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They’re Probably In Your Backyard Smell Of Lumber Was In The Air

Developments In The Saw Filing World Who Can Forget Electric Mills?

Here’s What We Covered In 2018

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THEISSUES TRYING (UNSUCCESSFULLY) TO PUT A WRAP ON 2018

Rich Donnell Editor-in-Chief

018 has to go down as one of the more remarkable years in North America sawmill history. In fact, history was made with a record framing lumber composite price pushing toward $570 in early summer, followed by a record pricing decline from that point to $340 or so as this is written. While the Fed juggles the interest rate and mortgage lenders ease their standards, U.S. housing starts should land in the range of 1.26 million for 2018, compared to 1.20 million in 2017. A body of forecasters remains optimistic for 2019, with the consensus that starts should flirt with 1.3 million. Meanwhile, the sawmill companies have been busy trying to juggle their current production and their positioning for the future. As I write this, West Fraser announces it will permanently curtail third shift production at two BC sawmills, in continued reaction to the timber supply situation brought on by the mountain pine beetle infestation. Log supply challenges and log costs to go with declining lumber prices caused Canfor and Interfor to curtail BC production during the fourth quarter. At the same time, Canfor buys Elliott Sawmilling in Estill, SC, resuming Canfor’s trend of buying independent southern yellow pine operations, and West Fraser starts up its modernized sawmill in Opelika, Ala. And now we see some Canada-U.S. partnerships, more specifically Tolko Industries linking up with Hunt Forest Products in their new sawmill approaching startup in Urania, La., and Tolko teaming with Southeastern Timber Products at the longtime SYP mill in Ackerman, Miss. And even as I write this, word comes in that Canada’s Western Forest Products is purchasing our friend Bob Lewis’ Columbia Vista sawmill in Vancouver, Wash. We’ve well-documented the Canadian influx into the Southern U.S. during the past decade, but the Canadian companies aren’t receiving carte blanche. Georgia-Pacific just built and started up a sawmill in Talladega, Ala., the first of three new sawmills forthcoming within a year for GP. And Weyerhaeuser has quietly entered startup of its new sawmill in Dierks, Ark. Michigan-based Biewer Lumber is already expanding the new sawmill it started up in 2017 in Newton, Miss. and probably will do more in the South. Angelina Forest Products, led by several former Temple-Inland managers, is building a new sawmill in Lufkin, Texas. But it’s not all about the South. Hampton Affiliates has done considerable expansion at its Western U.S. operations in the past couple of years, and Sierra Pacific Industries started up its massive sawmill in Shelton, Wash., which probably parallels the Jordan Lumber sawmill operation in Mt. Gilead, NC (which started up a new green end this year) as the two leading lumber production single site operations in the U.S. So where do we go from here? If the recent Timber Processing & Energy Expo in Portland, Ore. was any indication, there are still a lot of sawmills purchasing a lot of equipment, if not for new mills, then for existing mills that have been pushed hard during the amazing run of the past several years. What I’ve written here is only the tip of the iceberg with regard to the projects and transactions that transpired in 2018. None of that appears to be slowing down as we enter the new year, but the lumber price drop of the past few months could mean that “efficiency” joins “volume” as the sawmill TP buzzwords of 2019. Contact Rich Donnell, ph: 334-834-1170; fax 334-834-4525; e-mail: rich@hattonbrown.com TIMBER PROCESSING

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NEWSFEED

INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO MICHAEL The race is on to salvage sawlogs following the October hurricane.

Catastrophic timber damage south of Blountstown, Fla. (Photo courtesy of Florida Forest Service)

lorida, Georgia and Alabama have weighed in with timberland damage assessments of more than $2 billion combined following Hurricane Michael, which made landfall October 10 in the Florida Panhandle at Mexico Beach, just southeast of Panama City. Packing 155 MPH sustained winds, the Category 4 hurricane was the third most intense hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous U.S. in terms of pressure. It plowed a 25-50 mile swath from the coast well into south Georgia. Florida Forest Service, a division of the Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, announced that the estimated value of timber damage in Florida is $1.3 bil6

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lion, impacting 2.8 million acres of forestland either catastrophically (347,000 acres), severely (1.04 million acres) or moderately (1.4 million acres). The timber damage percentage in severe and catastrophic areas ranges from 75-95%. The 11 Florida counties impacted are some of the top timber-producing in the state, including Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla and Washington. More than 1.6 million acres of the damaged timber is in pine, with 667,000 acres in mixed upland stands, and 523,000 in bottomland. Georgia Forestry Commission reports nearly 2.4 million acres of forestland were im-

pacted in Georgia with 20.5 million tons of pine and 17.2 million tons of hardwood damaged with an estimated value of $763 million. Specifically 1.16 million acres of pine were damaged, 995,000 acres of hardwood and 213,000 acres of pine/hardwood mix. Catastrophic damage was documented for 79,500 acres of forestland from south of Albany to Lake Seminole; this damage represents a loss of 2.2 million tons of pine and 1.8 million tons of hardwood with a value of $80.5 million. Severe damage was documented for 296,000 acres of forestland from south of Albany to near Bainbridge. This damage represents a loss of 6.4 million tons of pine and 5.3 million tons of hardwood

with a value of $237 million. Alabama Forestry Commission officials estimate $20 million in timber damage in Houston County in the southeast corner of the state. Surveys conducted by AFC found that 42,400 forested acres were destroyed by the storm— 13,400 acres of pine, 2,900 acres of hardwood and 26,100 acres of mixed pine and hardwood. Much of the damage being reported across the three-state area is trees broken off 10-20 feet off the ground rather than pushed over at the roots. Recovery efforts in stands with broken off trees are severely hampered. On the positive side, falling temperatures should enhance the window for recovery. ➤8

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NEWSFEED “The largest challenge that lies in front of us and all of the forest industry in the Panhandle is how to process the storm damaged wood. Landowners are desperate for a solution to the timber that was pristine and is now laying on the ground, broken off or blown over at the stump.” 6➤ Rex Lumber worked to get its sawmills at Bristol, Fla. and Graceville, Fla. going following power outages. “There are many cosmetic repairs that need to be made and we will be working on those in the coming weeks and months,” Rex officials said right after the storm. Employees gradually returned to the Bristol mill, but initially many others could not due to lack of communication, fuel, power, home damage or all of the above. “The mills did sustain some damage, but nothing compared to what the local landowners are dealing with down here,” comments coowner Charles McRae. “To me that is the biggest story and problem that will come out of this hurricane.” The Bristol and Graceville sawmills are back to full production and they are working to run up as much storm wood as they possibly can, but McRae says they will be fortunate “to salvage 30% of the 1.4 million acres on the ground between us and the other mills around.” McRae says they have concerns about Bristol’s wood basket long-term, but there may be a solution. “The (Apalachicola) national forest (630,000 acres) is to our south and east and we pretty much haven’t received anything from it in 30 years,” McRae says. “It weathered the storm well and we are working very hard to get that forest open and productive. Things seem to be moving in that direction. Having that resource available will help bridge the gap of what 8

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Hurricane Michael blew through Bay County, Fla. (Photo courtesy of Florida Forest Service)

will take 20-30 years to recover to our west.” Sapp’s Land & Excavating, Inc., and Jerry Sapp Timber Co., a major logging and chipping operation that supplies the Enviva wood pellet plant in Cottondale, Fla., reports that Michael caused Enviva Cottondale to suspend wood receipts for a week and they resumed buying microchips on October 19. A few of Sapp Timber employees lost their homes and vehicles and the company was able to assist them with the recovery efforts. Sapp Timber was fully operational with all staff present by October 25, even though they had to be extremely cautious on the roadways because of low wires and utility workers. “The largest challenge that lies in front of us and all of the forest industry in the Panhandle is how to process the storm damaged wood,” comments vice president Jeremy Sapp. “Landowners are desperate for a solution to the timber that was pristine and is now laying on the ground, broken off or blown over at

the stump.” Sapp Timber has modified its harvesting equipment to pursue and process the damaged stands. Florida Forestry Assn. has formed a task force composed of area loggers, consultants, engineers and mill owners to address the challenges of the local market and provide suggestions to be submitted to state and federal officials. The points of discussion include rapid construction of wet decks, adaptation of harvesting techniques, and subsidies for landowners who are experiencing a drastic loss in timber value. Sapp notes that the local mills are already experiencing a surge in the volume of wood because of the storm and only have the capacity to process a

finite amount, but the wood that is on the ground will only be viable for an estimated five months, so wet decks and new lay down yards are essential to facilitate temporary storage of the log products because they can be stored “wet” for an extended period of time without blue-staining. “Although we didn’t lose much of our personal forest to the storm, many people counted on their timber stands for retirements and college tuitions. Hopefully some support will come from state and federal agencies to help keep forestry the second largest industry in our state,” Sapp says. Enviva reported that its facilities incurred only limited damage, noting it undertook substantial preparation in advance of Hurricane Michael’s landfall to keep employees safe and minimize disruption, including proactively idling operations at its wood pellet production plant in Cottondale and a third-party deep-water marine terminal in Panama City. The Cottondale plant did not incur substantial wind or water damage. The Cottondale plant returned to operations once power was restored. Enviva does not own material infrastructure assets at the Panama City terminal, but a small portion of the roof on its contracted storage warehouse will need to be replaced and an estimated 5,000 tons of wood pellet inventory stored at the terminal appear to have been damaged by wind and rain. Pete Madden, principal and owner of Edgemere Consulting in Atlanta, and former president and CEO of Drax Biomass, notes that all the

“The race is on to get the sawlogs salvaged to market before next summer’s heat begins to create blue stain problems and degrades the logs.”

