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A Hatton-Brown Publication

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Newcomer To Operating A Sawmill

Pallet Stock Sawmill Has Flexibility Lumber Handling Takes The Cake Brazil Mill Gains Upper Hand

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COVER: Associated Hardwoods relied on Corley Manufacturing for the construction of a sawmill in Gaffney, SC, not far from AH’s concentration yard in Granite Falls, NC. PAGE 12. (Jay Donnell photo)

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Rich Donnell Editor-in-Chief

TWO COMPANIES GO THE GREENFIELD SAWMILL ROUTE

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rticles on large greenfield sawmills don’t come around too often (though we hope to have one on Biewer Lumber’s new mill in Newton, Miss. in the near future). For that matter stories about small greenfield sawmills aren’t very common either. Not many companies are into building greenfield sawmills these days— large or small.

Which makes this issue somewhat unique—because it includes articles on not one but two recently constructed small greenfield sawmills, which are about 2,800 miles apart. And both sawmills were built so that the respective companies could gain greater control over the green lumber raw material required for their finished production operations.

And if we’re going to continue to go with the adjective “unique,” let’s extend it to Fruit Growers Supply, a cooperative that has been around for 110 years. Fruit Growers Supply, which had gotten out of sawmilling in 1973, has recently built and started up a pallet stock sawmill in Yreka, Calif. Lumber from the new mill goes green to its pallet plant in Visalia, Calif.

The mill operates a CAE SL2000 (McGehee) small log profiler, which once ran in the sawmill at Pilot Rock, Ore. owed by Frontier Resources (Kinzua Resources). Frontier sold the mill to Boise Cascade in 2009. Our Western Editor Dan Shell visited and did an article on the Boise mill in 2012, right after Boise had removed the machine from its mill and sat it on the yard. Dan remembers seeing the piece under a tarp. Who knew that the next time Dan would see the machine would be when it was running at Yreka for Fruit Growers Supply?

The other article that actually received the big photo play on the cover is the Associated Hardwoods greenfield hardwood sawmill in Gaffney, SC. Associated Hardwoods doesn’t have 110 years under its belt, but is approaching 40, and has established itself as a top notch specialized hardwood lumber products company.

Associated Hardwoods is based in Granite Falls, NC, the site of a large concentration yard, including 18 dry kilns, an assortment of impressive lumber handling machinery and value-added sawing and gluing lines.

Through the years the company procured its green lumber from literally hundreds of suppliers along the Eastern Seaboard, but the recession of 2008 served as a wake-up call as some of those suppliers went away.

Wanting to establish more control over its green Big logs on ice at Associated Hardwoods lumber supply, as well as bring in some new product opportunities (such as in white oak), Associated Hardwoods (led by President Rick Jordan) set out to build a sawmill. Jordan found willing partners in the city of Gaffney and Corley Manufacturing. Gaffney is an hour and a half drive from the Granite Falls operation— an easy-enough haul for Associated Hardwoods’ large trucking business.

Best of luck to Fruit Growers Supply and Associated Hardwoods in their sawmill ventures.

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NEWSFEED NEXT TIMBER PROCESSING & ENERGY EXPO WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 17-19, 2018 Hatton-Brown Expositions announced that the next Timber Processing and Energy Expo (TP&EE) will be held October 17-19, 2018 at the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore. This will mark the fourth biennial TP&EE to be produced by Hatton-Brown Expositions, an affiliate of Hatton-Brown Publishers, Inc. and Timber Processing and Panel World magazines.

The 2016 event was a major success, including registration of 1,800 representatives of 110 wood products producer companies and hundreds of lumber, veneer/plywood and engineered wood products mills. They viewed 225 exhibitor companies who displayed their equipment and technologies on 60,000 SF of space in a sold-out Hall E. The significant increase in exhibitors (from 170 in 2014) was made possible by moving the event into the largest facility at the Portland Expo Center. Many exhibitors also increased the size of their booth space to show more machinery.

The 2016 TP&EE also included two workshop days that featured presentations on a range of lumber, plywood and engineered wood products technologies. More than 300 people attended the workshops.

Attendees came from 39 U.S. states, six Canadian provinces and 22 countries. A lumberman from the Southeast commented: “We always walk away with new ideas as well as new friends. There is always a different technology that is applicable to our mills, and it’s good to be able to compare offerings from the various vendors. It’s certainly an investment in time for our peo6

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ple to attend, but we believe the relationships and knowledge gained are invaluable.”

A Northwest lumberman added: “The main reason we send so many of our people there is that we like to get our people away from the plant to see what is new and innovative within our industry. The show in Portland is a great venue for that.”

A post-event survey of exhibitors revealed that 85% of exhibitor companies “possibly or did” sign an order because of their participation in TP&EE. “That’s really an impressive statistic when you think about it,” commented Show Director Rich Donnell. “It says a lot for the exhibitors and the efforts they put into the event, and that they were prepared for the producers in attendance who obviously had real projects on their mind.”

One exhibitor commented following the 2016 TP&EE: “The Portland Expo Center is a perfect venue, and the show floor was very spacious.

We had solid leads from decision makers in attendance.

We drew customers from many parts of the U.S. as well as Canada. The show was very upbeat and optimistic.”

A larger beer garden was put in place for the event and it remained crowded for the duration of the expo, Many economists expect the building products sector to gain considerable momentum in 2018, and the timing of the 2018 TP&EE could be right on the money.

“After three events, TP&EE has started to define itself as the show that is geared to mid to high production mills, and the one that exhibitors point to for the introduction of advanced technologies,” Donnell said.

KLAUSNER RUNS INTO TROUBLE The Klausner Lumber One sawmill at Live Oak, Fla. in late January temporarily laid off its second shift employees and scaled back production with first shift, according to reports. The arrangement was expected to last only weeks before the mill resumed full speed.

However, the slowdown could last longer than anticipated due to a shortage of logs, which loggers/suppliers contend was the underlying reason for the shutdown. The mill’s primary suppliers stopped delivering logs to the mill in late January, citing non-payment for logs they had delivered.

Loggers contacted by TP claimed the collective supply group was owed upwards of $2 million at one point—some larger suppliers reportedly were short $300,000 or more— but pointed out that Klausner was whittling away at the amount.

“We need that log market and hope that Klausner succeeds, but we cannot operate without being paid,” said the owner of one affected logging company.

A second Klausner sawmill under construction in Enfield, NC had reportedly made good progress, but was recently put on hold. “I’m not sure Klausner (at Live Oak) will succeed but I believe there has been too large of an investment for it not to work for someone. I understand the sawmill in Enfield, NC is two-thirds completed but on hold. Not a good sign in this lumber market,” commented an industry source.

Last spring a former Klausner human resources employees sued the company for allegedly submitting false statements, mostly in regard to hiring and training practices, to federal, state and local governments to receive public grants and funding.

