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f you’re looking for optimism during the coronavirus crisis, you might turn to page 54. It’s the same “coming events” listing page that runs in every issue. That’s the point: The page lists the names, locations and dates of events as if they will actually be held (when, as I write this, we’re all wondering when there will ever be another event held). Our own event (produced by Hatton-Brown Expositions) is in that listing—the Timber Processing & Energy Expo scheduled for September 30 to October 2 at the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore. As of now, the Portland Expo has cancelled its events into May due to bans imposed by the area government and health authorities. We’re hoping that the coronavirus will have waned and it will be all systems go by late September if not sooner. Wishful thinking? Maybe. But there’s nothing wrong with a little bit of optimism (especially after consuming endless hours of media negativity). If you’re still looking for some optimism, look no farther than your own backyard. I’m talking about the forest products industry. Obviously the industry has always been an essential driver of the greater economy. But now the word “essential” has taken on even more importance. Now it’s essential, as in on a mission. Initially, the determination of “essential critical infrastructure” by the U.S. Homeland Dept. of Security for wood products was somewhat vague, but new language specifies “workers who support sawmills and the manufacture and distribution of fiber and forest products…” It also specifies “workers performing housing construction related activities to ensure additional units can be made available to combat the nation’s existing housing supply shortage” and “workers who support the supply chain of building materials from production through application/installation, including cabinetry, fixtures, doors, cement, hardware, plumbing, electrical, heating/cooling, refrigeration, appliances, paint/coatings, and employees who provide services that enable repair materials and equipment for essential functions.” After all, if the building products industry and its supply chain and transportation infrastructure in our country becomes bottled up, then we just wither away. And more simply, it makes people feel good these days to see a load of lumber heading down the highway. As to the production of that lumber, there’s a news items in this issue that addresses how some of the sawmill companies have reacted to the virus. Even before COVID-19, most sawmills throughout the country practiced “health and safety” to the zenith. This existing health and safety mindset has allowed a fairly seamless integration of the stringent anti-virus safety measures now required in sawmills. While safety culture has taken on an expanded meaning, it’s still the TP well-being of employees, suppliers and customers which is at stake.
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NEWSFEED
WWPA MEETS IN SUNNY SO-CAL By Jessica Johnson PALM DESERT, Calif. eld March 7-10, the 2020 annual meeting of the Western Wood Products Assn. (WWPA) brought together more than 376 attendees to the heart of the California desert at the J.W. Marriott. This year WWPA joined forces with the North American Wholesale Lumber Assn. (NAWLA) to host a joint annual meeting that brought fun, sun, and networking with 31 tabletop exhibitors and 16 sponsors, plus learning and business development opportunities to the group. Of the 376, many were members of both groups. Saturday, March 7, was a day of recreation for WWPA’s master lumbermen and guests, but things got down to business on Sunday. The Quality Standards and Technical committee, led by Committee Chair Rock Belden of Sierra-Pacific Industries and WWPA Director of Quality Standards Pete Austin, had a full agenda: the certified graders recognition program; American Lumber Standard Committee activities (such as collection of 1&BTR data, the new provision for end-labeling, metric versus conventional dimension in lumber and a revision to the policy on machine graded lum-
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Master Lumberman Award recipients, from left, WWPA President Ray Barbee, Richard Fuller, Brian Hawe, Jed Drennan, Chris Acheson and WWPA Director of Quality Standards Pete Austin
Meeting attendees mingled with tabletop exhibitors during breakfast each day and coffee breaks between sessions.
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code requirements for wood construction in Wildland Urban Interface areas. The WWPA general membership meeting’s goal was to approve nominations for directors to serve on the WWPA Board for a term of three years.
The meeting, led by Fritz Mason of Georgia-Pacific, approved Chuck Roady of F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber as WWPA Chairman. During the WWPA Industry Luncheon, Austin presented Master Lumberman awards to Chris Lee Acheson and Jed Drennan of Idaho Forest Group; Richard Fuller of PotlatchDeltic Corp., and Brian Hawe of GP. Roady presented the two major safety awards: The Chairman’s Award spotlights mills with the best fiveyear safety records. The District Awards honor mills for the best safety performance over the past year in their respective districts. Western Forest Products US, Vancouver, Wash.; Hampton Lumber, Tillamook, Ore.; and Interfor U.S., Molalla, Ore. were presented with the lowest five-year incidence rate awards. Lowest one-year incidence rate awards were given out by district to Interfor U.S., Port Angeles, Wash.; GeorgiaPacific Wood Products NW, Philomath, Ore.; Woodgrain Lumber, Pilot Rock, Ore.; Devil’s Tower Forest Products, Hulett, Wyo.; and PotlatchDeltic Corp., St. Maries, Id. Each year WWPA identifies individual certified graders with high grading proficiency over a year-long performance
The general sessions, open to members of both WWPA and NAWLA, provided informative talks on sucession planning, logistics and more.
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NEWSFEED schedule and provides this information to participating mills— WWPA Hi-Q Mill Awards. The 2019 Hi-Q Mills recognized at the meeting were Stimson Lumber Co. in Plummer and St. Maries, Id. and Tillamook, Ore.; Idaho Forest Group in St. Regis, Mont. and Athol, Id.; Willamina Lumber Co., Willamina, Ore.; Hampton Lumber in Randle and Morton, Wash.; Interfor U.S., Molalla, Ore.; Blanca Forestry Products in Blanca, Colo.; Sierra Forest Products, Terra Bella, Calif.; Tillamook Lumber Co., Tillamook, Ore.; Boise Cascade Co., Kettle Falls, Wash.; and PotlatchDeltic Corp, St. Maries, Id. The luncheon concluded with the WWPA Service Industry awards, celebrating members reaching new milestones in their affiliation with WWPA. Celebrating 45 years, Canyon Lumber Co. in Everett,
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Wash. was the first to be recognized, then Stimson Lumber, Clatskanie, Ore., with 35 years, followed by Interfor U.S. at Gilchrist, Ore., Longview and Port Angeles, Wash., as well as Sun Mountain Lumber, Deer Lodge, Mont. with 15 years. Rounding it out was Pyramid Lumber, Seeley Lake, Mont., with 10 years of service.
LUMBER COMPANIES ARE STEPPING UP Several forest products companies released statements to employees, suppliers and customers on the COVID-19 virus. Roy O. Martin III, chairman, CEO and CFO of RoyOMartin, in a three and a half minute video posted on the company’s instagram page, hammered home the company’s absolute commitment to the safety and
well being of its employees. He added, “Aren’t you glad that during this pandemic that your job is in manufacturing? Our order files are full. Our production is good. Our harvesting operations are normal. The housing industry is going strong. I want to assure you that RoyOMartin is still in business, even though the world as we know it has turned upside down. We will persevere through this coronavirus pandemic.” Martin addressed changes to their operations with regard to health and safety, such as fewer team meetings, limited visitor access and increased distancing. “That does not mean that your safety switch should be turned off. In fact, right now, with the distancing, we need to be more aware of our surroundings because our team members are farther away,” he said.