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NEWSFEED damaged material would be useful feedstock for bioenergy and could be used for some time as the goal is to drive down the moisture content of the material anyway. “The problem is that it doesn’t ‘weigh-up,’ meaning you can’t economically transport the feedstock great distances before the freight cost becomes intolerable,” he says, referring to the fact that the market value of tops, limbs, branches or crooked pulpwood is so low, and you can only haul 26-27 tons per load, therefore you can haul it maybe 40-50 miles before the freight cost is too much per load of a low value product. “The race is on to get the sawlogs salvaged to market before next summer’s heat begins to create blue stain problems and degrades the logs,” Madden says, adding that

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some companies may put the pulpwood and sawlogs under water in wet yards and closed loop sprinkler systems. Alabama Forestry Commission released some general recovery guidelines as drawn up by the North Carolina Forestry Assn: —Any young pines (30 ft. and shorter) leaning 30 degrees or more will likely not produce higher end products such as poles, sawtimber and veneer. —Trees leaning 15 degrees or less should recover. —More mature pine (greater than 30 ft. in height) can have more lean and still recover, but most should be 20 degrees or less. —If the lean and wind throw has caused roots to become exposed or damaged, these trees should be removed. Breaks of main stems and

branches on pines should be assessed. —Most pine trees will die if their tops are completely broken off. —Most pines will survive if three or more live limbs remain; however, there will be substantial loss of growth. —Any breakage in the pine stem or roots and major wounds will become a prime entry point for insects and disease, which ultimately weakens the timber stand, e.g., southern pine beetle and blue stain fungus. —Large pine trees with stem breakage suffer serious wood structure damage, forcing sawmills to trim back four to six ft. from the breakage point. Hardwoods can keep longer after wind damage as long as the roots are in the soil. —Unlike pines, a storm-

damaged hardwood with a portion of the root ball attached to the ground may survive an additional 6-12 months. —Timber sold in poststorm conditions may have higher logging costs factored into the final sale, lowering the return to the landowner. —The timing of selling storm-damaged timber is important. Generally, after a major storm there is a temporary wood glut on the market, which may lower the price of the timber.

CANFOR BUYING ELLIOTT SAWMILL The pace of Canadian-based lumber corporations purchasing independent southern yellow pine sawmill operations had slowed, but Canfor Corp. has stepped up again with an

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NEWSFEED agreement to buy Elliott Sawmilling Co., Inc. in Estill, South Carolina for $100 million (U.S.) The transaction will be completed in two phases with 49% being acquired on closing and 51% being acquired one year later. Elliott has a production capacity in excess of 210MMBF annually and the sawmill consists of large and small log lines. “We are thrilled to welcome the employees of Elliott to the Canfor team,” says Don Kayne, president and CEO of Canfor. “Elliott has an excellent management team and produces high quality products that will align well with Canfor’s high-value product mix. Nash Elliott will continue as the General Manager after the transaction is completed.” The transaction is expected

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to close in the first half of 2019. Richard Elliott founded Elliott Sawmilling with a series of ground mills in South Carolina. In 1950, the ground mills were moved to Groton Plantation just outside of Estill. The mills remained there until 1958, when one ground mill was moved to the present location just south of Estill, where the sawmill has operated since. Canfor went on a SYP mill purchasing binge during 20132015, including the acquisitions of Anthony Forest Products, Southern Lumber, Beadles Lumber, Balfour Lumber and Scotch Gulf Lumber— seven sawmills in all. Canfor came into the U.S. South in 2006 when it purchased New South and its four sawmills and in 2007 when it purchased Chesterfield Lumber.

TOLKO ENTERS SECOND SYP DEAL Tolko Industries (U.S.) Ltd. and Southeastern Timber Products (STP) announced a 50-50 joint-venture partnership in a southern yellow pine lumber mill in Ackerman, Miss. The mill will now be known as Southeastern Timber Products LLC, an STP-Tolko Partnership. “We’re pleased to have found a partner like STP that we share the same familyowned business values with,” says Tolko CEO Brad Thorlakson. “We look forward to the opportunity to invest in this, our second asset in the U.S., to support the future growth of our company. We’re pleased to support this facility and enhance its sales, marketing and logistic capabilities to

service our customers across North America and abroad.” “We couldn’t be more excited to be partnering with Tolko,” adds STP Manager Billy Van Devender. “Tolko has a long family history in the lumber manufacturing business and a proven ability to excel in our industry. We look forward to working with Tolko, the local economic community and the State of Mississippi to support further investment in our facility to expand capacity from our current 100MMBF to 300MMBF.” Earlier this year Tolko Industries announced a partnership with Louisiana-based Hunt Forest Products to build a state-of-the-art sawmill near Urania, La. Wood chips, sawdust, planer shavings and hog fuel by-produced there will be contracted to Drax

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NEWSFEED Biomass, which operates a wood pellet facility adjacent the sawmill.

WEST FRASER ADDS TO SYP CAPACITY West Fraser reported that on August 2 it started operations at its modernized sawmill in Opelika, Ala. The new sawmill was completed in just under 12 months and was on time and on budget. The project is expected to realize 100MMBF of incremental production along with improvements in grade and recovery. Full operational run rates are expected to be realized by third quarter 2019. Ted Seraphim, CEO of West Fraser, comments, “We are extremely pleased with the progress at Opelika. The project allowed us to leverage ex-

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isting timber supply, residual offtake arrangements, workforce in place at the mill and expertise of our employees in the design and construction of the new sawmill. We see this project serving as a blueprint for success on future largescale modernization projects in the U.S. South.”

CANFOR, CONIFEX INTERFOR GO SLOW Canfor Corp. curtailed sawmill operations in British Columbia during the fourth quarter due to log supply constraints, log costs and market conditions. The curtailment is expected to reduce Canfor’s BC production output by 10% throughout the quarter. “We have made the difficult decision to curtail our BC sawmill operations over the

fourth quarter due to log supply challenges following another difficult wildfire season, uncompetitive log costs and declining lumber prices,” says Don Kayne, president and CEO. “We are working to mitigate impacts on our employees as much as possible.” l Conifex Timber Inc. planned to curtail sawmill operations at its Fort St. James, BC sawmill for a two-week period in November due primarily to log costs and current lumber market conditions. An additional two-week curtailment is planned around Christmas, resulting in a total reduction of 15% of Conifex’s BC lumber production for the quarter. “We have made the difficult decision to temporarily curtail our Fort St. James sawmill in Q4 due to the combined impact of increasing log costs, deteriorating log quality as the avail-

ability of commercially viable mountain pine beetle timber reaches an end, falling lumber prices, and punitive lumber export duty impositions,” says Ken Shields, Chair and CEO. “We are working on a priority basis to position Fort St. James for long-term sustainable production in the lower lumber price, higher log cost environment we envisage for the balance of 2018 and 2019.” l Interfor also announced plans to temporarily reduce production across its operating platform in the BC Interior in the fourth quarter due to a combination of declining lumber prices and escalating log costs. The curtailment is expected to reduce production in the region by 20% during the quarter and will be taken by way of reduced operating days and extended weekends/holiday breaks.

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FENCING

MASTER

By Jay Donnell

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hen Welco Lumber Company and TMI Forest Products came together to form Alta Forest Products in May 2014, they established the largest producer of western red cedar fence boards in world. They each brought two manufacturing plants to the merger and today—operating in Morton, Wash., Shelton, Wash., Amanda Park, Wash. and Naples, Id.—Alta produces 360MMBF annually, serving markets na-

tionwide. Continuous updating of equipment and technologies while producing a premium niche product means Alta plans on maintaining its leadership position into the future. Early in 2018, it was announced that after more than a year of negotiation Itochu of Tokyo had acquired Alta Forest Products. Alta’s President and CEO Mike Pedersen, who came up through the ranks at TMI’s Morton mill, stayed on in his leadership position and will retire in 2019. Itochu owns numerous companies, including Master-Halco, which has been one of

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Baker saws, a large Schurman gang, and a pocket edger (made in house by a local supplier). In 2017 the mill put in Comact (BID Group) scanning on the trimmer, and in August they added a new Rawlings PXI hog. A full chip system now allows them to separate chips and bark. Production at Naples has basically doubled since it came back up in 2010, following a several month shutdown during the recession. “All the individuals that came back really stepped up and saw an opportunity that doesn’t come along very often,” Comer says. “They had a desire to stay in the community and they were vested in the success of the mill. That key group came together and worked really hard to get the sawmill back to what it needed to be.”

WORKFORCE A Doosan DX225 track loader feeds the log deck in Naples.

Logs come into the mill cut-to-length with an average diameter of 7.5 in.

Alta’s customers. Master-Halco operates chain link fence manufacturing plants and more than 50 distribution centers throughout North America. Alta’s corporate office is located in Chehalis, Wash. The company employs approximately 450 throughout its operations. Ryan Comer has been the operations manager at the Naples mill (which was one of the Welco operations) since 2010, having started with the company in 2003 as an electrician and working his way to day shift lead electrician before taking on his manager role. When TMI and Welco

came together in 2014 he knew it was the right move. “We were always rivals in the marketplace and competing very viciously,” Comer says. “In 2014 the ownerships came together and decided that instead of fighting for market share we should come together and have a new approach to business.” Since that time, all four of the mills have been updated for more production and better recovery, with more upgrades in store. The Naples mill, which cuts about 21,000 board feet an hour, has seen substantial work, such as adding a second trim line in 2011, installing multiple sets of

Opposite page: Operations Manager Ryan Comer keeps the Naples mill in good order.

The sawmill at Naples has roughly 120 employees, which is similar with Alta’s workforce at their largest mill in Morton. Finding good, skilled employees is always a challenge. Alta hires through an employee placement agency for introductory positions, and when they’re looking to fill roles like electricians and millwrights, they advertise through websites, newspaper and job services. “We strive to be very competitive with our wages and benefits,” Comer says. “It brings a lot of people in here from what may be dead end jobs for them.” Many entry level employees go through the company’s thorough training program. Alta has a positon called “lead trainer” and that person will take those employees and work with them through the process of learning the job and how to do it safely and efficiently. Training generally takes two weeks to a month depending on the position. There is plenty of room for upward mobility at Alta. “We have a guy that just became a new log scaler this year and he had never worked in a sawmill before,” Comer says. “He started out on the green chain, worked his way up and now he has his scaling license.” Comer adds, “There are lot of success stories like that. Our lead trainer was on the green chain and struggled, but through coaching from supervisors and a positive attitude, he got better. He went from the green chain to running our optimized trimmer and then to our lead trainer. For someone with a good attitude, dedication, and who is a hard worker, they can go a long way in this company.” Comer himself is one example, and so is President and CEO Pedersen, who grew up in Morton, where the company’s TIMBER PROCESSING

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O ne of the primary break down stations cuts a cov eted western red cedar.

biggest production mill sits today. He began working at the mill in 1973—then called Tubafor Mills, Inc.— pulling lumber in the planer mill, working his way to lumber grader and shipper, and ultimately to plant manager. Pederson was eventually given the opportunity to demonstrate his managerial talents and his creative aptitude for mill design. He was instrumental in introducing thin band kerf technology into the fencing industry and developing the first ever computerized grading and sorting system for fence boards. Pederson was very influential in the formation of Alta Forest Products. “Mike has stayed very involved in day-to-day operations and is constantly coming over to visit and go over blueprints and new projects,” Comer explains. “He’s been very key to the success of our company.” Workforce safety is a key piece to Alta’s success story. At the Naples mill the log yard and shipping department has gone more than three years without a recordable injury and the day shift is working on two years. When safety records are broken the company holds barbecues and gives out jackets to employees. “We try to help them understand that production and safety can work hand in hand,” Comer says. Alta is all about keeping their employees as healthy as possible. For a couple of years now the Naples mill has been bringing in a massage therapist once a week for five hours. Employees sign up each week 18

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and receive treatment. It’s been a big hit among the employees. Some of the more labor intensive mill jobs can put stress on an employee’s body and a good massage can help relieve soreness, repetitive motion injuries and help workers to be in the best shape possible to work safer and smarter.

