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THE ISSUES

Recollections Of The Franklin Sawmill

NEWSFEED

Travis Lumber Sold; Latest On Klausner

FRANKLIN LUMBER

Mill Starts Up After Years Of Downtime

TWENTY FOR ASM

Advanced Sawmill Machinery Has Come Of Age

GOING TO SCHOOL

Universities Turn To Biomass Boilers

RICHMOND EXPO

Big Turnout Expected May 16-17

TAKING THE TRAIN

Weyerhaeuser Reps Rolled West In 1922

COVER: Franklin Lumber LLC has put life back into the sawmill at Franklin, Va. PAGE 14. David and Brenda Seffens have put Advanced Sawmill Machinery on the map. PAGE 22. (Cover photo David Abbott, Inset photo Dan Shell)

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THEISSUES

Rich Donnell Editor-in-Chief

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e’ve been reading a lot about Canadian forest products companies buying southern pine sawmills. We haven’t read so much about U.S. independent ownerships taking over formerly corporate sawmills. But our cover story in this issue, which begins on page 14, is about three partners who formed Franklin Lumber LLC and have re-started up the southern pine sawmill at Franklin, Va. In 2013 their new entity purchased the mill from International Paper, which had shut it down in 2009. Of course before IP took over the mill, it ran under the Union Camp flag. Not surprisingly, as the article written by our reporter David Abbott notes, is that the mill equipment is about the same as it has been for some time. This caused me to reflect a little on when, in December 1987, this magazine published the first article on the new Franklin sawmill. I was managing editor at the time and we had been following the evolvement and startup of the sawmill project. Finally we received the “okay” from Union Camp and we sent reporter Mike Caswell up to do the article. It was also the 100th anniversary since the Camp family had operated a sawmill in Franklin. The much anticipated $16 million project had begun construction in late 1984 and while it was going on Union Camp dismantled an adjacent Chip-N-Saw and bandmill sawmill. The log yard was converted from multiple length to treelength and a second crane was installed. The mill started up in December 1986. Bill Skipworth was production manager at the time at Union Camp. The project and startup went so smoothly that Skipworth commented, “The only disappointing thing is that we only get to do this once.” Skipworth worked closely with engineering consulting Bill Bowlin of The Bowlin Co., based in Shreveport, La. Bowlin was instrumental in the design and implementation of new technologies at many sawmills during the production surge of the 1980s in the Southern U.S. Bowlin said about the new Franklin mill, “It’s one of the least manpower intensive, most attractive I’ve seen.” The mill, which produced 100MMBF annually, featured the classic Log Boss sharp chain/McDonough twin band/Schurman chip heads primary breakdown with Applied Theory scanning and optimization. Every main sawing station included scanning and optimization, and perhaps most unique was that the mill not only ran the twin band for primary breakdown, but broke down cants with a twin and also sawed doubles with a vertical twin band resaw, and then of course there was the bandmill on the large log carriage side. I remember that Union Camp also did considerable work with its filing room and our magazine featured their sawing program in 1989. The filing room was a spacious 26x110 ft. and had been built in the basement below the mill floor in order to minimize vibration from the sawmill. The saw filing supervisor was Sam Butler, who was a 42-year employee of Union Camp at Franklin. Our writer, Mike Tankersley, asked Butler to gauge the importance of the filing room to the new modern sawmill. Butler’s response: “You take the saw out of the word sawmill, and all you’ve got left is a mill.” Certainly the new owners of the Franklin sawmill have a great foundation TP and tradition beneath them. Best of luck to them. Contact Rich Donnell, ph: 334-834-1170; fax 334-834-4525; e-mail: rich@hattonbrown.com

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NEWSFEED WEST FRASER ADDS TO U.S. PORTFOLIO West Fraser is acquiring Travis Lumber Co.’s sawmill operation in Mansfield, Ark. The mill produced more than 100MMBF in 2013. West Fraser plans to invest additional capital to expand annual production capacity to 150MMBF. The acquisition brings to 28 the number of sawmill locations for West Fraser, including 15 in the U.S. Last year, West Fraser sawmills produced 5.8 billion BF, with 2 billion BF of that in southern pine, and the remainder spruce-pine-fir. Gilbert Travis, a former HEMCO sales manager, purchased the vintage 1950s sawmill in 1988 from Kansas City Railroad, which was in the process of closing it. The sawmill has undergone periodic upgrades and expansions ever since, including an edger upgrade following a fire in 2010.

KLAUSNER MILLS GAINING STEAM? Klausner Lumber One LLC appears ready to begin construction of a sawmill in Suwannee County, Fla., with underground utilities apparently installed. Some of the road infrastructure around the proposed mill site is undergoing reconstruction. Austria-based Klausner has announced plans to build 700MMBF annual capacity sawmills in Florida and at Enfield, NC (Halifax County), the latter called Klausner Lumber Two LLC. The Klausner web site includes job applications for those two operations. Klausner officials also spoke recently at the TriCounty Forestry Assn. meeting and addressed a third sawmill possibly to be located north of Rowesville, SC, and again of 700MMBF annual capacity. An official with Klausner Holding USA com6

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mented that a number of agreements need to be executed and that ground could be broken by the end of 2014. Klausner has a state air quality permit for the project.

MORE BC MILLS OKAY THAN NOT Following a three-month inspection of all active sawmills across British Columbia, WorkSafeBC issued 11 employers a total of 13 stop-work orders due to unacceptable accumulations of secondary dust and other significant violations, which posed an immediate hazard to the health and safety of workers. In most cases, the areas noted were cleaned the same day, allowing production to resume by the next shift. These locations are subject to frequent ongoing inspections to ensure compliance is main-

tained while mill operators address the challenges noted. Two locations inspected received a second stop-work order and have been directed to participate in a closely monitored compliance plan that includes weekly submissions to WorkSafeBC prevention officers regarding their dust management process. Officers are inspecting these locations at an increased frequency during this monitored phase to ensure the workplaces remain in compliance with WorkSafeBC requirements and expectations. Eighty-three of the 144 locations inspected were in compliance at the time of inspection and received no orders related to combustible dust. Many of those locations had dust control plans incorporating significant engineering controls to augment and mitigate the amount of manual dust cleanup required.