He said the company’s occupational health nurses and its Legacy Health & Wellness staff are well-equipped to listen to concerns and help with any personal health issues. “We want to make things as normal as possible for you when you’re at work. That includes maintaining production and other operations at appropriate levels so you can count on your paycheck. In fact, we’re still hiring. With all of us banded together, we will get through this.” Oregon-based Roseburg Forest Products responded to an executive order issued by Gov. Kate Brown. “Gov. Brown’s order allows our industry to continue providing essential infrastructure products to the coronavirus response and recovery,” Roseburg President and CEO Grady Mulbery said. “Our 2,400 team members working in the ➤ 14
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NEWSFEED 10 ➤ state of Oregon—largely in rural communities—will continue to earn income for their families while manufacturing materials used in affordable housing, emergency shelter and hospital construction.” Roseburg has seven plants, two administrative offices, more than 400,000 acres in timberland, and a pulp chip export facility in the state, employing 2,400 directly and supporting hundreds more indirectly. The company ordered all employees who could work remotely to do so. Kevin Hancock, CEO of Hancock Lumber in Maine, commented, “As trying as these times have suddenly become, I have personally found it very uplifting to see and hear all the stories about our employee, supplier, and customer teams coming together to make today safe, healthy and productive. I am hopeful that our
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company management philosophy of shared leadership will benefit us all in the weeks ahead. It takes everyone’s commitment to maintain maximum workplace health during these challenging times.” He said Hancock Lumber’s executive team is huddling reguarly to update plans based on current conditions. Those plans are centered around three priorities: the health of employees, customers, vendors and communities; keeping as much normalcy as possible in daily work routines and supplying customers with all the information and products they need to function optimally; monitoring the actual situation and remaining agile. Hancock emphasized the company’s four guiding principles for a healthy workplace, including: common sense and individual responsibility; personal hygiene; workstation
cleanliness; maximizing social distancing. “I was in our Casco sawmill and I was impressed with how easily everyone had adjusted to maximizing personal spacing while working,” Hancock said. “On that note, I was at Walgreens around lunchtime today. The woman at the counter told me that she had driven by our mill this morning on her way to work and that just seeing all the cars and trucks at the Hancock Lumber sawmill gave her a big boost of confidence.” Hancock said their three sawmills are up and running, and the fact that they have 14 locations (including multiple lumberyards) as a company offers a lot of flexibility to adjust to local circumstances, yet keep everyone fully supplied. “I’m inspired by the people in this industry and I am confident that we can work through the days ahead by
taking it one day at a time, communicating openly, and sharing responsibility for leadership,” Hancock stated.
INDUSTRY FIGHTS THROUGH VIRUS If COVID-19 can be gotten under control, housing starts, following a three-month skid, should gradually ramp up beginning this summer and reach where they were pre-virus later this year and early next year, according to comments and data from officials at Forest Economic Advisors (FEA) during a webinar hosted by FEA March 24 on the impact of the virus on the national economy and the building products industry. U.S. housing starts could drop by 50% to an 800,000 annualized pace from the 1.6 million pace they were on before
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NEWSFEED the onslaught of COVID-19, according to FEA principal Brendan Lowney. But Lowney added that “the boom has been delayed, not denied. The underlying fundamentals are strong over the next several years.” Lowney said ultimately the U.S. housing industry will outperform the wider economy due to favorable demographics, solid family financial health with regard to debt load and the fact that the U.S. has been “dramatically underbuilding.” The degree of FEA’s forecasted dip, while severe, still sees twice the number of starts than occurred at the bottom of the Great Recession. Lowney said the depth of the immediate decline, in addition to obvious business disruptions, depends on if construction is allowed to continue during the virus attack, adding that the federal government appears to be in
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favor of continued construction, though individual states can rule further on it. Likewise the federal government has recognized the wood products industry as an “essential critical infrastructure workforce” in the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, according to FEA, unemployment could reach 16% in May from nearly non-existent. GDP could experience a 12.6% decline in the second quarter, according to FEA, before turning positive in the third quarter and becoming more robust in the final quarter of the year and early next year.
DEAL BRINGS PARTIES TO TABLE Oregon forest products industry companies and conservation groups have entered a Cooperating Parties agreement
to hold a series of meetings over the next two years geared toward making changes to Oregon’s Forest Practices Act and implementing regulations that will provide a basis for an approvable Habitat Conservation Plan. The agreement to cooperate stems from several current, competing petitions that could bog down state forestry and environmental operations such as aerial pesticide spraying. The ensuing meetings will seek to provide a greater level of certainty to forest landowners and industries that depend on Oregon forests without compromising the viability of Oregon’s manufacturing infrastructure; and provide a greater level of certainty for the survival and recovery of threatened and endangered species, and ensure that drinking water and aquatic resources are protected. “The
Cooperating Parties will pursue a science-informed policy development process, rooted in compromise, to evaluate and jointly recommend substantive and procedural changes to Oregon forest practice laws,” the agreement states. For example the mediated meetings will include discussion of forest practices that impact waters of the state and at risk species including, but not limited to, forest roads, nearstream operations, and steep/ unstable slope activities affecting streams. Forest products industry companies that signed the agreement include Hampton Lumber, Weyerhaeuser, Roseburg Forest Products, Seneca Sawmill Company and Stimson Lumber. Numerous environmental groups also signed the agreement, which puts the current petitions in question on hold.
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FAIL-SAFE
CUL TURE By Dan Shell
Driving safety awareness and accountability through all levels and areas, GP Philomath team leaders are making a difference.
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PHILOMATH, Ore. roduction and high speed, high tech machinery may grab the headlines when it comes to lumber manufacturing, but maintaining a growing culture of safety awareness and learning creates improved communication and team effort that lead to safer and more efficient overall operations, say team leaders at GP’s sawmill here in western Oregon. “Every day is a journey, and we have a long way to go, but it’s exciting because the numbers show we are making a difference,” says Plant Manager Pat Van
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Helping employees understand why an incident happened also requires raising the level of communications among operators and technical support and maintenance personnel. Training and teaching are reinforced by lots of communication, whether it’s a quick meeting before a shift starts or supervisors taking time to discuss operational issues, or coordinating maintenance procedures. Communicating and engaging with others is a big part of safety and better overall operation. There’s also lots of coaching, critical feedback and getting operational issues out in the open and working through them. Self says he likes coaching and spending time with supervisors and touching base with operators and employees each shift. “You can’t just keep firing people; they have to make the change, and we try to drive that all the way through the organization,” he says. A big continual safety improvement goal for Self is to have no dropoff or change in standards or processes from departEngaging employees more closely with their jobs is a big goal. ment to department ment Recognition Program (SHARP) for or shift to shift. The old ‘the night shift achieving “an exemplary level of occupadoes it this way’ approach is long gone. tional safety and health management.” “We believe in driving accountability At Philomath, team leaders like Safety across departments and across shifts and Manager Julie Stout and Green End Susites, and Jason has spent a lot of perintendent Jason Self and others use a time doing that,” van Rooyen says. compelling blend of training and technolOne challenge is the operation’s ogy—and lots of communication and sawmill and planer mill are about a mile team building—that increases employees’ apart at either end of the small town of engagement with the job and with their Philomath, and maintaining consistency coworkers. Employees from bottom to top with policies and procedures at each facilare all expected to call out and challenge ity. “Our leaders do a great job with stayunsafe practices or conditions and offer ing focused and developing consistency,” suggestions if they see a better or safer Stout says. “You have to make sure the way of doing things. policies, rules and procedures are the Building true safety awareness and same at both places, and you have to give learning is about much more than simply them both attention” with each site’s inisetting policies and punishments. “You tiatives and projects. can’t practice safety in a vacuum; you need to have total understanding of ‘why?’ NEW HIRES and ‘how?’” Van Rooyen says. Improving The mill’s onboarding safety program safety awareness is much more than simfor new employees takes five weeks, ply sanctioning an employee for not folsays Stout, with employees taking a coulowing a procedure or not wearing PPE and relying on negative reinforcement. ple of hours each day to learn about mill It’s not as punitive as much as asking safety and procedures and policies. The “Why? What made you do that?” he adds. first few days can be a whirlwind: an Rooyen, who’s been at the mill since 1995. “We know we’re going to have learning events, but hopefully our culture can keep pushing awareness. Our people are excited about it, and it translates into measurable results around the mill.” Acquired in 1992, the facility is GP’s only West Coast sawmill. The 8-24 ft. random length operation produces 2x4 thru 2x12 lumber, plus some 4 in. material. Output is 60% KD. The sawmill has long prided itself on its safety programs and was an early participant in the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) adopted by Oregon OSHA in 1996. The facility has been recognized by Oregon OSHA’s Safety and Health Achieve-
overview on the mill and all its departments; a mill tour; basic safety policies and training; lunch and meetings with supervisors and team leaders to learn who everyone is; and get hooked up with a mentor. Employee resources for improved safety feature a roomy conference and classroom area for training and learning. Special tools include lock out and valve boards that show new employees the types of systems they’ll be encountering on the mill floor and how to activate and deactivate them. The first two weeks, when not doing safety and orientation sessions, new employees aren’t even given work gloves while they shadow experienced team members, sit in an operator’s cab or work station and watch. And ask lots of questions. Depending on what skills and interests a new employee exhibits—and the questions they ask—Stout says after about three weeks they have a good idea of the best job fit. Mentors play a big role in getting new employees engaged with the culture and fitting in. They are selected for their people skills, knowing how to coach, engage others, and ask and answer questions. “If we happen to have someone who’s not a good fit, many times it’s their coworkers and mentors telling us they’re not taking it seriously or are uncoachable,” Stout says. At that point a “conversation” is had with the employee to remind them of the expectations and how to move forward. “We can teach you how to operate a machine, drive a forklift and be safe, but
Green End Supt. Jason Self, Safety Manager Julie Stout
we can’t teach you to be on time, be a team player and have some humility and be coachable,” Stout exclaims. “Realizing there are no dumb questions gets people going, then they see they need to contribute and pretty soon they’ll have to explain their actions” when receiving critical feedback, she adds. A big part of those first few days is inTIMBER PROCESSING
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Stout, left, heads up safety part of new employee onboarding. Plant Manager Pat Van Rooyen, right, says safety has to be more than negative reinforcement.
