Panel World’s May issue spotlights Ore.’s Nordic Veneer, since they can procure logs with the best of them, giving this family-owned operation a leg up on its veneer manufacturing competitors. Also featured is a leader in OSB production, Norbord, which has opened a new OSB mill in Alabama. BC-based Newpro is highlighted for converting a bankrupt strawboard plant into a functioning wood-based particleboard mill.
Panel World’s March issue spotlights Roseburg Forest Products, which has moved fast and furious into the engineered wood products (LVL/I-joist) market with a mammoth plant in Riddle, Ore. Also featured is Gateway Forest Products, which has entered its second year of production in southeast Alaska. Va.’s Earth Veneer is highlighted, since its market has done an about face as exports edge ahead of domestic sales.
Panel World’s January issue spotlights Georgia-Pacific Corp., which has started up a massive paper lamination complex in Oxford, Miss., relying on technology provided by German-based Siempelkamp. Also discussed is the patent-pending multi-staged press hood that is said to provide 30-50% savings on HAP/VOC control equipment costs. Featured in this issue is the 2002 Directory/Buyers’ Guide.
Panel World’s November issue features a Buttner single pass drum dryer as part of an impressive technology lineup at Willamette Industries’ new Carolina Particleboard operation in Bennettsville, SC. Rising from the ashes of a 1999 fire, the $20 million Birchwood Manufacturing plant is designed for a diverse and changing marketplace. Also, a new line gives the leading Metro MDF manufacturer greater capability to produce thinner boards in Thailand.
Panel World’s September issue features a Dieffenbacher continuous press as the heart of Footner Forest Products’ new OSB plant in High Level, Alberta, Canada. Also, a massive production center evolves from a truly integrated concept, and Ventek celebrates its 10th year in business with new product features and new system installations.