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THEISSUES

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Rich Donnell Editor-in-Chief

MOST LUMBERMEN REMAIN OPTIMISTIC

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he great and colorful Satchel Paige, who pitched more than 20 years in the Negro Leagues before winding down his career pitching five seasons in the Major Leagues, delivered one of the most famous quotes not only from a big league ballplayer but from anybody: “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.”

He never explained what he meant by it.

Perhaps he meant to keep moving forward because if you turn around and look back you’ll lose ground and momentum; or he could have been referring to Father Time catching up; or maybe he was referring to past mistakes in life which if given the chance could rear their ugly head again; or given the racial injustices of his time, there’s probably somebody back there ready to do some damage.

As we recently dove into the responses to our 2022 Sawmill Operations & Capital Expenditure Survey, the quote from Satchel Paige entered my mind and never left it. This probably makes me a glass-half-empty kind of person.

After all, the results from the survey were quite positive overall. Elsewhere in this magazine you’ll find two stories, one on the results from the softwood lumbermen and the other on the hardwood lumbermen, both articles filled with lots of graphs and quotes.

If you combine the results of softwood and hardwood lumbermen, representing about 230 sawmills, you find that 81% of them forecasted their lumber business situation for 2022-2023 as excellent (16%) or good (65%). If you read the individual stories, you’ll see that the softwood lumbermen were generally more optimistic than the hardwood lumbermen, but the combined percentage is still pretty impressive. Another 15% forecasted as fair, and 4% said poor.

In addition, lots of capital expenditure projects have recently been completed or are ongoing. For example, 68% had completed a project in the past year. And looking ahead to 2022-2023, more than 40% had committed at least $1 million to capital expenditure on machinery and systems, with 13% of those planning to spend more than $10 million. In other words, there are big projects in the works, and as the survey also indicated, new mills are still being built and several companies are thinking seriously about building a new mill.

The post-COVID building surge did create some issues, according to the survey, especially with supply chain disruptions, labor shortage, and parts availability. But these were issues caused by strong economics. It has been anything but business as usual.

As the lumbermen were completing the survey this spring, rising inflation and interest rates began causing concerns, though the homebuilding markets still showed a lot of steam.

This brings us back to the Satchel Paige quote. Lumbermen have had such a good run, especially with regard to lumber pricing, that while they perhaps even expect something might be gaining on them, who can blame them for not wanting to look back just yet?

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NEWSFEED RULING GOES AGAINST OREGON COUNTIES Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a 2019 jury decision that had awarded 15 Oregon counties $1.1 billion over how the State had managed forestlands in those counties that had been legally transferred to the State in 1941. The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that no contract was breached by the State, as had been alleged

by the counties.

Led by Linn County, the class action suit against the state of Oregon and State Forestry Dept. had alleged that the 1941 law required the state to not only return to the counties a specified portion of the revenues derived from management of those forestlands, but that the state had a contractual obligation under the law to manage the forestlands in a manner so as to “secure the greatest permanent value of such lands” as cited in the 1941 law. The

counties said the State had breached this contractual obligation by failing to manage the forestlands for maximum value.

However, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the provision or phrase was not a term in a statutory contract between the State and the counties, and consequently reversed the lower court and jury decision.

The 1941 Act had authorized the State to acquire by purchase, donation or exchange any “public, quasi-public or private owner” land that was “chiefly valuable for the production of forest crops, watershed protection and development, erosion control, grazing, recreation or forest administrative purposes.” The Court of Appeals noted the Act provided a distribution formula for all revenues derived from these lands.

In its decision, the Court of Appeals noted that over the ensuing decades, 15 Oregon counties conveyed hundreds of thousands of acres of land to the State pursuant to the Act, which then became state forests. Then in 1998, the State proclaimed the Greatest Permanent Value rule with regard to these lands, defined as “healthy, productive, and sustainable forest ecosystems that over time and across the landscape provide a full range of social, economic, and environmental benefits to the people of Oregon,” and which directed the state forester to actively manage them in a sound environmental manner to provide sustainable timber harvest and revenues to the state, but not exclusive of other forest resources and environmental goals.

The Linn County lawsuit accused the State of a breach of contract for implementing management plans in reliance upon the GPV Rule that failed to maximize the potential revenue from the lands.

