisor; Bobby Spears, first shift planer mill supervisor; Scott Westbury, second shift planer mill supervisor; Amanda Jenkins, office manager; Lea Ann Shivers, safety manager; Sandy Trewolla, quality control manager.

Otto says they don’t feel excessive pressure from the home office. “Tim Biewer wants us to run it and feel that this is our plant,” Otto says. “He wants us to take care of the employees and treat them fairly. He trusts us that we’re doing the right thing.” (Tim is Timber Processing’s 2017 Person of the Year.

See the January/February issue.)

So far Biewer South appears to be doing the right thing. “Special thanks go to all the employees at Newton,” GM Bowen says.

“This team has done a phenomenal job of taking a high tech mill and executing the strategies required to make it a success.”

What’s next? Biewer will continue to explore expansion opTP portunities in the sawmill business.

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OPTIMISM

ABOUNDS By Rich Donnell

Softwood lumbermen in the U.S. seem to have implemented capital improvement projects at just the right time, and are enjoying the benefits.

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nited States softwood lumbermen are more optimistic about their lumber business and its immediate future than they have been in several years, according to Timber Processing’s Annual Sawmill Operations and Capital Projects Survey.

An impressive 87% forecast their “lumber business situation” for the remainder of 2017 and looking ahead into 2018 as excellent (28%) or good (59%).

That compares, for example, to 66% who said it was excellent (13%) or good (53%) a year ago for the remainder of 2016 and looking ahead to 2017.

Only 11% said their current lumber business situation was fair, compared to 30% a year ago; and 2% said poor/very poor compared to 4% a year ago.

Timber Processing conducted the survey online in April, and respondents (owners, presidents, vice presidents, gen-

An impressive 87% forecast their “lumber business situation” for the remainder of 2017 and looking ahead into 2018 as excellent (28%) or good (59%).

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About 46% of the mills have committed to more than $1 million. Broken down further, 27% are at $1-3 million, 7% at $3-5 million, 3% at $510 million, 5% at $10-20 million and 4% at more than $20 million. eral managers, corporate executives, regional managers) represent approximately 175 softwood lumber sawmills. About 26% of those mills produce more than 100MMBF annually, 24% 50-100 MMBF, and the remaining half produce up to 50MMBF annually, including 18% small mills in the 5MMBF range. The majority of production at the responding mills was 2 in. lumber for 43%, 1 in. lumber for 28%, timbers for 18% and a range of products accounted for the remainder.

Respondents indicated that 56% of mills will produce 90-100% of capacity in 2017, compared to 52% that produced at 90-100% in 2016, while 23% will be in the 80-90% range, compared to 22% in 2016.

Compared to 2016, anticipated downtime in 2017 will be less for 30% of the mills, more for 18% and about the same for 52%.

“We will be doing less projects,” commented one sawmiller.

“Equipment project ongoing,” said another.

“Product markets are generally better and log supply constant.”

“Added two extra weekend shifts per month.”

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MONEY MATTERS The heart of the survey was the question that asked how much new capital investment in machinery and systems the mills have committed to since the beginning of 2016. About 46% of the mills have committed to more than $1 million.

Broken down further, 27% are at $1-3 million, 7% at $3-5 million, 3% at $5-10 million, 5% at $10-20 million and 4% at more than $20 million. Another 13% are at $500,000 to $1 million, 3% at $300,000-$500,000, 19% at $100,000$300,000, and the remaining 19% at less than $100,000 The survey provided a list of 42 machinery/systems categories and asked the lumbermen to select any of those in which the mills had invested since the beginning of 2016. Wheel loaders led the way at 31% of the mills, followed by dry kilns/controls at 29%, lumber handling forklifts at 26%, maintenance at 22%,

Wheel loaders led the way at 31% of the mills, followed by dry kilns/controls at 29%, lumber handling forklifts at 26%.

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71% rated their return on investment as excellent or good, while 11% said fair, and 11% said too early to tell. log scanning/optimization at 19% and conveyors and dust control both at 19%, downstream scanning/optimization at 17%, planer mil sorting/stacking at 17%, boilers at 14%.

As to the status of their capital investment commitment projects since the beginning of 2016, 41% of the mills report those projects in full operation mode, while 26% are still in the planning stage, 25% at installation stage and 12% at startup stage.

“Finishing one project in the planer mill and getting ready to start a project in the sawmill,” one lumberman commented.

Regarding those projects that have been completed since early 2016, 71% rated their return on investment as excellent or good, while 11% said fair, and 11% said too early to tell.

“It depends on the project,” said a lumberman. “Some are necessary just to keep up with technology. Most are some type of productivity or recovery that have reasonable returns.”

Looking further down the road, beyond current capital investment projects, the survey asked the lumbermen to check off those same machinery/systems categories that may require additional capital investment. Debarkers came out on top at 25% of the mills, followed by downstream sawing (gang-edger-trimmer) at 21%, maintenance also at 21%, planer mill sorting/stacking at 20%, lumber forklifts at 20%, green end sorting/stacking at 19%, downstream scanning/optimization at 17%, profiling machinery at 15%.

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Looking farther down the road, debarkers came out on top at 25% of the mills, followed by downstream sawing (gangedger-trimmer) at 21%.

LABOR CONCERNS The survey asked several questions in regard to labor. As for “hourly” labor, 45% of the mills are now experiencing a labor shortage, while 4% expect to within a few years, and 51% indicate their labor situation is holding its own about like it always has.

“Extremely difficult to get employees to stay long-term,” a lumberman said.

“We’re in the process of hiring additional employees,” said another lumberman. “Good labor is getting harder to find.”

One lumberman said, “Marijuana legislation has worsened the hiring ability.”

Another said, “Major wage inflation at the lower end of the wage scale.”

As to the “quality” of hourly labor, 43% said the quality is lower than it has ever been, while 6% said it’s better than it has ever been, and 51% reported the quality is about the same as always.

“Their expectations are too high,” a lumberman said. “They have an inflated sense of self-worth and these are unskilled, un-licensed manual laborers.”

“Skilled positions are very good, but the unskilled work force currently available is the worst I’ve seen,” another lumberman said.

As to filling those hourly positions, a whopping 70% of mills report it’s more difficult than ever to fill with quality workers, while 30% said it’s about the same as always.

A couple of questions addressed the status of mid-upper level supervisory and management personnel. As to the retirement of such personnel, 66% of the mills said there’s always a retirement or two but it’s not a major problem, 29% report they’re about to experience a lot of it, and 5% said they’re experiencing a lot of it right now.

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32% promote from within about half the time and bring somebody in from the outside about half the time, and 2% usually bring in somebody from the outside.

The survey concluded with a few questions on trucking and byproducts.

About 49% of the mills rely mostly on contract trucking service, while 39% use a blend of contract trucks and their own trucks, and 8% use only their company owned trucks.

As to truck drivers, 45% of the mills are seeing a shortage of truck drivers.

“Our crew of drivers is solid, but our region has an acute shortage of truck drivers,” a lumberman commented.

As to finding markets for byproducts (chips, sawdust, shavings, etc.), 43% said they’re having no serious problem moving byproducts, but 31% said it may be a little more difficult than normal and 21% reported it’s very difficult right now.

“Bark/hog fuel disposal has become a major problem,” a lumberman said.

“State environmental regulations can have a great influence on sales,” another lumberman said.

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COLLABORATION

JUST THE FACTS PLEASE, NAHB

By Russ Vaagen

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he duties imposed on Canadian softwood lumber imports to the United States have everyone talking. That includes the National Association of Home Builders. As I was reading and writing on this subject I came across several quotes and ideas that simply aren’t accurate. Some statements from the NAHB stood out.

BAD MATH The first comments I will highlight are from comments made on NAHB’s own web site dated April 25, 2017. This statement is titled “Statement from NAHB Chairman Granger MacDonald on Comments by Commerce Secretary Ross Regarding Canadian Lumber Tariffs.”

“If the 20 percent lumber duty remains in effect throughout 2017, NAHB estimates this will result in the loss of nearly

$500 million in wages and salaries for U.S. workers, $350 million in taxes and other revenue for the governments in the U.S. and more than 8,200 full-time U.S. jobs. Lumber prices have already jumped 22 percent since the beginning of the year, largely in anticipation of new tariffs, adding nearly $3,600 to the price of a new single-family home.

“Clearly, protectionist measures to prop up domestic lumber producers at the expense of millions of U.S. home buyers and lumber users is not the way to resolve the U.S.-Canada trade dispute or boost the U.S. economy.”

These numbers do not pass the smell test. Lumber has gone up about 20% since Trump was elected President. In the world of wholesale lumber that equals about $85 per thousand board feet. If a single family house uses 15,000 board feet of framing lumber, that increase represents $1,275 increase over the period, not $3,600.

What about the loss of jobs? Are we to believe that an increase of $1,275 per new home start would have such a disastrous effect on home building? U.S. Census figures put the average home price in the U.S. at over $350,000 including land. An increase of .3% will not have those effects.