stilling the mill’s safety culture. “We’re establishing a question-and-ask culture, and starting on the first day we set the table for that as an expectation,” Self says. “We’re always questioning stuff, and we expect them to as well.” “All team members will challenge unsafe behaviors, and we are comfortable with giving critical feedback” Stout says. The first 10-15 minutes of each shift include a quick team meeting where any challenges or feedback, positive and negative, are handled.
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“New people see that we talk about everything, they see that right away,” Stout says, adding it might take some time for a new employee to feel comfortable with challenging processes or calling out unsafe behavior. She adds that she tells new employees “don’t take it personal” but understand a big part of the culture is that everybody is looking to identify and eliminate hazards and unsafe behavior. “We encourage guys to make observations, and to note the good things as well.”
One innovation Stout implemented that has grown and evolved is a “buddy lockout” system put in place after the mill went through a stretch of lockout lapses. An employee informs his or her buddy when they lock out or pull a lock on a machine or system, and failure to communicate their action to their buddy results in sanctions for both. “Once we implemented that, we just quit having those issues,” Van Rooyen says. More important, the “buddy lockout” program drove a big behavioral change in the mill, and helped drive safety awareness home and encouraged employees to look out for each other. “So we just took the buddy system and ran with it,” Self says. l Every employee must report four “safety observations” each month (see photo) on a small form the size of a Postit pad. It’s not to encourage employees to spy on each other, but instead document their safety interactions and any unsafe conditions they see and how any situation was resolved. “It promotes people to be more comfortable about having that safety conversation with a coworker,” Self says. “Sometimes you have conflict but you work through it and we found overall we
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got a lot stronger and deeper into our safety culture once we started that.” l A “safe work permit” program documents mill work and maintenance activities that need to be coordinated around production and are rated for priority, including scheduling information and team members that need to be involved. l Better technology is also playing a larger role in safety and making mill work safer: Remote wireless scanning allows lift truck drivers to document their loads from the seat and not have to get on and off the machine with every pick up. Pro-
grammable cameras that “see” an unsafe condition and simultaneously send an alert signal are quicker and more reliable than light curtains and limit switches. Drones are another big part of technical advances. Using scanner and camera technology, drones can be used to visually inspect areas of the mill more safely, and also used for tasks like scanning barcodes in warehouses or storage areas more quickly and accurately than manual. Temperature sensors mounted on drones can be used to monitor machinery and mill processes.
“Buddy” lockout system makes a big difference.
One specific example of working smarter and safer with drones is visual inspections in hard-to-reach places. At Philomath, chemical fire suppressors mounted high in the air on the baghouse superstructures require regular inspection. Manual inspections required lots of climbing or aerial lift rentals and took hours of work. But using a drone fitted with hi-res camera, mill personnel were able to complete the task much more safely—and in less than an hour. “You can put drones in places where it’s tough to put people safely,” Van Rooyen says. He notes that the employee who developed drone systems at the Philomath mill, Chris Duncan, received a company innovation award and is now working to develop and implement similar systems for other GP facilities.
SAFETY JOURNEY Most team leaders came up through the ranks at Philomath, and they know the job expectations and what employees need to perform well and safe. Keeping employees motivated and focused on safety awareness long-term is the goal, Stout says. “You can get complacent and some jobs can be monotonous, but we try to keep coming at it from different angles and keep throwing things out there.” It’s important for managers to be leaders in safety and show it as a priority, for new and long-term employees to see the processes and culture in action, and that it’s not just lip service, says Van Rooyen. “We know we’re not perfect, but we’re trying to instill in everybody that this is something we’re doing and something we can control,” he exclaims, adding that while it’s impossible to make sawmill operations completely fail-safe, “We’re going to damn near exhaust our resources trying.” TP 24
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WITH AGE By Maria Church
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TIMMINS, Ontario ne-hundred years ago, Rudolph-McChesney Lumber built a modest sawmill on the banks of the Mattagami River in the newly established town of Timmins. The mill supplied timber to the nearby gold mines and growing community of miners. A century later and the sawmill—now owned by EACOM Tim-
ber and producing nearly 150MMBF of dimension lumber annually—remains an important employer in the northern Ontario town, as well as a model for sustainable forestry and local investment in the forest industry. “Lots of generations of employees are working here, father and son, grandfathers, and so on,” says Joel Cantin, interim mill manager at the Timmins sawmill. Cantin started at the
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EACOM’s 10 years of direct investment in optimization at the mill has improved recovery between 8 and 12%.
EACOM Timmins interim mill manager Joel Cantin started working at the mill 13 years ago as a millwright. He’s now responsible for 115 employees who work at the Timmins sawmill.
What’s behind the mill’s longevity in a commodity-based industry with extreme market swings? Not surprisingly, it comes down to multiple factors including a strong community base, sustainable forest management practices, and leadership that is willing to invest in technology and people.
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mill 13 years ago as a millwright and worked his way up to general superintendent before he was tapped to take on the interim mill manager position earlier this year. A good number of the mill’s 115 direct employees have worked there for more than 25 years. Another 215 or so contractors and suppliers also rely on the mill for steady employment. EACOM marked the Timmins mill’s centennial last summer with a day of celebrations, including a community BBQ, staff softball game and tours of the mill to show off recent modernization projects. The guest list included Ontario’s Natural Resources and Forestry Minister John Yakabuski, Federal MP Charlie Angus, Provincial MPP Gilles Bisson, and more than 300 current and retired employees, families, contractors, and community members.