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NEWSFEED NEW CHIP MILL IS GEARING UP Carolina Chips, Inc., a subsidiary of The Price Companies, Inc., expects to start up a chip mill in Holly Hill, Orangeburg County, SC this year.

The $32 million investment, which is creating 15 jobs, will produce chips and processed bark for the KapStone paper mill in North Charleston, SC. Based in Monticello, Ark., The Price Companies, Inc. operates 25 wood processing operations across 11 states that provide a variety of services, including chipping, wood storage and trucking.

Carolina Chips, Inc. designed, built, owns and operates the chip mill and wood storage yard in Holly Hill.

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“We are very proud and excited to be developing a longterm relationship with a solid, progressive and customerdriven company like KapStone,” comments The Price Companies, Inc. President and CEO Dick Carmical.

Valmet/Metso is providing most of the chip production line. Fulghum Industries is supplying the crane.

HAMPTON STARTS UP BANKS MILL Hampton Lumber officially launched operations at the former Banks Lumber sawmill in Banks, Ore. that it purchased last August. Hampton spent six months making upgrades to improve safety, efficiency and optimization. Once fully operational, the mill will employ 60 and produce green Douglas fir lumber.

The Banks mill is located 25 miles from Portland’s urban markets and transportation systems and is situated near several state and private forestlands, including lands managed by Hampton near the Wilson River.

“With all the challenges, one might wonder why a company would continue to invest in sawmills,” say CEO Steve Zika. “But we have over 70 years of experience in the sawmill business and people still need and want renewable wood products.”

HAMPTON’S ZIKA HAS CLT DOUBTS Hampton Lumber CEO Steve Zika has his doubts about the future of cross-laminated timber.

Zika notes that the goal of developing more sustainable

building technologies is being advanced with the help of urban planners, architects and government officials, and that Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Oregon State University are supporting the CLT industry through expedited permitting processes and new CLT research funding; and that at the national level, bipartisan legislation was introduced in Congress last year to provide research, assistance and incentives for the construction of tall wood buildings throughout the U.S. “Creating economic opportunities for rural communities will take more than loans and research dollars,” Zika says.

“The ability of rural communities to benefit, and indeed the ultimate success of CLT manufacturing in the U.S. will come down to the age-old question of timber supply balance. Development of a local CLT man-

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NEWSFEED ufacturing sector will require a low cost lumber supply, active forest management, and reform of current forest management policies for public lands—a challenging task that of late, few have been willing to take the time to fully understand, let alone tackle.”

Zika says his concern is that “when all is said and done, we will end up with a well-developed understanding of the benefits and capabilities of CLT, but no realistic way to develop a local wood manufacturing sector at the scale needed to support it. Unless CLT design and manufacturing advances alongside more balanced state and federal forest management policies, I fear this exciting concept will not meet expectations.”

Zika says that while he is supportive of and excited by the development of CLT, Hampton—at least for now—

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will not embark on the expensive task of building a CLT plant alongside one of its sawmills.

TRUCK DRIVER’S FAMILY WINS SUIT In January a Lowndes County (Ala.) Circuit Court jury awarded more than $15 million to the family of a log truck driver killed October 7, 2013.

Driver Jerry Albritton, 50, died when his vehicle failed to manage a curve heading south on County Road 7, running off the road and turning over on the truck’s passenger side. The load of logs breached the tractor cab and Albritton died in the cab.

The jury found that the cab guard on the tractor was defectively designed and manufactured, and ruled against the

alleged manufacturer.

Albritton was driving a 1997 truck. Other defendant companies either settled out of court or received summary judgment (dismissal).

SFPA EXPO COVERS ALL THE BASES The wood products industry will gather in Atlanta June 1416 for Expo 2017—the 34th Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition—sponsored by Southern Forest Products Assn. Over the course of three days those working in lumber manufacturing, forestry and related processes can inspect the latest machinery and technology for nearly all segments of their industry, serving both softwood and hardwood operations.

“Much of the sawmill equipment we display is inter-

changeable for either hardwood or softwood manufacturing,” comments Tony Stringer, president of Stringer Industries. “Expo is not just a pine show—this year we’ll display machinery that’s sold to a hardwood stave mill,” he adds.

“Nearly 30% of the Expo 2017 floor plan features equipment for hardwood operations,” notes exposition director Eric Gee. Beyond lumber manufacturing and engineering services, exhibitors include the biomass, pallet fabrication, material handling, treating and engineered wood segments of the industry.

Sponsored and conducted by SFPA every two years since 1950, this event has traditionally included many of the biggest names in the business, attracting key representatives from the nation’s largest wood products manufacturers.

Visit sfpaexpo.com.

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TOGREEN By Jay Donnell

Associated Hardwoods, long known for its dry lumber proficiency, builds a sawmill from scratch.

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McDonough horizontal resaw complements new Corley headrig.

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hen the downturn of 2008 happened, Associated Hardwoods lost a lot of its network of small and medium sized sawmills that had been supplying lumber to its kiln drying complex at Granite Falls, NC. The compa-

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Floor layout at the new sawmill

ny’s supply chain, at one time up to as many as 300 lumber suppliers, was decimated and when the economy did start to come back, lumber supply issues came to the forefront.

“For a company like us, if we don’t have raw material we’re out of business,” comments President Rick Jordan.

“It came to a point where we had to diversify on the procurement side.”

The company had been relying on three purchasers who traveled the Eastern Seaboard buying green lumber. But in 2011 the company began strategically planning how to supplement its green lumber supply. One obvious way was to get into the sawmill business. But these were dry lumber guys. They understood how to run dry kilns, but they didn’t know anything about how to process a log.

“We were coming from marketing and sales, the exact opposite direction, ” Jordan recalls.

Corley also supplied the edger.

BACKGROUND Rick’s dad, Dick Jordan, after serving a two-year tour of duty in the Army, entered the wood products industry as a forester for Georgia Kraft. In 1965, he went to work for Georgia-Pacific where he was the manager of timberlands and logging at their sawmill in Chiefland, Fla. In 1971, he transferred into lumber sales with GP’s Southern Hardwoods Div. and became a top salesman before he left to establish his own wholesale company in 1978.

In spring 1982, Dick joined with partner Doug Holman (a 20-year veteran in production, concentration yard and rough mill) to build a concentration yard and kiln-drying facility in Granite Falls.

A few months later, Dick’s son, Rick, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, joined the business with orders to boost sales. “When I got out of school my father told me that we’ve got to in-

Mark Tucker, left, and Rick Jordan wanted to get into the sawmill business.

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Logs go to a Nicholson R2 ring debarker.

TS Manufacturing Accu-Placer stick placer and stacker

crease sales so he told me to buy five ties and five pairs of pants,” Rick recalls. “I started traveling to all these furniture plants and we built up some customers.”