SYP LUMBER SHIPMENTS RISE AGAIN

Southern Forest Products Assn. reports that for the fourth consecutive year shipments of southern pine lumber recorded an increase from the previous year. Shipments in 2013 totaled 15.026 billion BF, an increase of 5% over the volume shipped in 2012 (14.279 billion BF), and 27% above 2009 shipments (11.79 billion). SFPA also reported that southern pine lumber exports finished 2013 at 445MMBF, a jump of 13% above the 2012 export total, according to the latest trade data released by the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. The 2013 volume exported represents an increase of 43% above the 312MMBF exported in 2010. The top three destinations for southern pine exports in 2013 were the Dominican Republic (69.9MMBF), China (64.2MMBF) and Mexico (60.7MMBF). Softwood lumber imports to the U.S. finished 2013 with a volume of 11.2 billion BF, up 15% from 2012. Imports from Canada totaled 10.8 billion BF during 2013.

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The three-month inspection is in support of an ongoing Combustible Dust Strategy that was initiated in 2012. The objective of these targeted inspections was to evaluate current compliance with combustible dust management requirements, and confirm that every sawmill has an effective and sustainable plan for the management of wood dust. A core team of 10 prevention officers conducted the inspections. In total, 144 locations were inspected. Inspection results indicate that many sawmill operators have put significant efforts into improving the management and control of combustible dust, with a substantial number of employers found to be in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. However, not all employers were found to be currently achieving compliance. Sixty-one employers were issued a total of 93 orders related to combustible dust. Most of these orders were for unacceptable levels of dust accumulations outside normal production areas; i.e. basements, crawl spaces, overhead areas, areas hidden behind motor control centers or cabinets, and outside areas. Seventeen warning letters were sent during this inspection phase to advise employers that an administrative penalty may be considered for further similar violations of the regulations and three administrative penalties were recommended for violations of the regulations. The Combustible Dust Strategy follows two sawmill explosions in northern BC that killed four and injured others.

LIGNETICS SOLD TO EQUITY FIRM Taglich Private Equity LLC is acquiring wood pellet producer Lignetics, Inc., based in ➤8 Sandpoint, Idhao.

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NEWSFEED 6➤ “Completing this transaction marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter in Lignetics’ history as the market leader in the residential wood pellet industry,” says Ken Tucker, CEO of Lignetics. “The management team of Lignetics is very excited to be partnering with Taglich, and looks forward to their support in our company’s continued growth and development.” Tucker says the transaction will give Lignetics the capital base to pursue expansion plans. “We were looking for investors that would bring stable leadership to the company and a long-term view, and this transaction has accomplished that.” Founded in 1983, Lignetics manufactures and distributes branded wood pellets from its three U.S. production facilities. Lignetics is one of the founding pioneers of manufacturing premium wood pellets and Pres-to-Logs fire logs for home heating. Taglich Private Equity LLC is a financial sponsor and has been investing since 2001 in lower middle market manufacturing, business service and consumer product companies.

DRAX CONSIDERS PELLET OUTPUT UK-based Drax reports it is developing options to add 2 million tonnes of its own wood pellet production, focusing on North America and 250,000500,000 tonne plants. The company is already building pellet plants in Amite, Miss. and Morehouse, La. with a combined pellet production capacity of 900,000 tonnes, and is building a port facility at Baton Rouge with an export capacity of up to 3 million tonnes. The company is targeting commercial operation at Amite in the first quarter of 2015 and at Morehouse in the second quarter of 2015, with each plant requiring another six 8

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months to reach full capacity. The UK’s largest power station, Drax is set to become the UK’s largest single renewable electricity generator through the operation of the new biomass facilities currently being launched. The biomass conversion will ultimately see three of the six generating units at the power station converted to burn sustainable biomass in place of coal.

CHINA EATS UP LUMBER, LOGS China’s importation of softwood lumber was 19% higher in 2013 than in 2012, reaching a record high of 17 million m3 of lumber, valued at more than $3.6 billion. In 2008, the country imported 3.6 million m3 of softwood lumber valued at $700 million, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ) of Wood Resources International. Canada and Russia are the two major suppliers of lumber to China, accounting for almost 80% of all imports. However, Europe, Russia, Chile and New Zealand have all increased their shipments to China. Importation of softwood logs to China really took off, reaching 32.9 million m3, valued at more than $5 billion. U.S. increased log volumes to China by 55%.

BCAP PROGRAM SURFACES AGAIN The Agricultural Act of 2014 (also known as The Farm Bill) includes the Biomass Crop Assistance Program to support the establishment and production of eligible crops, including woody material, for conversion to bioenergy in selected BCAP project areas, and assist agricultural and forestland owners and operators with the collection, harvest, storage and transportation of eligible material for use in a biomass

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NEWSFEED conversion facility. The USDA has budgeted $25 million for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 for BCAP, with not more than half of that amount paid per year for collection, harvest, storage and transportation matching payments. To be considered for selection as a BCAP project area, a project sponsor must submit to the USDA a proposal that includes a description of the land and crops, a letter of commitment from a biomass conversion facility that the facility will use the eligible crops; and evidence that the biomass conversion facility has sufficient equity available if the facility is not currently operational. In making the selection of BCAP project areas, the USDA shall consider the volume of the eligible crops and the probability that they will

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be used for the purposes of the BCAP; anticipated economic impact in the proposed project area; the opportunity for producers and local investors to participate in the ownership of the biomass conversion facility in the proposed project area; and the variety in biomass production approaches including harvest and post-harvest practices. Once approved, the contract shall have a term of not more than five years for annual and perennial crops or 15 years for woody biomass. USDA will make establishment and annual payments directly to producers to support the establishment and production of eligible crops on contract acreage, with a producer defined as an owner or operator of contract acreage that is physically located within the BCAP project area. Eligible crops are defined as renew-

able biomass harvested directly from the land, including residue. Eligible land includes primarily non-industrial private forestland. Establishment payments shall not be more than 50% of the costs of establishing an eligible perennial crop, but not to exceed $500 per acre including, in the case of nonindustrial private forestland, the costs of site preparation and tree planting. The annual payment amount will determined by the USDA and can be reduced if the eligible crop is used for purposes other than the production of energy at the biomass conversion facility. Under the Assistance With Collection, Harvest, Storage and Transportation heading, the USDA shall make a payment for the delivery of eligible material to a biomass conversion facility to a producer

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of an eligible crop that is produced on BCAP contract acreage; or to a person with the right to collect or harvest eligible material. The USDA may provide matching payments at a rate of up to $1 for each $1 per ton provided by the biomass conversion facility, in an amount not to exceed $20 per dry ton for a period of two years.