MILL PROCESS Comer begins his week talking with supervisors, setting goals, and personally watching each area of operation to make sure it’s in order.

The mill runs on two shifts from Monday through Thursday and each shift is 10 hours, with the day shift a little heavier in manpower with the log yard crew coming in. One of the advantages of the Naples mill is that it’s in a completely different wood basket than its three sister mills in Washington so it’s able to branch out and not compete for resources with them. No competitive fencing mills are in the area either, though Naples does compete for raw material from conventional dimension mills. The mill procures logs mostly from

Multiple horizontal resaws leav e little fi ber to waste.

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Roughly 120 employees make up the Naples mill.

private individuals, industrial land owners, and state forests. Alta tries to rotate logs quickly, while keeping water on them, and while making sure inventory is substantial enough for spring breakup when logging is on hold. Comer says their sourcing region is very broad, including logs from British Columbia. Logs come in cut-to-length with an average diameter of 7.5 in. “The log market fluctuates up and down so just staying ahead of that and being competitive and getting enough logs for breakup is important,” Comer says. A Doosan DX225 track loader feeds

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the log deck, and logs go through a Nicholson debarker and then through a chop saw. Logs are cut into two primary lengths, 6 ft. and 8 ft. Two primary breakdown centers include a carriage with USNR Lazar scanning, and an end-dogging carriage with JoeScan heads. Cants and pieces go through the gang edger and then through

parallel lines each with horizontal saws. Boards also run through an edger with Nelson Brothers optimization. Boards then go through the optimized trimmer and to Gillingham-Best stackers. The Naples mill produces 80MMBF annually of appearance grade lumber. Alta’s zero-wood-waste sawmills produce byproducts such as chips, sawdust,

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mulch, and bio-fuel, with residual sold to Clearwater Paper The Naples mill primarily caters to the retail market such as Home Depot and Lowes, though Alta overall sells its lumber through multiple channels nationwide. The company has a team of six sales people who work out of the corporate office in Chehalis, Wash. Alta ships more than 2,000 rail cars and 8,000 flatbed trucks of lumber each year. “I feel really good about this sawmill and where we’re at,” Comer says. “In the next five years we would like to invest heavily in this sawmill so I feel that it’s going to be around for a long time for the community and the employees.” Other key employees at Naples include, Jeremy Dineen, human resources and safety; Aaron Rutherford, shipping manager; Ron Rebo, maintenance manager; Steve Roget, dayshift supervisor; and Jeff Smith, swingshift supervisor.

The mill installed a new Rawlings PXI hog station back in August.

COMMUNITY This past year Alta participated in career day at the local high school in Naples and had a presentation showing the young men and women the opportunities they can have by working at the sawmill. Alta’s goal was to show the students that it’s not just a dirty mundane job, that there’s technology and state-of-the-art equipment going on in these sawmills. Alta offered a scholarship to anyone wanting to enter the trades or the forestry sector. The mill also hires seniors at the high school and brings them in for what basically amounts to an internship. One of the seniors hired last year became a filer and the other is working through a millwright program. This fall Alta helped raise more than $1,200 for Naples elementary school during the Boundary County Fair. Plans for use of the money include items such as new basketball hoops, beautification and improvements to school grounds, as well as materials for academic enrichment activities. This was just one of many fundraisers that Alta has participated in over the years. “We like to donate to things that our employees are passionate about,” Comer says. “We donate to local fundraisers for families that are in need or have had some sort of disaster come into their life.” Considering Alta’s employee opportunities for upward mobility, dedication to safety and community outreach, combined with a highly coveted fencing product, it’s easy to see why Alta Forest Products has had so much success over the years. TP TIMBER PROCESSING

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MILLS TURN OUT IN FORCE Sawmillers take a break to walk the aisles of TP&EE Portland.

Robotic handling at the Samuel Strapping exhibit provided plenty of food for thought.

PORTLAND, Ore. ore than 2,900 wood products industry personnel registered for the fourth Timber Processing & Energy Expo that was held October 17-19 at the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore. That number included personnel from more than 110 wood products producer companies representing hundreds of individual mill site operations. The event caters to producers of lumber, plywood, veneer, and engineered wood products including mass timber Attendees came from 38 U.S. states, six Canadian provinces and 17 countries. Two-hundred exhibitor companies showcased their technologies on 62,000 square feet of booth space in Hall E as well as several exhibitor setups outside. “The show is a great opportunity to engage and network with vendors,” comments Luke Drapeau, GM, Capital & Maintenance Systems, Canfor. “We appreciate being able to have face-to-face conversations with vendors while looking at equipment. This year our team met with

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over 40 vendors regarding specific equipment and discussion items. In addition, we met many new vendors and vendor representatives.” Show Director Rich Donnell says the event experienced a slight increase in attendance from the mill companies compared to 2016. “We were very enthused about that, because going into the show we were getting a lot of feedback that they were extremely busy and hadn’t really had time to think about the show yet,” Donnell says. But Donnell adds that some companies obviously impressed upon their personnel to take a break from their work days to attend the show. Weyerhaeuser, for example, sent 135 people, Sierra Pacific Industries sent 80, Hampton Affiliates sent 60, Seneca had 35, Idaho Forest Group had 30 and Stimson had 20. Numerous other companies sent pockets of 10 or so representatives. Bill Wilkins, chief operating officer at WKO/Mt. Hood Forest Products in Washington and Oregon, says he always looks forward to attending the Portland show as

do many others from his companies. “The show offers the opportunity to meet in person suppliers and vendors whom we deal with all year long,” Wilkins says. “The show is also where I have the pleasure of meeting and talking with the wonderful people who make up our industry. The ability to see new technology and innovations in person versus animated video or email flyers is without question a benefit. For those of us who believe a handshake is worth more than a contract, we will see you in 2020.” Wilkins refers to the next TP&EE, which will be held September 30-October 2 again at the Portland Expo Center. Duane Vaagen, president of Vaagen Bros. Lumber based in Colville, Wash., shares similar feelings: “The show in Portland is the greatest way to get new ideas and clarify your visions for the future. What I benefited most from was seeing the latest and greatest technology. It’s like visiting over 100 sawmills in less than two days.” Vaagen adds: “After seeing all the machinery as well as demonstrations it takes

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more than a month to wrap my mind around what I just saw as well as where it all blends together for future opportunities. Endless possibilities moving forward.” Vaagen was on hand for the Timber Processing magazine presentation of its 2019 Person of the Year award to Red Emmerson of Sierra Pacific Industries. The ceremony was held at the HattonBrown Publishers Media Presentation Center on the show floor. Vaagen was the recipient of the first TP Man of the Year award in 1989. “It was more than gratifying to be present for the Red Emmerson Person of the Year award,” Vaagen says. “He is one of the greatest pioneers of the forest products industry. It’s amazing to see what he has built and lead with the vision and tenacity to survive and flourish with many cycles under his belt. His family and legacy are positioned now and well into the future.” WKO’s Wilkins is also a former TP Man of the Year. Emmerson is the 31st annual recipient. Show Director Donnell says the Person of the Year ceremony was so well attended that the event may become a regular feature of TP&EE, with former recipients formally invited to attend and participate. One aspect of the attendance that was down somewhat were the non-exhibitor suppliers. “In fairness to the exhibitors, we’ve tried to crack down a little more on

their competitors who aren’t exhibiting,” Donnell says, adding that the show charges a daily registration fee for the non-exhibitor suppliers. “At the same time, when the show space is sold out, as ours was, you want to give them an opportunity, so it’s a tough call.” TP&EE had an exhibitor waiting list, so organizers will have to consider whether to expand into an adjacent hall. The early results of a post-show survey of exhibitors indicate that nearly 80% of the exhibitors felt their discussions with customers at the show will lead to an order or indeed already have resulted in a confirmed order, and 15% said while they haven’t received an order yet, they gained some good leads. About 87% of exhibitors felt satisfied or very satisfied with the quality of attendees they encountered at the show. “This year’s TP&EE was very successful for us,” says Jesse Vigil, president and CEO of Metal Detector Inc. (MDI). “We were very pleased to make new contacts and touch base with existing customers. We received excellent feedback, and show attendees showed a strong interest in incorporating our metal detecting systems into future projects. The insight from the show gave us good information on the positive direction the wood industry is heading.” For more information and videos of

some of the products of TP&EE, visit the Canadian Wood Industries magazine site: woodbusiness.ca/sawmilling/equipment/tp ee-2018-highlights-5273

MASS TIMBER In addition to the action on the expo floor, TP&EE hosted two day-long workshops, one on Mass Timber and the other on Lumber Manufacturing. Russ Vaagen, CEO of Vaagen Timbers in Colville, Wash., spoke about the in-progress construction of his crosslaminated timber plant scheduled to start up in 2019. Vaagen detailed the changes his family’s lumber operation has gone through in the past 30 years—adapting to small logs, less federal timber, and ongoing retooling and reinvesting to stay competitive. Looking to the future and higher-value demand in the market is a big reason he started Vaagen Timbers. “I believe this is a time that’s particularly exciting,” Vaagen said. “Designers want new, greener products and builders want to work with new, environmentally friendly products.” In the case of CLT, Vaagen believes, “The environmental community is literally asking us to produce more lumber products.” Vaagen said he’s not sure the industry as a whole realizes the potential ➤ 37

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TP&EE HOSTS PRESENTATION TO RED EMMERSON

Dozens of Sierra Pacific Industries employees were on hand at the Person of the Year presentation. Here they pose with their chief, Red Emmerson, shown at center.