After Dick’s passing in 1998, Rick assumed the role of President. The company’s facility at Granite Falls has grown to encompass 18 SII dry kilns and maneuvered through changing markets, from supplying the domestic furniture manufacturing industry to supplying the overseas one, and leaving green lumber sales totally behind in favor of dried lumber as well as value-added production. The company has 187 employees today spread through multiples business entities.

NEW SAWMILL Associated Hardwoods wanted to continue its strong relationships with the core lumber suppliers it had developed through the years, but at the same time wanted to be able to produce specialty products, and wanted total control of a significant percentage of the lumber its Granite Falls facility consumed.

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One of the biggest questions concerning a new mill was the location. The company was looking for something within 150 miles of Granite Falls. They hired a forester to do a study on timber supply in certain areas. They settled on Gaffney, SC, a convenient 75 miles from Granite Falls.

Given the company’s lack of sawmilling experience, Jordan and his team were thinking “turnkey” as to building the sawmill. They were looking for someone to build a mill from the ground up and design and engineer the entire mill.

They talked to several different machinery companies before making their final decision. They went with Corley Manufacturing. M&R Constructors of Richmond, Va. acted as Corley’s general contractor.

“They rose to the top,” Jordan says of Chattanooga-based Corley. “We didn’t have the sawmill knowledge and we wanted to make sure who we went with could baby step us through the process.

Once we made the decision, we said this is your mill.”

The entire mill cost $9.2 million when it was all said and done. “We tried to

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for the sawmill. The NMTC program permits taxpayers to receive a credit against federal income taxes for making Qualified Equity Investments (QEIs) in designated communities

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Associated Hardwoods has installed fan sheds to combat moisture and defects.

build the most efficient and technologically advanced sawmill that we could,” Jordan says, while adding that the size of the mill leaves a little room for error. “I think we made the mill small enough so that as we go through the learning curve it’s not devastating.”

The mill started operating in October 2014, with the goal of producing 900MBF a month. Current production is 1.1 to 1.2MMBF a month (or about 55MBF daily), processing white oak, red oak and poplar. Chuck Boaz and Jack Corley were integral players in getting the mill up and running. They say Corley

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has done about 20 projects of this magnitude since the mid to late 1980s.

“If we have any issues they stop what they’re doing and try to help us keep the mill running,” Jordan adds. “Their service and assistance when we need it has just been huge. I consider them a partner.”

Tax Advantage Group in Greenville, SC managed the successful closing of a New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation for Associated Hardwoods, with funding secured from CEI Capital Management, LLC. Wells Fargo Community Investment Holdings provided the NMTC investment and leveraged debt

Getting the right people in place for the sawmill was probably the biggest challenge that Associated Hardwoods faced. It took most of the first year to make that happen. The sawmill employs 23.

Mark Tucker watches over the sawmill, buys all of the logs for the mill and still sells some lumber. He has been with Associated Hardwoods since 1989, working in sales and at the concentration yard. He had sawmill experience in previous work and had always wanted to run a sawmill. “We always had a sawmill in the back of our mind but we were just waiting for the right opportunity,” Tucker says.

Turnover has only been an issue on the green chain. Most of the major positions have stayed intact. “We were really lucky because we started with two people who had experience and the rest we sort of trained,” Tucker says. “If you have someone who’s willing to work and

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The facility at Granite Falls is home to 18 SII dry kilns.

willing to learn you can make a pretty good employee.”

Shift hours are from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Maintenance is basically 24/7, but they also work on Saturdays.

Starting a mill from scratch meant building a fleet of loggers so Tucker began cold calling different loggers in the area and now has strong working relationships with about 25 different companies within about a 70 mile radius. He’s frequently looking at tracts, helping loggers buy tracts and negotiating with landowners.

All logs come into the mill cut-tolength and are kept under water. Logs go to a Nicholson R2 ring debarker and then through a metal detector. The Corley bandmill/carriage headrig features ReadyScan II with Shape Scan laser sensor system from Lewis Controls. A 17° tilt provides more saw lines per hour with faster loading and turning and improved downstream handling of lumber. Pieces go to a Corley three saw edger with Lewis Controls Flexworks setworks. Larger lumber moves through a McDonough horizontal resaw. Corley also provided the trimmer and grading equipment. Progressive Engineering designed the software for a customized grading system.

The mill operates Volvo loaders and Taylor forklifts, and runs Webster vibrating conveyors and a Fulghum chipper.

(Saw care is contracted out.)

The mill ships out about five loads of lumber per day as well as two loads of chips.

OPERATIONS The most positive aspect of the new sawmill has been Associated Hardwood’s ability to control the quality of its lumber.

Because they are all mainly dry kiln guys, they understand all of the defects that can occur. Having control of the process also enables them to make sure the lumber is moved in a timely manner.

The main challenge of the new sawmill has been getting the numbers to work. It’s a large investment and just breaking even with a new mill can be challenging. The mill is designed to be easily expandable.

That was one of the key points emphasized to Corley Manufacturing before the design process began.

Meanwhile, back at the concentration yard complex, the latest development is the installation of fan sheds for the purpose of removing surface moisture and preventing defects and basically limiting exposure of high grade lumber to outdoor weather. While they’ve always processed red oak, the new mill has brought 18

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white oak into the picture and forced them to do a better job with higher volumes of red oak and white oak coming into the facility.

“You really have to be careful with those,” Jordan explains. “Protecting them from outside conditions is paramount to success.”

The concentration yard also features a TS Manufacturing Accu-Placer stick placer and stacker, which has improved stacking efficiency and reduced stick breakage considerably.

In 2013, Associated Hardwoods enlisted the help of TS Manufacturing to work with the stacking crew to improve the efficiency of the green stacking operation.

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Log supply has not been an issue at the new sawmill.

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SMALL LOG

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By Dan Shell

Innovative Fruit Growers Supply pallet stock mill blends high-speed, high technology.

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YREKA, Calif. perating the most recent U.S. greenfield sawmill startup west of the Mississippi River, Fruit Growers Supply (FGS) is meeting two main objectives here with its innovative pallet stock facility: serving the agricultural pallet, box and crate market starting with its own pallet plant and also aiding in forest health efforts in the region by utilizing smaller diameter timber and providing a market for their own small logs and top material and for other land managers in the region seeking to reduce wildfire risk through thinning.

“The idea is the small wood left in the woods can be used to make pallet stock for our own pallet facility in Visalia, plus we ship to other customers as well,” says Mill Manager John Ernst.

The mill is not your average softwood lumber facility: Production schedules change with the growing and harvest seasons, depending on what fruits or nuts are being harvested at the time, to determine the lumber sizes and lengths the mill needs to concentrate on.

