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Making Headway At Antlers They’ve Given Their All For Rex

From Tilt Hoist To Strapping

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Industry Events Finding Their Place

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COVER: Teal-Jones has added drying capacity and much more since it purchased a sawmill in Antlers, Okla. Story begins on PAGE 10. (Jessica Johnson photo.)

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THEISSUES

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Jessica Johnson Senior Associate Editor

REMAINING HOPEFUL

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’m what you would call “that girl.” You know the type—the ones that are perpetually chatty; the ones that are happy; the extroverted extroverts. I smile a lot. Around Timber Processing’s world we call me “Poppy.” You need someone with exuberance? I’m your girl.

But it’s hard to be Poppy right now. It’s hard to be chatty because well, the world around us has changed, and I for one was not meant to be a kindergarten teacher while also being a sawmill reporter; but here we are. For hilarious context, yesterday while making changes to a story on my laptop I was colored on with sidewalk chalk.

It is the blessing of being in an essential industry that helps to create shelter, for which we, our magazines, can provide a means of communication. It is still a very weird time. How weird? Editor-in-Chief Rich Donnell, as he works from home, has grown a beard and taken to calling himself Robert E. Lee. I think we’re good to say it’s a weird time.

I am grateful that everyone I’ve talked to in the industry is healthy and operating, if not at a normal pace at least somewhere in the ballpark. Some places are feeling more of the pinch than others and a lot of it has to do with how they perceive lumber prices on their newly altered methods of operation.

As we enter month two of “The Virus,” we at TP wondered how we should handle it—should we continue to discuss or should we brush it under the rug?

Then I started working on the Teal-Jones story for the cover of this issue. I started really digging deep into my conversation with Dan Anderson from a few months ago. And all he did was talk about the people at the mill and the pride they had in the changes and investments Teal-Jones has made to a mill in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma. Listening to that tape I remembered how important my function, Timber Processing’s function, is in this industry. We put out positivity. We are Poppy. We celebrate machinery purchases and employee safety awards. We run photos of sawmill projects, big and small, coast-to-coast so everyone can be connected. Now more than ever those connections are important.

Don’t forget about TP when you’re having your socially distant recognition lunches for employee longevity or safety. The camera in everyone’s pocket shoots photos usually in high enough resolution for our magazine—and I know there’s projects being done here and there that should be celebrated in our pages. Stand your employees around a newly started up sawmill line or machine and send us a photo.

We’re going to stay the course for the duration, just like the mills are. We’re going to keep putting mills on the cover. Everyone’s spirits need a lift and there are good stories still to be told. My hope is mills will continue to work with us in some manner to keep those stories and photos coming. We’re all in this together after all—at least that’s what I keep telling myself as I attempt to oversee kindergarten math when I’d much rather be walking up a catwalk to check out a new TP curve-sawing gang.

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NEWSFEED

JORDAN LED COMPANY, INDUSTRY, STATE obert Byrd (Bob) Jordan R III, who led Jordan Lumber & Supply Inc. into becom-

and President of Jordan centration yard and a Lumber & Supply, Inc. planer to complement and its affiliates from the his trucking business. ing one of the most progressive time he returned home Bob graduated from sawmill operations and one of from the armed services North Carolina State the largest single-site lumber in 1956 until being sucUniversity in the School producers in North America, ceeded by his son, of Forestry in 1954 with who was a 2007 Timber ProRobert IV, this year. emphasis on lumber cessing Man of the Year, who Under Bob’s leadermanufacturing, was served as Lieutenant Gov. of ship, Jordan Lumber & commissioned as a SecNorth Carolina from 1985 to Supply’s business imond Lieutenant in the 1988 and as state senator from print on its local comU.S. Army and served 1977 to 1984, died February 16 munity and industry in Europe in 1955-1956 peacefully at home overlookhas always read like an before leaving the sering Lake Tillery in Mount exemplary template of vice as a Captain. By Gilead, NC, surrounded by his what every forest prodthen the company had loving family. He was 87. ucts company should grown to 13 employees The State of North Carolistrive to be: a growing, with a dry kiln and na flew its flags at half-mast innovative business planer, taking producfor three days. North Carolina that views as matters of tion from contract peckGovernor Roy Cooper and principle long-term viaerwood mills. former White House Chief of bility and sustainability With the support of Staff during the Clinton Adwhile providing good his wife, Sarah Cole Bob Jordan was a “powerful, gentle public serministration, Erskine Bowles, jobs and conserving Raeford, whom he marvant,” and a great lumberman. spoke at the Celebration of raw materials. ried in 1958, Bob spiLife service held at the West Jordan Lumber operates a “What you find out in life is raled the company’s growth Montgomery High School massive southern yellow pine the things that give you the upward with a series of stepAuditorium in Mt. Gilead. manufacturing complex in most joy are what you do for ping stone moves and develop‘I know Dad wouldn’t have Mt. Gilead, as well as a sawother people,” he said upon ments, culminating in the conbelieved the turnout and mill in Barnesville, Ga., in being named Man of the Year solidation of operations at the would have been very humaddition to chip mills and in 2007 by Timber Processing. current site in Mt. Gilead, inbled,” his son and the compa- other operations while own“That’s where the satisfaction cluding the construction of a ny’s CEO and President, ing a timberland base that has comes from. You can always sawmill in 1967. By then, Robert IV, comments. “It long been under best manage- go somewhere else and make Bob’s brother, Jack, who also made me even more proud of ment practices. Bob Jordan more money, but what we’ve graduated in forestry at NC him to see the tremendous always viewed his business as done here is really plowed evState and completed his milinumber of lives he touched. an integral part of the comerything back in.” tary obligation, returned to help He will be greatly missed.” munity and region and his His dad, R.B., started the lead the family lumber busiBob Jordan served as CEO employees as leading citizens. business in 1939 with a conness.

Way before then, not long after joining the family business, Bob began public service as an appointee to the Mt. Gilead City Board, on which he served from 19571968. He also chaired the first Montgomery County Planning Board and served with that group from 1964-1974.

He had grown up around public service, with his dad serving as county commissioner for 24 years and as president of the North Carolina County Commissioners Assn. “Political people were constantly passing through the house; it Left to right, Bob Jordan, his brother Jack and Bob’s son, Robert (2007) was a way of life,” said Bob, 8

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After Bob stepped down from his county commissioner office, he was encouraged to run for the state senate in 1976, won the election and served four two-year terms until 1984, when he ran for and was elected lieutenant governor, serving a four-year term. The lieutenant governor’s job required him to live in Raleigh, which meant his brother Jack and son Robert, not long out of NC State himself, ran the lumber business.

“Back when I was politicking, one of the things people really heard was how I knew what it meant to make a payroll and sometimes to borrow money to make a payroll,” Jordan said.

One of his first moves as a state senator was to introduce legislation that placed a small fee on every ton of timber harvested in the state to be paid into a fund used to boost reforestation by aiding small landowners. He established the Commission on Jobs and Economic Growth and was instrumental in the establishment of the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, which provides leadership in renewing and expanding rural North Carolina as well as providing job development and leadership training for citizens of rural communities. As a result, he advised presidents and governors on rural economic development. He promoted and led the passage of the Recreational National Heritage Trust Fund, which provides millions of dollars annually to purchase land for preservation. Jordan was the leader in the effort to establish the Technological Development Authority and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.

Jordan was always extensively involved with public and higher education in the state, and provided leadership for the establishment of the Basic Education Program, a

comprehensive plan to proJordan received the vide equal access to quality North Carolina Forestry education for all of North Assn. Distinguished SerCarolina’s children. He vice Award, and the Outhelped champion the nastanding Forestry Leader tionally recognized TeachBeal Award from the ing Fellows program, an Southeastern Lumber aggressive teacher recruitManufacturers Assn. ment program that proHe was celebrated with vides scholarships for the the distinction of belongbest and the brightest high ing to the Order of the school students who are inLong Leaf Pine, which is terested in becoming teachthe highest award in NC ers. Jordan designed and for public service. He was successfully pushed the a member of First United passage of a $3.2 billion Methodist Church in school facilities act to exMount Gilead, and suppand school construction ported his wife, Sarah, in across the state. her advocacy for the MethHe served on the UNCodist Home for Children.