Emmerson said many people have contributed toward the success of Sierra Pacific Industries.

imber Processing magazine presented its 2019 Person of the Year award to Red Emmerson, Chairman Emeritus of Sierra Pacific Industries, during the Timber Processing & Energy Expo October 18 at the Portland Expo Center in Portland, Ore. Emmerson was on hand with family members and a sea of Sierra Pacific employees at the Hatton-Brown Publishers Media Presentation Center. TP Editor-inChief Rich Donnell said the magazine was long overdue in recognizing the legendary figure, who built SPI from scratch into today’s tremendous lumber and timberlands company, with multiple sawmills and massive timberland holdings in California and Washington. Donnell also noted the importance of the Sierra Pacific Foundation, founded by Red’s father, Curly, that the family continues to emphasize for youth and community programs. Emmerson stated that the success of Sierra Pacific InRed Emmerson in middle, with his grandson, Collin Emmerson, environdustries was due to much more than just Red Emmerson. mental engineer and coordinator at SPI, and Red’s daughter, Carolyn EmHe said many times in the early years the company was merson Dietz, who is president of Sierra Pacific Foundation only a step away from going under but continued to focus on purchasing timberlands and developing lumber markets. the award. Several past recipients were on hand for the ceremoEmmerson’s story will appear in the January-February issue ny, which featured displays of all of the previous 30 Person of TP of Timber Processing. Emmerson is the 31st annual recipient of the Year covers of Timber Processing magazine.

The presentation drew a large gathering at the Hatton-Brown Publishers media presentation center on the show floor.

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Rich Donnell, editor-in-chief of Timber Processing, at left, and Dan Shell, TP western editor, at right, presented the 2019 Person of the Year award to Red Emmerson.

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Joey Nelson demonstrates JoeScan’s new JS-50 scan heads.

Comact is just one of the many companies now under the BID Group umbrella.

Brunette Machinery hosted a cookout to announce its new representation of CBI horizontal grinders. Enthusiasm ran high at the Taylor Machine Works display.

Timber Automation’s Jim Krauss and Chris Raybon had no problem “sweet-talking” through several deals.

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MDI showed its new MP5000-X under conveyor metal detector, even to interested parties from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia.

Microtec, in foreground, and the German Pavilion companies in background offered a maze of technologies.

Raptor Integration took visitors deep into its Log Profiler X 3D log scanning machine.

Ultimizers pointed out its Ulti-Vision rip saw scanning system.

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Visitors measure up devices at ScanMeg display.

Newest company on the block was Greg F. Smith Co. and its gang saw.

Wellons/Salem display drew a crowd of sawmillers.

Oleson Saw Technology guys were all hands on deck.

Russ Vaagen talked cross-laminated timber during the mass timber workshop, including his currently-under-construction CLT plant in Colville, Wash.

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A Hampton sawmiller checked out Picheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trimmer system

Michigan-based Biewer Lumber started up a greenfield sawmill in Mississippi in 2017 and is already expanding it, and talking about more projects elsewhere. Left to right, GM Dan Bowen, President Tim Biewer (a former TP Person of the Year) and McBain, Mich. sawmill supervisor Blake Biewer stand beside a meter board that summarized the Newton project.

Wood-Mizer set up its resaw machines outside, and the weather cooperated.

The TP&EE beer and brat garden stayed full to the brim.

Signode flew high with its strapping and International Bar Coding developments.

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Pockets of conversation on possible projects were everywhere to be found.

Frank discussion at Murray Latta/Progressive Machine display

MTS Sensors reminded everyone that it’s all about positioning. Peerless Saw wasn’t bashful about its saw bodies.

Representatives of Optimil Machinery and Eacom Timber put their heads together.

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CUTTINGTOOLS ANDRITZ IGGESUND TOOLS Andritz Iggesund Tools reports many projects it has been involved with recently. The new Georgia-Pacific mill in Talladega, Ala. has Andritz chipping heads throughout the mill, including the Turnknife system on the mill chipper. Andritz Iggesund is also supplying the chipping heads to the new GP mills in Warrenton, Ga. and Albany, Ga. The new canter line being installed at the Biewer Lumber mill in McBain, Mich. will have all Andritz chipping heads, as will the new lines being installed at Morgan Lumber in Red Oak, Va. and Dempsey Lumber in Orangeburg, SC. Pollard Lumber in Appling, Ga. is installing new Andritz Powerheads on its new canter line, as is Edwards Wood Products in Laurinburg, NC. “We have been busy supplying chipping heads of all styles and types throughout North America at a record pace,” the company states.

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Oleson Saw Technology has recently opened a band saw manufacturing facility in the Northeast, and will soon do likewise on the West Coast.

Many current sawmill projects are installing Andritz Iggesund chipping heads.

Oleson Saw Technology (OST), a division of York Saw & Knife (YSK), is proud to announce that it has relocated its Bandsaw Manufacturing activities into a modern state-of-the-art 70,000 SF facility in York, Pa. The new plant has been up and running since the beginning of August. Mike Pickard, president and CEO, states, “This move was necessary due to the tremendous demand for Oleson band saws from new and previous loyal customers alike. Due to the high demand and tremendous growth for our high-quality band saws we outgrew our previous manufacturing facility.” In addition to the new manufacturing facility OST has made a multi-million dollar investment in new Iseli CNC machinery engineered solely for band saws to better serve customers with faster lead times and an even higher quality product. “Oleson Saw Technology now operates the most modern Bandsaw Manufacturing facility in the world and has become the number one choice in band saws amongst saw filers,” Pickard states, adding, “We would like to thank all our customers for their tremendous support and patience during our move as well as their continued support of our products and services.” In early 2019 OST will be opening a new Bandsaw Manufacturing facility on the West Coast. This will allow Oleson to reach a large unserved audience and supply them with the same quality band saws OST customers have come to expect.

SHARP TOOL The Sharp Tool Co. specializes in the manufacturing and sale of circular saw blades, carbide products and knives for the woodworking industry. Family owned since 1959, we pride ourselves on our customer service and quality products. Our goal is to help maximize your cutting application. Circular Saws: Since 1959, Sharp Tool has manufactured circular saws and has become one of the largest saw manufacturing facilities in the USA. Our manufacturing facility in Massachusetts is fully robotic, featuring state-of-the-art equipment. Wide Bandsaws: Sharp Tool also offers wide band saws at a competitive price and quick delivery. We offer a wide range of bands: tooth & joined, swaged and alloy Sharp Tool offerings include wide band saws tipped. Carbide Products: Sharp Tool offers a variety of carbide products: carbide saw tips, bars, blanks, preforms, inserts, wear parts and more. Our carbide is LB Toney Braze treated to ensure the highest quality braze. Technical Expertise: Servicing the forestry industry for almost 60 years, Sharp Tool has a diverse background in providing technical expertise to sawmills.

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CUTTINGTOOLS VOLLMER Vollmer continues to support the sawmill and wood production industry with a renewed focus on circular saw blades and has recently launched the new grinding machine CHX 840, with which the tooth face and top of circular saw blades can be sharpened in one setup. Vollmer had sawmill operators, sharpening specialists, and furniture makers in mind when developing the new grinding machine. This machine is ideal for machining carbide-tipped circular saw blades with a diameter up to 840 mm (33 in.). Vollmer’s CHX 1300 machines circular saw blades with a diameter up to 1300 mm (51 in.) With five CNC-controlled axes the CHX 840 can machine saw blades with all common tooth geometries—this also applies to sawing with axial angle and group toothing. Thanks to a double grinding wheel the sharpening of tooth face Vollmer CHX 840 grinder streamlines circular saw and top is completed in a single setup, thus reducing the setup times. sharpening. The CHX 840 can be equipped with different automation levels adaptable to the individual needs of each customer. The CHX 840 has an optional automatic setup process, which consists of running in the saw, the diameter detection as well as an acoustic sensor for touching. With the integrated sensor system of the feed pawl, the input of the tooth pitch is no longer required while the automatic setting of the hook and clearance angle avoids adjustment errors. The HS automation solution ensures automatic loading of the CHX for unmanned operation of up to seven hours. The saw blade stack height of up to 180 mm means the automatic machine loading can hold up to 25 circular saw blades.

WOOD-MIZER Wood-Mizer introduces two new band saw blade options with 1 in. and 1 ¼ in. tooth spacing to satisfy the needs of high production, high horsepower resaw and sawmill operations. The new blade tooth spacing options further expand the industry-leading Wood-Mizer range that includes a large variety of band saw blades for nearly every type of sawing or resawing application. Available in SilverTip carbon material, 1 in. tooth spacing blades are offered in a 10° all-purpose profile to saw any type of wood species. These blades are designed for high production resaw and sawmill operations that prefer 1 in. tooth spacing or for filing rooms that have blade maintenance equipment currently setup for 1 in. tooth spacing. Available in SilverTip carbon material, the 1 ¼ in. tooth spacing blades are offered in a Turbo 7° high-performance profile. With increased air flow and higher tooth penetration while sawing mixed species, Wood-Mizer’s exclusive Turbo 7 degree profile is tried, tested and proven by high production, high horsepower, and high feed rate operations throughout the world. Combine this exclusive Turbo 7 profile with a wider 1 ¼ in. gullet to provide an Top, Wood-Mizer 1 in. tooth spacing; bottom, 11⁄4 in. ideal blade for high throughput grade resaw and sawmill operations. spacing Both 1 in. and 1 ¼ in. tooth spacing blades are now available to order in a variety of lengths to fit various sawmill and resaw brands and models. WoodMizer provides blade maintenance equipment and ReSharp services that are able to accommodate these new tooth spacing options. Wood-Mizer offers an extensive range of blades with more than 100 combinations based on profile, width, thickness, tooth spacing and alloy for any type of sawing or resawing application from green softwoods to abrasive hardwoods.

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CUTTINGTOOLS LINCK LINCK cutter head discs combine highest flexibility with excellent chip quality. They allow you to produce either chips for the pulp industry or fine chips for wood pellets. Retrofit sets are available to change between the production of pulp and fine chips at any time depending on the market conditions. Regardless of the kind of chips, their excellent quality is guaranteed. The shape of the pulp chips produced meet the high requirements of the pulp industry. A pre-cutting saw ring ensures an even and tear-free surface on the two-sided cant produced by the cant chipper canter. The cutter head discs are arranged in multi-steps. The knives of the outer step that are less in use than the ones of the inner step must therefore be changed less frequently. The possibility of regrinding and reusing the knives several times reduces the cutting costs. A free-spinning disc integrated into the center of the cutter head ensures a reliable guiding of the two- or four-sided cant during processing and provides for an excellent dimension accuracy of the products.

