Panel World’s November issue spotlights James Hardie Building Products, which continues to re-do the former Temple-Inland fiber cement siding plant in Waxahachie, Tex. Also featured is Genwove U.S. Ltd., which continues to refine its face veneer operation in North Carolina. Weyerhaeuser is highlighted for its new facility; the former Willamette SurePine facility at Simsboro is now Weyerhaeuser UltraPine.
Panel World’s September issue spotlights Homanit USA, Inc., which is making a dramatic impact on domestic thin high density fiberboard markets with the startup of its greenfield plant in Mt. Gilead, NC. Also featured is Miss.’s Hood Industries, which focuses on machinery and quality control efficiencies to remain a key player in the softwood plywood industry. Carolina Particleboard is highlighted for promoting the newest generation of particleboard manufacturing, as it is the first to be built in the U.S. with a 10 ft. wide continuous pressing process.
Panel World’s July issue spotlights SierraPine Ltd., which has modernized the surface material preparation and refiner line at its particleboard plant in Adel, Ga., giving the 34-year-old former Weyerhaeuser Co. operation additional life. Also featured is a recap of the 36th International Wood Composite Materials Symposium and Technical Workshop, during which the focus rested on adhesives applications and energy efficiencies. Weyerhaeuser’s new facility in Hudson Bay is highlighted, as the company has embraced the future at its 600MMSF production capacity plant.
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.