Before the Court of Appeal, the State argued that a statutory provision is not contractual unless the legislature clearly expresses its intent to make it so. The Court of Appeals, citing previous cases on State legislative language and intent, agreed that the language and the legislation in this question did not constitute a statutory contract.

It’s expected the counties will appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court.

AGENCY STRIKES UP 4FRI ONCE AGAIN In March, the Forest Service released its latest Arizona Four Forests Restoration Initiative (4FRI) preferred plan within a 6

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NEWSFEED draft environmental impact statement as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Called the Rim County Project, the Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino and Tonto national forests will implement a suite of restoration activities on 991,000 acres over 20 years, including a combination of mechanical thinning and prescribed burning.

“Restoration treatments will move the project area toward the desired conditions and initiate the reestablishment of fire-

adapted, resilient, diverse and sustainable forested ecosystems,” the agency says, adding that its preferred plan “provides the project area with the greatest protection from the undesirable effects of fire by treating the greatest extent of the project area with a combination of mechanical and prescribed fire treatments.” The plan will also improve overall watershed condition.

The agency says the preferred plan “increases forest products supplies to the

greatest extent, and will contribute to improve the financial viability of locating forest products industries, including logging firms, sawmills and biomass facilities in northern Arizona.”

The plan calls for the implementation of 12 “in-woods processing sites,” though it doesn’t define the makeup of such sites.

Due to increasingly catastrophic fires on Arizona’s national forests and a general deteriorating condition of those forests, the Forest Service created 4FRI in order to treat more than 2 million acres across four Arizona national forests. In 2012 the agency contracted with a company to mechanically thin 300,000 acres over 10 years, but the project fell extremely short of the stated objectives and a major reason was due to the limited capacity for biomass disposal.

The Forest Service then sought out proposals to restore and utilize more than 500,000 acres over a 20-year contract. Two of the proposals that came in included a sawmill and an oriented strandboard mill, but the Forest Service cancelled the process last September, fearing it would be too risky financially for any one company and possibly for the agency itself. Both of the proposals included Novo Power, a 27 MW biomass power plant in Snowflake, Ariz., as part of the equation for biomass disposal and utilization.

“The landscape scale NEPA really is a powerful tool if you have use for the biomass,” says Brad Worsley, president of Novo Power and co-chairman of the 4FRI stakeholder group.

PLIB PARTNERS WITH TP&EE Hatton-Brown Expositions and Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau announce that PLIB will participate in the Preferred Partner program with Hatton-Brown’s Timber Processing & Energy Expo (TP&EE), which will be held September 28-30 at the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore. The Preferred Partner program is geared toward event promotions, and includes a PLIB exhibit at TP&EE. TP&EE is hosted by Timber Processing magazine, which is published by Hatton-Brown Publishers, Inc., the parent of Hatton-Brown Expositions.

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NEWSFEED exhibitor space with 170 equipment and technology companies signed on.

PLIB is a private, non-profit memberbased quality control inspection agency.

PLIB is headquartered in Federal Way, Wash., with a Canadian division office in Vancouver, BC. In 2019 PLIB merged operations with West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau (WCLIB) and WCLIB’s partner organization, the American Institute of Timber Construction (AITC).

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FORISK’S LANG ADDRESSES GROWTH Amanda Hamsley Lang, COO & VP of Client Services with FORISK Consulting, addressed timber supply and outlook during the Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo Held March 29-30 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta.

Lang, who was one of the event keynoters, said that FORISK forecasts

pine sawtimber inventories to increase through 2027 before declining through 2035 in the South. Deferred harvest during the Great Recession (2007-2009) along with improved genetics and silvicultural practices, which have increased timber growth rates by an average of 1% per acre per year for the past 10 years, lead pine sawtimber inventories to peak in 2027 at a level nearly 75% higher than in 2007 for the region. Lang added that the supply story varies across the region.

She added that decreased harvesting activity during the Great Recession resulted in fewer replanted forest acres, leading to a dip in the forest inventory for pulpwood-sized trees.

Lang said the average pine growth-todrain ratio for the South in 2020 was 1.31, indicating a general oversupply of pine growth relative to demand in Mississippi, Alabama and northeast Georgia, though with tighter or more balanced markets in north Florida and south Georgia, areas of coastal South Carolina and North Carolina, central Texas and Louisiana.

But fast-forwarding to 2025, the timber supply becomes more balanced across the region, with an average pine growth-todrain of 1.04, a period during which 10 sawmills and 11 pellet mills come online in the region.