CANFOR SELLS DAAQUAM MILL Canfor Corp. is selling the Daaquam sawmill in SaintJust-de-Bretenières, Quebec to Groupe Lebel Inc. The Daaquam mill produced 120MMBF in 2013. Don Kayne, CEO of Canfor, says Daaquam was sold because it was not core to Canfor’s Western Canadian operations.

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NEWSFEED J.D. IRVING PLANS MODERNIZATIONS J.D. Irving, Ltd. plans to invest $38 million to modernize the company’s sawmills in New Brunswick at Chipman and Doaktown. Chipman will receive a $23 million investment for a new studs product line, log debarker, mill infeed, trimmer and log sorting equipment. Construction will start this fall and create 16 new sawmill jobs and 39 new woodlands jobs. The $15 million investment at Doaktown is for building a new sawmill, with construction starting in spring 2015.

IFG ENTERS CLT VENTURE Idaho Forest Group and the Johann Offner Group an-

nounced plans to market and distribute Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) building solutions to America in a joint venture between the two family owned companies: the Johann Offner Group, headquartered in Wolfsberg, Austria, and Idaho Forest Group, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. KLH Austria, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Johann Offner Group, invented CLT in 1996, according to the company, creating a process in which wood strips are stacked crosswise on top of each other and glued together. The resulting timbers are strong and lightweight, providing ease of assembly while allowing for architectural freedom. The joint venture will be supported by KLH Austria and its subsidiary in London until an American-based sales office is established in June 2014. The product will be ini-

tially supplied from the European factory. Composite materials like CLT are now a major emphasis for the USDA and the U.S. Forest Service Products Laboratory. Idaho Forest Group, the largest lumber producer in Idaho, originated with a 2008 merger of Riley Creek Lumber, founded by Brinkmeyer, and Bennett Forest Industries, founded by Dick Bennett. The company has five production facilities throughout Idaho.

TOLLESON DEAL IS COMPLETED International Forest Products Ltd. (Interfor) has completed the acquisition of Tolleson Lumber Co. of Perry, Ga., from Ilim Timber Continental. The addition of Tolleson’s two sawmills in Perry and Pre-

ston and a remanufacturing facility in Perry makes Interfor one of the five largest lumber producers in North America, and the largest in Georgia. To accommodate its growth in the U.S. Southeast, Interfor has appointed George Georgiev as Regional Vice President, Georgia. Georgiev, who served as president of Tolleson since 2012, will report to Joe Rodgers, Interfor’s Senior Vice President, U.S. Operations. Interfor will open an office in Peachtree City, Ga. to serve as a hub for its operations in the U.S. Southeast. The acquisition of Tolleson Lumber increases Interfor’s total lumber production capacity to 2.6 billion BF, with 880MMBF in Georgia. Interfor now employs nearly 800 at its Georgia operations in Baxley, Swainsboro, Eatonton, Thomaston, Perry and Preston.

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SAWMILL

COME BACK

By David Abbott

The former IP sawmill at Franklin, Va. is up and running with new ownership.

FRANKLIN, Va. nternational Paper sold the majority of its company sawmills to West Fraser in 2006, but the Franklin southern yellow pine dimension lumber mill here had been an exception. Located in Isle of Wight County, the sawmill had benefited from a synergistic relationship with IP’s paper mill, situated directly adjacent on the same 14

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site. The sawmill supplied pine chips to the paper mill and received power and steam from it. IP wanted to keep the sawmill running if only to maintain a steady supply of chips. That lasted until 2009, when the recession and low lumber prices forced the mill’s closure. The paper mill followed a year later, in 2010, in total leaving 1,100 in the community jobless, and leaving the county with a $7 million budget gap, having lost its biggest taxpayer. Fast forward through more than four years of sitting idle and the mill has buzzed back to life after three former employees—Terry Godwin, Carl Buck and Perk Taylor—went in together to buy it and start it back up late last year as Franklin Lumber, LLC. All three men had worked at the mill at different times. Taylor, who had worked here as an engineer when it was still owned by Union Camp, had left in

1998, prior to the merger with IP the following year. Buck had been the mill manager here until it closed (previously he had also been manager at the Seaboard, NC West Fraser sawmill for many years). Godwin, with a degree in forest business from the University of Georgia, had a background doing resource studies for sawmills, chip mills and biomass plants, and had served as procurement manager here for several years before leaving in 2003. IP reopened the paper mill in 2012, having restructured its product mix from fine papers to market fluff. “It was a huge capital investment for them,” Godwin says—but it would still require pine chips, and one strategic avenue for that supply was to reopen the sawmill next door. IP, however, wanted someone else to own and operate it. IP still owned the site, and hoped to sell the sawmill to another party, with the same mutually ben-

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The mill started up in 1986 with multiple bandmill sawing stations. Two infeed decks lead to either a carriage or a sharp chain line.