REALITIES OF TRADE Another quote from another statement dated April 21, 2017 from Mr. MacDonald, NAHB Chairman, says: “The fact that Canada is seeking alternative sources to the U.S. for its lumber exports should serve as a wake-up call to Washington policymakers. More than one-third of the lumber used in the U.S. last year came from exports because the

U.S. does not produce enough lumber to meet the nation’s needs. Home builders need a consistent, reasonably priced supply of lumber to keep housing affordable for hard-working American families.”

Granger MacDonald seems to be referring to a statement made by West Fraser about looking to export more lumber to China. Before I continue, I want to state that I have a great deal of respect for West Fraser. It is one of the most forward thinking and intelligent forest industry companies in the world. The only reason West Fraser would choose to send lumber to one market over another would be for strategic pricing purposes. Even with the duty, West Fraser along with every other mill in Canada will continue to send lumber to the market that gives their company the best chance to succeed. In the long term, that’s the United States.

China, Japan, Australia and other worldwide consumers of lumber will continue to buy lumber from the U.S. and Canada if it makes financial sense.

Until this most recent increase to lumber prices, the United States and Canadian builders enjoyed some of the lowest lumber prices in the world. Not only that, North American wood fiber is some of the best quality and strongest lumber in the world. Even at $435/MBF, home builders in the U.S. are getting a fair deal when it comes to lumber.

MORE BAD MATH On April 25, 2017 NAHB released another statement, this time with both bad and good information. This one was titled “Proposed Lumber Duties Will Harm Consumers, Housing Affordability.”

I don’t know where they are getting their information, but it’s not accurate and it has to stop.

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COLLABORATION Here’s the bad: These price hikes have negative repercussions for millions of Americans. It takes about 15,000 board feet to build a typical single-family home and the lumber price increase in the first quarter of this year has added almost $3,600 to the price of a new home.

Let’s show some simple math using these numbers. If this is true, that means that lumber would have increased $240/MBF ($3,600/15MBF = $240). If we were seeing a $240 increase on lumber I think it would be time to consider cashing in your chips and wait for the crash, and buy back at a discount. I don’t know where they are getting their information, but it’s not accurate and it has to stop.

of this piece that didn’t come together for me, much of which we already covered.

The most troubling part was at the tail end: “Fearing further supply disruptions, the homebuilders’ association has searched for lumber in other countries.

“Chile looked like one promising source and the homebuilders sent a delegation there in September to meet with producers. But weeks of fires this year ravaged Chile’s forests, making it unlikely the country will be a large supplier anytime soon.”

The U.S. lumber producers really need to work with groups like NAHB to educate them on the issues. If their interest is more stable pricing, then we should develop a coalition to make more wood or

logs available to U.S. producers.

It’s time to reach out and build collaborative strength with groups like the NAHB.The builders certainly have a stake in this value chain. It’s up to us to inform them of our issues and interests.

This whole issue is about fair trade. We all have more in common than what may put us at odds. Identifying our collective interests is the best way to find solutions TP everyone can prosper from.

Russ Vaagen is a third generation sawmiller with his family’s company, Vaagen Bros. Lumber, in Colville, Wash. He is also the founder of www.theforestblog.com that specializes in topics focused on collaboration and the state of forests and industry. E-mail him at: rvaagen@vaagenbros.com.

WHAT ABOUT LOGS? As for the good, from the same statement referenced above: Increase domestic production by seeking higher targets for timber sales from publicly-owned lands and opening up additional federal forestlands for logging in an environmentally sustainable manner.

This could open the door for discussion that would allow the NAHB and the forest industry to jointly enter into discussions with the Trump Administration and Congress on doing a better job managing our forest resources. The United States has some of the best forest practices in the world. We should be focused on making the most of our resources while balancing the needs of society and the environment.

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AMERICAN WOOD DRYERS American Wood Dryers, LLC has been producing quality efficient dry kilns for the lumber industry for more than 30 years with installations throughout the world—everything from package kilns for smaller volumes of hardwoods to large volume high throughput conifer kilns such as high temperature and/or continuous track kilns.

Kiln buildings, both package loaded and track types, are designed for each application and can be all-aluminum structures with Alclad aluminum panel surfaces and R20 insulation or all-stainless steel in special cases. Continuous kilns are often a combination of aluminum in the cold and steel in the hot sections for economy of material costs.

Heat systems vary from hot water or steam coils in hardwood kilns to larger steam systems in the conifer kilns, as well as thermal oil coils, direct fired natural gas furnaces and green or dry wood waste fired systems with optional natural gas backup burners.

Circulating air systems are also designed for the application and can be direct drive kiln duty motors mounted inside the kiln or standard motors mounted external of the kiln chamber. In most cases motors are driven by variable frequency drives to adjust air flow to match the kiln schedule requirements and electric power costs.

The continuous dry kiln (CDK) design has become especially prevalent in the southern yellow pine industry. This design provides increased throughput and higher efficiency by taking advantage of both the stored heat in the lumber and the chamber humidity to preheat the entering lumber while conditioning the exiting product.

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ARROW SPEED CONTROLS Arrow Speed Controls Ltd. is an established leader in industrial automation integration with expertise in Frequency Drive (VFD) systems in North America and with many successful applications worldwide. For more than 30 years Arrow Speed has been a prominent player in automation for heavy industries particularly lumber, board and pulp and paper, mining, oil and gas sectors. Arrow provides design, engineering, manufacturing, startup and service expertise.

In addition to VFD systems, Arrow Speed has extensive experience with soft starts, dynamic brakes, AC and DC motors and controls and servo applications. It also specializes in PLC control systems and can design a system for a simple level of control to a complete operating mill.

This depth of experience—more than 30 years—means that Arrow Speed is very familiar with how to apply control/automation systems to various areas of wood processing and sawmilling such as merchandisers, debarkers, canters, edgers, trimmers, planers, carriages, cranes etc. Because it has worked successfully with heavy-duty applications so many times, Arrow Speed knows how to make the application work correctly the first time.

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AUTOLOG Autolog, a leader in vision, optimization and automation, is celebrating 30 years in the wood industry this year. Its first commercial offerings were supplying industrial controls such as lumber and log sorters. Over the years Autolog continuously added products to its existing lineup including log optimization, transverse optimization (edger, trimmer, gang), automatic grading system (sawmill and planer mill), PLC control systems, Saptek dry kiln optimizer, complete production line, grade stamp printer and more.

At SFPA Expo Autolog proudly introduces its knot detection technology for the sawmill—the Transverse Tracheid System (TTS). Easy to add on to a new or existing Autolog 3D modular scanner system, this new feature detects knots on rough green lumber using proven tracheid data technology without the use of a conventional vision system, at a new competitive price point.

Autolog showcases both the new TTS and existing 3D data detection technology (to detect splits and shakes and obvious unsound wood) in a fully operational modular frame at its booth.

Autolog also demonstrates some of its products for the planer mill such as the ProGrader linear planer optimizer, VDS-2 color camera, TBS-2 tracheid sensor, ProGSP grade stamp printer, Linear Tracking System (LTS) and more.

Last but not least, Autolog presents how its new technologies that utilize tracheid data combined with 3D scanning can improve yield and throughput in meeting room A307 on Wednesday June 14 at 10 a.m., and is also participating in the INNOtech panel session on Thursday morning June 15.

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AUTOMATION & ELECTRONICS USA Automation & Electronics USA is a controls engineering company located within the beautiful mountains of Asheville, NC. Automation and Electronics provides cost effective controls and optimizing solutions for sawmills—for all systems within the mill from carriages and edgers to bin sorters and kilns.

A&E USA is committed to providing customers with economical, state-of-the-art solutions while providing exceptional service. In doing so, it is pleased to announce the newest addition to the A&E USA staff, Alex Trapski. Alex has been with A&E New Zealand for the past three years, where he has served as a vital asset to the development and commissioning of most of the batch and continuous drying kilns. He specializes in Allen-Bradley and Siemens PLCs, as well as a variety of SCADA platforms. Alex will continue his role as a project engineer, while also providing exceptional support for A&E USA. Attention Silvatech Owner! Does your sawmill run a Silvatech system and you’re not sure what to do for the future? Automation and Electronics USA is your solution. Over the years Automation and Electronics has been developing Silvatech replacement 1-4 axis setwork systems with a few key differences.

As many of you know, Silvatech used proprietary “black box” technology, which made parts and service nearly impossible after they closed. A key to the A&E system is it utilizes all off-the-shelf components that are readily available through most electrical suppliers. Its systems are also backed by a 1-year parts warranty and 24/7 support.

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BAXLEY EQUIPMENT Baxley Equipment introduces the all electric, continuous package maker. This machine is designed for higher volume planer mills. It features twin, independent, electrically driven stacking arms—1 set stacking while the other set retracts, greatly increasing stacking speed. A 30% increase over standard single fork stackers is achieved.

Each set of forks has its own, dead simple, harmonic crank drive with integral cam control of the fork position. Just a single standard motor with VFD driving set of forks is all that it takes.

All timing, fork positions and speed is built-in, not programmed in the machine. This all mechanical design is reliable, utilizing zero linear actuators, or other electronic controls of the forks.

This approach for a dual arm stacker is so unique a patent has been applied for.