Charlotte Board of Trustees Jordan was TP’s Man of the Year in 2007 He became a member of and the NC State University Blackmere Lodge #127 in Board of Trustees and was its Humanities from Methodist 1954, and was a member of chair, and also chaired two NC College, and Honorary Docthe Oasis Shrine.

State chancellor search comtor of Laws from UNCC. “Bob Jordan was accessimittees. He received two of Jordan campaigned for ble, with a ready smile, a love NC State’s highest honors: the governor in 1988, won 80% for the water whether sailing Watauga Medal for service and of the primary vote to gain or boating, on the lake or the the Menscer Cup for philanthe Democratic Party candisea. And in the words of a thropy. He and his siblings, dacy, but ran into strong Reclose friend, ‘Everything Bob and his son, all of whom gradpublican momentum during does, he does for his family,’” uated from NC State and have the Reagan-to-Bush transition his obituary stated. donated excessively to it, esand lost by a modest margin.

Jordan was preceded in tablished the Jordan Family After his political office cadeath by his parents R. B. JorGraduate Fellowship in Natural reer ended, Jordan returned full dan Jr. and Irene Pritchett JorResource Innovation, and the speed to the family lumber dan. He is survived by his Jordan Family Undergraduate business. Jordan Lumber’s ma- wife of 61 years, Sarah Cole Honors Program. Jordan Hall chinery and technology innoJordan; daughters Betsy Lynn on the main campus is named vations, from primary breakJordan and Janie Cole Jordan, in honor of the family. down systems to lumber dryson Robert Byrd Jordan IV, Post graduate recognition ing to filing room techniques, brother Jack Jordan and their included Honorary Doctor of have been well documented in large extended families.

Sciences from NC State UniTimber Processing for many Following the public memoversity, Honorary Doctor of years. rial, a private graveside service was held at Sharon Cemetery in Mt. Gilead. In lieu of flowers, please submit memorials to any one of the following: NC Biotechnology Center, 15 TW Alexander Dr, Durham, NC 27709; NC Rural Economic Development Center, 4021 Cary Dr, Raleigh, NC 27610; UNCG Teaching Fellows, Office of Student Services and Advisors School of Education Building, Room 142, 1300 Spring Garden St. Greensboro, NC 27402-6170; Methodist Home for Children, 1041 When Bob was elected lieutenant governor in 1984, serving from Washington St, Raleigh, NC 1985-1988, he counted on his son, Robert, to step up during some 27605.

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TRENDING

UPWARD By Jessica Johnson

Antlers, Oklahoma wasn’t known for large-scale sawmilling—until Teal-Jones came to town.

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ANTLERS, Okla. hroughout the years the farthest west southern yellow pine mill in the country has had three owners, and Mill Manager Dan Anderson has been there through it all. So, when The Teal-Jones Group came down in 2014 and purchased the relatively unknown entity in Oklahoma, folks were skeptical; but the Jones family quickly proved they were there for the right reasons.

More recently Teal-Jones has expanded

its SYP footprint with the acquisition of two mills in Virginia, but Antlers was their first.

“It has been nothing but positive for this place,” Anderson says. “They want to employ people and it’s been a good company to work for. Owners Tom and Dick Jones care about each individual they employ. I think as a whole everybody feels that way when they work for Teal-Jones.”

Having a caring ownership meant Anderson saw his staff step up a little bit more, saying his management group in Oklahoma is a very tight family-like group, and it matched culturally with the corporate operations. It greatly helped morale when the Jones family began investing in Antlers and really putting faith in the mill. “There’s more to come,” Anderson adds of the already lengthy completed project list. “It’s the

O ne of the latest projects in Antlers, a new American W ood Dryers continuous dry k iln, featuring a single-pass design that uses internal dampers and baffl es to control heat fl ow as lumber passes from one section to another

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tip of the iceberg with us and them.

They have really big dreams and everyone here does as well.”

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while some work had to be done, Anderson says the issues were resolved quickly and the mill is happier than ever to have it.

While the lumber grader was a game changer, the installation of a new continuous dry kiln, in addition to the two conventional kilns a year earlier, from American Wood Dryers (AWD) took Antlers to another level. The new kiln is gas fired, and Anderson says that was the single greatest point of pain in the project—bringing a gas line to the 200-acre mill site.

The single-pass system

Prior to being acquired by Teal-Jones, the Antlers sawmill operated modestly on a single shift basis, and scaling the operations to the next level proved challenging given the site’s mismatched and aged equipment. After getting the lay of the land, Teal-Jones identified some key areas to target with capital investment and began laying out a road map to get to that next level. Anderson calls 2019 the big project year. First, the vintage planer machine was upgraded to a refurMill Manager Dan Anderson, right, is a young gun, but bished Stetson-Ross. Anderson calls his love for the facility is palpable.

2019 the big project year. First, the vintage planer machine was upgraded to a new used Stetson-Ross.

Next came the addition of an automated lumber grader from VAB—a much needed improvement, according to Anderson, saying, “It’s hard to train and keep lumber graders. Dick got everything lined up and made it happen with VAB for all the U.S. mills. Our mill was at a stage where we needed it.”

Anderson notes that the lumber grader project really demonstrated Dick and Tom’s commitment to Antlers. VAB, now owned by Timber Automation, was great to work with and the equipment is top notch— though it did come with a bit of a learning curve because of the type of SYP Antlers deals with in the extreme west end of the timber belt. The knot structure is a little bit different than pine in other parts of the South, and A sling sorter handles Teal-Jones Antlers’ dimensional lumber just fine.

Baxley optimization at the trimmer helped significantly downstream.

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Maintenance staff works between shifts and on Saturdays and Sundays for preventive items.

that the AWD design uses takes hot gas from the main heating section and feeds it into the preheat section, so it’s already heating continuously as the lumber pack comes into the main heating section, then cooling and equalizing as it moves into the cooling section.

The preheating process also reduces dripping because there’s not as much on a condensation effect on the preheated wood entering the main heating chamber. The single-pass design uses internal dampers and baffles to control heat flow as lumber passes from one section to another. Hydraulic pushers below the kiln cart move lumber from the preheat section to main heat to the cooling-equalizing section determined by the AWD control system.

Drying capacity was the single greatest production bottleneck for Antlers, so by expanding 110MMBF through that kiln was huge, bringing overall capacity to 200MMBF of dimensional lumber annually. Apart from 2x4s and 2x6s the mill cuts a variety of products, including timbers, decking and 1 in. Though Anderson admits their product mix keeps capacity at a level that isn’t as high as it would be if the mill was only concentrating on dimensional lumber, the company takes pride in the specialty mix it produces at the current scale.

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2019 to effectively kill any lingering delays in the dry end. “Now we have to go back to the sawmill and take the next step to move forward there,” he says with purpose.

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A Samuel strapper produces packs of dimensional SYP destined primarily for treaters.

Thanks to small changes and big investments, capacity has soared to 200MMBF.

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With all the recent investment, Fiber Manager, Wesley Peters, has seen the demands of the mill skyrocket over the last year. The current log diet is a mix of gatewood and purchased stumpage in a radius of about 70 miles into Arkansas and Texas. “I’ve heard this place categorized as a coastal mill. If you go one way there’s no timber,” Anderson explains of the procurement radius, which isn’t as circular as SYP counterparts.

Roughly 60-80 log trucks a day pass through the scales, and are unloaded using John Deere machines, one knuckleboom and two wheel loaders including two brand new 824Ks purchased in October 2019.