Franklin’s three kilns have a total capacity of 400MBF, with each charge averaging 20 hours drying time.

eficial relationship as before. Buck was the only one of the three still working at the mill when it closed in 2009. As an independent contractor he continued there after the shutdown, to generally keep the place up and to show it to potential buyers. IP had given him permission to show it to Taylor, who ran his own general contracting company. Taylor and Buck both knew the mill well, and they already knew each other. Taylor called Godwin about conducting a resource/log supply study for the mill, and that was how he met Buck. By then Godwin was working for forestry consulting firm GFR Forestry Consultants in Raleigh, NC, which manages timberlands in North and South Carolina and Virginia. While decisions about the sale of the property were made far up the IP corporate ladder, the partners also dealt with local IP representatives—people who

cared about the community and the mill’s place in it. “They were a tremendous help in getting this going,” Godwin says. “Our partnership with IP has been fantastic.” Godwin notes there had been a sawmill here from 1887-2009. The Camp family, which started the mill, later merged with Union Bag Mfg. to become Union Camp, which merged with IP in 1999. The mill’s long history, its tradition, not to mention the jobs it provided, made it important to the community both economically and socially. The three partners purchased the mill in June 2013 with a long-term lease agreement for the property. There were other bidders, and for a while they didn’t know if the deal would close or not. Once it did, they began the process of readying it to run. Now, Godwin still oversees procurement, Buck is still the mill manager, and Taylor is CEO. Operations started back up November 18, 2013.

BACK TO WORK At the time the sawmill shut down, it had 130 employees on two shifts. Since starting back up a few months ago, it runs one shift (nine hours, five days a week). The owners expect to have 72 full-time employees once it is fully staffed, which should happen soon. “Everybody is hired, but there is a training period,” Godwin explains. Also, there was no point in bringing everyone in on day one; there would have been a lot of people standing around. The sawmill had to run long enough to build inventory for the kilns, the planer and markets. They have been able to rehire many of the previous employees, and hope to eventually work up to adding back that second shift, depending on lumber demand and log prices. The pre-startup phase following the purchase took a few months as systems TIMBER PROCESSING

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had to be tested and a few repairs and mill had been down so long, with some LOG SUPPLY changes had to be made. For example, of the pieces having been in the mill for they had to run a natural gas line to the In terms of timber procurement, one 20 years. The third issue is software. It is facility and install two natural gas boilers a fully automated mill, so getting all that thing Godwin has focused on is finding for the kilns, as the paper mill can no natural growth timber. He says it will software correct has been a big challonger provide enough steam. “It took a yield denser, higher grade lumber. The lenge, he says. It’s a slow process, but while, but Columbia Natural Gas and the each month has shown improvement plan is to bring in 60% large diameter Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality over the last, with February yielding the logs and 40% small diameter. did a great job getting that done as The logging force seems to be on the best month of production yet. quickly as possible,” rebound, according to Godwin says. Another Godwin. Many loggers change was converting and wood suppliers have the sharp chain from a been hesitant to expand, hydraulic to electric but there has been a nodrive. Otherwise the mill ticeable uptick. “We lost a is mostly the same as it lot of logging and truckwas in 2009. ing capacity over the past There have been a lot five years,” he says. “Efof the expected startup forts are under way to exbugs to work out, both in pand capacity. Many of equipment and in the softthe mills are willing to ware that runs the mill, give dedicated quota to Godwin reports. He says suppliers and loggers. The Southeast Virginia Logthere are three key pieces ging Task Force would be to that puzzle that have to come together. First, the interested in talking with people have to be fully anyone willing to expand trained and comfortable or relocate.” There has been dewith their equipment. Sec- Left to right, Terry Godwin, Carl Buck and Perk Taylor—all former employees ond is the mechanical and of the mill during its Union Camp and International Paper years—pose with the pressed demand for logs electrical component. The first load of logs after restarting operations under their ownership. in Franklin’s region—in

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helps the flow of logging when they don’t have the constraint on one of the products. It all fits together. Tracts generally yield a mix of many products, and all of them need outlets.” Another thing giving Franklin an edge, Godwin believes, is its location in terms of timber resource. “We are on the northernmost range for southern yellow pine,” he says. “That gives us a freight advantage to northern markets where we intend to sell.” Godwin notes that Franklin has an estimated $10-15 per thousand board feet freight advantage to northern markets looking for southern yellow pine compared to its competitors farther south. With freight cost so high, at around $3.70 for on-road diesel, buyers want to source as close as possible to treating and truss manufacturing plants. “We get a premium, they get savings.” With two chipping heads, the sharp chain runs 400 logs per hour and removes sideboards from each piece, sending the middle to the canter downstream.

southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina—since the mill closed. The only other consumers of the same raw materials within the procurement range are West Fraser in Seaboard, NC and Georgia-Pacific in Emporia, Va. As

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such, the reopening helps not only those seeking employment in the community, it has helped loggers and landowners with another outlet. Godwin adds that he thinks it’s also good for pulp mills and the entire wood fiber supply chain. “It

PRODUCTS Though the lumber market has improved—enough to justify bringing this mill back online—it is not yet back to “historic” standards, Godwin readily admits. According to Charlotte, NC-based data provider Forest2Market, 750MMBF of lumber capacity evaporated in 2009

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Optimization at each machine throughout the mill is by USNR.

alone. Some of the sawmills that closed, unlike Franklin, were auctioned off and cut up and won’t be coming back. This of course gives Franklin Lumber an edge in serving those northern markets. The owners expect the mill to produce about 5MMBF per month on one shift, or 60MMBF annually, and Godwin reports they are about 75% of the way there. The mill is marketing to a diverse but well defined customer base, targeting four main sectors: industrial, pressure treaters, truss manufacturers and retail distributors. “Wood preservers are the #1 customer, followed by truss manufacturing, component industry and industrial accounts, that’s the natural order of pro-

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Sideboards flow to the edger infeed.

gression,” says Glenn Hawley at East Coast Lumber, based in Climax, NC, which handles sales for the Franklin mill. “These guys are dedicated to making some of the finest lumber in the industry. They are committed to quality, and the feedback I have gotten is that customers are really happy. We look forward to doing a lot of business with them.” Franklin Lumber is also exploring export opportunities. The principals hope to take advantage of the mill’s relative proximity to the ports of Hampton Roads, and have met with representatives from the Virginia Dept. of Agricultural and Consumer Services regarding buyers from European and Asian markets who have expressed interest in kiln

dried southern yellow pine lumber. The general production philosophy, Godwin asserts, is inspired by the old Union Camp method. “They produced a very square-edged, high quality board,” he explains. “We will follow that strategy, and we believe customers will want that appearance-grade board, especially treaters. Within any grade class we will have a higher grade board.” This is an effort to maintain the facility’s historic reputation and product recognition, according to the company’s March 2013 business plan. So far the strategy has worked; customers remark on the similarity to Union Camp lumber. “We believe that will give us an advantage,” Godwin says. ➤ 59

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LIFE

AT WORK By Dan Shell

David Seffens’ career leads to a 20th anniversary of his founding of Advanced Sawmill Machinery in 1994.