To implement the small log pallet stock plan, FGS’ no-edger and no-trimmer sawmill is running a rebuilt CAE SL2000 (designed by Ron McGehee) small log profiler machine and McGehee shifting saw gang feeding two nearly identical and innovative scanning and

Small log profiler line and scanning and optimization package are fully rebuilt and updated.

optimization, chop saw and automatic stacking systems from Paul Saws (installed by Koch Machinery).

BACKGROUND The company’s history dates back to 1906 and the Great San Francisco Earthquake and resulting fires that devastated the city and led to massive lumber demand for the rebuilding effort. In 1907, faced with lumber scarcity to produce their boxes and crates, members of the Southern California Fruit Exchange (which later became Sunkist) formed Fruit Growers Supply, a non-profit supply cooperative created to help fruit and nut growers in their businesses.

The fledgling organization made its

way to northern California, partnered with an existing sawmill near Yreka in Hilt just south of the Oregon state line—and ended up owning that mill and two others in Susanville and Westwood, eventually owning roughly 380,000 acres of timberland at its peak.

Over time, as cardboard boxes became more prevalent, FGS phased out the sawmills, with the original Hilt mill closing in 1973. Currently, the cooperative operates a carton manufacturing plant in Ontario, Calif. and a pallet plant in Visalia in addition to the new sawmill. The timberland holdings were also pared down to 335,000 acres today in three states.

The FGS timberlands have developed into a major revenue source for the group, and around 2010 forest managers

Newest greenfield U.S. sawmill west of the Mississippi started up in September 2015.

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and the second this past September. Production and efficiency have improved steadily since.

The mill is a compelling blend of high speed log processing on the front end and high technology and high speed in the cut-up lines. Running rough green lumber in the cut-up systems is both an innovation and a challenge. During a mill tour in early January Ernst says the cut-up section was still in a bit of a startup phase.

“We are learning by the experience we are getting as we run the equipment,” he says, noting that the mill has added additional sawdust removal equipment and bigger VFDs, motors and gearboxes to handle the heavier material.

MILL FLOW McGehee-designed CAE SL2000 small log profiler handles logs from 3-12 in.

identified under-utilized small diameter top wood, much of it being left in slash piles. The volume would support a conversion facility to take that material and produce boards for FGS’ pallet plant and the larger citrus box and crate and related ag pallet market.

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1990s. The site was completely cleared, and FGS built the new mill from the ground up. Mill construction began in mid 2014. West Coast Industrial and BMI handled building construction. Mill equipment is a mix of used and rebuilt and new.

The mill started up in September 2015, ran a few months outputting to a green chain then added the first Paul Saws cut-up line system in April 2016

The mill cuts almost all pine and fir with a small amount of cedar. Primary species are ponderosa pine and Douglasand white fir, with smaller amounts of cedar and lodgepole. Log sizes range from 3-12 in.

Logs are weighed on a set of American Scale truck scales and unloaded with a Cat 988, while a Cat 966 aids in log handling. Logs are sorted by length, into decks of more and less than 18 ft.

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Cants and multiples flow to 6 in. McGehee gang.

Diverter at upper left modulates flow to the two cut-up lines.

long. A Cat shovel machine with log processing head handles some log yard bucking to length for certain products.

The merchandising deck’s chop saw bucks to 17 ft. 9 in., 810-12 ft. and a small amount of 16 ft. A re-entry deck allows processor-bucked logs from the log yard to feed right into the debarker.

Logs are fed to a used Nicholson A5 debarker that was fitted with B model conversion kit. “Over the years they’ve made so many improvements to cylinders and press rolls and control systems, and we bought a conversion kit to match the evolution of the machine,” says Gary Bebereia, maintenance superintendent.

Downstream of the debarker are three infeed decks, one taking 8-12 ft. logs, another 8-16 ft. logs and the third 8-17 ft. 9 in. logs.

The decks operate with two used Linden step feeders and a new Comact wave feeder. A fourth deck is used to kick over-size and defect logs out where a log handling machine can pick them up.

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Gary Bebereia, maintenance superintendent, left, and Mill Manager John Ernst

scanning system, and we completely replaced all the old components with a new MPM system,” Bebereia says, adding that all PLCs and electronics have been updated as well in addition to the latest optimization software.

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ands bearings—whatever we found wrong we fixed it and put it back in.”

Entering the processor, logs go through a flying log turner, then pass through a set of profiling chipping heads (Key Knife knives) and a vertical arbor gang. Typical sawing solution is a 1 or 2 in. board on top and bottom and a cant up to 6x6 in the middle. The SL2000 has three board sepa-

rators so as the top board falls off, the cant is kicked to the gang and the bottom board slides out. Cants flow across a deck to the gang, a 6 in. McGehee machine with shifting saw bank.

Boards from the SL2000 and the gang come together on the same transfer table that flows toward the two Paul cut-up lines. For the project, Paul Saws and its North American representative Koch Machinery supplied two complete saw lines, each with Paul scanning and optimization systems that in turn feed two Paul Rapid Duo saw systems complete with dual infeed board separation systems. Paul also supplied automatic stackers for each saw line, including conveying and handling systems for stacking cut pieces onto pallets.

Once the September 2016 upgrade was made, both lines now run with a scanner/optimizer feeding two saws, and material flowing to three automatic stackers, five manual stacking stations and a green chain. Bebereia notes that lines are virtually identical except one has the ability to handle 4x4 material, a product the mill may cut in the future.

Boards, ranging from 1-2x up to 6 in. and 40-48 in. long, are banded with a system built by West Coast Industrial

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hee gang (19.5 in.). Kanefusa saws for the cut-up lines are supplied by Koch Machinery.

Head Filer Paul Halcomb notes the profiler and mill saws run eight hours with carbide tips that are applied manually.

Armstrong face and top grinders and IMW guide machines round out the filing room equipment. Consumables are purchased primarily through Burton Saw.

NOT JUST LUMBER

The No. 3 and 4 saw outfeeds on cut-up line 2

using Samuel Strapping components, then put in inventory. The mill does a good amount of heat treating, using three Kiln Direct package kilns. Per USDA requirements, core lumber stack areas must be heated to 140° F and held at that temp for 30 minutes to receive a special stamp certifying the lumber as pest-free.

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sawdust generated by the cut-up lines.

Exiting the chop saws, all pieces are sprayed with Kop Coat anti-stain using applicators designed by TDS. Mill residuals are processed with a Bruks drum chipper and 36x36 in. Performance Processing hog, MDI metal detector and 14x26 ft. Nicholson chip screen.

The mill runs all round saws, with Simonds and Cut Technology supplying saws for the SL2000 (23 in.) and McGe-

The sawmill at Yreka is just one facet of Fruit Growers Supply. The association has long had a strong relationship with Sunkist Growers citrus producers and others in the agricultural community to supply most of the materials and items required to grow, harvest, package and ship citrus.