The mill keeps about seven to 10 days worth of storage outside, with no wet deck. Right now, the setup suits production just fine, though Anderson knows if volumes increase much more a wet deck will be next on the list.

The merchandizer is a three saw system, leading into a Nicholson A5 debarker, MDI metal detector ahead of the primary breakdown. Anderson says the CanCar twin bandmill with canter heads is fairly typical, but works well enough despite its age. A

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modified fixed saw Valley Machine edger follows as the gang.

Anderson says the mill is somewhat limited by the primary breakdown, and additionally he would like to see a Chip-N-Saw line at Antlers because of the timber basket. Right now the mill’s maximum log diameter is 24 in. with a 6 in. top, but the sweet spot is between 12 and 14 in. “We are limited by our gang,” he details. “It can only handle a 6 in. center cant from the primary breakdown.” Several upgrades are currently being planned out for the balance of 2020.

From the gang, boards travel to a Valley Machine board edger with four lineal positioning saws, and then an Advanced Sawmill Machinery (ASM) trimmer. The sorter line is pieced together with some older equipment. Before the kilns, lumber is stacked using a MoCo stacker.

Throughout the mill USNR Perceptron handles most optimization, with the exception of Baxley optimization on the ASM trimmer.

Antlers operates two Hurst 600 HP hybrid boilers, exclusively burning green sawdust to help them stay cleaner longer. The boilers have been the primary power source for drying for the life of the facility— until the new continuous dry kiln was installed. With the new kiln, Antlers has five kilns in all: three from AWD, including two 68 ft. steam batch kilns, and two Wellons kilns.

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of the Stetson-Ross planer machine.

Once planed, lumber is graded using the VAB autograder, passes another ASM trimmer, USNR sorter and the RTS stacker before being stored both under roof and in the yard for shipment. A Taylor lift fleet handles lumber, with some Hyundai and Hyster machines.

MAINTENANCE Antlers’ maintenance staff is homegrown with limited outside sawmill experience. “Being the farthest west mill,

there’s not a lot of sawmillers that live in Antlers. We try to pull people in when we can but for the most part these are local people and this is the only mill they’ve worked at. We really have a good group of people here that care about the mill,” Anderson says of the dedicated team.

Led by Maintenance Manager Thomas Rosenthal and maintenance planner Tyson Thurman, preventative maintenance is handled on Saturdays and Sundays, with the hour and half window between shifts during the week

used to take care of smaller items.

Weekends take maintenance priority, Anderson says, and if for some reason a part isn’t on the shelf there’s no telling who might be chasing it. “Everyone pitches in their own time to make sure the mill has what it needs to keep running. There’s always someone working on something.”

Head saw filer Mike McKinney got his start at the mill running the merchandizer before moving to the filing room.

Four years ago the opportunity came up, and since he was always interested in filing, he made the switch. Now, Anderson says he’s the go-to guy, aided by a handful of assistants using an Armstrong leveler and grinder.

Like many, Anderson says labor can be a challenge, but Antlers has so far kept its head above water. He cites the investment not only that The Teal-Jones Group has made in the mill, but the investment of the people on the floor and the pride they have in seeing the mill succeed—safely.

“Safety is always an improvement.

You can always get better with safety,” Anderson believes.

PEOPLE POWER The workforce in total is roughly 140 over two shifts, five days per week. The workforce’s economic impact on the small community is proportionately equal to a 12,000 employee company in Oklahoma City.

“Where we are located, there are not a lot of opportunities here. It’s the talk of the town—Go work at Teal and that’s where we want to be. These people have an opportunity to make a career at this and raise a family and stay right here at home,” the born and raised Antlers man says.

Anderson says the Antlers management team is a diverse group of people that all have the goal of making TealJones Antlers the best place to work.

“That’s what makes this place do good things, because of the people around the table.” He adds, “Everyone cares tremendously about the company, their job and the business.”

Anderson makes it clear, the mill once forgotten, or perhaps more aptly put discounted, by many is positioning itself to come roaring onto the scene thanks to the support of Teal-Jones. Volume-wise the mill is on track to increase production six fold.. That’s what Anderson says he’s most proud of: The direction the facility is going in since the transition to Teal-Jones ownership.

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KEEPING IT

ROLAND By Patrick Dunning

Rex Lumber has long had the advantage of having the Roland brothers in the filing room.

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GRACEVILLE, Fla. s the saying goes, good sawmills don’t exist without having good saws.

For Rex Lumber’s home division in Graceville, Fla., they believe good saws begin with veteran saw filers Tommy Roland, 78, and Pete Roland, 76.

The brothers were born in Hartford, Ala. in the early 1940s with a mechanical inclination in their DNA. Tie that together with a work ethic you can’t buy and the result is two of the South’s best sawmill men. Of course, they’d never personally hold themselves in such high regard. But to a surrounding cast who can tell story after story of a time either brother influenced them in a positive way, the resounding voice would sound something along the lines of, “You won’t leave the same after you’ve met them.”

Head filer is just one of the many titles the Rolands have held since each joined Rex Lumber in 1976, continuing to work under owner Finley McRae. Their careers began after a cousin of Tommy and Pete’s working at the Graceville mill caught wind of a position opening. McRae was having problems with his round saws and needed two filers. McRae was tipped off by their cousin that the two had a gift working with their hands. “McRae said he was interested in hiring if we were interested in working for him,” Pete says.

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Pete, left, and brother Tommy Roland are well respected among their peers at Rex Lumber’s home base in Graceville, Fla.

Tommy says McRae has always been aggressive in his business approach. “He knows how to make money and stays on the cutting edge of technology.” That includes ensuring employees have the training they need to perform a job well. He told the brothers he was bringing in the man who developed the Foley saw grinder the following week to show them the right way to file saws. “Finley told me, ‘I want you to go in there and learn all the wrong ways to file saws, because that’s what they’re doing,’” Pete says. “And he was right. There were a lot of differences in the way he showed us to do it.”

ROUND SAW U. During the crash-course of learning to level blank plates and manually place tips, McRae had another filer sent from a saw manufacturing company to educate them on how to straighten a dished saw and make it run. It wasn’t long before they graduated from “Round Saw University.” Between 1978 and ’79, Rex Lumber switched to band saws. Not far

behind was John Stanton, a 78-year-old band saw guru, to assist the Rolands.

He’d come twice a week for half a day, rotating the brothers bi-weekly for a month of hands-on training. “My first day with Mr. Stanton, he told me he was going to a work a section and to watch,” Tommy recalls. “When he got through with that portion of the band saw he asked if I saw what he did. I said yes sir.

So, he laid his tools down and told me to do the next one.” Stanton inspected Tommy’s first attempt and approved.

Pete remembers being appreciative of Stanton for keeping instruction simple to grasp. “He always gave us something to build on and that’s all we needed,” he says. “We had that mechanical mind, so it was easy to pick up what he was saying once he explained what was happening.”

Before coming into the fold with Rex Lumber, Tommy and Pete spent their childhood in Columbus, Ga. Their grandfather on their mother’s side worked fulltime in a textile mill and did carpentry as well. That’s where the two were taught their first lessons in the virtue of an honest

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Saw filing techniques have come a long way from when the brothers first started.

day’s work. When the family relocated back to southeast Alabama, their work ethic was obvious on a farm where they regularly outhustled grown men as teenagers. “Our parents instilled in us to do the best you can at whatever you do,” Tommy says. “We always tried to outdo older people and most of the time, we did.”

Tommy graduated from Rehobeth High School before receiving his A&P license.

He worked as an aviation maintenance technician on Fort Rucker for 10 years until the Vietnam War wound down and led to layoffs. Meanwhile, Pete was working as a mechanic at a Ford dealership in Graceville. “When we came on board, we were about the same age as Finley so we were able to talk with him,” Tommy says.

A lot of open communication resulted from telling the naked truth and not what

someone wanted to hear. “He always listens and if it makes sense he’ll act on it.

