Wood Products Operations Now On A Mission

Wood Products Operations Now On A Mission

 

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, March 19 identified the wood products industry as an “essential critical infrastructure workforce” in the nation’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

“This designation underscores the critical role that our more than 3,500 team members play in producing high-quality wood products to aid in the construction of affordable housing, emergency shelters, and healthcare facilities across North America,” Roseburg President and CEO Grady Mulbery says. “Our industry will continue to support the supply chain of materials critical to response and recovery efforts.”

The guidance lists “workers who support the manufacture and distribution of forest products, including, but not limited to timber, paper and other wood products,” along with healthcare providers, law enforcement and public safety, and utility and transportation workers. These workers are part of the “overall federal effort to ensure the security and resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure” during the pandemic response.

Roseburg and numerous other wood products operations have said they continue to operate manufacturing facilities and have virus-response protocols in place at their locations. They’ve also implemented increased, strategic cleaning at their sites.

RoyOMartin has published an online COVID-19 Resource Center to aid in its coronavirus communications. Users can access important information from Legacy Health & Wellness providers and tips from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

 

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PELICE Draws Powerful Speakers In Atlanta

PELICE Draws Powerful Speakers In Atlanta

PELICE Draws Powerful Speakers In Atlanta

 

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Eighty equipment exhibitors and 34 speakers were on site at the seventh Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo held March 12-13 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Total on-site attendance, including exhibitor personnel, speakers, producer personnel, consultants and academia, was 287. Fifteen producer companies sent personnel.

The event featured one of its best lineup of keynote speakers ever. Ashlee Cribb, senior VP-Chief Commercial Officer, Roseburg Forest Products, spoke on “Growth through Investment and Innovation.” Steve Carroll, VP of Operations for Arauco NA, addressed “Arauco Grayling: Building a Future.” Mark Lindquist, VP-Operations for Huber Engineered Woods, spoke on “Huber Engineered Woods Spring City Plant Restart.” Terry Secrest, Executive VP of Manufacturing and Product Sales, RoyOMartin, addressed “The RoyOMartin Journey to a World Class Safety Culture.” Jerry Uhland, CEO, CalPlantI, spoke on “20 Years, 8 Months and 17 Days, But Who’s Counting, the Story of the World’s First Rice-Straw Based MDF Plant.”

Look for coverage of the event in the May issue of Panel World magazine, which served as the media host of PELICE 2020.

 

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Xylexpo 2020 Shows Promise

Xylexpo 2020 Shows Promise

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The biennial Xylexpo show returns in 2020 to FieraMilano-Rho, May 26-29, in Milan, Italy, with what promises to be an exciting event!  The 2018 edition closed with 37,000 visits by 17,781 industry operators, 2.1% more than in 2016. Among them, 5,032 international visitors, 28.3% of total attendance.

330 companies have registered to exhibit at Xylexpo, covering a total net surface of 29, 000 sq. m. This year, Xylexpo will occupy three halls, so as to ensure regular visitor flows to all exhibitors, as far as possible—with one or more big players in each hall: Biesse Group and Ima Schelling in hall 1, Scm Group and Weinig Hoz-Her in hall 2, Homag Group, Felder, Cefla and Giardina Finishing in hall 3.

In addition to the exhibitions, the show will also present the fourth annual Xylexpo Awards, assigned by a committee of members from academia and research. Awards will be presented in three categories: “Wood and Panel Processing” (including tools), “Finishing and Coating” (equipment and materials) and for the first time “IoT” (industrial process management).

The Xylexpo Arena will host a few important conferences and a number of meetings, events and initiatives. Three of those conferences that will be the core of the agenda: on Wednesday, May 27, are the second edition of the technical seminar “Next wood, designing future surfaces together” organized by Catas, Poliefun-Politecnico di Milano, Anver and Acimall, is dedicated to the response of coating and plant manufacturers to the increasingly tough challenge of coating materials. On Thursday, May 28, Xylexpo will sponsor the event “Adhesives in the furniture industry and current product and process developments,” created by Catas and Federchimica. Topics will include the application of veneer in compliance with new German formaldehyde regulations, the use of hotmelt glues for the application of glossy coatings, the use of polyurethane glues with low free isocyanate content and new water-resistant vinyl glues. On Friday, May 29, the discussion will focus on VOCs, volatile organic compounds, a source of indoor pollution, starting from the stricter and stricter regulations on formaldehyde emissions that, unfortunately, are not shared and coordinated on a global scale, forcing producers and processors to very complicated management practices.

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Pete Madden Is New President Of U.S. Endowment

Pete Madden Is New President Of U.S. Endowment

 

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U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities announced that Pete Madden has joined the staff as President.

“Our Board and staff are excited to share with our partners and collaborators that Pete will be coming aboard,” says Endowment President and CEO Carlton Owen. “This decision is the culmination of more than two years of thoughtful and deliberate succession planning to ensure that the Endowment continues to advance its dual mission of keeping working forests as forests and advancing family-wage jobs in forest-rich, rural communities.”

Madden joins the Endowment with more than 30 years of experience in the forest sector. He has held roles in land management, procurement, supply chain and logistics, and renewable energy within well-known and respected industry players including Westvaco, Georgia-Pacific and Plum Creek. Most recently, he led Drax Biomass, Inc. as President and CEO. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marlboro College in Vermont and both a Master of Science in Forestry and an M.B.A. from the University of New Hampshire.

“I have watched the Endowment emerge as one of the most progressive and impactful players in the greater forest sector bridging academia, conservation, government at all levels, and industry,” Madden says.

Madden will work out of the Endowment’s headquarters in Greenville, SC.

The Endowment was established in September 2006 at the request of the governments of the U.S. and Canada in accordance with terms of the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement.

 

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ÅF, PÖYRY FORM AFRY

ÅF, PÖYRY FORM AFRY

 

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ÅF and Pöyry have launched its new brand, AFRY. The company offers engineering, design and advisory services.

ÅF was founded in 1895 and Pöyry in 1958 and the two companies merged early in 2019. The merger brought together 17,000 employees with offices in 50 countries and projects in 100 countries, with an annual revenue of about SEK 20 billion.

“Our focus on sustainability is strengthened and our position as a global company is consolidated with the launch of AFRY,” says Jonas Gustavsson, President and CEO at AFRY. “Given the exponential technological development we are facing, our services and solutions are more relevant than ever.”

The legal name of the company will remain ÅF Pöyry AB. The new brand AFRY is a combination of the letters in ÅF and Pöyry.

 

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Freres Has Taihei Horizontal Press Going

 

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Freres Lumber Co., Inc. has installed and is operating a Taihei horizontal hot press at Lyons, Oregon. Freres says they are already reaping numerous benefits the horizontal press offers over conventional vertical press technology.

The horizontal press differs from conventional vertical presses in that the heat plates are installed vertically and apply pressure to the plywood horizontally. Freres says it is increasing production efficiency, maximizing the uniformity of contact pressure, and is more energy efficient than a vertical press.

Additionally, the new system has a small footprint in relation to the number of platens, allowing Freres to install this 60-opening press, where previously there had been a 24-opening press.

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