After more than 10 years of direct EACOM investment in optimization at the mill, Cantin says the facility’s recovery has improved steadily to more than 300BF per m3—between 8 and 12%. Roughly 550,000 m3 of pine, spruce and balsam logs feed the mill annually. A Liebherr wheel loader brings logs to the infeed where ScanMeg scanners allow a large wave feeder to separate large and small logs, sending the large to a 27 in.Nicholson debarker and the small to a 17 in. Nicholson debarker. Four decks feed logs onto the main infeed belt. The breakdown line is a complete USNR package installed in 2013, nearly two years after a fire destroyed much of the mill’s equipment. The line begins with a scanner and log rotation system, followed by the log optimizer, which determines the cutting pattern solution. The log optimizer has two scanners, each scanning half the log due to the short length of the conveyor. Logs then run through the side canter heads, a fixed top head, VFM and quad saws for sideboards. The cant is then scanned again for curvature be-
fore the vertical shape sawing gang edger. Newnes completes the line with a board edger, trimmer and stacker before a PHL sorter. In 2017, the mill undertook a large capital project to install Eastern Canada’s first continuous dry kiln (CDK). The new multi-million kiln from Wellons was specially designed to fit the Timmins sawmill’s small footprint, which is one of the smallest within EACOM’s group of mills. “The cost savings for energy is significant,” Cantin says. “The standard deviation is a bit better. It’s a shorter CDK than others, but there is still a lot that we can test.” EACOM is working with FPInnovations to trial various combinations of species to optimize drying times. The planer mill also received a large upgrade a few years ago when EACOM installed an Autolog ProGrader linear planer optimizer. Located just after the USNR Coastal planer, the ProGrader uses 3D geometric sensors to measure dimensions, skip, wane, holes and warp and 2D vision sensors to measure knots, rot, splits and shakes, and bark. Tracheid sensors measure the slope of the grain. A UV code printed onto each board is then picked up at the grading station where colored lights identify the grade: red for premium, yellow for number one and two, green for number three and blue for economy. Staff members at the grading station verify if the system is calibrated and manually downTIMBER PROCESSING
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In 2017 the mill installed a Wellons continuous dry kiln, the first mill in Eastern Canada to invest in continuous kiln drying.
grade any boards that were broken in transit or need additional drying. The trim line is projected on the lumber as it heads through the Newnes trimmer before the PHL sorter and Signode strapping system. The mill produces 2x4, 2x6, and 2x10 in 8 ft. and 16 ft. lengths. Byproducts are sent to pulp and paper mills and cogeneration power plants. Upcoming projects include a revamp
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of the planer mill’s tilt hoist, which is being done in-house to allow staff the chance to design it to best fit their needs. “We’re one of the biggest technology competitors in Eastern Canada. If it’s there, it’s new and recent,” Cantin says. “We’re always looking to invest in our people or in our equipment to modernize everything. We always have to upgrade— if you don’t you won’t be competitive, so that’s something we strive to be.”
Ron Vautour, EACOM’s general manager of Ontario forest operations, works with the woodlands teams to provide sawlogs for the sawmills in Timmins and Gogama, as well as sawmills in Elk Lake and Nairn Centre. The mill in Gogama is a stud mill, which takes the smaller logs, while the mill in Timmins is a dimension mill which does better on larger logs. EACOM operates on two sustainable forest licenses (SFLs) in northern Ontario: the 1.2 million-hectare Spanish Forest and the 390,000-hectare Pineland Forest. Those SFLs bring in about 1.15 million m3 per year year. EACOM is one of a handful of partners on another five SFLs in the region to provide logs for the other mills. Additional volumes are purchased from other licence holders and other sources to supplement mill requirements. Four contract loggers harvest for Timmins and Gogama on its SFLs: Foleyet Timber, Pineland Contracting, Doug Niemi Trucking, P&G Logging, as well as other independent loggers. Unlike their BC counterparts, Eastern Canadian mills have a somewhat stable fiber supply. However, the skilled labor
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shortage, particularly the lack of log truck drivers, is a mounting concern. “Hauling capacity is an issue throughout North America. Many current drivers are approaching retirement and the trucking industry is not attracting enough new drivers to replace them. It’s hard work and the hours are long. We have a great deal of respect for our truck drivers and they are highly valued in our business,” Vautour says. “We continue to look for new opportunities to improve our hauling capacity and to attract people into the industry, both for
logging and for hauling. It’s a great, green and renewable resource that we have. The future of forestry is bright.”
TALENT PIPELINE More than a few Timmins sawmill employees have been working at the mill for 25 years, with some closing in on half a century. These experienced staff members are invaluable to the company, but the countdown is on for their retirement, EACOM President and CEO Kevin Edgson says.
“There are people who have been working 35, 40 and 45 years for this company or some iteration of it. There is so much history with those people, so much experience, and yet it’s going to be leaving the industry,” he says. Last September, EACOM management shook hands on a three-year agreement with Northern College that will see college students offered short-term work placements at EACOM’s northern Ontario mills. In turn, EACOM staff will help train millwright, heavy equipment, and instrumentation students in class. The timing of the agreement is pivotal, Edgson says. “This is so important because we will be able to engage the young people, get them into the pipeline, into the process, while they still have the chance to learn from those who have been there before, who have seen pretty much everything. So we get that vitality and that enthusiasm, that passion coming in, and you have the wisdom and experience passing down. It’s a fantastic opportunity,” he says. For its current staff, EACOM has a leadership program in pace to provide a development opportunity for would-be or current managers. Cantin participates in the 18-month program and says it’s a good way to exchange ideas and best practices among EACOM’s various operations and departments. “Every time we get together it’s different. We have communication modules, HR modules; sawmilling is coming up, as well as continuous improvement. You connect with people and it gives everyone a better perspective about what the other jobs involve,” Cantin says.
NEXT 100 Looking to the future, Biliana Necheva, communications-marketing advisor for EACOM, says the company is reacting to the lumber market dip by balancing costs while focusing on their competitiveness. For Timmins in particular, staff are committed to keeping the century-old mill running for the next 100 years. “We’re more and more present in the community, whether it’s with the colleges or the schools, it’s about connecting with the people. We’re right in the middle of town. The next side of the river is the community park. There’s a forest heritage and pride here and I think it’s really nice that we can carry that forward,” Necheva says. TP This article and photos previously appeared in Canadian Forest Industries magazine and is re-published in Timber Processing per a mutual arrangement between CFI and TP. 30
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CANTERSPROFILERS EDITOR’S NOTE: The following companies provided editorial and photographs on their canter-profiler technologies to complement their advertisements elsewhere in this issue.
ANDRITZ Since Andritz Inc. introduced our Powerhead canter heads in 2003, we have delivered more than 500 chipping heads to mills all over North America. These applications have covered every conceivable species, ultra high feed speeds and regions in the U.S. and Canada. Using this experience to further optimize the design of our chipping heads and TurnKnife system, mills have the absolute best options for canter heads. Our Powerheads have proven to be the most economical, trouble free chipping heads. Recent mills that have installed or added Andritz Powerhead canter heads include Canfor at Darlington, SC; Mobile, Ala.; and Hermanville, Miss. Our TKD drum style chipping heads are just like our conical heads…built to last, trouble free and economical to operate. Designed to control the log through the chipping zone to eliminate surging, our drum style heads give you excellent board finish, long knife life and superior chip quality. These same design heads are used in today’s profiling machines supplied by all of the OEMs. Either retrofit your existing heads with Andritz chipping heads or order-insist they come as original supply when you’re getting your new canter or profiler. New lines being delivered with Andritz TKD drum heads are Dixon Lumber in Eufaula, Ala. and Southeast Timber in Louisville, Ala. Andritz 10 knife Powerhead See advertisement, page 2.