He’d rather you tell the truth and not add or take away.” Tommy remembers when he first started there was a lot of mystery behind saw filing. “When you walked into a filing room, the filer would lay his tools down. He wouldn’t let you watch him.”

While it can be secretive, Tommy confesses it’s all mechanical. Their technique is simply a steadfast hand and a bit of physics.

FILING HEADWAY

Currently serving as quality control supervisor, Tommy inspects the band saw teeth with a handheld mirror.

The Rolands witnessed major changes to the filing room since they started working in the ’70s. The process was done with a torch; manually grinding one side then turning it over and grinding the other. “You used to have to put the saw on a leveling block with a stretching roll and there was a lever you pulled to create more or less pressure,” Tommy says.

He broke down his method for new filers into three steps: level, tension, back.

“Level, that means flatten the saw; tension, you have to pre-stretch the saw; and back, the back of a saw has to be longer than the front.”

With the old benches, saws were leveled with a straight-edge and tension was measured with a curved tension gauge.

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chanical and controlled by proximity switches and dial indicators.

“You set the parameters you want, it calibrates, then you can move tension from the front to the back,” Tommy says. Each saw is replicated according to parameters required for smooth cutting.

They also lived through the advent of band saws with thinner kerfs. The teeth on saws were now wider than the band to maximize lumber out of a log. Tommy’s current role as quality control supervisor oversees methods to ensure lumber is sawn as close to the sawing solution or “theory” as possible. “We used to just throw a tape on it, but not anymore,” Tommy says. Now they use L-Size digital calipers to measure lumber constantly and a micrometer to make sure the teeth are the right width.

Flattening his hand in front of his face, Tommy describes “theory” as the highest bar achievable in saw filing. “Practicality is down here. So somewhere between the two we have to find a happy medium.”

One thing the brothers don’t do is hold back information they’ve acquired through the years. They feel obligated to share their methods to help continue the company’s success.

Pete says he teaches young filers the same way they were taught: giving them the basics and building on that.

“This company is really good about putting people with certain abilities in positions to be successful,” Tommy says. “Finley always made sure we had the training we needed. It’s only right to give back.”

SWITCHING GEARS Tommy and Pete knew of McRae growing up. He’s within a year of their respective ages, and living less than an hour apart, the brothers knew him enough to know he drove a 1958 Chevy

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Tommy, left, and younger brother Pete in their natural habitat

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Impala. “It was a hot rod,” Tommy says.

“That was the first Chevrolet engine with more than 300 horsepower stock, and he used every single one of them.” Ironically, the brothers had a knack for cars that go fast, too.

Back in 1972, Tommy and some friends built a “junk-yard” racecar and competed with professional driver Donnie Allison. Tommy knew a suspension guy and told him he’d furnish the power if they provided the car. Another guy who had connections to Allison’s engine builder supplied the engine. Pete says Tommy raced for several years. He attentively studied suspension and figured how to make their car stick to the track better.

It was supposed to be Tommy behind the wheel against Allison. But he couldn’t drive after suffering a broken arm in a car accident on the way home from Fort Rucker. Instead, they went with a mutual friend involved in the project to drive.

“We’d get some big names to come down to the track,” Tommy says. “Donnie came down and our car beat him.

That was our claim to fame, Joel outran him.” Pete remembers being 11 and 12 years old alongside his brother, putting a clutch in a covered drive-shaft. “You had to loosen the back end and slide the

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cover to be able to access the drive shaft.

Here we are two kids,” Pete smiles.

One of Pete’s favorite memories was a family-owned 1957 John Deere 420 tractor built for picking cotton. After taking the tractor apart, he went to the John Deere dealership for parts and was confronted by the mechanic. “The mechanic asked me who taught me to separate the tractor,” Pete says. “I told him nobody.

He told me there’s no way I did that myself.” Tickled to death, Pete told him to believe whatever he wanted. Tommy and

Pete’s hobbies include souping up older model cars and trucks. Tommy’s 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1 is a good example of enhanced performance. When he bought it, it had a 351 Cleveland motor under the hood. He replaced that with a 460 cubic in. engine. In addition to the engine swap, Tommy bored out the cylinders, added a camshaft, acquired aftermarket heads and currently is installing a heavy-duty C6 transmission.

At the moment, Tommy says it’s disassembled. “My grandson is going to trade

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school at Wallace Community College for welding and needed a project so I sent him to the store to buy materials for an engine stand,” Tommy says. “He did all the welding and did a really good job.

We got the engine together and did a test run, it was super smooth.”

FAMILY LIFE The Rolands’ mother, Bonnie Mirl Smith, was married three times. Her first, she had a daughter. Her second marriage was to Tommy and Pete’s father. When

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Pete was three their father was killed in an automobile accident. She married once more, and two more boys came along.

“There’s three sets of children but we all grew up together. We don’t think of them any less than blood,” Tommy says.

There are three remaining siblings, and Tommy admits age takes a toll on your mind and body. Watching their youngest brother die at 65 and losing their sister at 77 puts into perspective how delicate life is. “Attending funerals more frequently makes you think about how blessed you are to be alive,” Tommy says.

Pete just celebrated his 60th anniversary and has two children, a son and daughter. His son works for a concrete company specializing in decorative coating and his daughter works for a rental outfit.

Tommy has been married 57 years and has three daughters and a son. One is a department manager at Lowes, the other is a city clerk in Hartford. His youngest daughter graduated from Auburn University in 1993 with a pharmacy degree and works at a pharmacy. His son works for Globe Motors in Dothan specializing in small-engine builds on ATVs, power steering equipment and motors for the tops of Tomahawk missiles.

Both brothers agree that women can change like the weather. “You can choose to be right or be happy. We chose to be happy,” they say laughing.

Living with diabetes, Pete has recently had some pulmonary complications that the doctors say are beginning to improve.

Tommy has diabetes as well and confirms that his stamina isn’t what it used to be. Pete believes one thing physical ailments do is keep your mind on God. “Once you run to the end of what doctors say, there’s nobody else to go to. You spend a lot of time praying.”

Their mother instilled the importance of church at a young age. Their stepfather was a musician and taught all the boys how to play various string instruments which kept them tied to the worship team. To this day, Pete plays guitar every Sunday at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church just across the Alabama state line.

Tommy strums the guitar and also plays the mandolin, harmonica, bass and banjo. He enjoys playing with his son, who’s an accomplished banjo.

Tommy and Pete have lived a full life; from riding horses and motorcycles, driving racecars and even Tommy receiving his pilot’s license. Still, they’ve never wandered too far from the filing room. When they both came to Graceville the goal was to do the best job possible. “Finley always made sure we had the help we needed for training. This company has been really good to both of us,” Tommy says. They long to be remembered for inspiring those around them to be better people. Everyone sees them as mechanics, but the two view their job as part of their ministry.

“To me, it’s God first, family second, church third and your job fourth,” Tommy says. “Sawing with these guys is half of it, but your life is your ministry. Wherever you’re at, on vacation, at work, or just in TP public, that’s your ministry.”

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PLANERMILLS EDITOR’S NOTE: The following companies supplied these editorial profiles and photos on their technologies in the planer mill, to complement their advertisements that can be found throughout this issue.

BID GROUP (COMACT)

AUTOLOG

Autolog’s ProGrader is built with mill personnel in mind.

Comact GradExpert: optimization and Artificial Intelligence

With more than 20 new optimizers recently installed in the U.S., Autolog’s ProGrader linear planer optimizer has been quoted by mill personnel as one of the easiest grading systems to work with.

What does easy to use mean exactly? It means you can quickly leverage the knowledge and the experience of your key graders. At many locations, graders with limited computer knowledge can learn and delve into the system in order to extract the most value out of every piece. Easy to use means that your resources will be autonomous.

Autolog’s ProGrader is a linear optimizer designed to fully automate the grading process of dressed lumber at the planer.