Today, with the new sawmill and pallet and carton manufacturing plants and seven operation centers in California and Arizona, FGS continues to meet not only the local warehouse needs of packing houses and growers, but also provide sales and purchasing capabilities and customer service and support for installations such as irrigation and wind TP machines.

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SORTERS&STACKERS AUTOLOG

Its frames, always made from tubular steel at least ¼ in. thick, are tough. Rigid lifts also roll on oversized rollers to give you years of trouble-free service.

Available options include the following: hydraulic- or electric-drive lift; single or double forks; servomotor activation; pneumatic row leveler; pneumatic squaring bumper; hold-on shoe; secondary lift; brown paper reel; board spacer; pull back arms (to consistently make 48 in. bundles, for example).

AUTOLOG, with more than 30 years of experience in the lumber handling business, offers state-of-the art controls for lumber sorters and stackers in both softwood and hardwood mills.

The Autolog ProSorter and Tally system is a powerful userfriendly interface developed specifically for the lumber industry that provides all the necessary features needed to grade, sort and manage the production.

The system supports up to eight product banks and each data bank is made of seven product tables: thickness, width, length, grades, colors, custom width, custom length.

Other features include: —Provides a species table for 30 different species.

—Ability to create up to 150 sorting tables —Supports several active tables simultaneously for the same production.

—Each sorting table provide 200 sorts.

—The user can mix up to four different products in each sort.

—The percentage of a product in a sort can be limited by the user.

—The maximum count for a sort can be specified by: piece count, linear width, board feet, lineal foot.

—A sort can be sent to the sorter or in any other specified destination.

—Supports up to 200 bins/carts —The user can create sorter areas and specify which sorts are allowed to go in each of these areas.

—One sort can be sent to several bins/carts simultaneously; the incoming flow will be spread evenly between all those bins/carts.

—Multiple sorting tables which save time when switching over from one production to another —Downtime and lug utilization monitoring —All data is kept in the event of a power failure.

—Diagnostics are available for troubleshooting and monitoring.

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CARBOTECH With today’s production rates, the stacker has become the heart of the production line; if it cannot keep up, everything else slows down. Over the years Carbotech International has developed fast and reliable stackers. Its roller trolleys are strong and roll gently to keep rows from shifting on the forks.

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Carbotech has built an enviable reputation over the years, also thanks in part to its board sorters. Reliable, heavy-duty and low maintenance, they are a sure investment that provides tangible returns.

Carbotech manufactures two types of sorters: a horizontal tray sorter and vertical bin sorter.

Horizontal sorters, commonly called “tray sorters,” are costeffective solutions for companies with requirements that are less diverse. It is designed to handle a smaller range of sizes than the vertical sorter. This solution is ideal for companies who do not want lumber marking.

Carbotech offers two types of vertical sorters: carriers, more commonly known as J-bar sorters, and puller sorters, also known as drag sorters.

J-bar sorters can handle very large pieces, but at slower rates, i.e., up to 110 LPM. Drag sorters can sort up to 260 pieces per minute, but handle a more limited range of dimensions. Both types of sorters are equipped with a system of independent pneumatic tensioners, nylon chain paths, frames built using tubular steel at least ¼ in. thick, and an automatic lubrication system.

These two wood sorting systems make it possible to group and bundle boards to your specifications. Benefits include: high speed design and trouble-free operation; ultra-rugged construction; very low maintenance; optimal efficiency and performance.

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FROEDGE The Froedge lumber sorter has been designed with the concept that investments should be permanent, long-term additions to a company. Froedge’s new sorter has enough wall thickness to allow for heavy welds and strong bolt joints. The design, like the Froedge lumber stacker, is easy to maintain, easy to run. The lug transfer chain is supported from above to reduce “twisting.” The bin has a catch arm to absorb the first blows of

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SORTERS&STACKERS Hardwood mills will find that the servo lift allows for consistent package width with increased course fill resulting in additional footage in the kiln. The servo electric air gapping system allows random width stacking in excess of 17 layers per minute with automatic board distribution matched to the layer fill width. It ensures every package has two straight sides and allows consistent air gapping even on 3-24 in. random width boards. The most recent innovation is the TS auto course makeup system with course fill percentages in excess of 98% ensuring perfect packages. For special cases, TS stackers can be fitted with course skewing and layer trimming resulting in increased productivity.

an empty bin. Once the initial layer is filled the arm hides and normal bin operation occurs. Cable lifts are guided by precision machined pulleys with low friction , high load bearings. Discharge and reset of bins is smooth and quick. Fluid provided by variable piston quick response pump .

The Froedge lumber stacker/package maker has been installed in many locations in the U.S. Either the Turning Fork or Flat Fork machine provides smooth function. Froedge considers the turning fork design to be the best even end in the marketplace. The Flat Fork provides a nice even end, is very fast and handles untrimmed lumber easily. Froedge package maker is an extension of these machines with the added feature of pull backs on both edges.

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HOGUE INDUSTRIES Hogue Industries has more than 40 High Speed Dual Fork stackers out and running utilizing its patented Dual Fork technology.

Hogue has a proven track record of delivering the highest and most consistent production levels available today with up to 24 layers per minute, and with two stackers in one they are always producing.

Innovations include all electric and pneumatic Dual Fork stackers with high speed primary and secondary package accumulation lifts specifically designed for maximum full and half pack production.

Lumber course edge and end crowders are newer innovations that produce solid and tight packages prior to the strapping operation.

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TS bin sorters operate in hardwood and softwood, both green and dry systems. Their negative angle design ensures bins don’t jam, even on wide hardwood boards or large timbers.

Systems are available with manual discharge, auto bin haul-out and discharge, and now offer remote discharge via wireless tablet. Sorter systems can be coupled with grading & trimming from TS or other solutions. Sorters are available in pusher lug, drag chain, tray, and deep pile tray systems. Smaller production facilities find significant payback in the Virtual Sorter system, offering the sorting benefits of a bin sorter without the capital costs. Available in speeds in excess of 150 LPM or higher depending upon piece width.

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USNR USNR’s new high-speed electric Stick-N-Stacker is a breakthrough in automated stacking that provides excellent stick alignment and smooth continuous operation at high speeds. It delivers uniform packages with near perfect sticker alignment.

Full automation and close proximity enables one operator to easily handle it.

This feature-rich, user-friendly design is the fastest and smoothest continuous stacker of its size in the world, offering advanced features never before combined into one sticker-stacker:

TS MANUFACTURING TS Manufacturing stackers and package makers offer an all electric design with cycle rates up to 21 layers per minute. Some industry leading features include Servo Electric fork lift for truly variable rate stacking; ensuring the most difficult of lumber is lifted and stacked as smoothly as possible, while providing the easier to stack pieces high cycle rates without compromise.