BID GROUP In 2020 BID Group innovates once again through its Comact brand in terms of profiling heads and sawmills without an edger by introducing to the market new sawing lines with double limitless profilers combined to a splitter at primary breakdown. This is a game changer for the breakdown of logs with wide diameter! The new double limitless profilers allow the production of two side pieces of different widths; in addition it offers an endless range of widths and up to 4 in. for the thickness of a block or a side cant. As for the splitter, it is a perpendicular saw that allows the resaw of the first and/or second side board, in two pieces of different widths (2x4-2x4, 2x42x6, 4x4-4x4…), with high accuracy to avoid damage to the central cant. This module, which may saw in skew, also has two profilers that allow to finish the pieces to the proper width. Without limitless profiling, it would be impossible to produce two pieces of different widths in the second sideboard. The main benefits for this type of profiling are: BID Group (Comact) infinite double profilers l Improvement of the production performance l Improvement of the breakdown line speed by up to 30% l Improvement of the sawmill flow: fewer pieces in re-run l Reduction/elimination of the edger operating costs: —Requires less workforce —Requires less maintenance —Improved safety (no manual operation required) For companies that don’t sell wide lumber or that want to adjust quickly to the market demand, this is the ideal technology since a simple adjustment of the optimization parameters will maximize the production value. Finally, the re-optimization after the canters is a very interesting option to attain a higher throughput value. It has been demonstrated that the average throughput value may increase by 1.5% thanks to the re-optimization. See advertisement, page 11.
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Cone Omega has a long history of supplying “simple, rugged and reliable” equipment. We specialize in primary breakdown equipment and have a reputation for providing high quality products. Cone Omega continually strives to develop new and innovative products allowing customers to decrease downtime while increasing profitability. The Cone division is well known as the aftermarket leader for Chip-N-Saw parts, components and original specs machine replacements. Through the years Cone has pioneered many innovations for these lines making them more reliable and more efficient. This has evolved into the High-Speed Four-Sided Canter lines Cone Omega four-sided canter line offered today. The Cone Four-Sided Canter lines can be supplied with dual or quad roll log turners for auto rotation. After rotation, a skewing, slewing and tilting infeed conveyor is utilized for optimal presentation to the canter. With our profiling module in place, one or two profile boards can be taken off each side and the profile boards can be tilted along the face for the cant. Using a VSA or VDA downstream provides a complete package for a highly efficient one pass line. Our four-sided canter lines deliver higher production rates and lower unit costs The Omega division is the leader in sharp chain products. Omega offers a complete line of industry standard components for conventional canter twin sharp chain systems such as pop-up turning rolls, overhead and cantilevered thumper rolls, slant canters and application specific outfeed conveyors. The top of the line in sharp chain systems is our Tru-Position system. The Tru-Position module consists of three pairs of vertical rolls that skew and precisely position the log on the sharp chain as it exits the log turner. The log is impaled immediately after turning, while the Tru-Position rolls still have full control. The log is firmly impaled on the sharp chain during the final scan, eliminating positioning errors, and the log is scanned in the exact position that it will be processed, offering tremendous recovery increases. See advertisement, page 16.
CORTEX Cortex now offers a complete line of conical chipping heads, drum style chipping heads, disc chipper knife systems, and profiling heads. In addition to manufacturing their own complete chipping heads, the Cortex knife system can be installed on the majority of chipping heads in the market. Expanding upon the “bolt-on conversions,” Cortex also offers a variety of existing knife profiles that fit the majority of knife systems, upgraded with Cortex quality. “We offer chipping solutions that meet the customer where they are in their own product life cycle, whether that is replacing a worn out chipping head completely, or upgrading wear parts to Cortex, or simply ordering our Bridge knives, which are a direct knife drop in to conical head and drum style heads,”explains Trent Carpenter, president of Cortex. l Southport Lumber in North Bend, Ore. approached Cortex about a solution for their challenges with their existing heads. These challenges included breaking of base bolts, constantly adjusting the knife extension every weekend as it Cortex heads at Southport Lumber would lose position, and safety concerns with crashes. Cortex proposed our Mini Solid Head, designed for small log processing machines. The heads have a simple, robust design which utilizes one solid piece of high strength alloy steel, with clamps and holders bolted on. This design eliminated the complicated bases, thick faceplates, adjustments and knife movement from the traditional heads. Additionally, these six-knife heads are loaded with Cortex knives, which are proven to outlast the competition due to the superior alloy, heat treatment, and surface finish. The performance has exceeded customer expectations with double knife life and eliminating the weekend knife extension adjustments. “The simplicity of the heads has certainly made our lives easier,” explains Chaz Trumbull, maintenance, at Southport Lumber. Cortex also offers profiling heads for curve-sawing gangs and small log processing lines. The profiling segments can be with or without a side facing knife for improved board finish. See advertisement, page 40. 34
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The Linck family of VPM profiler units has been extended by an additional machine model. In addition to the high end machine VPM450, the smaller VPM 350 has been developed for cant heights of up to 350 mm and cutting depths of up to 75 mm. The smaller adjustment paths and chip removal volumes make it possible to simplify drive and cutting tool design. There is only one drive motor per side whose power is distributed to the two profiler heads of one side according to requirement. The reduced adjustment paths allow a shortening of the profiler head drive shaft with positive effect on the machine width and thus to keep to the dimensions of the VPF profiler unit. As a result, the VPM 350 corresponds to the VPF machine in size and processing possibilities and is perfectly suited to be in- Linck profiler unit VPM 350 stalled in existing saw lines. Downsizing the machine dimensions allows for a further reduction of the masses to be moved, thus resulting in smaller gaps between cants for operating modes with sawing optimization. And with the new VPM 350, you also benefit from the special features of the VPM profiler unit series, namely sawn lumber surfaces without tear-outs, the possibility of diagonal profiling by using tilting tool axes and the possibility of curve profiling by pivoting cutting tools. See advertisement, page 47.
OPTIMIL Optimil’s side board profilers increase production by reducing the number of flitches going to the board edger, resulting in less downtime caused by poor quality slabs being sent to the board edger. Manufacturing costs are also reduced by eliminating secondary handling and manufacturing of side slabs. The side board profilers have been designed with chip and sawdust containment in mind to promote safe and clean operation. Optimil also has in-line profilers for top and bottom boards which reduce the flow to the edgers and increase production. Close coupled to a vertical gang, these machines operate with four independent axis to chip a profile solution to the top and bottom board if required. No edger is needed. Other key sawdust and chip containment features include: new chipping sections with increased head diameters and enlarged chip chutes; reconfigured chip chutes that allow for fewer transitions and diversion points that promote and reduce pockets for chips to strike and create dust and debris; new guarding promotes safety by preventing debris entering work areas from saw boxes and bandmills. See advertisement, page 30.