Lang also addressed forest carbon markets. “They are interesting, in part, because they force us to revisit the fundamental business model associated with owning forests as financial investments,” she said.

“The actual production process, the use and absorption and sequestration of carbon itself, has value to the marketplace.”

“How might carbon initiatives affect forest growth-to-drain (supply-demand balances) moving forward?” Lang asked.

For industrial markets with strong wood demand and capital investment, expect minimal impact from carbon as the local forest industry economics drive wood flows, she said. In markets that are “out of balance” with excessive or accumulating forest supplies and thin markets, expect forest carbon programs to provide incentives to retain land in trees.

What if the marketplace decides that trees are more valuable as stores of carbon and sources of other environmental benefits and services?

“In that world, wood users would compete with that opportunity cost when procuring raw material,” Lang said.

“Forest owners would require a certain level of payment to offset their carbon storage role.”

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STILL

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By Rich Donnell

Softwood lumbermen aren’t as optimistic as they were a year ago, but lots of capital projects are in the works.

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.S. softwood lumbermen are not as bullish about their lumber business situation as they were a year ago, but they’re still smiling and capital expenditure projects are aplenty, according to Timber Processing’s annual 2022 U.S. Sawmill Operations & Capital Expenditures Survey.

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Eighty-five percent of the respondents forecasted their situation for 2022-2023 as excellent or good (compared to 92% a year ago looking at 2021-2022), while 11% said fair, and 4% said poor or very poor. But upon a closer look, 19% said excellent this time (compared to 49% a year ago), and 66% said good (compared to 43% last year), while 11% dipped into the fair category (compared to 5%).

Of course the numbers are still a lot better than two years ago, in 2020, when the pandemic first hit and everything went into pause mode, and only 33% forecasted their business as excellent or good for the ensuing 2020-2021 (in hindsight, they were right as lumber prices soon began a remarkable run).

As for the here and now, and the near future, lumbermen comments cover a broad range: “I think markets should continue to be strong, but not near the level of

2021,” commented Patrick Harrigan, president of Harrigan Lumber in Alabama. “How quickly the Fed gets inflation under control, and how quickly they loosen the reins when they get it under control will have a significant impact on the overall housing market, and by ex-

tension the lumber market.”

“Inflation, interest rates, Biden administration, the war, all these things are of great concern to the future of our business,” said Bill Wilkins, CEO of WKO, Inc. based in Washington.

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think construction will stay busy for most of this year,” added Tim Biewer, president of Michigan-based Biewer Lumber, which has just started up its second new sawmill in Mississippi.

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the Sawmill Div. at Hancock Lumber in Maine.

“Rising interest rates, coupled with enormous new capacity coming on-line, does not bode well for lumber prices,” cautioned Steve Anthony, president of Anthony Timberlands in Arkansas.

“I think the market will be volatile,”

said Furman Brodie, VP at Charles Ingram Lumber in South Carolina. “I expect a recession, probably after the elections in November.”

“Great demand, cannot complain,” said Robert Jordan IV, president and CEO of Jordan Lumber & Supply based in North Carolina.

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compared to 2021, about 35% said less this year than last, while 15% said more and half of the respondents said about the same.

“We had no downtime in 2021. Instead we ran the mill 24 weeks at six days a week instead of the normal five-day week,” commented Wilkins of WKO. “Mill will not return to full production until all equipment is installed in August 2022,” added Millwood of PotlatchDeltic.

PRODUCTION The survey questionnaire, which was e-mail blasted to subscribers of Timber Processing, drew responses from representatives of approximately 175 sawmills. Mostly owners, president, VPs, finance managers, general managers, regional managers, project managers, plant managers and other supervisory personnel completed the 25question survey in late April.

Fifty-four percent of those mills produce mostly 2 in lumber, while a quarter of them emphasize timbers, and 12% go after 1 in. lumber.

Ten percent of the mills expect to top 250MMBF of production this year, and 10% at 200-250MMBF, 12% at 150200MMBF, 15% 100150MMBF, 9% 50100MMBF, 15% at 2550MMBF, 10% at 10-25MMBF, and 19% at 10MMBF or less.

“Rebuilding from a sawmill fire in summer of 2021 is the reason for (our) reduced production levels,” commented Michael Millwood, plant general manager with PotlatchDeltic in Arkansas.