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SORTERS &STACKERS l Air gapping, solid piling, and course skewing l Random width stacking l Multiple package widths l Continuous stacking with onthe-fly product changes l Shifts from a stickered pack to a solid pack without stopping l Quick package turnaround l More tolerant of lower stick quality l Greatly reduced stick misfeeds l Fastest stick feed rates in the industry In addition to the recent advancements put into this machine, USNR has developed upgrades to the Stick Feeder, Stick Lifter, and Rake Off systems that allow you to reap the benefits of these advancements on your existing stacker.

The Stick Feeder Upgrade allows for longer stick feed cycles that take advantage of the entire lug position rather than short cycling to feed. The Rake Off Assembly Upgrade completely replaces existing hydraulic systems with electric control. This achieves a smooth and consistent operation while maintaining the ability to retract forks even if boards are out of position, without causing damage to the Rake Off. The Stick Lifter Upgrade replaces all lifters with the next generation direct lifter design which is much more forgiving relative to both lifting speed and positioning.

This enables you to run at higher speeds without affecting lift position, and prevents sticks from sliding and moving during the cycle.

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Brazil’s Berneck Upgrades With Microtec Dry End Line Berneck in Brazil, in order to increase production capacity at the dry sorter and planer line for quality grading of boards at the mill in Curitibanos, has invested in new software and machinery products engineered in cooperation with Springer and Microtec.

While Microtec delivered scanning and optimization devices, as well as PLC controls, Springer planned the mechanical components. Springer provided a line feed with a double tilt hoist system, a servo lug loader with special hold down belt, a trimmer, a tray sorter for planed lumber, stacker with multicross-cut and double lift, packaging system with foil dispenser, Pascal press and a strapper. With a feeding speed up to 1.8 m/sec in transversal feeding 165 boards per minute at 640 mm (25 in.) lug space, this installation is the fastest and most modern planer mill in South America.

Microtec Goldeneye 900 scanner on new Berneck dry end line

The heart of this new industrial unit in Curitibanos is the Microtec Goldeneye 900 Multi-Sensor Quality Scanner in transverse feeding for dry sorting, the first of its kind in South America. Goldeneye 900 scans the boards in a single scan frame from top and bottom with 4-side visual inspection including dimension, scatter and grain deviation and color. The properties of the surface such as wane edge, damage on edge, lack of material on the top/bottom face and splits, checks, knots, bark pockets and resin pockets, visual pith as well as stain are defects recognized by the scanner.

Right after the Goldeneye 900 scanner, a trimmer station with two saws on either side of the board, cuts the boards to the final length for packaging. “The great advantage of the production with Goldeneye 900 is to perform the measuring and quality selection in transverse feeding. This new technology provides reliable results even at a high throughput speed increasing our added value,” comments Fernando Gnoatto, Berneck General Manager Lumber Div. & International Sales.

The planer line also features an inline moisture meter M3 Scan that determines the board’s moisture to check if the degree of moisture content is within the thresholds for transversal feeding.

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by Variosort lumber sorter, and fully automated Microtec software that supervises sorting, packaging and wrapping of the boards.

Berneck employs 1,600. The annual lumber production is about 1,200,000 m³ (14.4MMBF).

“Our aim is to produce high quality products to stay competitive in the market and to satisfy the customer’s needs

by providing a wide range of products.

That is why we invested in new technology to obtain an overall control of our production,” Gnoatto adds.

Mid-South Engineering Adds Office In Maine Mid-South Engineering Co., an Arkansas-based, full service consulting engineering firm, has oppened its fourth

office, this one in Orono, Maine. The new office, led by Walter Goodine, Director of Operations, allows Mid-South to better respond to its clients’ engineering needs in New England and the Maritime Provinces. Orono, the home of the University of Maine, is just north of Bangor.

“The addition of this location supports our firm’s commitment to build on the success we have seen in the New England area,” states Mid-South President Jeff Stephens. “The new office location is convenient to the building products, paper and bioenergy markets we serve and provides ready access to the professional talent to grow our staff.”

Caterpillar Won’t Build Headquarters In Peoria Caterpillar Inc. is locating a group of senior executives and support functions to the Chicago area later this year while reaffirming the ongoing importance of its presence in Peoria and central Illinois.

Caterpillar will not build a previously announced headquarters complex in Peoria. The current headquarters building will continue to be used for Caterpillar offices.

A limited number of senior executives will move into leased office space beginning in 2017. Once the new location is fully operational, Caterpillar expects about 300 employees to be based there, which includes some positions relocated from the Peoria area.

UPM Selects Valutec Continuous Kiln Finnish company UPM has chosen to invest in a continuous kiln from Valutec for its sawmill in Korkeakoski. This investment will increase the sawmill’s capacity to 370,000 m3 per year.

“UPM is known for its excellent product quality. So it feels really great to know that they chose us, as we always put quality first,” says Mikko Pitkänen, General Manager at Valutec Oy. UPM Timber is a Nordic sawn timber producer with four sawmills in Finland with a combined annual production capacity of more than 1.5 million m3. The sawmill in Korkeakoski opened in 1960 and has 70 employees. Its main product is redwood sawn timber for the joinery industry.

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MACHINERYROW automatic energy measurement, pressure frames and Valutec’s Valmatics control system. Designed and produced in Finland, it will be used to dry redwood side boards to a target moisture content of 18%. This investment means that Korkeakoski now has 19 continuous kilns at its facility.

“The team from Korkeakoski visited one of our most recent installations of continuous kilns in Finland and were

very impressed. This, together with their previous experience of working with us, made Valutec a natural choice when it became clear that they needed to increase their drying capacity,” Pitkänen says.

The delivery also includes 400 timber trolleys, as UPM Korkeakoski has decided to switch to a trolley feeder system via roller conveyor for all existing continuous kilns at the facility.

Construction Activity Supports Dubai Wood

Dubai Wood Show is scheduled March 7-9.

The Middle East’s biggest wood and woodworking machinery trade show is set to break records. The 12th edition of Dubai International Wood and Wood Machinery Show will feature 300 exhibitors from 100 countries March 7-9 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

Organizers reveal an optimistic outlook for the timber industry, following a recent report from Deloitte that highlights AED 7.34 trillion GCC construction projects in the pipeline, with Saudi, UAE and Qatar taking the top three leads.

Dawood Al Shezawi, CEO, Strategic Marketing & Exhibitions, organizers of the Dubai Wood Show, says: “The Dubai Wood Show grows in strength each year.

We are excited to welcome exhibitors and visitors from America, China, Italy, Malaysia, Canada, Sweden and Turkey and from the GCC. The exhibition has become a major platform for the regional and international wood and woodworking industries and customers in the Middle East to meet and source their requirements from global suppliers of high quality wood products and accessories.”

