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February 2023 #15283 Page #62
Increasing CLT Options and Supply By Steve Shrader Business Development / Operations, Hundegger USA
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veryone is hearing a lot about CLT, a.k.a. cross laminated timber, these days, so customers are starting to ask their suppliers if more options are available for their use too. Well, wanting to use CLT means that you will need a reliable supply of CLT – and Hundegger has taken great strides to help make that a reality! We’re pleased to partner with SmartLam North America on its new $50M glulam manufacturing facility in Dothan, AL. Intending to manufacture 84,000,000 board feet of large glulam beams and columns annually, Dothan is strategically located in Alabama to serve the Southeast, the fastest growing mass timber market in the United States. In addition, SmartLam North America is investing $24M to fully automate the existing Dothan, AL and Columbia Falls, MT CLT facilities. This additional investment will allow each facility to produce 2,000,000 cubic feet annually. The manufacturing equipment we’re supplying includes these state-of-the-art machines. For glulam beams, SmartLam is adding two Hundegger ROBOT-Max machines to its Dothan, AL facility, while it’s also adding the Hundegger UFA in both Alabama and Montana to upgrade its CLT production. In fact, the Hundegger ROBOT-Max has been developed for the North American market, because mass timber here will use larger cross sections than required in Europe. The ROBOT-Max can process beams and columns as large as 24” x 48” and up to 40’ long. In the mass timber market, it is the only such saw.
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