LINCK canter head

WILLIAMS & WHITE

Williams & White distributes Hana brazing machines.

Williams & White of Burnaby, British Columbia is the exclusive distributor of Hana brazing machines in North America. Hana Commercial is a global leader in high speed brazing machines for a wide range of industries. The new HM (manual), H50 (semi automatic) and H55 (fully automatic) line of brazers fills the needs of sawmills and saw producers of all shapes and sizes. The HM brazer is an ideal machine for smaller sawmills and repair shops, combining manual operation with the consistency and accuracy of an automatic brazing machine. The HM requires an operator to manually index the saw and feed the tip. With the push of a button, the braze is completed automatically—automatic saw and tip pushing, automatic temperature control and automatic anneal cycle. The H50 is an entry level automatic brazing machine. Equipped with laser sensors for tip recognition, automatic flux dispensing, silver solder feed and a separate water cooling system, the H50 is an ideal brazing machine for any sawmill, saw shop or saw manufacturer. The H55 Ultimate Brazer is a high-end brazing machine that offers extreme automation, flexibility and speed. With automatic tip removal, servo controlled saw/hook angle adjustment, camera sensors for tip recognition, and robotic loading capability, the H55 truly is the ultimate brazer.

COLONIAL SAW Colonial Saw, Inc., a leading distributor of advanced saw and knife grinding machinery, offers a new robot loading system that enables unattended and overnight grinding. The Premium-Loader, an 8-axis grinding machine, built by ABM Grinding Technologies, minimizes human labor with a robot and probing system, allowing for true unattended processing with superb accuracy and superior finish grind quality. Designed to meet the increasing demand for automation by today’s circular saw manufacturing and mill filing rooms, Premium-Loader offers a vast range of production capacity for Colonial Saw new robotic saw service center round saw blades. It delivers a high ease-of-use factor with a user-friendly control system, web camera monitoring, live error notification and a familiar Windows platform. Shops will also appreciate its compact footprint and efficient power consumption.

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Andritz chipping heads are moving briskly into many new sawmill projects.

23 ➤ impact of CTL on overall lumber demand. “CLT buildings consume so much more lumber than traditional construction,” he added, and more demand through new markets should increase overall lumber values. Noting there are six CLT plants in the U.S. currently either operating or under construction, Vaagen said that even though designers and builders are still learning to work with CLT, “I believe we’re supply-constrained right now. The demand for CLT doesn’t have to be that big to boost lumber demand overall, and I think we’re at the tip of the iceberg.” Vaagen noted one study that reported a 10% shift from traditional building techniques to mass timber would result in an overall 59% increase in board footage used. The Vaagen Timbers plant in Colville will operate a Kallesoe press that can produce panels up to 60 ft., Ziegelmeyer fingerjointing line and Uniteam CNC system. The building is up, and employees are busy prepping for press delivery by March 1. Providing an update on the progress of CLT and mass timber in the marketplace was Ethan Martin of WoodWorks, which is working with a number of groups and regulators, code and fire officials to increase CLT’s presence in the market. Perhaps the biggest news is the pending approval by the International Code Council to use CLT and mass timber products in much taller buildings—up to 18 stories. Noting the mass timber concept is more of an assembly than traditional building, Martin said, “CLT saves money throughout the building process” and has a carbon footprint 16 and 24 times smaller, respec-

tively, than concrete or steel. Currently, the best market for CLT is three- to five-story commercial and institutional buildings, which will expand as the product and mass timber building techniques catch on, Martin said. Martin reported 33 new CLT lines are going in worldwide between now and 2020. Global CLT capacity is currently 3 million m3, but will pick up quickly after 2020. Also, by 2020 the U.S. will have 25% of global CLT capacity. “There’s a big gap between now and 2021,” Martin said. “For example, Germany is going to double its capacity by then.” Right now there are 20 or so companies worldwide producing CLT (compared to 325 LVLglulam producers), and that number is expected to increase. Charles Gale, principal of Doug Fir Consulting, spoke about his consulting work with Smartlam in Columbia Falls and helping the business transition to a fully fledged architectural CLT company. He also noted that nine CLT plants are running in North America and two are under construction (Katerra and Vaagen both in Washington), with International Beams about to start up in Dothan, Ala. Noting that mass timber buildings continue to grow taller, Gale said in the UK alone there are 600 CLT buildings. He said 60 European plants manufacture the product, and that by 2025 the CLT global market value is expected to be more than $2 billlion. Gale also pointed out possible limitation for mass timber adoption in North America: limited legislative support from government; lack of experienced designers/buildings/architects; lack of knowledge about building codes; lack of

suppliers; pressure from steel and concrete interest groups. Dominik Wolfschuetz with German Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers Assn. spoke about global CLT, and noted that 100 lines will be running by 2020 and that planned capacities will reach more than 3 million m3, with Europe accounting for 60% and North America 30%. However, he noted there’s a long way to go to reach those numbers from current production numbers. Gerhard Binder with MINDA listed 14 customers who have already purchased 20 MINDA CLT presses. He pointed to customers such as Freres Lumber, Sterling Lumber and Smartlam in the U.S.; L&G in the United Kingdom; Schilliger in Switzerland; Martinsons and Stora Enso in Sweden; Pfeifer, Derix and Decker in Germany; and Ladozhsky in Russia. Evan Schmidt with TallWood Design Institute also addressed barriers and challenges to mass timber, including understanding performance, standardization and codes; lack of familiarity among building professionals and code officials; cost and market uncertainties; underdeveloped supply chain and need for skilled labor. Schmidt said TallWood Design Institute is an industry driven partnership between the College of Forestry and the College of Engineering at Oregon State University and the College of Design at the University of Oregon. Schmidt noted their services provide applied research, product development and testing, and education, training and outreach. Tyler Freres, VP at Freres Lumber, reviewed the development, construction and startup of the Freres mass plywood panel plant in Lyons, Ore. Freres talked about the advantages of veneer-based MPP, as compared lumber-based CLT, noting that veneer allows higher recovery than lumber and innumerable potential layups. He said MPP surpasses CLT performance in major and minor strength directions in equivalent thicknesses. He also said distribution networks are basically currently non-existent and that mass timber manufacturers are providing panels to end user specifications. Freres is working with TallWood Design Institute on various lifecycle, acoustics, seismic, compression and durability tests. “Testing is expensive,” Freres emphasized.

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duced timeline for construction, reduced Meanwhile the challenges are that exBoth solutions are shown side by side on risk of execution, controlled startup and perts must label lots of lumber image exthe same screen. after sale service, controlled cost, and cus- amples, identify the best CNN for the Autolog has been testing the technolotomer focus remains on operations while lumber problem, considerable computagy in a sawmill in parallel to the mill’s BID’s focus is on the projects, “each fotion time and resources in training, and existing log optimizer. A few minor cusing on what they do best.” even with GPU’s there’s lots of processbugs were found and all log measureCo-owner Brian Fehr ran through the ing, and how do you run in real time? ments verified. Another round of paralcompany’s timeline since 2013 of acquisiFreeman then went through specific lel testing at a second mill was happentions and projects. Since 2013 BID has technologies including color/tracheid sen- ing in November before the mill is exacquired Comact, Miller, McGehee, sors, T3 sensor, throughboard sensor, geo- pected to switch fully to the new Gen3 MoCo and Vibra-Pro, while expanding metric sensor, and lumber labeling. He log optimizer. with offices into the Southern U.S. said the lumber labeling scope includes 50 Norvin Laudon, CTO at Springer-MiBID reported three greenfield mills in and growing different classes of defects, crotec, spoke about Microtec’s lineal operation, three under conGoldeneye 800 techstruction, four planned to nology for the planer be built over the next twomill. It depicts knots, plus years, as well as multisplits, shake, wane, ple major rebuilds across pith and other characthe U.S., and a backlog of teristics in various relawork through 2020. tionships and segmenBID says its turnkey tations with Deep process includes first Learning layered equipment on site around image processing. The four months after agreesystem runs on three ment; complete computers, utilizing xsawmill/planer mill delivray, color, 3D, dot and ered in seven phases with laser scatter imaging a period of three months; all at 4,000 scans per pre-startup commissioning second. by section within nine Seth Vance, vp and months of the agreement; general manager at complete site startup with- Simonds International had lots to display through its multiple lineup of companies. Timber Automation, in 11 months; performance spoke about the capa14 and growing different species, full tests and hourly production rates bilities and technologies of the company, time labeling crew of certified lumber achieved within three to four months which includes Baxley, LogPro, Timber graders, and to date tens of thousands of from startup; on-site support with BID’s Automation Construction and VAB. labeled board faces. optimization, controls and mechanical Vance said the company offers turnkey This deep learning artificial intelligence construction services along with its line of personnel for a six-month period, while slowly transferring the link to its service is the foundation of Lucidyne’s Perceptechnologies. sector during that period. tive Sight grading, which had its first inVance addressed the company’s multiThe company emphasized that stallation in March 2017 and more than saw merchandising system, stem opti“turnkey” moves the industry forward one new installation or upgrade per month mization and stem gapping with high ressince then, and involving roughly one with regard to safety, efficiency, infrasolution camera. The impact of stem gapnew species per month. tructure and facilities, forklift traffic and ping can potentially be $30,000 per eight Autolog’s Mario Godbout and Yvan product flow. hour shift, Vance said. Patrick Freeman, chief technology offi- Rainville spoke about their new Gen3 log Vance addressed the company’s newest optimizer software. “It’s a new way to cer of Lucidyne Technologies, spoke addition, VAB, and its lumber grading about the company’s advanced artificial build software for the sawmill industry,” technology in the planer mill, including intelligence in lumber detection, with em- they said, citing the benefits as better perreal-time simulations and quick-change formance, better tools and simulation fea- parameters. Virtual board numbering phasis on increased accuracy, problem tures and a rich user interface. solving, and teaching from example. tracks lumber from the slowdown belt to Performance is enhanced with high He probed through the evolvement in the lug loader. You can move, flip, rearscan density and better true shape modelsociety of convolutional neural network, range boards and never lose track of the multi-layer perception and backpropagaing. It’s capable of optimizing any type of solution. A recent installation at Varn tion. For Lucidyne it has evolved into primary log breakdown and offers the Wood Products in Georgia increased proDeep Learning, a combination of training possibility to select a solution based on a duction by more than 30% and dense sedata, parallel computation, scalability and risk factor or to force minimum opening lect structural grade by more than 40% smart algorithms, and ultimately CNN de- face on all four sides. over manual grading. Tools to compare multiple simulations fect detection in lumber. Representatives from TradeTec, AMS The Deep Learning advantages inon a high number of logs are examples of Solutions and Delta Computer Systems clude: no hand crafting of features— the tools available. It lets you test live on also delivered presentations. TP learn everything from examples; same screen new parameters or even a new op(Information in this article and photos of process (images/label/train); much hightimizer program without risking producTP&EE Portland were contributed by Timer capacity for learning; overall more ca- tion. Logs scanned on the chain are sent ber Processing editors Rich Donnell, Dan pable and accurate. to both the optimizer and the simulator. Shell, Jessica Johnson and Jay Donnell.) 38