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HOLT, Fla. ooking at David Seffens’ remarkable and ongoing career that spans six decades from the 1960s to the 2010s, one of his many business associates recently remarked that Seffens’ work is both his vocation and his hobby—he’s always thinking of sawmill innovations even while taking a break from creating sawmill innovations—and it completely fulfills him. A self-described “natural born mechanic” and self-taught sawmill engineer, Seffens’ career coincided with the rapid modernization of the sawmill industry in general and major expansion and modernization of Southern U.S. lumber manufacturing, including the transi-

tion from large natural stand to small plantation logs. Along the way, Seffens has sold sawmill equipment, installed sawmill equipment, consulted with sawmills on what equipment to use and how to efficiently employ it—and ultimately began designing and building his own sawmill equipment after starting Advanced Sawmill Machinery in 1994. His earlier path had led him to the leadership of one of the most successful sawmill equipment vendors of the era, HEMCO, where he influenced and was influenced by some of the industry’s best and brightest equipment designers and engineers. A native of Tallulah, La., Seffens began his career in 1966 with Parks

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David Seffens ASM has extensive milling and machining capabilities.

Lumber Co., which had mills in Louisiana and Mississippi. He was plant manager for 10 years, responsible for more than 100 employees and two mills. In 1976 Seffens joined H. Jack Flanders Co. in Arkansas, which was the dealer for HEMCO equipment and several other key suppliers in much of the Southeast U.S. In 1982 he had moved on and was a consultant working with several independent manufacturers, most notably Culp Lumber in New London, NC, where he managed the construction and startup of a brand new sawmill. In 1987 Seffens joined HEMCO and served as president of the company until 1983 when it was bought by Kockums and became part of Consolidated Sawmill Machinery International (CSMI). During his time with HEMCO the company reached $20 million in annual sales, and as a CSMI project manager he oversaw all project completions from manufacturing to delivery, installation and startup of an $8 million sawmill project. By 1993 Seffens decided to found his own venture: Advanced Sawmill Machinery in Holt, Fla. The company initially specialized in used equipment rebuilds with sawmill capital tight thanks to poor markets in the early ’90s, but Seffens and his staff also specialized in finding ways to make used equipment run better than new with upgraded components and technology. In 1995, ASM came out with its own sharp chain design that was a big improvement over older v-chain designs and proved successful in the marketplace. Today, ASM offers a full line of primary and secondary lumber sawing and handling equipment for green ends and planer mills. Advanced Sawmill Machinery started out in a 15,000 sq. ft. facility that has grown to a 30,000 sq. ft. fabrication building, with adjacent administrative and engineering office. The company recently added on again with a new shot blasting booth and paint booth building just

his year Advanced Sawmill Machinery (ASM) is celebrating its 20th anniversary in business, but that’s only a small amount of time in founder David Seffens’ overall career: Seffens says the first mill he worked in while he was still in high school in Tallulah in the late 1950s—a local Chicago Mill & Lumber sawmill—had a steam engine that ran everything, except one electric motor to run the green chain. So he can count the complete electrification of sawmills as a big improvement he’s seen during his time in the industry. And he’s seen plenty of changes in his years in the business. “We started seeing computerization in the early 1970s,” Seffens says. “It was a little slow to catch on back then because people weren’t very familiar with computers, the technology wasn’t as reliable as it is now, and if something went wrong you had to wait until someone who knew about the technology to show up and fix it.” Of course, “Now every mill has someone who can program computers,” Seffens says, noting that in many mills almost every sawline is generated through computerization. Another trend Seffens sees is a move away from hydraulic systems where feasible. “There are environmental issues with hydraulics, and the A/C vector drives are easier to control,” he says. While ASM does a brisk business rebuilding machines and making parts sales, Seffens says he’s seeing more mills looking at new machines with the recent upturn in market. “There’s also a trend to rework the mill in place instead of building new,” he says. Seffens stays closely involved with customers, engineers and machine designers and also the production department and conducts regular design reviews and plans production phases. Not an engineer or even a college graduate, Seffens remains a top sawmill equipment and production line designer with a sterling reputation, proven during a 50-year career. And he continues to refine his ideas on the path toward ever-increasing recovery and efficiency: “The best high speed machines have yet to be built,” Seffens says, adding that many of the high-speed canting machines still suffer from too much log movement during transport—movement that’s “covered up” largely by optimization software. “An optimized new carriage gets better recovery than anything on the market—if the carriage is exact and the rails are set at precision tolerances,” he says. “Carriages are designed to process pine and hardwood large diameter logs.” Designs are made to meet specific mill needs, always with innovation toward simplicity and reliability in mind. According to Seffens, many machinery designs are initially more complicated than necessary, and over time trend toward simplification. It’s an approach he takes whether working to modify a used machine or starting from scratch to solve a particular customer problem. “We don’t always start with a clean sheet. A lot of times we’re taking something else and improving it,” Seffens says. Sawmill owners and managers throughout the industry will attest to Seffens’ reputation and ability to deliver innovation and efficiency in sawmill equipment that gets the job done reliably and accurately, in a productive and efficient a manner as possible. TP

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Highly skilled employees work well in teams on various machine designs, installations.

outside fabrication that allows complete removal of mill slag, rust and grease prior to equipment renovation and refinishing. ASM offers milling and machining capabilities that few other companies have all in-house, including a combination of the latest in CNC programmable milling machines, plus a 109-year-old Sellers horizontal milling machine with a 22 ft. travel bed that’s been retrofitted with the latest control systems and renovated to precise tolerances. The system allows accurate efficient precision work on extremely large welded single pieces: For example, all bearing mounting surfaces in ASM trimmers can be machined using only one