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REAL PERFORMANCE MACHINERY Real Performance Machinery, LLC is a partnership that was founded to focus on providing the best profiler in the business. RPM is composed of industry leading experts in project management, engineering design, manufacturing, automation, customer service and support. As an original equipment manufacturer specializing in high-value, technologically advanced sawmill equipment, our expertise is focused on the secondary breakdown processing areas in sawmills, including profilers, gangs and edgers. Our goal is not to build more, but to passionately build the best. Our product development teams design our equipment to provide solutions to existing issues. Through industry collaboration and expertise, we design our machinery to decrease downtime, lower maintenance cost and provide a higher ROI for our customers. With our (HOTT) Hanging Over the Top Technology our machine centers are fast, smooth and accurate, providing our customers immediate results. Our overhead design centers weight over the gang line and balances our system like no other. HOTT reduces maintenance by getting critical components out of the debris field. Our small footprint allows our system to fit where other offerings cannot without extensive facility changes and associated expenses. Our machine center designs and technology allows us to ship equipment fully pre-wired and factory tested. This reduces on-site installation and commissioning times and brings immediate payback opportunities. RPM works with all our customers to provide cost-effective solutions for their unique project requirements. Whether your project requires a minimal amount of installation supervision from RPM, or a full turnkey supply, we have the project management, construction, installation and service teams to provide the results you need. Pre-planning and project management coordination with your team is always provided as part of our service, regardless of the project scope. This ensures all projects meet expectations for both RPM and our customers. At RPM we encourage collaboration and always strive to educate your personnel about our products to better maintain and support your mill before, during and after the sale. See advertisement, page 15.
USNR USNR has invested decades perfecting our primary line offerings with hundreds of global installations in a wide range of configurations to meet specific requirements. Here is a look at the profilers that are streamlining the breakdown process. Many mills add profiling capabilities to reduce or eliminate the need for an edger, or a second edger in the case of high-volume mills. Depending on the mill’s market and log sizes, inner and outer flitches may contain one-two boards each. If the edger is already at capacity and you want to increase saw line production, a profiler will alleviate the demand on the edger and allow you to increase throughput. Profilers accommodate production speeds up to 600 FPM and can be oriented along a vertical or horizontal axis to profile the sideboards and the top USNR offers numerous profiling configurations. and bottom boards in a stack. Profilers are typically mounted on a carriage but can also be mounted in front of a vertical double arbor gang, whereby the cant is profiled immediately upstream of the saws. This solution is available as a retrofit provided there is space. USNR offers many styles including pocket profilers that produce cants/profiles in one step. Many mills choose a horizontal or vertical arbor configuration where each profiling module skews or tilts to recover an angled board as the log tapers. This captures greater volume and value from each log. Stepped profiling heads are the least expensive choice for simultaneously creating two sideboards on each side. The steps are a fixed width, typically creating a 2x4 and 2x6 or 2x8 on both sides. Another alternative is two separate profiler modules with a vertical feed module in between. This allows the greatest product flexibility but requires more space and is more expensive. A third option is USNR’s Independent Dual Profiler. IDP offers more product flexibility than stepped profiling and is less expensive, requiring less space than separate profiler modules. Options for adding profiling to your line are nearly limitless. See advertisement, page 9. 38
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Mebor has been manufacturing sawmilling machinery since 1982 and has installed machinery in more than 55 countries worldwide. Originating from a sawmill business the Mebor team understands the needs and problems of sawmills. Mebor’s solutions are based on wide experience from various sawmilling applications worldwide, from small to oversize logs and from soft to extremely hard tropical hardwoods. The range that includes both band saw and circular saw technology allows Mebor to combine the best solutions of both technologies for each sawmill. Mebor’s continuous log sawing lines are designed for various production levels (up to 750 m3of logs / 200MBF of lumber per eight hour shift). Various versions of infeeds are available; simpler solutions include 2D scanning of logs combined with visual turning by an operator. High production solutions include full 3D scanning of logs with automatic turning. Powerful optimization tools bring the best recovery of wood from the logs. The cants are also scanned Mebor sawing line with chipper canters by means of 3D scanners, positioned correctly and sawn to optimized sizes. In Mebor sawing lines, boards are scanned, edged and resawn individually and this gives more flexibility in the range of sizes produced. The waste is chipped by means of chipper canters and chipping edgers. Chip sizes may be adjusted to the needs of the customer. Mebor’s factory is very flexible and the lines are fully customized to the needs of the customer. A very favorable ratio between investment and performance is offered, giving a fast return on investment and low operation costs. See advertisement, page 45.
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MACHINERYROW Delco FP Praises New Mühlböck CDK The commissioning of the first Mühlböck CDK for North America, installed late last year for Delco Forest products of New Brunswick, Can., has been successfully completed. This Progressive Dynamic CDK equipped with model 1003 Heat Recovery is now in full production to great satisfaction, the participating parties report. According to Delco General Manager Renaud Durelle, after doing their homework by comparing all the different kiln manufacturers, and by seeing several Mühlböck kilns in operation during a tour in Europe, it was quickly clear that Mühlböck had the most innovative solution for Delco. The greatest advantage of the Mühlböck kilns they visited was the consistency of drying quality, Durelle says. “We were looking for quality of lumber. Mühlböck is known for their lower standard deviation in moisture content. The quality of the wood Mühlböck Progressive Dynamic 1003, built for coming out of the kilns in Latvia, closely comparable to our conditions, Delco Forest Products was remarkable.” ogy first hand, the two companies “From the first meeting with the pleas- agreed that the Mühlböck CDK built ant people of this family mill, until after for Delco will serve as a “reference reviewing a variety of Mühlböck kiln project.” models, we knew we had the perfect so“We enjoy working with the great lution for Delco’s needs,” says Peter people at Delco very much. We want to Driessen of Mühlböck North America. thank them again for their cooperation There were many factors that came and for the trust they have put in into play, according to Driessen, from Mühlbock,” Driessen adds. technical aspects and yard logistics, therDurelle says he is pleased with their mal and electrical energy capacities, to state-of-the-art Mühlböck CDK. “We operating and investment costs. “We are very satisfied with the results. The were able to provide Delco with every consistent quality of lumber coming out aspect they were looking for,” he says, of the kiln is above expectation. The including: continuous high output makes that we ● increased drying capacity from up to can run two shifts in the planer mill. 50MMBF to more than 100MMBF per And as was promised, our boiler runs year smoothly. Because of Mühlböck’s inno● without the need for their old kilns vative heat recovery system, we did not ● improved lumber quality need to invest in any additional boiler ● no need to invest in a new boiler capacity. I think this is the future of ● no need for overnight loading and lumber drying; everyone is interested in unloading the technology, but does not want to And to make sure that interested par- take that initial step. I am glad we did ties no longer have to make that trip to decide on our Mühlböck CDK because Europe to see this leading edge technol- we want the best for our future.” TP 42
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MACHINERYROW Stenner Upgrades Horizontal Resaw
Stenner sales of the MHS range of horizontal resaws continue to grow with the latest three head machine installed in Scotland at the end of February. Most MHS resaws are sold in multiples and are commonly incorporated into lines with automated infeed and outfeed. Improvements to health and safety features have included Remote Saw Tracking, Automatic Spray Lubrication systems with the ability to be filled remotely and electrically interlocked gates preventing access between the saw units while the machine is “live.” This latter feature reduces reliance on extensive perimeter fencing around the machine. All features keep the operator a safe distance from the sawblade. Further developments have been done on the MHS10 machines (42 in. pulleys). The well-proven setting system has been upgraded to include servo motor based positioning of the saws and the angle of the saw unit. “The speed and accuracy of the modern servo motor really has contributed to the performance of the MHS10 in terms of setup speed and excellent sawing accuracy,” comments Stenner Managing Director Syd Mather. The MHS9 (36 in. pulley) range has been redesigned electrically to incorporate Distributed I/O. “In our case we use multiple slave PLCs that communicate to a master PLC through a return switch. With the aid of an industrial VPN modem we are now able to offer technical support and diagnostics remotely,” says Stenner electrical design engineer Billy Thorne. “It is also an extremely user friendly simple system.” Visit stenner.co.uk
HG Toler Plans Planer Retrofit HG Toler of Leola, Ark. is retrofitting its Yates planer with technology from USNR. The retrofit will reduce maintenance requirements, dramatically increase uptime, and keep the planer running smoothly for years to come. Like most older planers, this one has
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MACHINERYROW seen rugged service and is now causing downtime and excessive maintenance to keep it running, according to the mill. This upgrade involves retrofitting the bottom feedroll, bridge bottom roll, bridge fence, and infeed table live fence. The upgrade is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter.