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70-80%. As for 2022 expectations, those numbers remain steady with 49% anticipating 90-100%, 25% at 80-90% and 12% at 70-80%.

Several responses pointed to installation projects as keeping production down somewhat, while supply chain issues and staffing shortages have contributed to less than peak production for some.

As far as anticipated downtime in 2022

The survey provided a list of nine conditions that lumbermen possibly encountered in 2021 and into 2022 resulting from the COVID-to housing boom-to lumber pricing records timeline. Lumbermen could select as many conditions as they wanted.

The “winner” was supply chain disruptions with 80% picking it, followed by getting parts on time, 75%; labor shortage, 72%; vendor backlog, 55%; lumber shipment issues, 48%; and delays in projects at the mill, 41%.

Only 7% said it has been “pretty much business as usual.”

One question asked if lumbermen had resumed any or all of their capital expen-

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diture projects that were in the works that they had delayed due to COVID. Forty-one percent said they didn’t delay, and 39% said they had resumed those projects, while 12% said they had not re-started those projects.

“The pandemic allowed us to accelerate our projects,” said Eric Fritch, owner of Fritch Forest Products in Washington. “We even expanded by adding a second mill/saw line on the same site.”

The survey asked lumbermen to reflect on any “lessons learned” that their operations will carry forward stemming from the COVID crisis.

“Compensate for long lead times by approving projects sooner and placing equipment orders sooner,” commented Philip Latos, engineering and technical director at Weyerhaeuser Co. “We were fortunate to have been able to run at full capacity with minimal labor interruptions due to our focus on people. Seeing others struggle in this area and reducing production for staffing issues, it highlighted how important employee engagement really is!” said Schulte of Hancock Lumber.

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training of employees, and simply carrying enough staff to be able to continue production; others have learned how to run leaner due to the reduction in employees. Better planning on stocking parts was mentioned by several. “Maintain flexibililty,” advised Brodie of Charles Ingram Lumber.

CAPITAL PROJECTS Three-quarters of the lumbermen had completed capital expenditure projects in the past year. The survey gave them a list of 45 equipment areas where they had spent their money and 29% of the lumbermen selected maintenance, followed by lumber handling forklifts at 28%, wheel loaders and log scanning/optimization each received 22%, followed by dry kilns and/or controls with 21%, then downstream sawing (gang/edger/trimmer) and log yard handling each with 18%, and downstream scanning/optimization and filing room equipment coming in with 17%.

Manager at Barge Forest Products in Mississippi.

Lumber handling forklifts led the way with 36% of the lumbermen selecting it, followed by maintenance with 34% and dry kilns and/or controls at 32%. Next was green end sorting/stacking with 29%, log scanning/optimization with 27%, downstream sawing (gang/edger/trimmer) and wheel loaders each picked by 25%, conveyors and fire prevention each with 23%. The other items that received at least 20% included planer mill sorting/stacking, log yard

handling, and downstream scanning/optimization each with 22%, log merchandising and filing room equipment each with 21%.

Several questions asked whether their companies had built or are building new sawmills. Ten percent said they had built one in the past year, ranging from large turnkey SYP sawmills to a Western cut stock/fencing mill. Thirteen percent said they are currently building a new sawmill, though not necessarily greenfield.

Also, 14% said they are considering building a new sawmill in the near future.

“Rising interest rates are a strong headwind that will be a major factor as we move forward.”

“Complete new planer line at MHFP,” said Wilkins of WKO, which is an affiliate company of Mt. Hood Forest Products, which installed a new planer mill in Odell, Ore. (which was featured in the April issue of Timber Processing.)

The main question of the survey asked lumbermen how much capital expenditure they have committed to for 2022 and 2023. An impressive 54% of the lumbermen said at least $1 million, and broken down further it was 2% at more than $50 million, 1% at $30-$50 million, 3% at $20-$30 million, 6% at $15-$20 million, 9% at $10-$15 million, 4% at $8-$10 million, 7% at $5-$8 million, 6% at $4-$5 million, 3% at $3$4 million, 4% at $2-$3 million, and 9% at $1-$2 million. Another 9% said $500,000 to $1 million.

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“Keep going! There’s always going to be issues and problems regardless of the magnitude of the issue. Always keep going!”