Additional features are: l Lugged course make-up and sequencing which is more reliable, quicker, and simpler than other methods l Shipped fully assembled and prewired—set in place, installed between the infeed and outfeed equipment, wire up, and you are ready to start stacking. l Modular fork drive—you can order the package maker in single arm configuration and add the second set of arms later. l Twin forks mean redundant forks—something goes wrong with a component, run on just one set.

As with all Baxley products, the dual fork package maker is fully integrated into a complete product line of trimmers, sorters, feeders, un-stackers, banders, VFD drives, and startup assistance; all engineered and built to the highest standards and complementing each other.

Baxley supplies the equipment—you start producing.

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BRUNNER-HILDEBRAND Brunner-Hildebrand recently introduced a highly efficient continuous type kilnd: The Alexander HILDEBRAND Continuous Kiln (HCK-A). This type of continuous kiln is designed for mills that produce large volumes of lumber product, e.g., dimension SPF. While designing the Alexander HILDEBRAND continuous kiln, the company put great emphasis on creating exactly the right drying conditions (temperature, climate, air speed) for the respective lumber moisture content. The technical features of each individual drying zone are customized to the drying state and moisture of the lumber passing through.

Lumber is placed length-wise on carts and dried during transport through a number of zones with separate climates. Ultimately, you will dry lumber in the continuous kiln HCK-A just as you would in a conventional package kiln. Conditions are perfectly adjusted to the lumber moisture content at all times. l Continuous volume feed to bring the lumber product quicker to market l Integrated with the logistics of the mill l Multitrack, flexible, and able to dry different species within the same kiln l Volume drying at the lowest possible cost l Maximize grade yield l Optimized energy efficiency in-line with green initiatives and applicable funding programs l Scalable l Adapted to any heat source and heating medium l Featuring the new “GreenKiln” technology for energy management and the Hildebrand Turbo Technology (HTT) ensuring tight final moisture distribution for maximum planer yield Booth 1114

CARBOTECH Carbotech is proud of its new version of its pneumatic lug loader, focusing on skew control for the sawmill For the last 20 years, Carbotech’s electric and pneumatic lug loader has been very appreciated in the market. This rotary lug loader using pneumatic rotors activating a variety of clamps has always been well in demand due to its user-friendly advantages and by the fact that it doesn’t use any hydraulics.

Based on that well proven mechanical technology, Carbotech has been researching and developing a revolutionary upgrade focusing on skew control. Thanks to Cognex reading capacity, Carbotech has modified its lug loader operation so all clamps, all stop gates and all wheels are now activated independently. In all means, only the infeed lengths of timber will dictate which clamps and stop gates need to be activated. That new system is now supported by the latest version of M12 connectors to ensure the quickest and most reliable Ethernet communication to an integrated PLC on that lug loader 2.0.

In addition to Carbotech’s new clamping and communication technology, the back log control management is probably one of the most important sections if you want to reach a decent efficiency at your lug loader. By knowing that, Carbotech developed (patent pending) a new system using near ends and far ends independent drives all controlled by ceiling cameras and lasers. Depending on desired speed and lengths variations, Carbotech skew control system will use 6 VFD drives over three transfers to regulate back log pressure, widths detections and skew control.

Over the last few years, the North American market has forced Carbotech to innovate toward automatization and speed. The main focus was to take existing equipment and upgrade them so they can be as automatic as possible and reliable at more than 260 LPM at the planer mill or at least more than 220 LPM at the sawmill. Labor reductions and production increase (within the same footprints) were the main payback arguments. This is why Carbotech came out over the last few years with its fully automatic electric high speed continuous tilt hoist; automatic stick and dunnage recuperation system; Cognex skew and flow control (avoiding operator manipulations); operator free lug loader; sorter management controlled by the stacker operator; fully automatic sawmill stick system with high speed stackers and much more.

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CLEEREMAN INDUSTRIES Copiah Lumber Co. of Crystal Springs, Miss. has run Cleereman carriages for over two decades. So when Cleereman Industries of Newald, Wis. introduced the first modular double cut Lumber Pro ST 54 the die was cast. But there was one thing missing—size of band to maximize capacity.

Co-owner Craig Pyron’s experience with smaller band systems made him skeptical of smaller sized band saws, so after several discussions with Fran Cleereman both companies agreed to create the largest Lumber Pro mill ever built with a LP-42 lineal positioning carriage and 62 in. double cut McDonough head. In addition to the larger carriage and headrig, the Lumber Pro at Copiah is also capable of sawing up to 30 ft. timbers, offering Copiah Lumber another avenue of maximizing profit with the added capability of sawing the very longest mat and crane pad timbers of any high production mill in the Southeast.

The Cleereman Lumber Pro design is unique in many ways, from the speed and efficiency of its thin-kerf double cut moving head, to drastically reduced electric requirements that have proven to cut long-term overhead costs. The compact modular design coupled with the Lumber Pro’s moving saw head reduce the footprint required and installation time. This deeply reduces installation expense by delivering a truly modular machine that installs in just a few days, not weeks or months. In Copiah’s case its maintenance team worked with the Cleereman staff to handle the installation.

Every Lumber Pro comes complete with an infeed log deck built to the customer’s required length, smooth log charging system that greatly reduces carriage wear by gently placing logs with a minimum of inertia, integrated off-bearer belt, dust and scrap conveyor, multiple setworks choices that includes several optimization selections, set shaft or LP carriage and a comfortable and spacious sawyers control cab that allows for a clear uncluttered view of the log during the entire sawing process.

As with any major mill innovation or expansion there really is only one question that matters, would you do it again? Craig Pyron firmly states, “Absolutely, absolutely…over the long-haul with the cost of logs and cost of production we’re going to be way ahead, way ahead.”

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CONE-OMEGA Cone-Omega has built a reputation as an industry leader by supplying simple, rugged, reliable equipment. Every customer is its valued partner and it constantly develops products to increase profitability and productivity. From its manufacturing facilities in Thomasville, Ga. and Russellville, Ark., Cone-Omega provides customers with high quality mill floor equipment that they have come to expect.

The profiler is the latest addition to its product line, which is offered in dual and quad configurations. Designed for use with any Chip-N-Saw style 4-sided canter system, the profiler is placed between the top head and saw section modules. Only minimal modifications are required to add a profiler to an existing line, allowing profiled boards to be created anywhere on the side of the cant. Cants are precisely held by a heavy duty guide bar and two pairs of driven, vertical feedrolls which are independently positioned using linears and pneumatic cushion cylinders.

Opposing chipping modules and each individual chip head are all mounted on precision linear bearing and rails and all move independently. During operation the chipping modules are inside the main frame and chips are completely contained. Chips are discharged out the bottom, making housekeeping a breeze.

Crude profiling was common in the early Chip-N-Saw machines but has recently made a comeback as a way to increase profits by boosting productivity. Cone-Omega’s quad profiler produces up to four pre-edged sideboards per cant that are ready to go to the trimmer. With up to 60% fewer edger boards being generated mill wide, bottlenecks throughout the mill are reduced. When square edged, easy to handle boards are produced at the primary breakdown overall mill flow improves, labor requirements are reduced and downstream sorting and handling is eliminated. See Cone-Omega’s newest quad profiler on display.

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DELTA COMPUTER SYSTEMS With the motion control needs of multi-axis forest products applications such as integrated sawlines in mind, Delta Computer Systems Inc. of Battle Ground, Wash. announces the new RMC200 motion controller. The RMC200 allows up to 32 axes to be controlled and synchronized simultaneously by a single unit, making the Delta RMC200 the most capable electro-hydraulic motion controller.

“Our customers love the capabilities and ease-of-use of our motion controllers, but increasingly need more axes than we have offered in one controller,” says Steve Nylund, Delta Computer Systems CEO. “The new RMC200 removes the 8-axis limit of our RMC150 controller plus ample processing power for future capabilities.”

All Delta’s controllers use field-proven RMCTools software for setup, tuning, programming and diagnostics. Like other Delta controllers—RMC75 (1 or 2 axes) and RMC150 (up to 8 axes)—the RMC200 has special capabilities for synchronizing multiple axes, for machines demanding smooth motion and scalable performance. Also like Delta’s other controllers, RMC200 provides built-in support for controlling pressure/force as well as position/velocity/acceleration.

Through use of a programmable “Feature Key,” the RMC200 will enable only the number of control loops that a customer’s application needs, and hence Delta can deliver flexibility while only charging for the exact functionality that is required, saving customers money. Other physical enhancements include a display screen on the CPU, I/O modules with push-in wire connectors and fully-encased, user-installable modules that “rock-in” to provide power-sequencing capability.

For 35 years, Delta motion controllers have enabled OEMs and integrators in the forest products industry to build better machines.

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FULGHUM INDUSTRIES For more than 60 years, Fulghum Industries has provided quality equipment to the forest products industry. Its organization has endeavored to meet the needs of the forest products market by constantly paying attention to detail, quality and innovations in technology.

Its first product, the rosserhead debarker, was the result of a perceived need in the lumber industry for low production, effective debarking to convert slabs and edgings into usable wood fiber. This simple machine has forever changed the operation of sawmills and pulp mills alike by providing economical furnish from what was once waste.