New Elbow Quadruples Life
to accommodate flanges and supports. Ultrasonic measurements, last taken at 18 months and after 18 months of continuous operation, have shown a maximum wall thickness reduction of .207 in., or 55% wear in 7,500 hours of operation. With 45% thickness remaining, Weyerhaeuser anticipates up to two-year life from the product, and has only two months to go to hit that mark. Mills with single shift operations could see these elbows last five years. And as the Ultra 600 Elbow is priced comparably to traditional wear back elbows, the lifetime ownership cost of the elbow is expected to be one-half to one-quarter that of a traditional wear back product. Visit ultraairsystems.com.
W&W Adds Lakatos As Territory Manager
Ultra AiR Systems of Franklin, Tenn. reports that it and Weyerhaeuser at the Philadelphia, Miss. mill are celebrating the 22-month anniversary of their installation of the Ultra 600 Elbow on a green sawdust fuel delivery system. The original fabricated wear back elbow on this line required repairs every two to three months, and wear section replacement every six months. The new, induction formed Ultra 600 Elbow offers a Brinnell hardness of 600 on its interior surface. Yet the exterior remains weldable
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Williams & White announced that Laci Lakatos is now the Territory Manager for Eastern North America. Lakatos has more than 20 years of experience in industrial sales across a multitude of industries, with a specialization in industrial cutting tools. He brings a wealth of knowledge to the W&W team. He can be reached at: llakatos@williams andwhite.com.
Vecoplan Midwest Expands Team Vecoplan Midwest, LLC, a subsidiary of Vecoplan LLC, has augmented its sales team to increase its focus on wood and biomass markets. Willie Baldwin is based in Portland, Ore. and comes from the primary wood industry. Serving in roles including customer service, inside and outside sales,
and sales management, he has more than 20 years of experience. Baldwin has called on the industry across the entire country and has intimate knowledge of cutting technologies. He will be focusing on Western states for Vecoplan. Will Brennan serves as an independent rep for Vecoplan in Western Canada. Based in the Vancouver area, Brennan specializes in biomass applications in size reduction. He has over 25 years of experience in various industries including primary and secondary wood processing and material handling. Mike Proost has more than 25 years in industrial sales throughout the Midwest and Western regions. Proost brings to Vecoplan expertise in material reduction and handling applications in various sectors. Proost is based in St. Louis and covers the central Midwest region of the country, south to Oklahoma and New Mexico.
US Blades Offers Cutting Products US Blades offers high quality replacement knives, including Simonds knives, innovative and durable knife clamps, wear parts & accessories, ad-hoc sharpening services and the US Blades innovative Sharp Edge Contract reconditioning service. US Blades’ three service centers are strategically located in the heart of timber country—Hampden, Maine; Florence, SC; West Monroe, La. In addition to the full range of knives, counters, anvils and more, US Blades offers one of the most innovative clamp systems for chippers. The Bolt Security Lock System features Hex and Tab mounting.
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ATLARGE branch of LandCare, a commercial landscaping company. Following a field visit to job sites, students were introduced to “In the 21st Century, work should be some of the challenges of caring for and more than just an economic exercise,” maintaining outdoor spaces. says Hancock Lumber CEO Kevin These day-in-the-life experiences, the Hancock in his new book, The Seventh first in the College of Natural Resources Power: One CEO’s Journey Into the and Environment’s new immersive expeBusiness Of Shared Leadership. “Work rience program, were exactly what John should be meaningful to the people Freeborn envisioned when he took on the who do it,” Hancock adds. role of the college’s director of employer In the book, distributed by Simon relations in May 2019. and Schuster, Hancock lays out the “I see this program as an opportunity framework for new seven-part leaderfor our students to learn about a specific ship model designed to strengthen the area of an industry,” Freeborn says. “The voices of others and drive workplace experience we’re looking to provide hits engagement to record levels, for the a really important spot between a compabenefit of all. ny tour and an internship. We’re giving The seven lessons included in the students the ability to get to know an orbook are: ganization and a career path in a nontra1). Great people are everywhere ditional, somewhat informal setting.” 2). Culture makes the difference At Richmond International Forest 3). Change is created first from within Products, a dozen employees joined the 4). Localize and shrink the center student group for a casual dinner and ice 5). Listen for understanding, not judgment breaker event at a local restaurant before 6). Overreaching has consequences a full schedule of activities the following 7). Broaden the mission day designed to familiarize them with The story follows Hancock as he embarks on a series of enlightening travel the ins and outs of the lumber trade. The adventures stretching from the Arizona desert to Kiev, Ukraine. During this students sat in on a morning marketing journey, Hancock pursues the answer to two main questions: “What if every permeeting, listened to a presentation about son on Earth felt trusted, respected, valued and heard? What might change and the company’s history and vision, and where might that change occur?” then joined traders on the trading floor. Hancock Lumber, headquartered in Casco, Maine and established in 1848, is Afterward they had lunch with the one of America’s oldest family-owned businesses. The company has 525 emcompany’s four newest traders, who ployees and competes regionally and globally in the forest products and conshared how they got into the business as struction supply industries. well as their perspectives on starting caKevin is a recipient of the Ed Muskie Access to Justice Award, the Habitat for reers. In the afternoon, the company’s Humanity Spirit of Humanity Award, the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished leadership team worked with the students Citizen Award, and Timber Processing magazine Person of the Year Award. on setting career goals and finished the Kevin’s first book, Not For Sale: Finding Center In The Land Of Crazy day with a discussion about the compaHorse, won the 2015 National Indie Excellence Award, the 2016 Independent ny’s strong emphasis on teamwork. Authors Network Award, and the 2016 New York Book Festival Award. “I was surprised by the strong, familyFor more information and links to selected booksellers and/or speaking enlike unity they showed us,” says Jake gagements, visit kevinhancock.com. Davis, a senior forestry major. “The employees really care about each other and make sure they help each other out both inside and outside the office.” Va. Tech Students “The kind of engagement that the Taste Real World program offers is valuable for stuSix Virginia Tech undergradudents preparing to enter the job marates stepped onto the trading floor ket,” notes Brian Simmons, branch at Richmond International Forest manager of LandCare’s Richmond Products. Wearing headsets that office. “Students can be in a kind of allowed them to listen to negotialimbo about what they’re going to tions in real time, the students foldo post-college. To have the opporlowed along as traders for the tunity to show them the possibilities company worked with sawmills that exist in our industry was excitand purchasers to negotiate prices ing for all of us,” adds Simmons, for spruce, pine and other forest who first heard about the program materials. while attending the College of NatuA few days earlier, two other ral Resources and Environment’s anVirginia Tech students learn the lumber trading business. students visited the Richmond nual career fair.