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The last multiple choice question of the survey asked about the cross-laminated timber market. Three percent of the companies are selling a significant amount of lumber for CLT, while 20% said they’re selling a little bit would like to sell more, and 13% said they’re selling a little but don’t expect much growth. About 57% said they don’t plan to get into that market.

What are some of their biggest concerns with regard to keeping their mills running efficiently?

“Attracting and retaining production and maintenance employees,” said Latos of Weyerhaeuser, a comment echoed by numerous other lumbermen.

“Finding skilled, motivated talent, and the work ethics of employees at all levels,” commented Wes Grant, president of

Cross City Lumber in Florida.

“Finding and keeping skilled maintenance personnel,” said Harrigan of Harrigan Lumber Finding markets for byproducts was mentioned by several, as was getting parts on time, and trucking capacity.

A final opened-ended question asked how lumbermen sized up the general state of things as related to their business

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“Do not be over-leveraged.

Having little debt gave us great flexibility and the luxury of upgrading our facility.”

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and markets.

“Caution and enjoy it while it lasts,” said Harrelson of Barge Forest Products.

“Fair market, hopefully not a recession,” said Kenneth Pusey, president of Paul M Jones Lumber in Maryland.

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“We are in a very good position with log supply, updated facility and equipment, strong local lumber markets and reasonable logistics,” said Fritch of Fritch Forest Products.

“I don’t think lumber prices can stay

where they are. But I think the market will stay strong,” said Chris Rice, green end superintendent at Interfor in Georgia.

“In flux,” commented Richard Engebretsen, general manager at Blanca Forest Products in Colorado.

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STAYING

AHEAD By Rich Donnell

Some issues are confronting hardwood lumbermen, but they’re okay for now.

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eventy-five percent of U.S. hardwood lumbermen forecasted their lumber business situation for 2022-2023 as excellent or good, according to Timber Processing’s annual 2022 U.S. Sawmill Operations & Capital Expenditure Survey.

As good as they are, those numbers aren’t as strong as when the survey was conducted at the same time a year ago, when in the middle of a building products market surge 88% of the hardwood lumbermen forecasted excellent or good for the ensuing 2021-2022.

Breaking down the surveys a little further, 13% forecasted their business situation for 2022-2023 as excellent (compared to 36% a year ago), and 62% said good (compared to 52% last year), and 21% forecasted a fair situation this time (a significant change from 7% a year ago). Only 5% forecasted poor or very poor for 2022-2023, which was the same as a year ago.

Flash back to two years ago, when the pandemic first hit, and only 18% of the hardwood lumbermen forecasted excellent or good business for 2020-2021, and a staggering 45% expected it to be poor.

That survey was conducted right before lumber markets spiraled upward. Who knew? Well, 18% of the lumbermen did anyway.

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The 25-question survey was e-mail blasted in April to subscribers of Timber Processing. It drew responses from representatives of approximately 60 U.S. hardwood sawmills. More than half of the respondents were owners, and the re-

mainder were mostly presidents, vicepresidents, general managers, plant managers and other mill supervisory personnel.

The vast majority of those mills produce 1 in. lumber and furniture grade lum-

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ber and a good portion produces timbers.

As for annual production in 2022, 3% expect to produce more than 50MMBF, while 5% said 25-50MMBF, 16% at 1525MMBF, 17% at 10-15MMBF, 29% coming in at 5-10MMBF, and a solid 30% at less than 5MMBF. “I foresee it being stable for the remainder of 2022,” forecasted Sawyer White, COO at Harold White Lumber in Kentucky. “As long as our industry does not overproduce, prices should remain steady.”

“Inflation, employees, government regulations, and fuel prices will hold profits down,” said Jeff Swift, owner of Swift Sawmill in Tennessee.

“Strong demand, labor and logistics constrained,” added Burt Craig, president of Matson Lumber in Pennsylvania.

Forty-two percent of the lumbermen said their mill will produce at 90-100% of capacity in 2022, which is up from 37% a year ago. Another 26% said they’ll produce at 80-90% and 14% at 70-80%.

As far as anticipated downtime in 2022 compared to 2021, slightly more than half said it will be about the same, whereas 42% said less downtime in 2022 and only 7% said more downtime this year than last.

“Updating some equipment,” said Jason Kleppe, owner of Kleppe Forest Products in Minnesota.