Being positioned just after the planer, its group of sensors (geometric, vision and tracheid), which face each side of the board at 90 degrees, provides an unobstructed reading as well as stops any major planer mechanical production issue.

It is a reliable and fast system that can be installed closed coupled or not, processing all dimensions between 1x3 in. to 6x12 in., 6 ft. and up.

The 3D geometric sensors measure dimensions, skip, wane, holes and warp; the 2D vision sensors measure knots, rot, splits and shakes, bark, etc.; and the tracheid sensors measure slope of grain and detect knots and unsound wood.

The ProGrader LTS (Linear Tracking System) control module provides information on all data that is collected and how it is trending. It integrates the analysis of detailed and precise data on the tracking and synchronization of boards, keeps track of the board gap and synchronizes its speed with your electrical planer.

It monitors and leverages information from all sensors, moisture reader and MSR to maximize the board value.

The ProGrader linear planer optimizer offers the best priceperformance ratio with less than one-year payback. Autolog’s automation solution can seamlessly integrate your selection of equipment from the tilt hoist to the stacker.

With Comact in its brand portfolio, BID Group is a North American leader of optimization products with vision. Over the last years, several members of our team have specialized in Artificial Intelligence (AI) after a R&D phase that allowed us to conclude that this was the future of wood grading.

AI is a computer science branch that enables the simulation of human intelligence based on specific instructions. Why will AI revolutionize wood grading? Because it allows the detection and interpretation of wood defects almost like the human eye.

However, this almost human detection has no value if it is not combined with a high-performance optimization software like the GradExpert original software platform. In fact, all defects identified by the AI must be processed by the optimization software that merges geometrical and visual data, applies defect analysis algorithms, and considers grading criteria as well as the client’s product priorities, to finally issue the best decision for grading and trimming.

The AI models used by the GradExpert were created in-house to ensure extremely high efficiency. Our AI internal experts with a team of wood processing specialists educated the basic model and each system installed. In other words, the Comact defect detection with AI models combined with the ultrapowerful optimization software is the equivalent of 25 Comact wood specialists in your machine 24/7.

The GradExpert with AI allows defect identification with pixel precision. Since the AI system is well educated, it can recognize the different shades of visual defects like rot and knots that may vary considerably according to the origin of the wood, the species and the severity of the defect. For instance, AI excels at identifying and dimensioning various shades of knots: blond, sound, scattered, black ring, decayed, star checked, hollow, etc. These few examples demonstrate how Comact’s AI platform will revolutionize the industry and establish new standards.

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PLANERMILLS CON-VEY

While the world carries the weight of this pandemic, Lucidyne is among those preparing for the inevitable bounce-back. During this difficult time, Lucidyne has not made any changes to its staffing, and remains prepared to support its customers throughout the crisis and beyond.

In February 2020, Lucidyne was granted the first and only patent in the world to use deep learning techniques to grade lumber. This technology, Perceptive Sight, is only available from Lucidyne, and is the software platform on all Lucidyne scanners.

Lucidyne continues to be the industry leader with the staff and the technology to deliver the results our customers have come to expect. Serving our customers since 1985, Lucidyne stands ready to continue the tradition as we move past this crisis and into the future together.

And the latest news from Lucidyne strengthens that position.

This development expands our capabilities to use our AI technology in other areas of your mill, delivering unprecedented opportunities to maximize fiber and value recovery.

MICROTEC Con-Vey high speed continuous breakdown hoist

For more than 70 years Con-Vey has been producing high quality, high speed lumber handling equipment to increase capacity. Our innovative and cutting-edge company holds the original patent for the Continuous Breakdown Hoist for high speed feeding of lumber, and we’d love to provide you with the same innovative solutions and service.

We design each continuous breakdown hoist to fit the customer’s unique needs based on the unit specifications, speed requirements, and space available. Single or double units—with or without kiln sticks—can be provided based on needs and use. The continuous function of this equipment allows for feeding layers of lumber while the main hoist reloads with the next unit. The accumulator arms have load leveling capabilities. Options are also available for all package sizes, including 8 ft. wide crib loads.

Con-Vey offers a wide range of timber processing machinery—from tilt hoists to sawing and stacking. Come to Con-Vey for quality and dependable equipment and designs.

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Microtec Goldeneye 900 multi-sensor transverse scanner

The Goldeneye 900 Multi-Sensor Quality Scanner in transverse transport is the ultimate showcase of Microtec’s technological innovation and leadership in scanning technologies. Using Microtec’s proprietary Crometic cameras, with the fastest and highest resolution available, the scanner is capable of seeing different wood defects that are important for your grade. Coupled with its integrated Deep Learning AI (Artificial Intelligence) module, advanced algorithms detect and localize all types of defects, including knots, cracks, discoloration, pitch pockets, wane, curvature and other dimensional defects.

Capable of imaging both rough green and planed dry surfaces, the scanner can be installed in both sawmills and planer mills, and be used for trimming, grading and sorting, as well as edging optimization. In addition to structural and visual fixed length product evaluation, re-edging/re-sawing, cut-in-two, and even finger jointing products can be simultaneously optimized to ensure maximum value for each board.

The Goldeneye 900 is a true four-sided scanner with a full

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PLANERMILLS multi-channel view of each surface of the board. When fitted with the special occlusionless transport chain, no portion of the board is hidden, even on the bottom surface. Installation and startup is straightforward as the scanner fits in at standard chain height, with no elevation changes or height modifications.

Microtec, always at the forefront of innovation, includes in all recent quality scanners, whether lineal or transverse, the option of improved defect detection through Artificial Intelligence. The advanced AI module is currently providing real benefits to many clients all over the world, with six successfully installed transverse scanners in the last year and eight new orders placed since the Ligna show in May 2019. In fact, the new generation of Goldeneye 900 transverse quality scanners are running and creating value for customers in North and South America, Europe, Australia, as well as Russia.

PICHÉ

Samuel printing technologies for product identification

dreds of installations across North America we offer unparalleled industry experience.

Samuel Coding & Labeling Systems for wood products include ink jet grade mark systems, ink jet printers for marketing information, ink jet stencil machines for sawmills and planer mills, automatic board bar coding for retail sales, automatic package tag systems to print labels and staple them to finished packages, and product tracking by integrating printers and scanners for 2D bar codes.

SIGNODE

Piché offers a range of technologies and solutions for the planer mill and lumber dry end.

When it comes to your planer mill operation, Piché can offer a multitude of innovative solutions to fit your needs— from the continuous tilt hoist and automated high speed planer infeeds, to automatic adjusting slow down belts, while paying attention to small details like a lug loader with urethane pinchers to prevent marking of your high grade lumber; from infinite adjusting fences and high speed, low maintenance lineshaft trimmers to bin sorters fully lined with UHMW on bins and bin floors, to tray sorters with integrated cut-in-two systems.

Piché also furnishes high speed package makers with automatic edge and layer even ending as well as dual inline strapping machines to enhance strapping time and generate perfect finished packs for your mill. We offer full mechanical and electrical installation packages and user friendly controls as well.

SAMUEL

Samuel Coding and Labeling Div. is an industry leader in custom and off the shelf solutions for the wood products industry.

With years of experience in the wood products industry, we are uniquely suited to provide you with solutions that are tailor made to suit your facilities. We provide a full system solution with design, fabrication, installation and ongoing support. With hun34

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Signode BPX strapper delivers higher throughput and flexibility.

Signode’s BPX compression strapping system provides load stability and integrity throughout the transportation cycle. It incorporates independent side compression along with advanced consumable systems that work together to provide consistent load alignment and tension levels for unparalleled package performance. The BPX’s streamlined design with innovative, builtin features enables faster cycle times for higher throughput rates to maximize efficiency.

The BPX simplifies operation and maintenance to maximize uptime. It includes a highly intuitive, user-friendly HMI to

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PLANERMILLS streamline operation. Machine pre-programming allows for a wide range of flexibility, including quarter-packs, half-packs and long loads, while limiting downtime due to production changes.