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BRUKS SEES FUTURE OF CONVEYORS

By Jay Donnell

n early October BRUKS Siwertell held an exclusive event to celebrate the grand opening of The Belt Conveyor test facility located in Whitesburg, Ga. Several BRUKS employees were on hand to showcase The Belt Conveyor and answer questions about the new design. Attendees were treated to a live demonstration. The Belt Conveyor features an enclosed conveyor design system composed of a standard belt supported on a bed of pressurized air over a formed steel trough. This design eliminates idlers and all the

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maintenance issues associated with the traditional conveyor design, according to BRUKS, and most importantly eliminates safety and environmental issues caused by airborne particulates. For quick and easy installation, the conveyor is manufactured in standard modular sections. Complete erection cost for The Belt Conveyor is typically less than conventional conveyors, BRUKS reports. The Belt Conveyor Design Team applied for more than 20 patents to protect optimal features of this new technology. The Belt Conveyor is a simple cradle system that supports the formed carrying trough and covers. A central air manifold

provides the air pressure to suspend the belt. The basic components include the head unit, tail unit and the required number of intermediate sections. The intermediate sections are composed of four main elements: the trough, manifold, saddle support, and covers. The only rotating elements are the head and tail pulleys. The conveyor is also equipped with a fully enclosed cover and integrated air slide return along the return side that provides for a dust-free system. BRUKS Siwertell is a joint venture that was formed in May. JCE Invest AB owns a slight majority and Cargotec TP owns the remainder.

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SAWMILL

BY GONE By DK Knight

Sumter Lumber Co.’s Mississippi operations and its companion town were set apart.

ELECTRIC MILLS, Miss. hese days only a few landmarks distinguish the sleepy hamlet of Electric Mills in east-central Mississippi’s Kemper County. They include a utility pole peeling/treating/storage yard, a cell phone tower, a water tank (for the nearby community of Porterville), the Norfolk Southern Railway, and U.S. highway 45, which links the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Superior, a distance of 1,297 miles. But a century or so ago, Electric Mills, located about 35 miles slightly northeast of Meridian, was a thriving sawmill town that at its peak was said to have sustained and sheltered some 2,500 residents—about 2,450 more than dwell there now. Originally known as Bodga Station, the community’s transformation began in 1911 with the arrival of Sumter Lumber Co. (SLC), the owners of which bought an existing local mill owned by Cochran & Harrington Lumber Co. and proceeded to erect a new, larger facility that it activated in 1912. For several years, Sumter Lumber Co. reportedly had operated other sawmills in the South, including a steam-powered pine mill in Sumter County, Ala., some 30 miles southeast of here, before losing it to fire in late 1910. Rather than rebuild there, its investors opted to relocate to Bodga 42

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Above, this is how Sumter Lumber Co.’s mill complex appeared in the 1920s. Below, satellite image of same site shows a present-day pole operation, which covers part of the space once taken up by SLC’s extensive air-drying lumber yard. (Photo credit: black/white, Kemper County Museum; satellite, Google Earth Pro)

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A walkaround porch helped set apart the SLC office.

This house, the last of the original SLM dwellings and now abandoned, is the last one still standing.

Shade trees, screened porches and concrete sidewalks added to the comfort of the town’s residential dwellings.

Station. One primary draw was a railroad. Another reason was that the community was more central to SLC’s extensive timberland holdings in the area. According to a news item that appeared in the April 29, 1911 issue of Southern Lumberman, SLC’s absentee owners intended to rename Bodga Station as Sumter, but this never materialized. Instead, they influenced authorities to rename Bodga Station as Electric Mills, the unusual name hinging on the fact that the new saw-

mill and planer mill were powered by electricity, a novelty at the time. Mill byproducts fueled boilers to produce steam, which in turn generated electricity that powered the plant and heated dry kilns. SLC eventually provided electricity at no charge to town residents, all of whom were connected with the company. Incorporated in 1913, Electric Mills had street lights that were never turned off, according to historical lore, leading to claims that it was “the brightest town south of St. Louis.” According to published documents and oral history, SLC employed more than 500 at the mill, town, and logging and railroad operations. Little evidence of the once-bustling town remains. Only one original house still stands, several narrow roads intersect a few blocks, and sections of some concrete sidewalks are intact. The mill was located adjacent to and

Railroads were crucial to SLC operations. (Photo credit: Kemper Museum)

west of the railroad and what would become U.S. highway 45. All that remains of the mill are some overgrown concrete columns and the log pond. The current pole operation is partially situated on property where acres of lumber were stored.

MILL TOWN Among mill towns, Southern or otherwise, the place evidently had a lot going for it. In fact, it was often described as the “nicest sawmill town in the South.” Consider this paragraph extracted from a 10page article that appeared in the June 14, 1924 issue of The American Lumberman: “The town is beautifully laid out, the principal buildings being grouped around a central park, and the streets lined with fine shade trees, both pine and hardwood. The homes are well built, sanitary, attractive, and conveniently arranged. An abundant

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supply of pure water for all purposes is supplied from an artesian well.” Electric Mills was self-contained in that it ultimately featured a commissary, two hotels, two schools (eight grades), barber shop, shoe shop, two churches, community house, men’s club, pharmacy, 35-bed hospital, ice plant, meat market, soda fountain, 500-seat theater, dairy, library, playground, baseball field, two baseball teams (Electric Mills Scrappers and Mill City Jitterbugs), Masonic Lodge, railroad depot, five-company fire department, auto garage and gasoline station. Opened in 1923, the George C. Hixon Memorial Hospital was said to have been “one of the finest in the state” and attracted patients from near and far. Three doctors who served there early on were E.L. Gilbert, J.B. Mooney and J.B. Davis. In the beginning, SLC employees paid a mere $4.50 a month for complete medical and surgical care. Electric Mills—locals referred to it as EM in its heyday—may be the only former sawmill town in North America that has a documentary and web site (electricmills.org) devoted to it, thanks to Lee H. Thompson, Jr., whose maternal grandparents, E.A. and Pauline Temple, were pillars in the community. E.A. Temple worked for Cochran & Harrington Lumber Co., keeping the books and running the store and post office. When SLC bought that company’s mill and town site and built the new mill, Temple served SLC in the same capacity and later became its accountant and auditor. Thompson, who lives in Mooresville, Miss., has special memories of EM, as a kid having killed his first deer and turkey there and fished in the log pond. In producing the two-hour documentary, titled Electric Mills, MS—Memories of a Lumber Town, Thompson drew on his background and experience as a wedding/event videographer. He gleaned

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DOO-GA-LOO SLC had its own way of keeping up with earned wages, charging employee purchases at the company store, making change, and paying its workers. Foremen kept a time book and turned it in to the office daily and the paymaster posted the amount each worker earned on a 3x4 in. card. Employees could buy whatever they wanted or ‘Doog’ coins could be exchanged needed at the company store with these cards. Any change due employees in transactions was for silver. (Photo credit: Richard in the form of brass money, known as ‘doo-ga- Barge) loo.’ At the end of any two-week pay period, employees would redeem their time cards and any ‘doog’ change they held for authentic U.S. silver coins. The brass money was also used at another mill that SLC owners operated at Elrod, Ala. Company auditor E.A. Temple did not like to handle paper money, safety precautions being among the reasons, and instead opted for silver, which arrived under guard via train. Over time, the brass tokens, and silver, particularly dollars, became an identifying symbol for EM residents. Reportedly, any merchant within 75 miles of the town happily accepted the ‘doo-ga-loo,’ knowing SLC was good for it. When the company announced it was closing the mill, those who held the tokens brought them to the company office and redeemed them for cash—silver of course. “It was almost like a run on the bank,” one area resident was quoted as saying. TP information from numerous articles, letters and books, not to mention interviews with several people who had ties with the company or town, or whose relatives were so connected. Based on that information, life in the town apparently was quite good, all things considered. Some memories noted or mentioned in his work: —25 lb. bags of rice and flour; —concrete sidewalks that lined streets and led to the front doors of houses; —boardwalks that led to outdoor toilets; —street lights; —doors that were never locked; —the annual Independence Day barbecue celebration capped by an afternoon baseball game; —the annual “Eight o’ May” Emancipation Day celebration that also included

mounds of delicious barbecue; —the unhurried pace; —an acute sense of family; —summer revival meetings; —a near classless social order; —the mill whistle; —the pronounced spirit of employee loyalty to the company; —the company’s pronounced concern for its employees; —cooking schools; —teachers who paddled students for not passing tests; —four passenger trains a day; —following the ice wagon to catch ice shavings made when the delivery man sawed ice blocks; —the pleasant aromas of the butcher shop; ➤ 47

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purchase, but reconsidered after the local general store owner called him ‘the biggest fool to come to this part of the country.’ But he decided to complete the purchase in August 1942.” What happened to the 165,000 cutover acres owned by SLC? In the 1920s Charlie Barge left SLC for Texas and operated a According to David Barge, principal in a Barge family timber small mill there until it was destroyed by fire. He returned to and lumber business based in Macon, Miss., the Kemper CounMississippi, working in lumber sales for lumber concerns E.L. ty holdings and possibly those in Sumter County, Ala., were ac- Bruce and D.L. Fair before buying substantial acreage and an quired by The Flintkote Co. Other blocks were perhaps acexisting pine sawmill at Ethel, Miss., doing business as Ethel quired by other publicly traded corporations. Thomas Clark Lumber Co. Interestingly, his sales brochure mimicked SLC’s wrote in his book titled “The Greening of the South” that Weyclaims. He promoted his product as” Elco Quality” and “Old erhaeuser first began buying timberland in Mississippi and AlGrowth Extra Quality,” maintaining it came from “Original abama in 1954 and a year later acquired 45,000 acres in Missis- Growth, Dense, Shortleaf Pine.” sippi from the Murphy Corp. In the mid-’60s Weyerhaeuser Later, he changed the company’s name to C.A. Barge Lumpurchased 100,000 acres in Kemper County from Flintkote, ber Co., and even later established a small mill in Macon to cut about the same time it purchased the holdings of Deweese Lum- the low-grade hardwood that had taken over the former SLC ber Co. in Philadelphia, Miss. lands. In 1952 he sold the mill to his manager, who renamed it Barge reports that his grandfather, the late Charlie Barge, a Attala Lumber Co., and became a full-time tree farmer. Texan who joined SLC as a secreToday, Charlie Barge’s descentary/stenographer and eventually bedants, one of which is his son, came its assistant sales manager, Richard, own 51,000 meticulously ended up with just under 50,000 SLC managed acres and operate a pine acres. He paid $3.25 per acre, 25 sawmill through six ownership enticents less than the asking price. ties. One of them owns and operates “Since my grandfather had worked in Lake Forest Ranch, Inc. a Christian management for Sumter and had the youth camp founded by Charlie sawmill operation in Ethel, they ofBarge. The facility is located on the fered him the Noxubee and Winston former site of Lake Forest Camp, one County lands,” he reports. “In Janof the logging camps SLC operated Lake Forest logging camp as it appeared in the 1920s/1930s. TP uary 1942 he signed a contract to in Noxubee County.