One survey question listed nine items for lumbermen to choose as many as they wanted related to the lingering effects of coronavirus and ensuing economic developments. A staggering 81% gave labor shortage the highest mark, followed by supply chain disruptions with 70%, timely parts availability at 65%, and lumber ship36

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ment issues with 56%. Only 7% selected “pretty much business as usual.”

Asked whether they had resumed any of their capital expenditure projects that were in the works that became delayed to the virus, 30% said they didn’t delay, 35% had resumed those projects and 16% they had not restarted.

The survey asked lumbermen to comment on lessons learned coming out of pandemic: “Having a solid workforce going into the pandemic kept us operating at close to full production the whole time,” commented Chris Nagel, owner of Pillsbury Forest Products in Minnesota.

“Have procedures in place to address sickness,” added White of Harold White Lumber.

“Be ready for the unexpected,” said Tony Nash, operations manager at AJD Forest Products in Michigan.

Fifty-seven percent of the lumbermen had completed projects in the last year.

What kind of projects? The survey provided a list of 45 equipment areas. Maintenance and wheel loaders each received 17% of the “vote,” followed by log yard handling with 14%, and bandmill headrig, bandmill resaw and trucking each with 12%, and dust control came in with 10%.

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How much new capital expenditure in machinery and systems have their mills allocated or committed to for 2022 and 2023? Twenty-three percent said at least $1 million, with 9% at $4-$8 million, 5% at $3-$4 million, 2% at $2-$3 million and 7% at $1-$2 million. Another 9% said $500,000 to $1 million, and 17% said $300,000-$500,000.

Where are they spending this money?

Wheel loaders leads the way with 37%, followed by maintenance with 28% and trucking with 26%. Then comes dust control with 23%, dry kilns and/or controls and log loaders each with 21%.

Also coming in strong were log yard handling, debarkers, metal detectors, green end sorting/stacking, filing room equipment and lumber handling forklifts.

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a 57 inch portable/stationary headrig in 2020. Ordered it just as the pandemic started and received it three months later,” said AJ Mearns, owner of AJ’s Custom Saw Milling in Washington.

Several questions addressed new sawmills, and 7% said they built and started up a new sawmill in the past year, while 5% are currently building a new sawmill, and 8% plan to and 5% might in the near future. (The questions didn’t specifically address the type of sawmill, whether a portable mill or a more encompassing high production side.)

An open-ended question asked lumbermen what their biggest concerns are with regard to keeping their mills running efficiently? The vast majority who answered the question pointed to labor.

“Labor and skilled labor to manage technology,” said Pem Jenkins, president of Turn Bull Lumber in North Carolina.

“Labor, supply of parts and inflation,” commented Tim Parton, owner of Gilkey Lumber in North Carolina.

“Lack of logging force and workforce,” added Jason Carden, procurement for New River Hardwoods in Tennessee.

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cost of supplies,” said White of Harold White Lumber.

“Getting parts, people and keeping our operating costs at a reasonable level,” another lumbermen said.

“Getting high quality logs,” added another lumberman.

As to “the general state of things,” here’s what some lumbermen had to say: “Massachusetts is not a friendly state to the forest products industry,” commented Leonard Roberts, president of Roberts Brothers Lumber in Massachusetts.

— “Great outlook for the future and several years to come,” said another lumberman.

— “Fair, but feel like there is going to be a recession soon.”

— “We anticipate markets remaining strong through the summer with potential downturns resulting from slower housing linked to Fed rate hikes and the chaos in China over COVID.” —“Lumber markets should remain strong, but all other operating costs are rising very quickly.”

“Good, though a bit of uncertainty,” summed up Jenkins of Turn Bull LumTP ber.

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MACHINERYROW Lucidyne Becomes MiCROTEC Corvallis Corvallis, Ore.-based Lucidyne Technologies, which was purchased in 2020 by MiCROTEC, is now named MiCROTEC Corvallis as MiCROTEC finalizes its branding integration plans.

Last year, following its acquisitions of Finscan and Woodeye, MiCROTEC rebranded Finscan as MiCROTEC Espoo and Woodeye as MiCROTEC Linköping in Europe.

In addition, MiCROTEC has announced that the former Springer-MiCROTEC in Vancouver becomes MiCROTEC Vancouver. It reports to MiCROTEC Corvallis which becomes the hub for the North American market as well as Australia and New Zealand.