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ATLARGE The students who visited LandCare learned about the company’s core values, growth strategy, and culture before traveling to two job sites — one suburban and one urban — to interact with field crews about the work they do. Later, they had a networking dinner with employees before returning the next day to learn about customer service and leadership structures of the company. “It was helpful to get a feel for the dayto-day workings of a large company like LandCare,” says senior John Kese. “I found that it was useful practice for the interview process, and talking to management there helped me work on my skills for interacting in a business atmosphere.” The concept for the day-in-the-life experiences was the brainchild of alumna Megan Schnizler, a trader for Richmond International Forest Products who received a geography degree from Virginia Tech in 2012. When she heard about Freeborn’s new role, she knew she wanted to bring some Hokies to Richmond. “There are so many job opportunities out there for graduates and so many different paths you can take to a career,”
Schnizler says. “I thought about how great it would be if we invited students to come and learn what we’re doing here, and then a handful of other companies did the same thing.” After his visit to Richmond International Forest Products, Davis says the chance to see how a company works firsthand is a valuable opportunity to gain confidence as he looks to start a career. “This program is extremely beneficial to students because it helps us experience a relatively untapped job market that is really taking off. It’s also a great opportunity to make connections that can help with jobs and internships. It’s made me feel much more confident in what career path I want to take when I graduate.” Looking ahead, Freeborn anticipates that these immersive experiences will benefit employers as well as students. Schnizler adds that a connection like the one Freeborn envisions is already in the works at Richmond International Forest Products. “We’ve already received emails back from students saying they’re interested in internships or thanking us for putting on this program. I’m very excited about it,
and I hope that the students will raise awareness of the lumber industry, that what we do here is a real thing, and that it’s a great job opportunity for graduates.” Submitted by Virginia Tech. Written by David Fleming.
TP&EE Portland Is Still Set To Go
The Timber Processing & Energy Expo (TP&EE)) is expected to be held as scheduled September 30 to October 2 at the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore., announced show producer Hatton-Brown Expositions. “Obviously we continue to monitor the situation closely,” the group stated. “The Portland Expo Center, under guidance from area government and health authorities, has cancelled events through April and we will continue to monitor their schedule. We would expect by July to have a clearer picture of the situation along with any health directives that will guide our planning.” More than 150 equipment companies have already signed on to exhibit.
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ATLARGE Martin Was Focused On Forest Management Norman Kittell Martin, who guided Roy O. Martin Lumber into cutting-edge forestry and conservation in the 1950s and 1960s, died March 10 surrounded by his family in Kansas City. He was 93. He was born in Alexandria, La. in 1926 to Mildred and Roy Martin, only a few years after Roy Martin started Roy
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O. Martin Lumber. The fourth of five children, Norman grew up during the depression and embodied the strong work ethic of his parents and the frugality of the times. He attended Louisiana Tech before serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during the final year of World War II. While working in the family business, he married Lorraine Bentley from Winthrop, Minn. in 1950. They had seven children.
Working alongside his brothers in the company, Norman’s first major responsibility was with the forestry division, supervising that group while also working with logging operations. Norman K. Martin He assisted the company’s land acquisitions, surveying prospective purchases and marking boundaries. His introduction of applying bright yellow paint and bold ROM lettering on trees to mark property boundaries became a mainstay for the Martin operations. Implementing techniques learned from an experiment station in Crossett, Ark., Norman implemented timber-stand improvement (TSI) practices. He was also instrumental in reforestation on Martin land. In 1962 he also became manager of Martin’s Colfax Creosoting business. In 1967, while continuing to serve on the board, he left daily activities in the family business and started a real estate development company. His passion for helping those less fortunate led him to build affordable housing in underprivileged sections of Alexandria. He expanded into apartment development, ministorage operations and estate planning. Above all, Martin was a committed churchman and deacon. His strong Christian faith and convictions led him to persistently give away most anything he had—money, clothes, food—to the less fortunate. His manner with others was sincere interest and easy conversation. Martin was known as a civic mover in central Louisiana. He co-founded the Central Louisiana Community Foundation. He also founded the Alexandria chapter of Habitat for Humanity. He and Lorraine supported many charitable organizations, among them the Martin Performing Arts Center at Louisiana College, The Kauffman Center in Kansas City, the KC Community Foundation, Rotary, Gideons, Red Cross, Salvation Army, and Harvesters. He is predeceased by many family members but is survived by Lorraine, following 69 years of marriage. A memorial service will be held in both Kansas City and Alexandria at a date to be determined. In lieu of flowers please donate to Habitat for Humanity, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City Hospice House, or the charity of your choice.
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16-18—West Virginia Foestry. Assn. annual meeting, Canaan Resort Conf. Center, Davis, WV. Call 681-265-5019; visit wvfa.org.
16-18—Forst Live, Exhibition Center, Offenburg, Germany. Visit forst-live.de. Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend.
19-22—2020 Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. Annual Conference, The Cloister, Sea Island, Ga. Call 770-6316701; visit slma.org.
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This issue of Timber Processing is brought to you in part by the following companies, which will gladly supply additional information about their products.
25-28—Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Summer Conference, Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC. Call 336-885-8315; visit appalachianhardwood.org.
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BID Group
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Brunner Hildebrand
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Calibre Equipment
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+64 21 586 453
Carbotech International
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800.387.6317
Cardinal Sawquip Equipment
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AUGUST
Cone Omega
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229.228.9213
11-14—Virginia Forestry Summit, Hotel Madison, Harrisonburg, Va. Call 804-278-8733; visit vaforestry.org.
Corley Manufacturing
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423.698.0284
Cortex North America
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503.781.8833
26-29—Walnut Council annual meeting, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill. Call 765-583-3501; visit walnutcouncil.org.
25-27—Florida Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort, Amelia Island, Fla. Call 850-2225646; visit floridaforest.org. 25-27—Kentucky Forest Industries Assn. annual meeting, Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. Call 502-695-3979; visit kfia.org. 25-28—IWF 2020, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 404-693-8333; visit iwfatlanta.com.
SEPTEMBER 16-18—American Forest Resource Council annual meeting, Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, Wash. Call 503-222-9505; visit amforest.org.
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Esterer WD GmbH
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Fulghum Industries
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800.841.5980
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Holtec USA
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JoeScan
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Johnson & Pace
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McDonough Manufacturing
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Mid-South Engineering
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Muhlbock Holztrocknungsanlagen
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Linden Fabricating
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Oleson Saw Technology
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800.256.8259
30-October 2—Timber Processing & Energy Expo, Portland Expo Center, Portland, Ore. Call 334-834-1170; visit timberprocessingandenergyexpo.com.
Opticom Tech
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800.578.1853
Optimil Machinery
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604.946.6911
Pantron Automation
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800.211.9468
Pipers Saw Shop
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800.845.6075
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843.900.9494
Sennebogen
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704.347.4910
9-10—Expo Richmond 2020, Richmond Raceway Complex, Richmond, Va. Call 804-737-5625; visit exporichmond.com.
Sharp Tool
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800.221.5452
Simonds-Burton-BGR Saws-CutTech
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800.426.6226
Springer Maschinenfabrik GmbH
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16-17—Loggers’ Expo, Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, Vt. Call 315-369-3078; visit northernlogger.com.
Stenner
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+44 0 1884 255700
Strategic Solutions NW
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503.924.4434
Telco Sensors
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800.253.0111
NOVEMBER
Timber Automation
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501.623.0065
USNR
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800.289.8767
6-7—Southeastern Dry Kiln Club annual meeting held jointly with OVLDA, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, Kimball, Tenn. Call 919-515-5581; visit research.cnr.ncsu.edu/blogs/wpe/.
Vecoplan
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336.861.6070
West Coast Industrial Systems
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Wood-Mizer
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