Soon after the first rosserhead, Fulghum realized the industry’s need for a high quality chipper. This resulted in the first diversification of Fulghum’s product line. Today Fulghum’s chippers are recognized worldwide as among the very best in the industry. In the early years, continued product development resulted in the introduction of a succession of saws, screens, conveyors and bark hogs.

In the mid ’70s , Fulghum recognized a need to revamp its product line to fit an ever growing and changing industry. This heralded the development and manufacture of the Fulghum drum debarker and log handling crane.

From this beginning the organization has grown to provide a diverse product line including equipment ranging in size and purpose from 48 in. chippers to 170 ft. radius log handling cranes. Through the years, Fulghum’s face has changed, but its commitment to quality and customer service remains its steady core focus.

Whether it is a sawmill, wood yard or a satellite location, Fulghum is the name managers associate with quality, dependability and credibility.

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GILBERT PRODUCTS For more than 30 years, Gilbert has been a market leader in the design and manufacturing of planer mill equipment. From molding applications to high speed mills, Gilbert has the right model of planer for every mill.

The Gilbert planer pulls the lumber into the machine. It is an innovative design compared to the push feed technology, and has proven its efficiency for the past two decades and more than 100 planer mill installations! This exclusive technology ensures a very high efficiency: Gilbert guarantees 95% running uptime and higher. All boards will run through the planer: twist, crook and bow do not need to be removed.

The Gilbert high speed planer will run at feed speeds up to 4000 FPM and more than 300 lugs per minute. This model of planer is offered to mills that want a high speed production, best lumber finish and require the most heavy-duty machine.

Gilbert 6 roll planer is designed for mid to high planer mill speeds and production. It runs at speeds up to 3000 FPM. Its compact design will fit very well in an existing layout.

Gilbert S Series planer was developed for mills that wanted Gilbert’s state-of-the-art technology, but didn’t have the needs for a bigger planer. It runs at speeds from 300 up to 2000 FPM. This model is the solution to diversified value-added products like moulding, remanufacturing, fingerjointing, cedar, pine and rip saw operations.

Gilbert moulder planer is recognized for its strength, versatility and high quality results. It is designed to produce all profile and special products, as well as high quality construction lumber. Gilbert offers the moulder opportunity to all of its models of planer.

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HALCO SOFTWARE SYSTEMS If you’re planning a capital project and want to determine the best equipment options, a SAWSIM study will give you the information you need to produce an accurate ROI and move forward with confidence. SAWSIM is widely recognized as the industry-standard tool for sawmill analysis and design. Approaching 30 years in business, HALCO and its clients have used SAWSIM in hundreds of studies worldwide to evaluate alternative sawmill design and modernization options, including a number of recent projects in the U.S. Southeast.

SAWSIM is used to determine the lumber recovery and mill flow resulting from proposed mill equipment and layout options. Each study is structured to allow evaluation of alternative scenarios which are then compared against each other and the existing-mill “Base Case.” Use of SAWSIM ensures that a valid apples-to-apples comparison is made, allowing you to determine the best equipment and mill layout selections. A SAWSIM study can also provide important data on how mill flow and recovery can be expected to change for different log supply options and product mix scenarios.

After project installation, SAWSIM can be used for acceptance test verification of the optimization solutions of your new machine, to confirm the best possible solutions are being found.

Don’t spend millions on a capital project without a SAWSIM study to justify the project and verify performance after installation.

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HURDLE MACHINE WORKS For the past 47 years, Hurdle Machine Works Inc. has manufactured simple, dependable and affordable sawmill packages. Each mill package includes the mill frame, log turner, insulated sawyer’s cab, hydraulic feed, carriage, offbearer belt, setworks, and log deck. Each mill can be customized with various options such as cant turners, hammer dog, vertical edger, top saw, feed joystick, bar or chain log turners, and computer setworks. Each mill is tested before it ever leaves the Hurdle plant.

With more than 500 complete sawmills sold, the Hurdle mill is a proven platform that adds about 3000 ft/hr to your operation whether in ties, grade lumber or mats. Hurdle tie mills report 600 ties per eight hour shift! With three basic platforms to choose from, the mill can accommodate logs from 6 to 30 ft. long. A Hurdle complete mill package will fit in any size operation.

Best of all, you don’t have to worry about the expense and hassle of building a mill from scratch. Just provide an electric motor, saw blade, air compressor, and sawdust removal system—Hurdle will handle the rest. Building or adding a mill to your operation this way not only saves money but also time, so that you can start production as soon as possible. It’s easy to get started—just check out www.hurdlemachineworks.com.

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JOESCAN JoeScan scan heads have been made for sawmills since the company introduced its first scanner in 2002.

Every JoeScan scanner is backed by the company’s five-year warranty and 10-year product support policy to protect against obsolescence. JoeScan is committed to the sawmill industry, and it stands behind its scanners to ensure they are a good long-term investment for sawmills.

JoeScan’s newest scanner, the JS-25 X6B, is a high-performance, six-laser scanner, designed for highdensity, snapshot-scanning of logs on carriage headrigs. The JS-25 X6B was engineered to make it easy for optimizers and sawmills to upgrade obsolete carriage scanning systems, often reusing the existing scan frame.

The JS-25 X6B scan head takes six profiles, each spaced 6 in. apart, with each profile measuring up to 35 in. wide. The JS-25 X6B provides a high-density scan in less than 6 in. of travel. Each JS-25 X6B scan head can be mounted end-to-end to scan any length of log on 6 in. spacing.

The JS-25 X6B is based on JoeScan’s proven and reliable JS-25 scanner platform. It uses an Ethernet interface, allowing the optimizer to communicate directly with the scanner without special hardware. The JS-25 X6B’s built-in profile processing eliminates the need for large numbers of PCs to process the image data, resulting in a simpler, more reliable system. The interface enables users to configure and calibrate the scanner on their PCs and to view real-time profile data and camera images.

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KADANT CARMANAH DESIGN Kadant Carmanah Design has more than 50 years of experience offering chipping solutions to the wood industry. Its heavy-duty chippers are known for reliability and longevity, which is why they can be found running in some of the largest sawmills in the world.

Kadant Carmanah’s Advantage Chipper was designed for budget conscious operations looking for a rugged and long-lasting piece of equipment. Maintaining attributes of the popular “Super Chipper” brand, the Advantage offers a simplified design to reduce costs.

Kadant Carmanah Design’s comprehensive line of drum and disc chippers can be found running in pulp wood rooms, chip plants, sawmills, planer mills, veneer plants, MDF wood rooms and pellet plants.

Its best-selling chippers have been the 55 in. and 65 in. Super Chipper, known by customers for outstanding chip quality as well as durability and longevity. At the heart of the chipper is an extremely rigid disc that starts its life as a casting, which allows contours, stiffness and mass in ways that would be too costly to consider by simply welding plates together. The result is a disc that is not only the heaviest available but is also purpose built for maximum chip quality.

The Advantage Chipper shares many of the key features that have made the Super Chipper so popular. It features a heavy-duty, single-piece disc that out-weighs any other chipper on the market (with exception of the Super Chipper). With identical geometry to the Super Chipper, you can expect the same great chip quality from the Advantage Chipper.

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LMI TECHNOLOGIES LMI Technologies Gocator all-in-one 3D smart sensors represent a new generation of high performance scanning products for maximum grade-based wood optimization.

Building on the success of chroma+scan, Gocators provide built-in measurement capabilities that are easily configured for a number of different measurement tasks. Each sensor has an embedded controller that offers smart tools for computing values such as length, width, height, thickness, volume, roughness.

Gocator sensors can update older wood scanning systems with the latest smart technology and offer new ways to achieve improvements in sawmill and planer mills such as error proofing and machine monitoring. Gocator can be configured from any web browser, offers point and click configuration and visualization, and provides dedicated I/O for communicating to other equipment.

The new Gocator 200 series offers a modular approach to build a transverse board scanning solution that evolves with the mill to meet changing wood supply and optimization needs. LMI officially launches this new series of multi-dot profile scanners at this year’s SFPA Expo.

With the Gocator 200, a scanning system can now be designed based on a modular concept that mixes 3D profiles, tracheid and color. For example, you can start out with profile data for volume recovery and then easily upgrade to add color for grade-based recovery. Or, start out with profile and tracheid scanning for a system that offers excellent grain angle and knot detection, and then add color for further defect recognition.

In today’s competitive lumber market, it is critical to achieve high production volume throughput with maximum value recovery.

Gocator’s flexibility, ease-of-use, fast scan rates and higher density data help make this a reality.

See the new Gocator 205 and 250 in action at the SFPA Expo.

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MCDONOUGH MANUFACTURING Building on the popularity of its optimized linear edger products, McDonough is excited to unveil its new curve-sawing gang edger product at this year’s Expo. Be sure to visit the booth and check out the design features that make this machine the right choice for your next mill upgrade project.

Designed to handle hardwood or softwood, this machine features electric servo motion control to ensure the highest accuracy without the mess and maintenance typical of other systems.

A shifting indeed module slides back to provide clear access to the front of the saw box for easy and efficient saw changes. Individual top press roll drive motors eliminate complicated belt or chain arrangements and further reduce maintenance. Also featuring a direct coupled single 600 HP arbor motor, this design eliminates all of the belts and sheaves typical of other designs.