“Lucidyne’s excellent AI technology and outstanding service quality combined with a significantly expanded product portfolio and MiCROTEC’s global experience is the basis for a new strong player in the North American market,” explains Frank Jöst, CEO of MiCROTEC. “We are very proud to be able to expand the competencies in the field of artificial intelligence for Europe with our U.S. know-how,” emphasizes Patrick Freeman, former CTO of Lucidyne and now CTO of MiCROTEC. With the brand integration of Lucidyne, MiCROTEC’s turquoise is now the distinctive color of the scanner solutions for the wood industry worldwide.

MiCROTEC’s headquarters remain in Bressanone, Italy, with additional branches in Finland, Sweden and Germany.

Weyerhaeuser Installs Fulghum 45-Ton Crane Fulghum Industries reports that Weyerhaeuser has purchased Fulghum’s 175 ft.

45-ton EVR (electric variable radius) log crane for the modernization project at the sawmill in Holden, La.. The crane installation began in March and startup is expected by early June.

The newly designed 175 ft. crane has many new features to enhance operation, such as PLC control enhancement, heat tracing, ergonomic operator cab, and a convenient incinerating toilet. Additionally, the crane has a self-contained 60 sq. ft. and 360° rotation grapple that can pick up 45 tons of logs, which increases production rate and truck turnaround time.

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MC Dixon Purchases Trimmer Line SmartMill is supplying an integrated system combining a lug loader, positioning system and trimmer to MC Dixon Lumber Co. and its southern yellow pine sawmill in Eufaula, Ala. “This integrated system will allow MC Dixon Lumber to substantially increase its production efficiency and increase the basket of products with infinite lengths,” says SmartMill President Jean Bérubé. “New markets will now open to MC Dixon Lumber and the Smart-Trim will now optimize the value of each inch of lumber without investing in real estate.”

Dunkley Orders Project From BID BID Group reports it has received an order from Dunkley Lumber to deliver a sawmill modernization project for its Edgewood Forest Products operation in Saskatchewan. BID will manage, design, build, equip, install and provide startup services for the project.

“We are excited to partner again with the BID team to apply their industry-leading turnkey solutions to the Edgewood modernization project,” comments Dunkley Lumber President Rob Novak.

The project will include a new sawline, trimline and complete lumber handling system in the sawmill along with two new dry kilns.

Work on site will begin late in the third quarter of 2022 with startup staged through early 2023.

Setra Group Invests In Valutec TC Kilns Setra Group is investing in Valutec TC continuous dry kilns for its Hasselfors and Heby sawmills.

Setra Hasselfors in Örebro County is a respected spruce sawmill established in 1908. In 2021 it produced 345,000 m3 and the products are delivered to customers in Europe, the U.S. and Australia. This investment will increase the sawmill’s drying capacity by 150,000 m3, which enables a planned production increase to approximately 500,000 m3. It will also be the first sawmill in Scandinavia with two TC kilns in the same sawmill, with Hasselfors having already installed one.

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The kiln in Heby will begin assembly during the summer and in Hasselfors in February next year.

The TC kilns are delivered with Valutec Valmatics 4.0 control system, which combines simulator technology with adaptive control.

TC is the abbreviation “cross circulation.” The principle is based on the lumber package being fed lengthways through zones in which the air circulates laterally across the drying channel. This enables the separate regulation of the climate in different zones according to a schedule that comes very close to the ideal schedule of a batch kiln.

John Deere Expands Self-Repair John Deere announced it will enhance the capabilities of existing diagnostic tools and expand their availability. In 2023, the company will roll out an enhanced customer solution that includes a mobile device interface, and the ability to download secure software updates directly to embedded controllers on select John Deere equipment with 4G connections.

John Deere will expand its offerings by giving customers and independent repair shops in the U.S. the ability to purchase Customer Service ADVISOR directly through JohnDeereStore.com.

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Emmerson is Chair of Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI). SPI is a third-generation, family-owned forest products company based in Anderson, Calif. SPI owns and manages more than 2.3 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon and Washington and is one of the largest U.S. lumber manufacturers. Emmerson served as SLB’s Chair from 2019 to 2020.

Hankins is the co-owner and Vice President of Hankins Inc. in Ripley, Miss. He is a third-generation sawmiller. Hankins represents the U.S. South region and is a member of SLB’s Finance Committee.