Plus, the HMI provides quick and easy diagnosis of service-related issues.

When maintenance is required, the BPX features a unique modular design to simplify maintenance. Separate, lightweight strapping heads are easy to access and remove for maintenance.

These low-maintenance, adjustment-free modules incorporate a simple design with few moving parts for minimal upkeep. When spare modules are kept on hand, maintenance downtime can be limited to a matter of minutes. Plus, the feed module is located off the platen, enabling it to be removed and serviced quickly.

Other productivity enhancing features include remote strap feeding and large capacity consumables to limit production interruptions. The BPX comes standard with a number of features, including an automated platen latch, multiple e-stops and more, that enhance operator safety and improve OSHA compliance.

The BPX compression strapping system delivers package performance and reliability in a simple to operate and easy to use machine. Its innovative features, overlapping functions and highefficiency design results in maximum load stability, while ensuring a lower total cost of ownership.

STENNER

UK based Stenner Ltd. has a strong tradition in manufacturing heavy duty 36 in. radial arm resaws. The original model was the VHM36 and more than 7,000 have been sold worldwide with

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STENNER ST100 resaw range

many of them still in operation today. The ST range is the latest generation and includes three different models.

The entry level ST100RB maintains the tradition of a heavy duty machine with cast iron pulleys driven by a 15kw main motor. The machine controls are relatively simple to use. Cast iron feed rollers and a robust multi roller fence ensure accurate, high quality cutting performance that is to be expected from a resaw in the Stenner stable.

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PLANERMILLS The ST100R is the main seller in the range with all of the features of the RB plus pneumatically operated in and out movement of the radial arm, PLC control of the main functions and a wide range of options to choose from.

Finally the ST100RS is the “top of the range” resaw with touch screen control of the main functions including the setting of the fence via electric motor activated by the pressing of a single pre-programmed button. An 18.5kw main motor is controlled via a frequency inverter giving the operator the option of controlling the pulley rotational speed so as to provide optimal performance on a wide range of timber species and a surface finish to match customer requirements.

Stenner resaws are marketed in North America by Akhurst Machinery. Director Graham Akhurst comments, “We have sold a number of the ST resaws all with excellent results. They are robust and are well equipped to satisfy the demands of the North American lumber producer.”

TIMBER AUTOMATION (VAB)

Timber Automation’s VAB auto grader is an industry leader in ease of use, simplicity and rapid return on investment. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, our grading system gives you higher grades, more consistently, at a faster pace. Increasing premium grades, #2 and better and decreasing the amount of #3 and economy grades while also reducing trim loss leads to payback for most of our customers within six to 12 months. Plus, our grader doesn’t have a bad day, get tired or distracted. It consistently provides the maximum grade, every time.

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Timber Automation VAB auto grader at Teal-Jones sawmill

Simplified dashboards displayed prominently on the production floor and in the control room allow operators to quickly identify and correct quality concerns. An intuitive user interface enables user to quickly and easily change recipe parameters to ensure maximum value recovery. Run real-time simulations side-by-side with your current recipe to understand how

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PLANERMILLS recipe changes could improve value. Our Air Board Tracker allows for contactless tracking and virtual numbering of lumber in the lugless section between the planer and the lug loader. No need for contact, speed limits, maintenance or ongoing, recurring consumable costs.

Learn how one of our customers achieved an estimated $1.8 m per year return on investment through a 4% increase in premium grades, 12% increase in #2 or better, 4% increase in volume, 14% increase in production speed and decreases in labor costs.

USNR

from the operator side, dramatically cutting maintenance downtime. The planer bedplates feature shim-less adjusters for independent multi-axis leveling alignment.

All-electric VFD drives with electronic speed-balancing make it easy to fine-tune your system for consistent results. It is equipped with positive locking head carriers for top, bottom and side heads to maintain accurate lumber dimensions, while the hydraulic-locking cutterheads facilitate rapid head changeout, preserving valuable production uptime. The removable cutterheads hold up to 42 knives for enhanced surface quality, providing a superior lumber finish.

Fast, solid and reliable, the 4200E planer features an all-electric design that’s built to last—and with all the latest features and functionality that any modern planer operation needs to carry it into the future.

WEST COAST INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS

USNR 4200E planer: larger cutterheads, more knives, higher production

USNR’s 4200E planer produces consistent results and accurately sized lumber with a smooth finish. The system has larger cutting heads, more knives, and operates at higher speeds than most planers in production today.

It offers all-electric, high-speed performance operating at speeds up to 4200 FPM (1300 m/min) designed for lumber 3 to 12 in. (76.2 to 304.8 mm) width, and 3⁄4 to 6 in. (19.1 to 152.4 mm) thickness, and down to 6 ft. (1.83 m) short lengths.

It’s available in right- and left-hand configurations with the ability to gap feed or ribbon feed. Ribbon-feeding allows the 4200E planer to achieve the same high-production rates as pull-through style planers but at more controlled speeds. This results in more accurately sized lumber with a smoother, snipefree finish.

Advanced PLC controls tightly coordinate the variable feed speeds between the infeed table, bridge and planer. This delivers a consistent ribbon-feed of lumber to the planer that enables the system to achieve high rates of production at more controlled feed speeds.

The 4200E series planer is built to last. The modular frame accommodates 6-, 8-, and 10-roll configurations and is constructed with 1.50 in. (38.1 mm) thick side plates mounted on a flange base for increased stability and additional strength.

It’s designed to make routine maintenance fast and efficient, minimizing downtime and maximizing production. For example: quick-change feed rolls, press rolls, and bedrolls are accessible

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West Coast lumber material handling

West Coast Industrial Systems is proud of the nationwide reputation we have built for quality systems and service since 1987.

From infeed tilt hoists to finished packaging lines and the material handling between, our team custom-designs, manufactures and installs equipment for all planer mill lumber handling needs.

We work closely with customers to identify everyday challenges and provide solutions quickly and efficiently.

WCIS products offered include but are not limited to tilt hoists, transfers, grading stations, unscramblers, feed tables, conveyors, sorter conversions, tray sorters, package handling equipment and paper wrap stations.

Our in house manufacturing facility can handle projects large and small—with a machine shop that boasts equipment from high speed CNC mills to a high capacity precision planer mill for providing high quality precision parts to our fabrication shop.

Our on-site, highly experienced teams oversee projects from start to finish, making sure your project flows smoothly, are on time and under budget. Our home support staff will also provide professional assistance to our field teams. Our goal is to provide what you need, when you need it.

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WOOD BIO WAS INFO BLITZ Atlanta conference covered all the bases.

ATLANTA, Ga. wenty-eight speakers, 46 equipment exhibitor companies, and three university exhibitors participated in the sixth Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo held March 10-11 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center. Attendance, including speakers, exhibitor personnel, producers, consultants and academia, hit 200. The event was hosted by Wood Bioenergy magazine and Georgia Research Institute.

In his talk Partnering for Growth, Scott Bax, chief operating officer of Pinnacle Renewable Energy, provided an overview of Pinnacle’s aggressive expansion into industrial wood pellets, notScott Bax ing its nine existing pellet production facilities in North America, and two others under construction—one in High Level, Alberta, Canada and the other in Demopolis, Ala. in the Southeast U.S. Several of these are partnership arrangements with wood products companies, including the new plant in Alberta with Tolko Industries and the new one in Demopolis with Westervelt and Two Rivers Lumber. Pinnacle, Westervelt and Two Rivers have a similar arrangement

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There was a lot said that was worth hearing about the state of the wood bioenergy industry.

for an existing plant in Aliceville, Ala. Bax said upon the completion of the two new plants, Pinnacle will have an annual production capacity of 2.83 million metric tons.