Capable of sawing “S” curve optimized cut paths the McDonough curve-sawing gang will provide yield paybacks that make this machine a must have for producers. If you are looking for a way to take lines away from your resaw or headrig and don’t want to give up yield then this machine can be your answer.

The guided saw banks feature thin-kerf saws and a shifting cluster for producers wanting to grab variable width ties, pallet cants or mat material from the heart of the log.

Designed with a functional safety wall around the machine typical of some European designs, the McDonough curve-sawing gang keeps your mill safe and clean with style.

Now in its 10th year the McDonough Edger Division is very proud to bring this exciting new product to market. McDonough has had great success working with customers across the industry who have chosen its linear edger and this machine is the next logical step for the McDonough team. As we approach McDonough’s celebration of 130 years in the sawmill industry next year, McDonough is proud to be bringing new products like this to its customers. It is just part of the exciting product development going on at McDonough right now.”

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MID-SOUTH ENGINEERING Mid-South Engineering provides a broad range of professional engineering services centered on the forest products and energy industries, with offices in Hot Springs, Ark.; Cary, NC; and Millinocket & Orono, Maine.

Mid-South offers innovation and experience to its clients providing complete design capabilities from feasibility to detailed design to construction coordination. Whether the need is a small renovation or a complete integrated facility, Mid-South can provide a knowledgeable team capable of working with clients for the best-personalized solution to any unique situation.

A multi-disciplined staff includes agricultural, industrial, mechanical, electrical, structural and civil engineers and designers with extensive wood product backgrounds. They offer professional services to manufacturing facilities producing lumber, plywood, OSB, particleboard, engineered wood products and any other building products made from hardwood and softwood. A history of working with various wood products manufacturers and in heavy industrial settings is a specialized set of qualifications of the Mid-South team.

Mid-South has provided services in a variety of locations in more than 40 U.S. states and in Canada. Internationally, it has worked in 19 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Russia, Scotland, England and Wales. Its goal is to partner with companies and individuals to prove to them the value of Mid-South’s deep industry experience, which is unique to Mid-South.

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MÜHLBÖCK For more than 30 years, Mühlböck Holztrocknungsanlagen Gmbh, Eberschwang (Austria) has in its own facility developed and manufactured timber drying kilns, delivering them worldwide.

Currently more than 11,000 of its dry kilns, of different models and sizes, are in operation.

At the same time the in-house Research and Development department is constantly developing new technologies in their kilns, to ensure the economic success of the Mühlböck customer with emphasis on high quality of the components that are being applied, fast customer service, the support for questions about the drying process, the potential of high savings in the electrical and thermal energy consumption of the dry kilns.

Mühlböck presents at SFPA Expo the entire spectrum of its dry kilns, such as: l Conventional side loading, fresh air ventilated dry kilns l Continuous kilns, with automated, continuous loading systems (Mühlböck Progressive) l Kilns with heat recovery systems, for considerable savings in thermal energy (Mühlböck Type 1003, Type 603) l Patented kilns with reduced electricity consumption (Mühlböck Type 606) l New wood chip/sawdust dryers for sawmill byproducts l Combined dry-steam kilns l The most modern software for operation of the kilns (Mühlböck K5 Control System) Following continuous innovations in the drying kiln segment, in recent years Mühlböck has also focused on the further development of the progressive kiln. Apart from first-class engineering and processing, above all there are new developments in the fields of energy saving, drying quality and operation. With a new kind of heat recovery system, the company has accomplished a milestone with regard to saving thermal energy.

In the progressive dryer the timber is moved through the dryer on transport wagons and thereby exposed to different climatic conditions. Depending on the timber type, dimensions, initial moisture content and the desired final moisture content, the progressive dryer is designed with different climate zones.

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OLESON SAW TECHNOLOGY Oleson Saw Technology (OST), a division of York Saw and Knife, is an acknowledged leader in saws and saw filing room equipment for the forest products industry. York Saw and Knife is the premiere expert in machine knife technology and manufacturing since 1906. In addition to being the only U.S. distributor of the most modern line of saw filing equipment available, Iseli of Switzerland, OST utilizes the equipment in the manufacturing of its band saws.

The fully automated Iseli line features a benching station, swaging and shaping, sharpening, Stellite tipping, leveling and side grinding machines. These machines replace what was once done by hand, allowing mills to be more effective as well as creating a better end-product. The machines have a short setup time and allow programs to be saved for efficiency. The programming allows for one person to operate multiple machines simultaneously, instead of only doing one operation at a time.

Additionally, the automation of the equipment ensures a consistent, repeated quality of machining. Band saws are now produced with a precise and accurate profile every time as human error is virtually eliminated. Mills now have better and increased output due to the advancement of Iseli saw filing machine line.

With help from Iseli and its state-of-the-art equipment, the quality of finish and sharpness on Oleson saws are unparalleled in either ready to tip, swaged tooth or Stellite tipped saws. Mills can now purchase Iseli of Switzerland machines for their saw filing rooms directly from Oleson Saw Technology. The complete and comprehensive knowledge that Oleson Saw Technology has in forest industry products allows OST to remain a top choice and single source for customers’ saws and saw filing room supplies.

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OPTICOM TECHNOLOGIES Opticom Technologies continually researches the development of new products with new technologies. The company is showcasing two of the latest additions to its industrial camera line at this year’s Expo.

The CC04 Series industrial IP camera is built to overcome the tough environmental challenges that exist in sawmills and wood processing plants. The CC04 features advanced vibration damping design right down to the neoprene equipped mount. The network camera supports PoE (power over ethernet) for easy installation and is compatible with all ONVIF compliant video management software platforms.

Dual video streams can be independently controlled in terms of data flow and compression. Opticom has also launched the CC02-TVI Series, the high definition version of its near legendary CC02 cameras that have been in service for more than 20 years.

With analog video technology soon to be phased out, the CC02-TVI camera delivers 1080P resolution while retaining all of the durability and reliability customers have come to expect.

The cameras are easily integrated into existing systems transmitting seamlessly over both coaxial and ethernet cable. This new technology allows customers to migrate to high definition video without having to rewire or re-learn video transmission.

Sawmills and wood processing plants are not the only industrial operations that regard the CC02 as invaluable. Planetworks Consulting Corp. engineer Colin Savage chose the CC02 for the $800 million Seymour Capilano Twin Tunnels Project. Savage said, “I would challenge others to find a harsher environment than a Tunnel Boring Machine. These cameras were mounted beside conveyor belts, which had hard rock tunneling waste transported at high speed past the camera. It was not uncommon for small and medium sized rocks to hit these cameras on the lens and body. They stood up to this punishment 24/7, and the only thing replaced occasionally was the protective glass on the camera enclosure.”

Today, Opticom sells its cameras throughout North America and Europe to hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries that are looking for reliability and video system support.

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OPTIMIL MACHINERY Optimil Machinery Inc. has redesigned its machinery to incorporate superior sawdust and chip containment with systems on chipping/sawing centers, saw boxes and bandmills in major mills throughout North America.

Some key features include new chipping sections with increased head diameters and enlarged chip chutes; reconfigured chip chutes allow for fewer transitions and diversion points deliver optimum chip flow and reduced pockets for chips to strike and create dust and debris; new guarding that promotes safety by preventing debris entering work areas from saw boxes and bandmills.

Optimil also specializes in the EDEM brand of vibrating conveyors for sawmills and wood processing, pellets and biomass. The heart of every EDEM medium, heavy and extra heavy duty vibrating conveyor is a rugged coil spring/eccentric shaft drive assembly. While simple in design these Optimil/EDEM coil springs are noted for their outstanding performance, and the unique EDEM design has the lowest horsepower requirement of any drive on the market. Power is provided by a premium efficiency TEFC electric motor and standard “V” belt” drive.

Each conveyor is custom designed and engineered to suit the customer’s exact requirements.

All vibrating conveyors are available in both unbalanced and dynamically balanced configurations. For reliability for light to medium duty applications, EDEM Leaf Spring conveyors provide excellent value. EDEM patented Magnet Trap conveyors are used to remove smaller pieces of iron and steel (tramp metal) before they reach the metal detector. The system is only shut down to remove the larger pieces. The result is increased productivity and the elimination of damage caused by an attempt to alleviate shutdowns when the operator reduces the sensitivity of the metal detector.

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PANTRON AUTOMATION Pantron Automation, Inc. is the North American distributor of high-powered infrared photoelectric systems that are manufactured by the German manufacturer Pantron Instruments, GmbH. These incredibly powerful photoelectric sensors (photo eyes) are used in the most challenging areas of the sawmill for the detection, measurement, sorting and placement of logs and also for sensing the level of sawdust or pellets in bins.

Pantron photo eyes differ from other industrial photoelectric sensors due to their ability to function reliably in bright sunlight, areas of intense vibration, and environments with extremely harsh contaminants including sawdust, dirt, water, ice and fog. Pantron photo eyes are 100% submersible and rated IP67. Quick-disconnect photo eyes are available to simplify replacement of the sensor heads if needed.

Using a super-high-powered transmitter and an external amplifier with manual gain control in a through-beam configuration, a sensing range of up to 230 ft. can be achieved. At close range, this level of intensity translates to the high penetrating power needed to see through the worst conditions the mill has to offer.