A key component of the upcoming show is the first Middle East ATIBT (International Technical Tropical Timber Association) Conference in Dubai. This major timber conference will discuss timber legality, future of tropical forest, human resource development and logistics & transportation.

Participants will also share new technologies and renewable products, display sustainability solutions in the timber industry, and request governments, civil society, and the private sector to act as one in safeguarding forests as the most important resource.

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MACHINERYROW woodworking, gourd art and pyrography at the three-day show.

The previous edition of Dubai Wood Show attracted 8,000 trade professionals from 98 countries and 260 local and international exhibitors. The top five visiting countries were UAE, Kuwait, Pakistan, India and Oman. Participating exhibitors included 500 brands, suppliers and manufacturers.

Barko Hydraulics Names Larsen As President Barko Hydraulics, LLC has named Joel Larsen as president, overseeing all company activities from operations to strategic planning to commercial sales.

Prior to joining Barko, Larsen held various senior leadership roles in the industrial and manufacturing sector with Ford Motor Co., BP and most recently with Navistar International. Larsen holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan.

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market, and I’m proud to be joining Barko, a proven industry innovator,” Larsen says.

“Our team is committed to producing the highest performing and most durable machines for loggers and land clearing professionals. I look forward to leading the charge as we work to deliver solutions for improving operator comfort and increasing uptime and efficiency.”

Weinig Holz-Her Names VP Sales Brett Reid is the new Vice President Sales & Operations at Weinig Holz-Her Canada Inc. He succeeds Jan Backes, who will pursue a new career challenge.

Reid has many years of experience as general manager; his previous position was with a big market player in the solid wood and tools sector.

“We are sure to have found in Brett Reid an outstanding market expert, who will allow us to advance Weinig HolzHer Canada on its path to continued positive development,” comments Weinig Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Gregor Baumbusch.

Rice Lake Acquires Italian Dini Argeo Rice Lake Weighing Systems has acquired Dini Argeo, an Italian manufacturer and distributor of weighing solutions since the mid-1800s.

Specializing in the production of a variety of weighing systems, Dini Argeo excels in mechanical, electronic and software applications. Dini Argeo offers solutions ranging from mobile weighing systems to scales for retail and industrial use, including a wide portfolio of components and software.

Under the Dini Argeo Company Group are HELMAC, Syntweb, CIBE and Selene; retail, software, metrology and electronic engineering companies, respectively.

According to Rice Lake President Mark Johnson, Jr., “Dini Argeo has a long-standing reputation of quality in product and service. These ideals reflect our own and the addition of Dini Argeo to the Rice Lake family will increase our ability to serve the market with advanced weighing solutions.”

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NEWSFEED

OREGON COUNTY TIMBER LAWSUIT MOVING AHEAD A class-action lawsuit filed in March 2016 on behalf of 15 Oregon counties and more than 150 local taxing districts is moving toward trial to address the state’s alleged failure to maximize revenues to counties reliant on Oregon Forest Trust lands that generate funds through timber sales and pass that money along to local governments to fund education, public safety and other services.

Certified as a class-action suit this

past October, the lawsuit seeks $1.4 billion in damages to the counties since the state has breached a state law contractual obligation to manage Oregon Forest Trust lands for the “greatest permanent value.” The counties claim Oregon has failed to manage for the greatest permanent value by emphasizing other values than timber production, causing a loss of revenues to the counties of at least $35 million annually since 1998 when the Oregon Dept. of Forestry (ODF)

State timberlands are supposed to be managed with timber revenues as a priority, says a group of western Oregon counties.

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NEWSFEED “The fact that more than 95 percent of counties and taxing districts stayed in the class is a major testament to the seriousness of this issue for rural counties,” says Roger Nyquist, Chair of the Linn County Board of Commissioners that initiated the suit. “We all feel the strain on our budgets and can no longer allow our citizens to bear the burden of the state’s breach of contract.”

Several motions are now before the

judge in the case, which is undergoing the discovery process, with administrative deadlines in early summer and fall.

Counsel for the counties John DiLorenzo believes the case will go to trial in early 2018 barring a settlement or other delay.

DiLorenzo says the case is a straightforward breach of contract, and he’s encouraged that the judge seems to be taking the same view. The state is sure to

changed priorities in a management plan that was adopted in 2001.

Background on the case dates to the 1930s and ’40s, when counties conveyed ownership of cut-over and abandoned tax debt land back to the state with an agreement to share in future timber harvest revenues. A 1941 law directs the Board of Forestry to manage state forests for the “greatest permanent value.” In 1998, the ODF sought to define the term and added other values in addition to timber production with an administrative rule and adopted a new management plan three years later that reflected the change in priorities. But the counties say that administrative move can’t cancel out the 1941 law.

A deadline for counties to opt out of the class action suit passed in mid January, with one county dropping out.

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NEWSFEED argue that conservation-related values must be taken into consideration when determining the “greatest permanent value,” and that times have changed, DiLorenzo says. But he intends to prove the ODF can still meet all federal and state environmental protection requirements at a higher level of timber harvest—but is choosing not to in order to emphasize other values in violation of the 1941 directive.

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According to a release from the Oregon Forest Industries Council, in previous cases Oregon courts have ruled that the state is contractually bound to manage Forest Trust Lands for the benefit of the 15 counties it acquired land from in western Oregon over 70 years ago. The release says administrative rules adopted in 2001 “resulted in a significant difference between what rural communities are receiving versus what they could re-

ceive under best forest management practices that balance harvest with environmental protection. At a time when rural government budgets are being squeezed, the state’s action has created more stress on public safety, education and other basic services rural citizens need.”

DiLorenzo says the case also reflects Oregon’s demographic makeup, in which a big majority of voters live in urban areas like Portland, Salem, Eugene and Bend. The state of Oregon has every right to enact policies that reflect the conservation values of those urban populations, he adds, but the state shouldn’t expect rural counties and their residents to be the ones who are shouldering the costs of such policies to the detriment of rural schools, sheriff departments, day care centers, libraries and other services.

In a local news article, Nyquist said the counties aren’t “chasing a pot of gold,” and that what they’d really like is for the state to manage its timberlands properly and uphold its end of the agreement made with the counties a long time TP ago.

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19 ➤ ing the addition of the first ever TS Accu-Placer stick placer. Like many facilities, Associated Hardwoods has been transitioning to fluted sticks for its upper grade and stainable species, and needed the ability to stick both flat and fluted sticks separately as they had been doing manually. After further study of the stick bow, and the parameters that Associated Hardwoods wanted to ensure its lumber remained flat and defect free, it was determined that a conventional stick placing system would result in a great number of sticks discarded due to crookedness.