Bax focused on Pinnacle’s approach to its partnerships, citing common goals, honesty and transparency, clear expectations, room to grow, “owning safety,” and the importance of leveraging each other’s strengths.

Referring to the Westervelt and Two

Rivers partnership, Bax said all the parties share a strong common value of safety.

Pinnacle entered that partnership in 2018 at the existing Aliceville pellet mill, which is in the middle of a $10 million capital expenditure program. The new Demopolis mill will produce 360,000 MTPA with production commissioning expected in the second quarter of 2021. The majority of the wood fiber will be delivered from the adjacent Two Rivers sawmill. Westervelt’s new sawmill under construction at Thomasville, Ala. will also provide fiber.

The partnership with Tolko on the new 200,000 MTPY facility at High Level represents an expanded relationship, stemming from the two companies’ partnership at the Lavington, BC pellet mill that started production in late 2015 with a production capacity of 300,000 MTPA. “Discussions with strategic partners, existing and new, are ongoing,” Bax added.

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Devon Dartnell, director, market analysis and research, Georgia Forestry Commission, spoke on Hurricane Michael’s Impact on the Forest Resource. He noted several things that worked in favor of the post-storm salvage effort, including that GFC organized an immediate meeting with mills, timber producers and the Florida Forest Service. He said wet storage capacity was added at some mills such as

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Rex Lumber and Canfor; producers focused on high value timber first and pulpwood tracts were postponed; log truck weights increased to 95,000 lbs.

GVW and permits were issued for wet Devon Dartnell decks; logs were barged to south Alabama for additional sawmill capacity; producers came in from the north and west to add logging capacity; the wet winter made salvage difficult but extended utilization lifespan and it prevented mill quotas; and loggers gave it their all in the most difficult conditions during the salvage effort.

Dartnell said while typical conventional logging costs are $9-$12 per ton, Hurricane Michael logging costs were $15-$25 per ton due to the arrangement of wood and because trucking costs also went up.

Harvesting challenges were plentiful: the cut down machines first had to access into the damaged stand; snapped off stems required the skidder to pick up individual trees; sawmills would not accept diagonal cuts at the butt or top end; splits, knots and

stresses were worse from Michael than less powerful storms; some mills took only leaning trees because of shake, splits and loose knots.

Dartnell said future challenges are numerous: timber supply is severely depleted in the path of the storm; mills are having to truck logs farther. With 1.35 million acres severely or catastrophically damaged in Florida and 370,000 acres in Georgia, reforestation contractors and seedling nurseries will be sold out for years and require more than a billion seedlings.

IN THE WOODS Danny Dructor, executive vice president of the American Loggers Council, spoke on the Health of the Logging Ranks and Staying Ahead of Environmental Encroachment. DrucDanny Dructor tor said ALC and its members appreciate the promotion of wood for bioenergy, whether in the form of a pellet, biochar, cogeneration or biofuels, because it pro-

vides new markets to participate in.

Environmentally, he said most loggers just keep doing what they have been doing for most of their careers, practicing sustainable harvesting practices that includes caring for the land, the flora and fauna on the landscape, and taking pride in their professionalism and ability to overcome change.

He noted that environmentalists have taken well intentioned laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act and have abused them in liberal courtrooms and negotiated settlements with federal agencies as a means to paralyze the industry, especially on federal lands.

“We have also seen attempts by those such as the Dogwood Alliance to stymie operations of private lands through a host of misinformation meant to stop the wood energy markets from developing,” Dructor said.

Dructor said more than 26,500 American environmental groups collected total revenues of more than $81 billion from 2000 to 2012, according to The Giving USA Institute. He said The Nature Conservancy, Greenpeace International, Wildlife Conservation Society, World

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Wildlife Fund are the biggies in annual collections, followed by the Sierra Club Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Audubon Society.

Dructor recommended two books authored by Ron Arnold and Paul Driessen that “follow the money trail and corruption that exists between environmental organizations, our government, and those that benefit the most from the implementation of environmental regulations.” One is Undue Influence and the other is Cracking Big Green to Save the World from the

Save-the-Earth Money Machine.

Dructor reported on the results of the ALC 2019 Logger Survey, which received 580 responses nationwide. He said (pre COVID-19) nearly 35% of the loggers indicated they were financially worse off than they were a year ago and 16% were better off. A whopping 97% said it is virtually impossible to replace or add new hires to their operations, and 73% said the wages and benefits were not sufficient to attract the right kind of workers to the industry.

Loggers ranked finding quality drivers,

trucking rates and insurance costs as the three most important impacts in being able to move wood from the landing to the mill. Insurance, equipment costs, trucking and labor ranked one through four on the list of increased operational costs.

With a choice of seven items, another question asked loggers to rank to what extent landowners or mills (or the clients they work for) valued those seven items: Low logging costs scored highest, followed by consistent production, high production, safety, environmental quality, professionalism and certification.

TIMBERLAND TRENDS Andrew Copley, senior analyst with Forisk Consulting, spoke on North American Timberland and Forest Industry Capital Investment Trends.

He noted that the rapid rise of TIMOs (Timber In- Andrew Copley vestment Management Organization) and REITs (Real Estate Investment Trust) as a major component of the private corporate landowner class in North America is mirrored by the decline of the vertically integrated forest products company.

He said that Weyerhaeuser’s REIT with 11,735,000 million acres is far and away the largest owner of timberland; it is larger than the four largest U.S. TIMOs combined. He said in 2019 about 1.6 million acres changed hands.

Focusing on southern pine timberlands, Copley said the average southern yellow pine plantation accumulated 2.4 tons of volume per acre per year in the late 1980s, and by 2016 that number had more than doubled to five tons per acre per year. “As a whole, we are growing much more wood on an acre of land today than we were 30 years ago,” he said. “There is still room for improvement; a well-managed SYP plantation can produce six to eight tons per acre per year.”

Abundant grade supply is one of the factors that has led to a massive influx of sawmill investment in the South. In 2019 Copley said firms in the South completed 10 sawmill expansions and five new sawmills began operations. This added 1.7 billion BF of capacity to the region. Firms expect to build or expand 21 mills in the South in the next two years. Southern softwood sawmill capacity should approach 23 billion BF by 2024, a gain of 17% in five years.

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ATLARGE

Bobby Dixon Guided Dixon Lumber Robert Mack (Bobby) Dixon, who served as president of M.C. Dixon Lumber Co. in Eufaula, Ala. for more than 30 years, died peacefully in Eufaula on Palm Sunday, April 5. He was 87.

Dixon was born in Clayton, Ala. to Mack and Janie Dixon. Mack had started M.C. Dixon Lumber in 1928 before moving the business and the family to Eufaula in 1936.

Bobby was a graduate of Eufaula City Schools and Auburn University, where he was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity. He served his country during the final months of the U.S. Army occupation of Germany.

After the military, he joined the family lumber business, which had built its first stationary sawmill at what had been a concentration yard with a planer mill.

Bobby’s younger brother, Mike, would also join the business and they assumed ownership after the death of their father in 1968. The mill was known as a large log mill, concentrating on wide di-

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mension for the housing marLumber Manufacturers Assn., ket. In 1979 during the enerAlabama Forestry Council, gy crisis, a steam boiler and Eufaula Heritage Assn., Eucogeneration plant was faula Chamber of Commerce, added.