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44 ➤ —a company doctor who on one occasion helped deliver triplets named after the Old Testament characters of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Much of the information included in the documentary came from a short history of the town compiled and published in 1970 by Eva May. That history was punctuated with additional information gleaned from numerous interviews. The sense of community and level of employee contentment that prevailed were so strong that an Electric Mills annual reunion was held for decades after the mill closed. On one occasion people came from 12 states and one foreign country, according to the May history. Charles Fitts, Jr., whose father worked in lumber sales, remembered moving to EM in 1932 for a five-year stay, during which he landed his first job cleaning up the Union Church building, ringing the bell, and building a fire in the lone potbellied stove during cold weather. His pay: $2 per month. He recalled fond memories of his time there, writing this in the May history: “My years in EM were very short when compared to the time of the other residents. As I look back on those years, and I often do, I wish there could have been many more.” In the documentary, Fitts brought up the April 5, 1936 tornado that devastated a big part of Tupelo, Miss., killing 216 and injuring scores of others. He recalled how many of the injured were put on trains in Tupelo for transport to a hospital in Meridian. Some trains stopped in Electric Mills to transfer the injured the local Hixon hospital. Another person interviewed was John Briggs, Jr., who reported that both his grandfathers, paternal John (Jiggs) Briggs, Sr., and maternal G.R. Edwards, worked for Sumter Lumber Co. The paternal grandfather worked in the logging camps and his material grandfather worked in the planer mill as a lumber grader. Of Edwards, Briggs said: “He told me he walked four miles one-way to work at the sawmill in its early years. He went to work at the mill when it opened and worked there until it closed.”

per, Noxubee and Winston counties in Mississippi and Sumter County, Ala. This volume was seen as enough to carry the mill for a projected 25 years, according to published documents. Elevated on reinforced concrete columns and built of steel, the mill featured two Allis-Chalmers 8 ft. bandmills and a 57 in. Wickes gang saw. In the mid 1920s it was turning out about 300MBF per day (two shifts), and focused on cutting for quality over quantity. It specialized in boards, shiplap, flooring, ceiling, siding, casing, base and molding, mostly in clear

16 ft. lengths. Relatively soft, easily worked, and light in both weight and color, the lumber to a certain extent resembled white pine, and was effectively marketed under the trade name ‘Nearwhite.’ After going through one green grading, lumber was dried via a battery of eight double track dry kilns, then went through the planer mill and was meticulously graded again, assuring customers of grade uniformity and quality. The sheds for kiln dried stock held 4MMBF; the storage yard 20MMBF. The loading dock could handle 30 rail cars at a time. ➤ 48

OPERATIONS SLC’s owners were John Alexander, Thomas Brittingham, Joseph Hixon and George Hixon, all of whom became experienced lumbermen in northern and western states before investing in Southern operations. SLC had accumulated 165,000 acres of virgin pine, much of it shortleaf, in KemTIMBER PROCESSING

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SLC’s quality lumber originated with quality logs. (Photo credit: Kemper Museum)

47 ➤ The writer of The American Lumberman article noted the “wonderful spirit of loyalty” and high morale evident among employees, from laborers to supervisors. Once an employee got on the payroll, he tended to stay, so there was limited labor turnover. The article also noted the respect and esteem employees and their families held for D.H. Foresman, who assumed the general manager’s position in 1921. Residents credited Foresman for having sidewalks installed, improving roads, and installing electrical wiring and lights in dwellings. Portable housing for logging camp workers evidently was a cut above what many other lumber companies of the period provided. The housing was moved as needed via railroad, which was also central to getting logs from stump to mill. Logging methods were typical of the day: horses and mules, go-devil carts, purpose-built wagons, steam powered skidders and loaders, and later, possibly crawler tractors. A well-equipped machine shop and skilled craftsmen kept it all in running order. Many sawmills were wiped out in the Great Recession, but SLC soldiered on throughout the challenging period. In historical documents, there is no record of even a temporary shutdown during this time. Still, one tragedy did occur: the hospital was destroyed by fire and was not rebuilt.

THE WINDDOWN But a new decade ushered in dark days. With its timber supply all but exhausted, rumors of the mill’s impending closing began circulating in 1940, and it appeared it would close 48

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by year-end. However, officials found enough sizable regrowth timber on company land a few miles south of the mill to keep it going for three more months. E.A. Temple’s colleague, Hardy Myers, began arranging for the closing in March 1941. Approached by Myers, a nearby landowner agreed to sell a large pine tree growing in his pasture to SLC. The price was $50. Myers had the tree cut into two enormous logs and delivered by truck to the mill, and each log was conveyed to a respective carriage. A small crowd of employees and residents watched sadly as sawyers Guy Cammack and Gavin Davis did their thing. Ironically, the mill that had relied exclusively on feedstock from SLC’s extensive holdings completed its run on purchased logs. The closing put some 75 men out of work immediately, but the company gave each terminated employee a bonus of three weeks’ pay. It was a generous act unparalleled by few, if any, sawmill companies of the day. With some 20MMBF of lumber on hand to be planed and sold, the operation did not officially close until September 1941. Within months most former employees and residents had moved away, many

Portable logging camp housing was comfortable, neatly arranged.

to shipbuilding jobs on the Gulf Coast. After EM’s population dwindled to less than 100 in early 1942, Gov. Paul Johnson abolished its incorporation status. Not long thereafter, former SLC officials E.A. Temple and Fred Hughes purchased the town and all related buildings, a small lake and some surrounding woods, the total coming to 880 acres. The purchase price was not disclosed. Most of the houses and buildings were sold and dismantled, the lumber transported elsewhere for various purposes. Some houses were rented but gradually deteriorated

and were eventually abandoned. SLC sold the mill/railroad equipment and dismantled all the buildings. According to Lee Thompson, E.A. Temple died in 1958, but his grandmother, Pauline Temple, continued in a support role, “serving as mayor, marshal, doctor, judge, advisor and whatever else was needed until her death in 1985,” the same year the EM post office was closed. TP This article first appeared in Southern Loggin’ Times, a companion publication of Timber Processing.

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2018 EDITORIAL INDEX JANUARY/ FEBRUARY

Strong Northland Fort McMurray mill upgrades and sidesteps a major fire. Page 18.

The Issues A Different Take. Page 5.

Log Scanning Pages 26-38.

Way Of Life A Southern lumberman personified, Tommy Battle, President of Battle Lumber Co., has been named the 2018 Timber Processing Person of the Year. Page 14.

Mill Roots Collins: Sustainable Company And Sustainable Forestlands. Page 40.

Obstacles Overcome Three floods since 2006 haven’t stopped Diaz Forest Products and its affiliates from continuing to evolve in Pennsylvania. Page 24. Second Look: Mackeys Ferry. Page 34.

Second Look: Bennett Forest Products Page 46. Collaboration Climate Change In Theory. Page 51.

MAY The Issues CLT Movement Spreads To Eastern Half Of U.S. Page 5.

Mill Roots Collum’s Lumber Products: American As You’ll Find. Page 38.

Newsfeed Atlanta Event Hits On CLT Movement. Page 6.

Collaboration Forest Service In 2018. Page 44.

Positive Input Stanfill Hardwood Lumber continues to invest in order to be more efficient. Page 18.

Low Impact Those forecasts of timber supply chain chaos made a decade ago are not coming to fruition. Page 48.

Logging To Lumber Faced with limited log markets, logging and trucking concerns joined forces to create their own market, resulting in a new $100 million sawmill at Two Rivers Lumber. Page 28.

MARCH The Issues Information To Be Had. Page 5. Higher Grade Output Bennett Lumber Products is riding grade and recovery increases following recent green end optimization and kiln improvements. Page 18. Mill Roots Stoltze Land & Lumber Built The Way West. Page 28. Second Look: Diaz Forest Products Page 38. Pellet Producers Have Momentum Cold weather markets have taken away some of the pain. Page 42.

Planer Mills Pages 42-49. Mass Timber Future Oregon’s Freres Lumber aims at growing mass timber building market with innovative new product—Mass Plywood Panels (MPP)—and a new plant to produce it. Page 50. Second Look: Almond Bros. Lumber Page 58.

JUNE The Issues New Sawmills Are Dotting The Southern Pine Landscape. Page 5.

Wood Yard Pages 48-51.

APRIL The Issues To See The Future, First Look Back. Page 5.

Once Again With a new line, Jordan Lumber’s North Carolina SYP operation surpasses 6MMBF weekly and climbing. Page 12.

Success With Export In one of the smallest footprints, Almond Bros. Lumber packs a big punch. Page 14.

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Onward Upward High lumber prices and good markets have allowed many softwood lumber mills in the U.S. to invest in new machinery and technology projects, which should stand these mills in good stead as markets continue to maintain their strength. Page 20. Second Look: Stanfill Hardwood Page 36. Machinery Row Log Handler Lifts Edgewood Mill. Page 38.

JULY/AUGUST The Issues ‘Staying Power’ Has Meaning. Page 5. Very Upbeat U.S. hardwood lumbermen are more optimistic than they have been in many years. Page 12. Building The Flume The era of the flume is byone, but the marvel of this apparatus lives on. Page 24.