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set-up, guaranteeing features are referenced to each other within a few thousandths of an inch. The machine is serviced by one 10-ton and two 5-ton cranes. Engineering capabilities include full CAD-CAM systems using Solidworks and AutoCad Inventor engineering software systems. The technology is overseen by a highly qualified, skilled and experienced engineering and fabrication team that has more than half its members bolstered by direct sawmill experience. Family members and others also play a key role in the company in several prominent positions: ● Wife Brenda Seffens, ASM Execu-

tive Vice President and CEO, takes a leadership role in hiring and training personnel, procurement and purchasing. Her biggest daily role is facilitating communication between departments, managing cash flow and producing financial statements. She also forecasts sales and project costs for ASM. ● Son David Seffens Sr. (Dempsey), Vice President of Production, on the job since 1994, plans and executes production of ASM’s designs, overseeing initial steel cut through final fit and finish. In addition, Dempsey plans and coordinates installations with customers and subcontractors. According to Brenda, one of Dempsey’s best attributes is people skills and the ability to build teams and motivate people. “He excels at bringing our team together, delegating assignments and collaborating with machine designers,” she says, adding that he’s constantly finetuning fabrication processes and troubleshooting design applications with ASM machine designers. Also, he does a great job on-site building a rapport with mill customer personnel to achieve efficient startups with the least amount of downtime possible, she says. ● Son David Seffens Jr. (David Clay),

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Machine Shop Foreman with the company since 2006, oversees machine shop production and delegates production duties and schedules among five production machine modules. David Clay is responsible for completion of ASM parts sales that require manufacturing and labor and Parts sales make up a big part of ASM’s annual revenues.

represent half of ASM’s annual revenues. ● Dale Shore, Engineering Manager, is responsible for mill layout and assigning detail work among a team of four machine designers and supervises all capital projects. With the company since 2004, Shore has more than 20 years of experience in AutoCad and can oversee a project through design, production and delivery. He also works closely with customers in designing custom sawmill machinery. ● Steve Walsh, International Sales Manager, has been with ASM since 2005. He is involved with ASM customers from initial concept and also works closely with the design team keeping customers informed on pending projects. With more than 30 years of experience in industrial sales, Walsh produces and presents sales proposals and works with ASM marketing.

Latest CNC technology translates into higher reliability, accuracy. ● Donna Zielinski, Engineering Administrator, has been with ASM since 1999. Her primary responsibility is translating drawings into bills of material and assisting in parts sales and purchasing. She also supports other departments such as customer service, purchasing, warehouse operations and shipping and accounting. “We have the right people in the right place to really serve this industry, and we have a way of working together with cooperation, respect and tenacity that truly gets the job done,” Seffens says. The company founder is now age 74. He holds four sawmill machinery patents and has a wealth of experience working on projects that led to others’ patents. Despite his importance to ASM and his work in the industry, Seffens says one of his proudest accomplishments is building ASM’s capabilities beyond his own reach. “We’ve built a company that trades in technology, a company that can run itself without depending on me,” he explains. TP 26

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BIOMASS

ANDBRAINS By Jessica Johnson

Forest residue is finding markets in the halls of higher education.

t’s no secret that many colleges and universities have ongoing projects relating to biomass power production. For example, the federal departments of Energy and Agriculture have recently issued $8 million in grants to seven universities—University of North Carolina, Purdue University, University of Illinois, University of Georgia, Oregon State University, Colorado State University and University of Florida—to support projects aimed at producing non-edible feedstock for bioenergy production. Another $10 million from the Department of Agriculture has been given to five universities in the Northern Rockies region, dubbed the Bioenergy Alliance Network of the Rockies (BANR)—University of Montana, Montana State University, Colorado State University, University of Idaho, University of Wyoming—with the goal of turning beetlekilled timber into liquid power. This team includes University of Montana professor Woodam Chung, whose research is focused on cost-effective ways to truck slash and other debris to a biomass plant, and Montana State University Extension Forestry Specialist Peter Kolb, who is looking for better management practices: how much feedstock to remove and how much to leave on site for the health of the forest. Kolb is hopeful that the grants will 30

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have a positive impact on his research and the industry as a whole, saying, “The potential outcomes from the BANR grant could help our wood products infrastructure remain competitive on a world market and help conserve Montana forests by providing an economically viable means of minimizing the climate changeinduced effects such as massive wildfires, insect outbreaks that can result in an overall loss of forested landscapes, quality watersheds and conversion from forests to shrubfields and grasslands.”

Similar to BANR, in the Pacific Northwest a group of universities, government and private labs led by Washington State University, called the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA), received $40 million in grant money from the Department of Agriculture in 2011. NARA’s main focus is developing an aviation caliber fuel derived from wood and wood waste. As a side to the jet fuel, NARA is also looking at developing new energy crops. But what some are unaware of is the

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Below, the University of Missouri’s biomass boiler provides heat and power to more than 15 buildings on campus. (Photo courtesy of University of Missouri Publications and Alumni Communication)

covered storage shed has recently been built to guard against rain. Vermont’s Middlebury College operates a boiler with an annual capacity of 8.8 MW, installed in 2008, because of the college’s desire to neutralize its carbon footprint. The historic Northeastern college, known for being a strong liberal arts school, put in the boiler hoping to also help stimulate the local wood chip market. Middlebury originally planned to award a single contract for a nearby feedstock supplier, but was unsuccessful. Instead the college contracts with a New Hampshire wood broker with the stipulation that fuel wood is trucked from no more than a 75 mile radius of campus and the storage facility is no more than 25 miles away. Among the first colleges and universities to use a biomass boiler, Chadron State College in Nebraska installed its 6 MW facility in 1991 after a major forest fire ravaged Nebraska in 1989. The fire highlighted the area’s poorly managed timberlands and the opportunity to take the wood from fire-reduction thinning and burn it in biomass energy plants. Chadron State’s fuel wood still comes

at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Id. was built in 1986 and reportedly saves the university $5,000 a day in heating costs compared to natural gas, according to Mike Tennery, Idaho coordinator for the Fuels for Schools program. The system burns cedar chips mixed two to one with slash white pine: consumption is about 70 tons a day in the winter and up to 100 tons a day in the dead of winter. Since Idaho enjoys a fairly dry climate, feedstock is stored in an open, off-campus stockpile, though a

from logging waste and fire-reduction thinning 23 years later. When first installed, the college’s Hurst biomass burning system cost about $1 million and was added on to an existing natural gas boiler building. In the 23 years since firing up, the college has made about $1.3 million in efficiency upgrades to the system, according to the Nebraska Forest Service. Green Mountain College formally opened its $5.8 million combined heat and power (CHP) biomass plant on Earth Day,