Luoma is President and CEO of The Westervelt Co. Prior to joining Westervelt in 2017, he worked with Louisiana Pacific for 29 years in various positions.

He is SLB’s Second Vice Chair. He is also a member of the SLB’s Executive Committee and Chair of the SLB’s Programs Committee.

Thorlakson is President and CEO of Tolko Industries Ltd. He is the third generation of Thorlaksons to lead Tolko He represents the Canada West region, is a member of the SLB’s Executive Committee, and is Chair of the SLB’s Industry Relations & Governance Committee.

Brinkmeyer owns Idaho Forest Group (IFG) and previously served on the inaugural Softwood Lumber Board and as Chair from 2014 to 2018.

Pelletier is Vice President of the Sawmill Div. at J.D. Irving, Ltd. He is the Chair of the Board of the Canadian Wood Council.

The 2022 Board will have 14 members, including 10 domestic manufacturers and four importers.

Enviva Will Build Pellet Mill In Bond Enviva, Inc., the world’s leading producer of industrial wood pellets, announced it will invest $250 million in Bond, Miss. to build a new wood pellet production plant. The facility is a key component of the company’s growth strategy to double production capacity from the current 6.2 million metric tons annually to approximately 13 million metric tons over the next five years.

The facility site, directly off Highway 49 in Bond, was selected in collaboration with Governor Tate Reeves, Mississippi Development Authority, and Stone

County officials.

The plant is fully contracted under long-term take-or-pay supply contracts with customers around the world. In addition to creating around 100 local jobs with wages projected to be approximately 70% higher than the county average, the Bond plant will generate more than $1 million in taxes per year for the county and school district and deliver over $250 million annually in economic impact in the region.

Construction is expected to begin in early 2023 and will take 18 months. The Bond plant is expected to have a production capacity of more than 1 million metric tons per year.

The plant intends to use low-value and low-grade softwood and hardwood fiber sustainably sourced within 75 miles of the facility.

Westervelt Names Two Board Members The Westervelt Co. announced the addition of two new members of the Board of Directors, following the retirement of Board members Rick Frost and Robin Jolley.

The new members are Vicki McInnally, retired from International Paper after more than 30 years with organizations across the wood products industry; and Jim King, retired from The Westervelt Co. following a 40-year career in forestry.

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MAINEVENTS JULY 20-23—2022 Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. Annual Conference, The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Call 770-631-6701; visit slma.org.

24-27—Walnut Council annual meeting, Southern Illinois University Student Center, Carbondale, Ill. Call 765-5833501; visit walnutcouncil.org.

25-27—Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Summer Conference, The Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, Va. Call 336-885-8315; visit appalachianhardwood.org.

29-31—Georgia Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Jekyll Island Convention Center, Jekyll Island, Ga. Call 478-992-8110; visit gfagrow.org.

AUGUST 23-26—IWF 2022, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 404-693-8333; visit iwfatlanta.com.

29-September 2—Louisiana Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino Resort, Lake Charles, La. Call 318-443-2558; visit laforestry.com.

SEPTEMBER 9-10—Great Lakes Logging & Heavy Equipment Expo, UP State Fairground, Escanaba, Mich. Call 715-282-5828; visit gltpa.org.

11-13—Alabama Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Perdido Beach Resort, Orange Beach, Ala. Call 334-265-8733; visit alaforestry.org.

12-15—Lesdrevmash 2022, International Exhibition for Machinery, Equipment and Technology for Logging, Woodworking and Furniture Industries, Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia. Visit lesdrevmash-expo.ru/en.

16-18—Virginia Forest Products Assn. Annual Conference, Hilton Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Va. Call 804-737-5625; visit vfpa.net.

20-22—Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. D.C. Summit, Yotel Washington DC, Washington DC. Call 504-443-4464; visit slma.org.

21-24—IFMAC WOODMAC Indonesia—the International Furniture Manufacturing Components and Woodworking Machinery Exhibition, Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran, Indonesia. Visit ifmac.net.

28-30—Timber Processing & Energy Expo, Portland Expo Center, Portland, Ore. Call 334-834-1170; visit timberprocessingandenergyexpo.com.

OCTOBER 7-9—Paul Bunyan Show, Guernsey County Fairgrounds, Cambridge, Ohio. Call 888-388-7337; visit ohioforest.org.

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26-28—Texas Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center, College Station, Tex. Call 936632-8733; visit texasforestry.org.

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