OCTOBER The Issues TP&EE Portland Will Honor Red Emmerson. Page 5. Dual Line Stud Mill Sierra Pacific’s latest Washington mill is a model of compact throughput and efficiency, with high-volume dual line design. Page 12. Four Sawmills Neiman Enterprises has grown big time, but its family background remains a guiding force. Page 24. Timber Processing & Energy Expo Preview Section: Pages 36-111.

NOVEMBER The Issues Brexit For Dummies. Page 5. GP Wood Sets Pace With a 14 million Euro investment, GP Wood becomes the most technologically advanced sawmill on the island of Ireland. Page 10.

Collaboration Importance Of Mass Timber. Page 40.

No Fiber Unused Nechako find the best ways to drive value from all fiber that enters the site. Page 20.

2018 Lumbermen’s Buying Guide Pages 43-85.

Dry Kilns Pages 24-27.

Machinery Row CombiLift Hosts HQ Opening. Page 86.

Westfor Fune-Tunes Trucking Page 28.

SEPTEMBER

Collaboration Summer Lost. Page 32.

DECEMBER

The Issues Inner Workings. Page 5. TP&EE Portland Show Gears Up Lumber, mass timber workshops complement The Big Expo. Page 6.

The Issues Coming To Terms With 2018. Page 5.

Projects Abound Ashton-Lewis Lumber has been in upgrade mode as of late and it’s paying off. Page 18.

Newsfeed Industry Responds To Michael. Page 6.

Mismanaged Without Management Oregon forests thrive under right conditions. Page 26.

Fencing Masters Alta Forest Products has grown into the world’s largest producer of fence boards. Page 16.

Second Look: Jordan Lumber Page 34.

TP&EE Portland Coverage Pages 22-33.

Band Mills Pages 54-56.

Cutting Tools Pages 34-35. Sawmill Bygone Sumter Lumber Co.’s Mississippi operations and its companion town were set apart. Page 42.

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GP Starts Up At Talladega

Georgia-Pacific celebrated the official start of production at its newest lumber facility in Talladega, Ala. on November 15. The $100 million, 300,000 square foot plant took nine months to complete. The plant currently employs more than 130 full-time and is expected to generate an estimated $5 million in annual payroll. To celebrate the startup, Georgia-Pacific hosted a dedication on the facility’s grounds with state and community leaders. Among the guests were Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, Georgia-Pacific President and CEO Christian Fischer and Talladega Mayor Jerry Cooper. “This investment in Talladega, and across Alabama, drives home our focus on providing long-term value to our customers, communities, employees and company,” Fischer said. “I’m proud of the many talented employees working at this site.” Alabama represents a significant state for Georgia-Pacific’s operations. Cur-

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rently, there are more than 2,300 employees across eight facilities that span all of the company’s business segments. In the last five years, Georgia-Pacific has invested approximately $1.2 billion in its operations across the state. The new facility receives approximately 150 log trucks a day and produces approximately 230MMBF a year, with plans to expand production to 300MMBF in the near future. The facility’s current plan is to ship approximately 50 truckloads of lumber each day. “The availability of talent and natural resources make Talladega an ideal site for this new lumber production facility,” says Fritz Mason, vice president and general manager, Georgia-Pacific Lumber. “The city of Talladega, Talladega County and the state of Alabama have been incredibly supportive of this new venture.” According to the University of Alabama’s economic modeling, the construction of the plant had an estimated economic impact of more than $26 million on the city and county. The Talladega plant is the first of three

new lumber production facilities Georgia-Pacific will be opening in the Southeast by the end of 2019. “The demand for lumber continues to improve as the housing market recovers,” Mason says. “We look forward to starting up our other two mills currently under construction in Warrenton, Georgia, in the spring, and in Albany, Georgia, in late 2019.”

Canfor Purchases Most Of Vida Canfor Corp. is purchasing 70% of Sweden’s VIDA Group for CAD$580 million. The current owners of VIDA will retain a 30% interest and continue to manage the day-to-day business. “With the acquisition of VIDA, we are excited to become a truly international manufacturer and provider of wood product solutions for our global customers,” says Don Kayne, president and CEO of Canfor. “This transformational growth will allow Canfor to further diversify and secure a worldwide fiber supply to meet the growing demand of

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ATLARGE our customers.” VIDA is Sweden’s largest privately owned sawmill company, operating nine sawmills in southern Sweden with an annual production capacity of 1.1 billion BF. All of the sawmills produce spruce and pine products, and are strategically located in high quality and sustainable fiber regions of Sweden. In addition, VIDA has nine valueadded facilities that include premium packaging, modular housing, industrial products and energy. “We are excited that Santhe Dahl, Group CEO, and Måns Johansson, Deputy CEO of VIDA will continue to lead the company operations in Sweden. We welcome VIDA’s skilled management team, talented employees and modern operations to our company,” Kayne adds. “This will allow us to continue to strengthen and develop the VIDA brand on a global scale,” says VIDA’s Dahl. After taking into account the full impact of the VIDA transaction and the recent acquisition of Elliott Sawmilling in South Carolina, Canfor’s annual production capacity will be 7.2 billion BF, and include a diversified operating base in Western Canada, the U.S. and Europe. VIDA’s head office is in Alvesta, Sweden. The company employs 1,050. Its sawmills are located near forest resources in the Smaland and Västra Götaland regions of Sweden. Operations also include the manufacturing and sale of wood packaging, pellets and housing/building components. Approximately 75% of VIDA’s lumber production is exported to Europe, the U.S., Australia, Africa and Asia. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2019.

Angelina FP Taps USNR As Supplier Angelina Forest Products has selected USNR as the primary supplier for the new sawmill that’s being built in Lufkin, Texas. The new equipment is currently in manufacturing and the mill is slated to start up in 2019. USNR will supply the following: l Log breakdown line featuring a reciprocating quad roll log turner, PGLR, canter, profilers, quad arbor saw box and Vertical Shape saw. l Transverse edger line featuring BioVision defect scanning, and edger with reman head. l Sawmill trim line featuring BioVi56

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sion defect scanning, ElectraTong lug loader, Multi-Track Fence, clamshellstyle trimmer, and pusher lug sorter. l Two continuous dry kilns with Green Fuel Burners, and a double-track dry kiln utilizing direct fired gas fuel. l Planer mill line features the Transverse High Grader defect scanner, continuous tilt hoist, Quad Cam lug loader, Multi-Track Fence, clamshell-style trimmer, pusher lug sorter with MyMill mobile HMI, low profle electric stacker and package outfeed. l System engineering and project management services are provided by Mid-South Engineering (now a part of the USNR family of companies). The sawmill will produce a full product line of southern yellow pine lumber and will be capable of producing in excess of 220MMBF annually. The mill expects to receive 600 log trucks a week from timber owners within a 100-mile radius and will ship 200 trucks of finished product per week throughout this area and other parts of the U.S.

Verderber Named VP-Manufacturing Seneca Sawmill, Eugene, Ore., named Chris Verderber to the newly created position of VP-Manufacturing. The position adds strength to the current management group including operations, safety and HR. Verderber comes to Seneca with more than 20 years of wood products experience, the last 10 managing a sawmill complex in northern California for the Collins Companies. Beyond day-to-day operations, Verderber will assist Todd Payne, Seneca CEO, in charting a course forward that will continue to build upon Seneca’s automation and technology efficiencies at existing facilities along with an eye toward the future.

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MACHINERYROW JoeScan Recognizes Galloway Lumber At JoeScan’s booth during TP&EE in Portland, Ore., a group of sawmill industry leaders gathered to toast Galloway Lumber, the winner of the Longest Running JoeScan contest. This announcement ended the months long search for the longest continually operating JoeScan 3D laser scanner. With champagne and beer glasses held high, Marketing Manager Brad Michael and JoeScan founder and President Joey Nelson gave a short speech to the crowd packed around their booth. During the ceremony Nelson identified the winning scan head. “This is really special because it’s the very first JoeScan ever installed,” Nelson said. “It’s

JoeScan honors its longest-running 3D laser scanner.

still running great, almost 16 years later.” The winning scanner first went to work on the bucking line at Galloway’s British Columbia sawmill in February 2003, or just over 5,700 days before the TP&EE event. “If this isn’t a testament to our ‘Made for Sawmills’ motto, I don’t know what is,” Michael added. Although there was only one winner in the contest, JoeScan was quick to acknowledge all of the sawmills and systems integrators that have worked with them over the years. “From our oldest partners to our newest friends, you’re the reason we’re here today,” Michael said. “Here’s to 16 more years of successful sawmill scanning.”

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JULY

17—Southern Oregon Timber Industries Assn. annual meeting, Black Bear, Medford, Ore. Call 541-773-5329; email foresluco@qwestoffice.net.

17-20—AWFS Fair 2019, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. Visit awfsfair.org.

28-29—Northwestern Lumber Assn. annual meeting, Rivers Edge Conference Center, St. Cloud, Minn. Call 763-544-6822; visit nlassn.org.

FEBRUARY 4-6—Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Assn. Convention & Exposition, Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, Indianapolis, Ind. Call 317-288-0008; visit ihla.org. 20-24—Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers annual meeting, W Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Call 336-885-8315; visit appalachianhardwood.org.

MARCH 10-12—Western Wood Products Assn. annual meeting, Westin La Paloma, Tucson, Ariz. Call 503-224-3930; visit wwpa.org. 20-22—Hardwood Manufacturers Assn. 2019 National Conference & Expo, Hyatt Regency, Savannah, Ga. Call 412-244-0440; visit hmamembers.org.

APRIL 3-5—International Wood Products Assn. annual meeting, Loews Ventana Canyon, Tucson, Ariz. Call 703-820-6696; visit iwpawood.org. 23-25—American Forest Resource Council annual meeting, Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, Wash. Call 503-222-9505; visit amforest.org.

MAY 5-7—American Wood Protection Assn. annual meeting, Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando, Fla. Call 205-733-4077; visit awpa.com. 17-18—Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo, Cross Insurance Center, Bangor, Maine. Call 315-369-3078; visit northernlogger.com. 27-31—Ligna: World Fair For The Forestry And Wood Industries, Hannover, Germany. Call +49 511 89-0; fax +49 511 8932626; visit ligna.de.

JUNE 26-28—Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 504-443-4464; visit sfpaexpo.com.

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SEPTEMBER 13-14—Western Saw Filer’s Educational Association Annual Conference and Banquet, Monarch Hotel and Conference Center, Clackamas, Ore. Call 360-880-2177; email westernsawfilers@yahoo.com. Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend.

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