An external photoelectric amplifier controls the photoelectric sensors and is available with special features required by the most demanding applications, including time delay, diagnostic tools, and automatic gain control.

Replace limit switches and inferior photo eyes in your sawmill with Pantron photo eyes today and enjoy less maintenance and improved performance that is just not possible from lower quality sensors. Pantron Automation, Inc. offers a 30-day money back guarantee and free technical support.

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PAW-TAW-JOHN SERVICES Founded in 1986, Paw-Taw-John Services, Inc. is a manufacturer of scanning carriage systems, edger systems and trim saw systems. Using cutting edge PLCs, scanners, transducers and HMIs, the company can custom design for your particular needs or provide standard control systems. All systems are thoroughly tested prior to shipment and include an installation and operation manual. They are designed to be installed by the customer, but installation services are available.

Paw-Taw-John is the nation’s largest stocking distributor of MTS Temposonics transducers. As a factory authorized warranty repair center, its carries only factory new replacement parts and all technicians are factory trained. It specializes in 24 hour turnaround for repairs. It only repairs the unit when authorized by you the customer so there are no surprises.

Paw-Taw-John distributes Accu-Coder encoders which are locally manufactured, featuring the new 25SP programmable encoder.

The company provides cross reference service and Accu-Coder repairs. Typical lead time for a new encoder is five to six days. Expedited service is also available.

Additionally, it sells and services Laharco lasers manufactured by Connexus, which feature the high power GTD green lasers in 15mW and 30mW for improved visibility. Utilizing the Power Line lenses that are ground for your specific application, these units provide the best quality laser line available and carry an 18 month warranty.

In addition, Paw-Taw-John provides sales and service on virtually all makes and models of hydraulic valves and cylinders. Hydraulic training is also available for a nominal fee.

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PICHÉ Founded in 1983, Piché designs and manufactures high speed lumber handling and processing equipment. Piché’s specialty is trimming, sorting and stacking lines for any type of lumber, hardwood and softwood, green and dry, timbers and boards mixed in the same production. Piché has done it all.

The company is managed by a young and dynamic team boasting several years of experience. This team is backed by qualified professionals working in various departments such as engineering, estimating, accounting, administration, project management, manufacturing and installation. Visit Piché at the SFPA Expo.

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PORTER ENGINEERING Porter Engineering has been a major and top-rated supplier of scanning, optimization and process control systems to the forest products industry with hundreds of installations since 1971.

Whether for an individual machine center or the entire log yard and front end of the sawmill, Porter Engineering specializes in producing and providing only the finest optimized log bucking, high speed-highest recovery primary breakdown lines, and curve-sawing gang saw systems available in the world today.

Porter’s “Real Time for Real Trees with Real Sharp Scanning and Optimization” software and hardware is the culmination of more than four decades of log and cant scanning throughout North America. With userfriendly menus, full diagnostics, an extensive reporting package and simulation capabilities, these programs are fast and powerful, and will produce the money-making lumber recovery results you desire, whether for dollar value, recovery, or product mix from every log processed.

And Porter doesn’t rest on its laurels as it continuously improves its systems to meet tomorrow’s industry demands. Porter’s systems are built sawmill-tough for the industry’s fastest startups and long-term reliability.

See Matthew, Mike, Rob and Brian at the Atlanta show.

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RAWLINGS MANUFACTURING Rawlings Manufacturing introduces the VRM Super Hi Inertia Vertical Wood Hog. No cookie cutter machine can meet everyone’s space constraints or challenges. Rawlings has had several customers over the years that wanted a Rawlings solid rotary hog but did not have the overhead clearance in their existing footprint to allow for a clam shell opening type of machine. The VRM hog opens hydraulically from the rear of the machine allowing full access to the hog’s internal wear components and rotor for ease of maintenance.

All Rawlings hogs are equipped with its Patented Super Hi-Inertia Rotor that powers through feed surges with ease while still running at lower RPMs than all other machines. This saves customers both maintenance and electricity costs.

With more than 40 years of experience in the forest and sawmill related industries, Rawlings delivers custom wood grinding equipment with a reputation for durability, performance and reliability. Since 1976 Rawlings Manufacturing Inc. has been manufacturing and installing custom wood grinding systems. Rawlings offers a complete lineup of wood grinders in a full range of sizes and models.

Each customer’s operation is unique with its own challenges. The Rawlings team designs each system specific to the customer’s operation and specification. Add a wide variety of available options such as work platform decks, choice of belt, chain, vibrating infeed and outfeed conveyors, metal, or magnet protection, product screening and separation, and you’ve got the flexibility to customize the perfect wood grinding system.

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REITER TECHNICAL SERVICES Reiter Technical Services, Inc. was established in Hot Springs, Ark. in 2005 as an engineering and design firm. The owner, David Reiter, is a licensed professional engineer (mechanical) with more than 30 years of experience in the wood products industry, with the majority of those years spent designing and building custom sawmill machinery for various local engineering firms and machinery vendors prior to going into business in 2005.

Reiter Technical Services began with the classic consulting engineering services offering of civil, structural and mechanical engineering, with the primary focus on sawmill and planer mill operations.

Reiter is proud to say that in recent years it has been given the opportunity to offer an even broader range of services to now include the fabrication of custom machinery.

The company prides itself as the “go to” guy for working with mill personnel and enhancing your existing machinery, and helping you get more production through your existing installation, when capital improvements are not feasible.

Project experience includes engineering for complete small log mills, trimmer/sorter/stacker systems, complete planer mills, and chip mills.

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SAMUEL PACKAGING SYSTEMS GROUP Samuel Packaging Systems Group (Samuel PSG) offers complete packaging solutions from equipment and supplies to expert service to meet customer needs in virtually every industry in North America. Its expertise covers a wide range of both standard and custom-designed equipment used in material handling and packaging processes.

With a network of warehouses, production facilities and customer service offices across North America, Samuel PSG offers top quality, competitively-priced packaging equipment and consumables. It also offers expert support, training and maintenance to keep your production line moving. l Full suite of standard and custom-engineered unitization, strapping and packaging equipment including fully automatic systems l Manufactures and distributes extensive range of strapping and packaging consumables l Highly rated customer service organization l Wealth of experience in virtually every industry in North America Booth 2127, 932

SAW CONTROL SYSTEMS Supported by more than 30 years of hands-on sawmill experience, and using a third generation system developed for quads, twins, resaws, and carriages with hydraulic shotguns, AC/DC drives, SCT’s joystick electronic carriage control system will add 10 to 20% increased throughput to your machine center. This is the only system with real-time sawblade signatures on an oscilloscope. It gives saw filers and management hard copies of saw blade and bandmill performance.

System tracks bandmill guide position and alarms for excess wear and buildup. It helps pinpoint feed system, setworks and mechanical problems for machine center.

The system is built on industrial PLC technology providing reliability in mill environments. Special algorithms provide an infinite number of variable speeds during the entire length of the cut. Speeds increase and decrease as wood fiber changes. Depth-of-cut specific parameters increase speeds within each cut without overfeeding. A 24 in. diameter log needs a different set of sawing rules than a 6 in. one.

System provides scheduled reports and phenomenal second-by-second sawing data stored for six months. Highly accurate sensors give the exact location of the cutting teeth. True guide wear, saw vibration and deflection are tracked and controlled. This is the most advanced filer and maintenance feedback tool on the market. It has an oscilloscope for visual real-time display of saw movement. Now filers can fly by instruments when analyzing proper tension and strain. Pre-warning of bearing failures is now visually detectable.

Patented technology interfaces with all bandmills and fee systems including hydraulic shotguns. Upgrade your carriage feed handle to joystick electronic control.

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SMITH SAWMILL SERVICE “Twenty-six years ago, this June, Debra and I attended our first Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo. I’m sure we didn’t have a clue, that year, as we walked the aisles inside the New Orleans Convention Center that we would ever have our own booth at one of these expos. We visited each booth, carefully examining grinders for our brand new business, Smith Sawmill Service. We walked away with a Systematic dual side grinder (it was their prototype) and thanks to ORVESTCO Co., their finance/lease division, we were able to pay for it. I guess our son, Michael, would call that ancient history.

“Flash forward to May 2017, Smith Sawmill Service is planning for its first Expo Booth. Proud, nervous, and very excited I can’t help but wonder what the future holds, not only for our business but our entire industry. As we prepare to exhibit, we look forward to showcasing our AC-T product line, our patent pending Radial Extreme saw technology, and of course some of the equipment we distribute and service, such as Armstrong, Hanchett, Vollmer, Williams & White and our newest addition the Hanna auto tipper.

“Smith Sawmill Service is a family owned business that has grown from three or four individuals in a garage to about 40 full-time, skilled employees. It provides products, service and a future in this ever changing, vital industry.