Kolb’s research aims to look at ways slash can be effectively managed for conversion to biofuel. (Photo courtesy of Peter Kolb)

Vermont’s Middlebury College offers tours of the building that houses the biomass gasification system. (Photo courtesy of Middlebury College)

growing presence of biomass boilers at colleges and universities around the country. While not exactly a secret, these boilers have been around for decades and more than 40 are in operation, according to a University of Tennessee database sponsored by the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Wood2Energy.

SUCCESS STORIES Out those in operation currently, there are a few notables. The 18 MW facility

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April 22, 2010. The biomass heating plant burns up to 4,500 tons of wood chips annually and allows GMC to heat its campus buildings and meet about 4% of GMC’s electricity needs. A “Student Campus Greening Fund” proposal fostered consensus for the biomass plant, with a goal of reducing GMC’s carbon footprint. More recently, the University of Missouri started up a massive biomass gasification boiler system to replace some of its coal usage at its existing 66 MW power plant. The $75 million åproject included expansion of the boiler house,

restoration of two 325 ft. tall concrete chimneys and replacement of the plant’s fuel unloading, handling and storage system. The burner is expected to consume 100,000 tons of biomass annually. University of Missouri’s combined heat and power (CHP) plant supplies electricity, heating and cooling for more than 15 million gross square feet of buildings, including three hospitals, a research reactor, several research facilities and laboratories, academic and administrative buildings, residential halls and athletic facilities. Pennslvania State University has

stepped up with its Biomass Energy Center for the purpose of research and technology transfer and the goal of biomass conversion into energy and fuels. The center offers courses, conferences and workshops. The University of Iowa, which maintains a central power plant with six boilers, mostly coal-fired, has been studying the utilization of dead and dying conifer trees as biomass fuel in the power plant. A local logging company produces the chips and delivers them to the university’s coal supplier, who blends the chips with coal, and delivers the mixed fuel to the power plant for burning in the boilers. The university has a goal of operating with 40% renewable energy by 2020.

SETBACKS Boiler installations on campus have not all been successful. The most notable failure was at the University of South Carolina. In 2006, a $20 million project was designed and built to supply 85% of the power needed for the main campus of the university and to save the university $2.1 million a year using biomass. However, the plant had issues from the beginning. A string of accidents caused the plant to shut down more than it was actually online. According to a document obtained by The State newspaper, the plant only provided steam on 98 out of 534 days in one two-year period. The final nail in the coffin that was the biomass plant came in June 2009 when an explosion inside the boiler building sent a metal panel 60 feet toward the control room. No one was hurt. The plant didn’t officially close until late 2010 and in October 2013 the University of South Carolina reached a $24 million settlement with the supplier regarding the failed project. The agreement calls for the supplier to pay the university the remaining $14.4 million owed on the original $19.1 million plant cost as well as giving the university the building back and removing all biomass equipment. The failure of the project reached all the way to Montana, where in October 2011 the University of Montana was gearing up to install a $16 million biomass gasification system, but then became rattled that its new boiler system would encompass some supplier and parts similarities as the South Carolina project. By early December 2011, University of Montana officials had suspended the project indefinitely with the university president citing fuel supply, financial viability, an increase in pollution and the lack of positive public opinion among the reasons for suspension. TP 32

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RICHMOND EXPO #34 GEARS UP Events will be held May 16-17 at Raceway Complex. housands of forest industry players will converge at the Raceway Complex in Richmond, Va. May 16-17 for the 34th verT sion of the East Coast Sawmill & Logging Equipment Exposition. Vendors of equipment and supplies, some 300 strong, will showcase their latest products and innovations. There will be acres of static and active machinery and equipment outside, plus scores of displays inside. All in all, it will amount to the largest collection of lumber, pallet, logging, biomass and related gear and services in the Eastern U.S. in 2014. Susan Jennings, show coordinator and president of Virginia Forest Products Assn., thinks that an upswing in the economy will help the show be a big success in 2014. “Our outlook is very positive and we’ve had an excellent response from attendees and exhibitors. We’re prepared to meet the requests of the attendees. They see the light at the end of the tunnel and they’re ready,” Jennings says. Jennings says they’ve been more proactive in reaching out to all areas of the industry. “The industry is growing and changing and those companies who may not have exhibited in 2012, we specifically reached out to them,” Jennings says. Even with the evolution of social media, web site promotion and YouTube demonstrations, shows like Expo Richmond 2014 continue to put a premium on real interaction on the ground. “A face to face venue is extremely important. With the dollar value that we’re talking about for the equipment, people still want to kick the tires,” Jennings says. As for social media, Jennings believes it can help promote the Accord Financial Group ..........................Booth 208 Acrowood Corporation ..........................Booth 813 AFLAC....................................................Booth 17 Aftermarket Parts ................................Booth 329 Air Systems Mfg. of Lenoir ...................Booth 406 Air-Flow Trailer Systems ..........................Lot M 6 Alan Tye & Associates ...............................Lot I 4 Alderman Saw Shop ...........Booths 220, 222, 224 Alliance Tire Americas....................Lots B 3-4, 8-9 American Conveyors & Log Splitters .........Lot A 27 American Lumber & Pallet .....................Booth 622 American Signumat ...............................Booth 623 American Strapping Company ..................Booth 10 ARCET ......................................................Lot K 6 Automated Machine Systems........Booths 510-512 Automation & Electronics USA ..............Booth 521 B & C Truck Sales ..............................Lots D 6, 17 B. H. Payne & Co. .......................Booths 427, 429 Bad Dog Tools ......................................Booth 524 Baker Products.................................Lots G 25-26 Bandit Industries ................................Lots K 9-13 Barko Hydraulics ....................................Lot M 11 Bates Distributors ...................................Lot D 11 Baxley Equipment.................................Booth 328 Price Log Pro........................................Booth 328 Ben Jones Machinery ............................Booth 310 Bowen......................................................Lot A 2 34