TS worked with Associated Hardwoods to provide a stick placer that lays a stick uniquely in the industry, distributing the sweep and handling the crooked stick efficiently. As quality is of utmost importance at Associated Hardwoods, it even detects when a stick has rotated on edge, and automatically replaces it with a properly oriented stick.

In addition to the stick placer, course makeup and infeed improvements were made. The result was a significant increase in productivity, shutting down the second stacker line, as well as improved lumber drying quality and increased course efficiency.

The project included a package deck, eight strand unscrambler, accumulation transfer, course make-up deck, hydraulic stacker, Accu-Placer automatic stick placer fed by dual feed sticker bins with high speed unscramblers and high speed lug loader.

With the improved reporting on stick quality, it was determined that some of the older tilt hoist systems were causing significant stick breakage, and subsequently Associated Hardwoods contacted TS to provide two tilt hoist lines and several stick reclaim systems resulting in rapid payback due to significant reduction in stick breakage.

Associated Hardwoods offers an extensive lineup of value-added services at Granite Falls in addition to drying, including planing, ripping, cross-cutting, routing, edge gluing and others. NHLA certified graders inspect incoming lumber before it’s air-dried, kiln-dried and dipped for stain prevention.

The company emphasizes sustainability and certification, and is allied with PEFC International. SFI, FSC and Appalachian Hardwood Verified Sustainable programs.

Last year, the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP) presented Associated Hardwoods with a Manufacturing Leadership Award, recognizing the company’s jobs creation and expansion.

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Hatton-Brown Partners With Wood Industry Summit During Ligna 2017 Hall 26 will once again be home to the Wood Industry Summit during Ligna 2017 in Hannover, Germany and HattonBrown Publishers is once again an official partner of the event.

Hatton-Brown Publishers is affiliated with Panel World, Timber Processing and Wood Bioenergy magazines.

The Summit made a very successful debut in 2015, with international customers achieving an investment volume of some €30 million. As an international meeting place for the primary industry cluster, the Wood Industry Summit features innovative solutions for harvesting and processing and for integrating the various stages of processing.

The Summit is divided into three areas: an exhibition, a forum and a matchmaking hub. Every day from Tuesday, May 23, to Friday, May 26, the forum of the Wood Industry Summit will highlight a topic of current international interest in the industry, with experts from Germany, Austria, Canada, Russia, Sweden and Spain giving presentations and fielding questions from the audience.

The main themes at the Wood Industry Summit 2017 include: Tuesday, May 23: Forestry 4.0: Vision or Future?

Wednesday, May 24: Development and Infrastructure to Ensure Sustainable Forestry Thursday, May 25: Forest Fires – Prevention, Detection and Firefighting

Wood Industry Summit provides an international forum.

Friday, May 26: Fleet Management to Optimize the Logistics Chain from the Forest to the Factory Exhibition stands located next to the forum will provide an ideal networking environment for exhibitors and visitors. Panel discussions, keynote speeches and the accompanying exhibition will ensure that the 2017 edition of the Wood Industry Summit is once again a major highlight in the primary processing industry’s annual calendar.

Forum participation is free of charge for visitors and delegations, and advance registration is not required.

Ligna will be held May 22-26 at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds. It’s organized by Deutsche Messe AG and German Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers’ Assn.

Contact Anja Brokjans, anja@brokjans.com.

Softwood Lumber Checkoff Board Members Named Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed six members to the Softwood Lumber Board to serve three-year terms of office beginning in 2017.

Newly appointed manufacturer Furman Brodie, Florence, SC, and reappointed manufacturer Danny White, Brewton, Ala., represent the U.S. South. Reappointed manufacturer Charles Roady, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, represents the U.S. West and reappointed manufacturer Alden Robbins, Searsmont, Maine, represents the Northeast and Lake States.

Reappointed importers are Don Kayne, BC, Canada, representing Canada West; and Francisco Figueroa, Santiago, Chile, representing all other importing countries.

Board members selected by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture administer the program. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides oversight of the Softwood Lumber Board in accordance with the Commodity Promotion, Research and Information Act of 1996 and the Softwood Lumber Research, Promotion, Consumer Education and Industry Information Order. USDA encourages board membership that reflects the diversity of the individuals served by the programs.

Since 1966, Congress has authorized the establishment of 22 research and promotion boards that are industry-funded and empower agricultural industries, including the forest products industry, with a framework to pool resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets, and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight, paid for by industry assessments, which helps ensure fiscal responsibility, program efficiency and fair treatment of participating stakeholders.

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AIR-O-FLOW profiled & FLAT sticks available Imported & Domestic

Beasley Forest Products, Inc. P.O. Box 788 Hazlehurst, GA 31539 beasleyforestproducts.com

DHM Company - Troy, TN 38260 731-538-2722 Fax: 707-982-7689 email: kelvin@kilnsticks.com www.KILNSTICKS.com

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

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

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Next closing: July 6, 2017 ■ Kentucky HAROLD WHITE LUMBER, INC. MANUFACTURER OF FINE APPALACHIAN HARDWOODS

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

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JULY

1-2—California Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Napa, Calif.

Call 916-444-6592; visit calforests.org.

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

1-2—Ohio Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Embassy Suites, Dublin, Ohio. Call 614-497-9580; visit ohioforest.org.

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

1-4—Delhiwood 2017, India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, India. Call+91-80-4250 5000; visit delhi-wood.com.

1-5—Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers annual meeting, The Diplomat Resort & Spa, Hollywood, FL. Call 336-8858315; visit www.appalachianwood.org.

7-9—Dubai Woodshow, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Call +971 4 39 23232; visit dubai woodshow.com.

8-10—National Wooden Pallet & Container Assn. annual meeting, Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, Ariz. Call 703-519-6104; visit palletcentral.com.

9-10—2017 Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. Spring Meeting and Expo, Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, La. Call 770-631-6701; visit slma.org.

22-24—Hardwood Manufacturers Assn. 2017 National Conference & Expo, The Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC. Call 412-244-0440; visit hardwoodinfo.com or hmamembers.org.

APRIL 4-6—Kentucky Forest Industries Assn. annual meeting, Embassy Suites, Lexington, Ky. Call 502-695-3979; visit kfia.org.

9-11—American Wood Protection Assn. annual meeting, Encore at Wynn, Las Vegas, Nev. Call 205-733-4077; visit awpa.com.

MAY 5-6—Southeastern Saw Filers Educational Assn. annual meeting, Greensboro, NC. Call 803-243-6677; email glomarsh1956 @gmail.com.

19-20—Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo, Cross Insurance Center, Bangor, Maine. Call 315-369-3078; visit northernlogger.com.

22-26—Ligna: World Fair For The Forestry And Wood Industries, Hannover, Germany. Call +49 511 89-0; fax +49 511 8932626; visit ligna.de.

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

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