Panel World’s May issue reports that the Georgia-Pacific Corp. has installed a Raute Wood-Mecano Patchman veneer defect analyzer and automatic patching line at its hardwood plywood mill in Eugene, Oregon. Many machinery manufacturers in the panel industry will demonstrate their services in the Xyle and Sasmil expos in late May. Also, the success of the new Bagasse Board plant in Louisiana could lead to a series of small agrifiber plants in the sugar cane-rich state.
May 2000