“Michael Smith, my son and the future of our company; Paul Mullins, our service technician; Dustin Norris, our operations manager; and myself will all be in Atlanta, manning our booth, walking the aisles, visiting with old friends, making new ones and proudly representing the rest of the crew back home in Timpson, Texas. “—Paul Smith Booth 1051

STRINGER INDUSTRIES Founded by George and Charlene Stringer in 1964, Stringer Industries is proud to call Tylertown, Miss. home. As a major supplier to the sawmill and lumber industry, the company has grown in size, expanded its customer base, and increased its product line. Today, Stringer Industries employs 30 (with an average employment tenure of 19.5 years) and utilizes a state-of-the-art machine shop. Stringer Industries is in its third generation of family management.

Stringer Industries manufacturers its own line of wastewood chippers, waste-reduction hogs, and the all steel Bark King debarker head. In addition to new equipment, Stringer Industries applies multiple styles of wear resistance surfacing to all brands of planer parts and manufactures new component parts for all brands of chippers and hogs.

The Stringer line of chippers are available in a 48 in., 60 in., 70 in. disc with a top, bottom and rear discharge, and six or eight knife configuration. Not only do they have a maximized throat size to handle large slabs but they also have a cutting action that utilizes the entire knife. The Stringer chipper comes standard with the Easy-Change Clamping System, which allows the knives to be changed by one employee and eliminates the need for counter-knives.

The Stringer line of hogs is built for dependability and ease of maintenance. The hammers are available in multiple hammer offerings—fixed or swing, carbide-weld or hard-surface, and replaceable tip. Sizes range from a Model 12 that handles stacking sticks to a Model 5440 with a 54 in. x 40 in. opening.

John Grigsby, Owner of H.G. Toler & Sons Lumber, is a firm believer in Stringer Industries equipment. “We run two Stringer machines, with a third awaiting installation,” Grigsby says. “Their equipment has performed very well for us. Low cost of ownership, very little downtime, easy to maintain, and great support. Stringer has also provided for us many upgrades, retrofits, and rebuilds for our other machine centers.”

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TELCO SENSORS Telco Sensors offers its 9000 series self contained through beam sensors with Class ll Division ll EX approval. These sensors are 10-30vdc and allow you to run up to four pair side by side with no cross talk. They are IP69 water tight, have a 75 meter range and 100,000 lux sun light immunity.

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USNR/SÖDERHAMN ERIKSSON Visit USNR at SFPA Expo to experience the future of sawmilling technology. On display you’ll find powerful and flexible debarking systems, specialized curve-sawing machines, and the latest advances in scanning and optimization systems. Parts and service specialists will also be available to discuss the best practices in maintenance and support.

USNR’s advanced Horizontal Shape Sawing system solves many problems commonly associated with traditional curve-sawing, enabling mills to achieve maximum recovery at high feed speeds. This highly advanced system accurately and efficiently produces the complex curve-sawing solutions from today’s optimizers, resulting in consistently accurate lumber sizing.

Designed to accommodate cants up to 30 in./760 mm wide, the HSS can achieve a depth of cut up to 12 in./300 mm. Using a chipper and gang combination, along with sophisticated control systems to position and move the chip heads and the saws, the system automatically achieves maximum recovery at high feed rates.

Several key design enhancements make the HSS system the most robust curve-sawing system: l The use of conical chip heads and a machine configuration that allows for a dense array of press rolls provides secure control of the cants during processing. l A floating load-bearing base allows for a longer service life with dramatically reduced maintenance costs. l The HSS system gives you better control and hold-down of the cant. l Optional conical chip heads produce a smoother overall finish. l Conical chip heads reduce overfeeding since the cutting forces point down rather than forward toward the saws like cylindrical heads l This finely tuned machine has eliminated all but the slightest vibrations, leading to smoother, better control of the wood, and a superior overall product. l The HSS cuts along an optimized path to get the greatest number of high quality boards out of every log. l The HSS follows the wood grain more accurately, resulting in higher quality lumber than a straight sawing system. You also get longer boards, especially sideboards, because the saws follow the natural curvature of the log. l The CamShift debarking system combines debarking and flare reducing in a single, modular machine. CamShift is available with or without flare reducing, and with one or two debarking rotors. With three rotor size options, the system can accommodate feeding up to 500 FPM with two debarking rotors. CamShift 600 offers both log-releasing tools and tool pressure adjustment during operation. The manually adjusted flare reducer rotor is infinitely adjustable for reduced diameters up to 22 in.. Setup and tool changes are a breeze with its modular, pull-out design. Variations accommodate minimum log length and top or butt-end feeding.

For more than 40 years USNR has been a leader in scanning, optimization and process controls technologies with hundreds of systems operating on nearly every continent. Its technology is focused on value, recovery, throughput,and reliability to help you effectively compete in a global marketplace.

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VALUTEC Experience continuous wood drying greatness.

True passion for wood and technology has established Valutec as a world leader in unidirectional continuous kilns. Its TC-kilns are the latest addition, combining high capacity and superior quality with game changing flexibility. This enables unlimited freedom to mix different dimensions and wood packages with varying moisture content.

At SFPA Expo Valutec gives you the opportunity to step right into the absolute giant among continuous kilns by showcasing its game changing TC-kiln, using virtual reality.

Valutec also demonstrates its control system “Valmatics.” Valmatics is the only control system that comes with an integrated simulator “Valusim,” which optimizes new drying programs considering capacity, quality and electrical energy consumption to avoid costly run-in time of new programs.

Valutec is one of the world’s largest suppliers of drying equipment for the sawmill industry, with more than 4,000 lumber dry kilns delivered during nearly 100 years. As a driving force behind the wood drying industry’s technical advances, Valutec aims to be a symbol for modern lumber kilns, now and in the future.

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VOLLMER Visit Vollmer at this year’s SFPA Expo to experience some of the most popular and advanced grinding machines on the market. Come and see the Vollmer CHC 840 and CHF 840 for sharpening carbide-tipped circular saw blades. With 4 CNCcontrolled axes the CHC 840 can grind virtually all tooth geometries in one cycle. For the flexible and precise machining of tooth sides, the CHF 840 with 5 CNC-controlled axes delivers the perfect combination of precision and productivity.

Also on site is the renowned GPA 200—a CNC machine for automatic Stellite tipping for circular, band, gang and mini gang saw blades. The RC 110 benching center levels, tensions and straightens in a single clamping operation.

More productivity, increased cost efficiency and maximum flexibility—typical Vollmer.

With its comprehensive range of machinery, the Vollmer Group enjoys global success as a tool machining specialist in terms of both production and service. The technological leader’s range of products contains the most advanced grinding, eroding and machine tools for rotary tools, circular saws and band saws in the wood- and metalworking industries. In offering this, Vollmer relies heavily on tradition and the company’s strengths: local branches, quick decisions and rapid action by a family-run company.

The Vollmer Group employs approximately 700 worldwide, with 500 of these at the main headquarters in Biberach alone. The industry’s leading team of Vollmer service engineers are not only locally based in Pittsburgh, but are strategically placed throughout the U.S. to be available to all customers in North America. The company invests 8-10% of its turnover in the research and development of new technologies and products. As a provider of technology and services, the Vollmer Group is a reliable partner to its customers.

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WESTCOAST CYLINDERS Westcoast Cylinders has been manufacturing its Royal brand of tough air and hydraulic cylinders for the forest industry for more than 57 years with a comprehensive distributor network throughout North America. Its cylinders are found on wood processing machinery used around the world. Through extensive application knowledge, Westcoast Cylinders will help you select the right cylinder to solve that nagging production problem, delivering to you the right cylinder for the job at the right price.

Royal actuators are respected by millwrights around the world for their simple but robust construction that allows for ease of maintenance and complete rebuild to factory specifications when using factory OEM parts.

Westcoast will fully design and manufacture custom cylinders to suit your needs. It has extensive experience in the use of specialty materials that increase the life of its products operating in the most demanding environments. It specializes in providing actuator solutions for problems resulting from high speed, high load and high shock applications in a full range of NFPA air and hydraulic cylinders. It also provides the most robust roller screw actuators that are specifically suited for precision, high force operations.

Royal custom offerings also include imperial cylinders with metric mountings. These cylinders use common North American imperial size wear parts, but have metric connections to allow for drop in replacement.

In addition Westcoast manufactures a wide range of heavy duty accessories including all-steel clamp style spherical rod ends up to 6 in. pin diameter in both welded and solid steel construction. The benefit of all-steel rod ends is the increased durability and the reduced chance of catastrophic overload failure resulting in damaged equipment and downtime.

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WOLFTEK Wolftek has been a primary supplier for the wood products industry for the past 30 years, specializing in upgrading and retrofitting planer mills. Focusing on throughput and safety its systems work to reduce the “jam-ups” caused by thin and thick boards, lower quality fiber and dry/damaged wood while at the same time make for easier setup for jointing and clearing out by reducing the human-machine interaction.

Wolftek’s OEM offered systems can be adapted to all planers currently used in the industry: dynamic roll tensioning system (DTS), electric drives, feed tables, bridges, live shears plus wear parts like rolls, guides and plates.

Up line innovations include the flexible yet precise Smart Sweep log sweeping system and whole mill monitoring solutions like the Thermal Monitoring System (TMS), which is designed for safety by detecting heat and also works as an incredible tool for preventative maintenance of bearings and planer alignment.