Rotary Club of Eufaula, Bobby and Mike were a proTrustees of The Lakeside gressive team, installing a School, Barbour County sharp chain small log line and Auburn Club, Barbour County the latest scanning and optiHospital Assn. and the Commization into the mix in the mercial Club of Eufaula. mid 1980s. Bobby’s son, Bob, Bobby was a life-long PresBobby Dixon Jr., joined the business and asbyterian (USA), serving as sisted his father and uncle in expanding the Deacon and Ruling Elder of the First company’s product offerings and timberPresbyterian Church of Eufaula. He was land operations. He ultimately purchased an Eagle Scout and member of the Order the mill from them in the early 2000s. of the Arrow. A deeply devoted husband Bobby was a member of the Auburn and father, he had a zest for life and loved University Samford Society and the Advi- participating in sports and activities with sory Board of the University of Alabama his large family. He was a boating enthuCollege of Arts and Sciences. He was siast and member of the United States Chairman of the Board of Eufaula Bank Power Squadron. He was an avid runner, and Trust Company. He also served as “the first jogger in Eufaula.” Bobby and president of many organizations, includhis wife Mary also enjoyed extensive ing Alabama Forestry Assn., Southeastern travels over many years. ➤ 48

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ATLARGE 46 ➤ He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Mary Clayton Dixon; their children and their families, and his brother Mike.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The First Presbyterian Church Preservation Trust Fund, 201 N. Randolph Ave, Eufaula, AL 36027; The Lakeside School Endowment Fund, 1020 Lake Dr., Eufaula, AL 36027; or Trees Eufaula, c/o 427 N. Randolph Ave., Eufaula AL 36027.

Wilcox Co-Founded Woodland Parts & Service Jimmy Ernest Wilcox, who co-founded Woodland Parts & Service Inc. in Talladega, Ala. in 1983, died last November 4. He was 83.

Born at his home in Talladega County to Jim and Lena Wilcox, Jimmy worked to help support his family on their dairy farm and then as a high school student,

driving a school bus. He graduated from Munford High School in 1954 and went to work for the County of Talladega and then worked for equipment and parts manufacturer Jimmy Wilcox Soderhamn, which later became Kockums Industries.

In 1958, Jimmy married Maudine Crawford after a four-year courtship.

In 1983, Wilcox co-founded Woodland Parts and Service, Inc. with Leslie Crawford and they serviced the sawmill and plywood industries with machinery, supplies and a range of services. Wilcox retired from Woodland Parts nine years ago but always loved hearing about what was going on in the industry. He continued to attend sawmill trade shows as late as 2019 and always enjoyed seeing his old friends and customers. One common memory shared by those who worked with him is that he always answered the phone before the third ring.

Wilcox was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and three sisters. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Sarah Maudine Crawford Wilcox, a son and extended family.

Wilcox was a charter member of the Talladega Bible Methodist Church where he held many positions with the church and the conference. He served on the Board of Trustees of God’s Bible School and College for 25 years in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jimmy was also a longtime member of the Gideons International.

His hobbies included gardening, tractors, cattle and bush hogging on the farm.

Wilcox will be remembered for his gentle spirit, Christian virtues, and hard work ethic.

Mass Timber Firm Names Director Nick Milestone, a veteran of the European and United Kingdom mass timber markets and the current chairman of the Timber Research and Development Trade Assn. (TRADA), has joined Katerra as director of mass timber. Before Katerra, Milestone was the director of offsite manufacturing at the William Hare Group and the managing director of B&K Structures, the largest mass timber construction business in the U.K. 48

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MACHINERYROW Microtec Purchases Lucidyne In a move that creates one of the largest wood products scanning companies in the world, Microtec has acquired Lucidyne Technologies, Inc. Microtec has been delivering technologically advanced scanning and optimization systems for 40 years, and is a premier scanning company across Europe. Lucidyne has been an industry leader in scanning and optimization throughout North America since 1985. This acquisition expands both companies’ product lines, geographical reach and, perhaps most importantly, brings the two highly advanced technologies and technology teams together.

The opportunities provided by this acquisition to the wood products industry are significant. Lucidyne’s products will now be enhanced by the availability of the entire Microtec product line. Together there will be a mill-wide integrated scanning opportunity. Microtec and Lucidyne will be introducing co-developed products that bring the best of the companies’ technologies together, including Lucidyne’s patented Perceptive Sight Intelligent Grading platform.

Microtec’s headquarters will remain in Bressanone, Italy, while Lucidyne’s operations will remain in Corvallis, Ore. There are no anticipated changes to staffing, support, plant operations or customer interaction, according to the companies.

Customer support will remain an important top priority.

“Microtec and Lucidyne are eager to work together as the world’s largest wood products scanning company, delivering unparalleled results to our industry worldwide,” the companies state.

WMF Is Still Scheduled September 7-10 Under the threat of COVID-19, many exhibitions have been cancelled or postponed. However, one that is moving forward as scheduled is the Shanghai International Furniture Machinery & Woodworking Machinery Fair (WMF), in conjunction with with CIFF (Shanghai), which will be held September 7-10 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai Hongqiao, China. WMF will gather more than 400 woodworking and furniture production equipment manufacturers, and showcase a series of complete manufacturing solutions. Visitors can also visit CIFF (Shanghai) with the same badge to experience a series of innovative furniture designs.

WMF is definitely one of the best sourcing platforms in woodworking and furniture machineries. Many industry equipment manufacturers have confirmed their participation in the September fair.

Guan Jianhua, chairman of HOMAG, a long-term partner of WMF, said that though facing the severe challenges brought by the epidemic, they have not stopped promoting the development of China’s home furnishing and woodworking industries.

They will launch new equipment and technologies that are more relevant to the needs of the Chinese market at WMF. BIESSE, which also belongs to the furniture production equipment sector, also supports WMF. Their China regional CEO, Piergiorgio Franca, says, “Although the current epidemic situation is not clear and the furniture woodworking industry is also uncertain, we will still work together and hope for a better tomorrow. Since the first WMF was held in 1986, BIESSE has never been absent. BIESSE will bring the latest equipment for the industry. We look forward to meet- ➤ 53 50

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WMF and CIFF (Shanghai) is expected to have more than 1,300 exhibits. It forms a one-stop sourcing platform connecting upstream and downstream enterprises and stretching across the whole woodworking industry. WMF offers more than just an exhibition as there are conferences and business matching services provided on the spot to enrich visitors’ experience.

Registration for WMF 2020 is open now on www.woodworkfair.com. Exclusive benefits will be offered to registered visitors, including free admission (one badge, two fairs: WMF + CIFF (Shanghai)), one free copy of the show catalogue and priority to participate in conferences.

Sennebogen Appoints Sales Manager Sennebogen LLC announced that Jason Jones has joined the firm’s executive teams as Americas’ Sales Manager.

Jones now takes senior responsibility for developing and leading the Sennebogen sales network in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and South America.

Jones has been managing sales and marketing teams in the steel industry for more than 15 years. Through his previous posts, he is well-connected to varied business sectors including scrap, recycling, steel and pulp industries.

Jones says that he sees much of his new role as being a “Voice of the Customer” to guide the company’s relations with dealers and end-users. “We are continuing to develop an increased focus on individual needs of specific industry sectors and businesses. It’s a large adventure which will require a lot of investment and resources, which Sennebogen has proven they are willing to put forward.”

Jones believes that Sennebogen’s future is built on a strong foundation. “The equipment speaks for itself. I’m impressed by our great dealer network—all well respected names in the industry.”

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MAINEVENTS JULY 16-18—West Virginia Foestry. Assn. annual meeting, Canaan Resort Conf. Center, Davis, WV. Visit wvfa.org.

19-22—2020 Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. Annual Conference, The Cloister, Sea Island, Ga. Call 770-6316701; visit slma.org.

10-13—Xylexpo 2020, Fieramilano Rho Fairgrounds, Milan, Italy. Phone +39-02-89210200; Visit xylexpo.com/index.php/en.

APRIL 2021 15—OptiSaw West, Four Points Sheraton Kelowna Airport, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Visit optisaw.com.

Listings are submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with contacts prior to making plans to attend.

24-26—Georgia Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Jekyll Island Convention Center, Jekyll Island, Ga. Call 912-635-6400; visit gfagrow.org.

25-28—Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Summer Conference, Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC. Call 336-885-8315; visit appalachianhardwood.org.

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25-27—Kentucky Forest Industries Assn. annual meeting, Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. Call 502-695-3979; visit kfia.org.

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