Value-added programs offered by Wolftek include its one week Planer Technicians Course offering instruction from a planer technician with 30+ years of planer experience and hands-on training with its on site planer as well as the CLX Training Program which offers three levels of training on control logics systems.

By choosing Wolftek you gain a partner who is as invested in your mill as you are, bringing Wolftek’s knowledge, experience and various industry partners to work for you.

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

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

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

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

Woodtech Measurement Solutions has three systems operating in the U.S. Southeast region: Shuqualak Lumber (Shuqualak, Miss.), T.R. Miller (Brewton, Ala.), and West Fraser (Newberry, SC) and nearly 50 installations around the globe including Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Poland and the U.S. The same technology, developed by Woodtech, is utilized around the world to measure in cubic basis the volume of logs, wood chips, aggregates and other raw materials loaded in open containers. Woodtech has offices in Brazil, Chile and the U.S. Booth 1745

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BURTON SAW The Burton Group, including Burton Saw, Cut Technologies and Wright Machine Tool, is a leading supplier of saw filing and knife grinding consumable products in North America. They constantly strive to exceed customer expectation by providing the highest quality and most cost effective products to help customers get their jobs done.

Burton Group highlights several new technologies. The Wright TW-3 Tipper revolutionizes the resistance welding of Stellite tips onto saw plate with a fully programmable high frequency weld process, saving time, improving accuracy and increasing weld strength. The high frequency weld process allows customers to weld onto the thinnest saw plate used in the industry.

The STA-1 Saw Tension Analyzer uses vibration frequency analysis to measure and quantify circular saw tension. Used as both a teaching tool and a process and quality control tool, the STA helps eliminate tension as a possible cause of sawing deviation issues. The ability to quantify and communicate saw tension as a computer generated file allows mill managers, QC specialists, saw filers and trainees to communicate more effectively about saw tension and its role in the sawing process.

Cut Technologies’ saws have long been recognized as the quality leader in wide band and circular saw applications. Its commitment to manufacturing automation and process control combined with the service level provided by the new partnership with the Burton Group has proven to be an attractive combination for customers.

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BRUNETTE MACHINERY Brunette specializes in wood processing and material handling systems. As a premium supplier, Brunette’s long history of manufacturing experience guarantees its customers an unsurpassed level of quality and leading edge technology built into every single one of Brunette’s innovative products.

Products include: chippers, hogs, log sweeps, conveyors, rotary debarkers, log singulators, butt reducers, and other wood processing and log handling equipment; and custom engineered solutions to help take control of your fiber supply and get more from your mill.

For many years, Brunette has offered a variety of high performance stationary drum chippers for many different applications including trim blocks, chip overs, lily pads, veneer, cores, spinouts, and whole logs. The latter can be set up to produce pulp chips or micro chips for added versatility. Brunette’s chippers are available in a drop feed or horizontal feed configuration.

Other key products offered by Brunette include the CBI Grizzly Mill Hog—the heavyweight champion of grinding; the BioSizer high speed secondary grinder, the SmartVIBE unique vibrating conveyor with no coil springs, the Brunette E-Sweeps – electric log sweeps, the Brunette reclaimer rotary debarker, scalping screens, flare butt reducers, and the new RTL log singulator.

The newest addition to the Brunette product family is the RTL log singulator. RTL stands for Retract to Load, a patented feature that helps to reduce log gap and improve efficiency.

Brunette Machinery has three offices across North America: Vancouver, Prince George, and Toronto. They are an independently owned and operated company with a rich history of serving the North American forest industry since the early 1920s. Brunette puts that experience to work with an aggressive R&D program. Brunette’s commitment to quality gives its customers an important advantage in an ever-changing global economy.

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BM&M BM&M Screening Solutions stands for the original high speed chip screen. For nearly 50 years BM&M has provided forest products companies solutions that have maximized their fiber residual revenues.

BM&M provides technical sizing support, factory fiber testing and written performance guarantees for every customer.

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LINDEN Linden’s self cleaning double acting step feeder unscrambles, singulates and feeds logs one at a time using only one moving section activiated by two hydraulic drives handling up to 50 logs per minute while clearing debris as it unscrambles and singulates logs.

The revolutionary log feeder from the designers of the step feeder features simple mechanical electric drives which eliminate hydraulics. The log feeders ship as a complete unit requiring no assembly. Options include ending systems and laser gap control.

Linden offers the most complete lineup of infeed log decks and transfers to log unscramblers and singulators including quadrant log feeders, self cleaning step feeders, double acting quadrant feeders, live bottom bins and log merchandisers.

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LUCIDYNE TECHNOLOGIES Lucidyne has grown by building reliable state-of-the-art equipment, meeting customers’ needs and maintaining firstrate customer relationships. Lucidyne customers trust that Lucidyne will be there for them, and Lucidyne personnel take pride in living up to this trust.

Lucidyne concentrates on understanding your wood and your specifications, then it builds and trains each Lucidyne GradeScan to become your mill’s new and improved certified grader.

Lucidyne’s GMR has been a production staple for hundreds of mills across North America. GMR owners can upgrade to the M5.

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METAL DETECTORS INC. MDI has more than 50 years of experience in the wood products industry helping to solve metal contaminant issues.

MDI specializes in designing and supporting metal detection systems for wood processing and bio fuel as well as many other industries. MDI’s systems are designed to work in harsh environments, taking into account such things as variable frequency drives, radio interference, and AC noise.

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

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SPRINGER MICROTEC Microtec’s CT Log represents the new frontier in sawmilling, offering the highest uplift in value generation. The groundbreaking solution for virtual grading and sawing provides continuous, qualitative full 3D stem and log reconstruction. Using the internal defects, CT Log 360° X-ray CT-Sawing Optimization evaluates appearance, quality and strength before the breakdown of the log.

Microtec offers 24/7 Customer Support and serves its worldwide customers even better with a pool of 45 software engineers offering direct contact to Microtec scanning experts.

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NELSON BROS ENGINEERING Nelson Bros Engineering has been making scanners and optimizers since 1992. The goal is to make systems that are simple and simply better.

At NBE, the focus is on equipment startup. NBE’s best startups have been the scanner/optimizer/controls upgrade. These have all been weekend startups, plus the mill can usually see the improvement in overall mill recovery during the first week.

NBE has become that innovative group that people go to when they want to do a “First of a kind” system or when they just want to have any easy startup.

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SIMONDS INTERNATIONAL Simonds’ 095 automated bench allows filers to automatically level and tension band saws to the optimum settings for their mill. The 095’s interactive touch screen control allows the filer to manipulate the settings.

Simonds’ circle saw development 25CNC profile grinder is a dry CNC grinder that will top and face, profile grind and has the ability to “notch” seats.

The machine can be programmed to complete a full profile grind or only tip grind.

The Armstrong VariSharp band saw grinder with linear slide is available as a retrofit onto existing grinders and has been proven to pay for itself in grinding wheel savings in very short order.

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TAYLOR MACHINE WORKS The Taylor X-Series lift trucks ensure that you get the best product for your company. Taylor customers demand the most rugged, dependable lift trucks, and Taylor has taken the approach that it will not give up performance or durability.

Taylor exceeds customer expectations with lift trucks that have been vetted in the harshest industrial proving grounds.

Decades of working in customers’ unique sites have given Taylor the experience to plow ahead with lift trucks built to thrive in unreasonably hostile environments.

Ultimately, it is up to the customer to decide what features are important on their lift trucks. Taylor strives to keep things simple and use appropriate technology that brings value.

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

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MAINEVENTS JUNE 11-14—Walnut Council annual meeting, Courtyard by Marriott, Lafayette, Ind. Call 765-583-3501; visit walnutcouncil.org.

14-16—Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 504-443-4464; visit sfpaexpo.com.

JULY 19-22—AWFS Fair 2015, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. Visit awfsfair.org.

21-23—Georgia Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Jekyll Island Convention Center, Jekyll Island, Ga. Call 912-635-6400; visit gfagrow.org.

23-25—Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Summer Conference, Inn on Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC. Call 336-8858315; visit www.appalachianwood.org.

26-29—2017 Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. annual meeting, Omni-The Homstead, Red Oak, Va. Call 770-6316701; visit slma.org.

AUGUST 22-24—2017 Western Hardwood Association Annual Convention, World Forestry Center, Portland, Ore. Call 360-835-1600; visit westernhardwood.org.

25-26—Arkansas Timber Producers Assn. annual meeting, Hot Springs Convention Center, Hot Springs, Ark. Call 501-2242232; visit arkloggers.com.

29-31—Florida Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort, Sandestin, Fla. Call 850-222-5646; visit floridaforest.org.

29-31—Louisiana Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Hilton Riverside New Orleans, New Orleans, La. Call 318-4432558; visit laforestry.com.

SEPTEMBER 10-12—Alabama Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Perdido Beach Resort, Orange Beach, Ala. Call 334-265-8733; visit alaforestry.org.

15-16—Kentucky Wood Expo, Masterson Station Park, Lexington, Ky. Call 502-695-3979; visit kfia.org.

OCTOBER 3-5—Arkansas Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Holiday Inn Airport, Little Rock, Ark. Call 501-374-2441; visit arkforests.org.

4-6—North Carolina Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Hilton Riverside, Wilmington, NC. Visit ncforestry.org.

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

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