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Richmond Expo attracts sawmillers and loggers.

show. “It’s important for us as the management and association to utilize Facebook and Twitter. We also send out emails and newsletters. We’ve adapted,” Jennings says. The event will also include two half day educational sessions: Improving the Quality of Lumber Drying Operations; and Financial Management for Forest Products Business. Admission at the Expo gate is $10 per person. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 16, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturay, May 17. For more information, visit exporichmond.com or call 804-737-5625. The following exhibitors had booked space as of mid March:

Brewco.....................................................Lot D 4 Brewer, Inc. .......................................Lots A 9-10 Bridgestone Americas (Firestone)....Lots F 6-7, 8-9 Bronco Pallet Systems ......................Lots A 10-11 Brunson Instrument Company................Booth 229 Built-Rite Mfg. Corp. ...............................Lot A 14 Caliber Packaging..........................Booth 304-306 Carolina Inspection Services ..................Booth 538 Carolina Machinery Sales.....Booths 516, 518, 520 Caterpillar Forest Products.........Lots K 1-5, 17-21 Cemar Electro.......................................Booth 620 Chainsaws of the Past .........................Booths 6-9 Cleereman Industries ....Booths 502-508, 601-607 Comstock Logging Supplies....................Booth 421 Construction Safety Products.................Booth 311 Continental Biomass Industries..........Lots G 28-31 Continental Underwriters ......................Booth 501 Cooper Machine Company .....................Booth 227 Cord Master International .......................Lot G 13 Corley Mfg. Co. ..................Booths 527, 529, 531 Country Saw and Knife .........................Booth 611 CRD Metal Works ...........................Lots A 19-21 Cresswood Shredding Machinery ...........Booth 636 Crown Royal Stoves/Greentech ................Lot M 3 Cutting Systems ............................Lots I 1-2, 7-9 Delta Computer Systems.......................Booth 615 Diacon Technologies..............................Booth 219

Diehl-Clayton Equipment .......................Booth 422 Discount Hydraulic Hose.......................Booth 202 Double R Sharpening.............................Booth 517 Duo-Fast Carolinas .................................Booth 33 DuraTech Industries.................................Lot G 14 Dyna Products...........................................Lot A 6 Econotool .............................................Booth 327 Excelsior Marking.................................Booth 534 Farm Credit .................................Booths 810-811 Fecon, Inc. .................................................Lot L 5 Ferree Trailer..........................................Lot G 17 Flying Dutchman ..................................Booth 431 Forest Pro.................................Lots C 6-8, 13-15 Forestry & Construction ........................Booth 210 Forestry Mutual Insurance ...................Booth 315 Forestry Suppliers ................................Booth 128 Forestry Systems.......................Booth 317 & 319 Froedge Machine & Supply ............Booth 703-704 Fromm Packaging Systems ......................Booth 48 Fulghum Industries.......Booths 334-336, 433, 435 Gaines & Critzer.....................................Booth 27 GBN Machine & Engineering ....................Lot G 15 T. H. Glennon Co. .................................Booth 522 Global Machinery Sales.........................Booth 309 Goodman Truck & Tractor Co. ................Lots F 2-3 Greenville Colorants .............................Booth 608 Hale Trailer Brake & Wheel ....Lots L 10-11, 14-15

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Hall’s Safety Equipment Corp.......Booths 133, 135 Hanover Tool ..........................................Lot A 26 Hatton-Brown Publishers ...Booths 627, 629, 631 HMC Corporation............................Lots K 7-8, 16 Honeyville Metal ..................................Booth 812 Hub Industrial Supply............................Booth 536 Hud-son Forest Equipment ........................Lot L 12 Huffman Trailer Sales.............................Lot G 8-9 Hurdle Machine Works........................Lots J 1, 17 Hurst Boiler .........................................Booth 302 Husqvarna Forest & Garden.......................Lot A 5 Hyster Company .......................................Lot A 8 ICE Companies .........................................Lot H 7 Industrial Reporting ....................Booths 632, 634 Innovative Data Systems ......................Booth 515 Innovative Trailers ..................................Lot G 21 Innovator Brands..................................Booth 405 Interpack Systems ................................Booth 638 ISK Biocides .........................................Booth 234 James G. Murphy Co.............................Booth 408 James River Equipment Virginia ...........Lots J 5-12 Jewell Machinery ...............................Lots C 3, 18 Kalmar ....................................................Lot J 16 Kaman Industrial Technologies.......Booth 116, 118 Kawasaki Construction Machinery Corp. ......Lot L 8 Keith Mfg. Co. ............................Booths 409, 411

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Kenne-Saw & Supply Co. ......................Booth 633 Key Knife.............................................Booth 416 Keystone Machinery Corp. .......................Lot G 27 Kiln-Direct ...........................................Lots H 4-6 KMC-Kootrac/Kootenay Tractor................Booth 3 KNL Holdings ...................................Lots G 10-12 L & L Sales...................................Booth 814, 815 Labonville Inc. ......................................Booth 332 Lacey-Harmer Co. .......................Booths 402, 404 Landen Strapping..................................Booth 120 Lewis Systems & Service Co..................Booth 403 LiquiTube Premier Tire Sealant ..............Booth 330 L-M Equipment Co. ...................................Booth 5 Log Max ...........................................Lot D 18-19 Logical Systems....................................Booth 418 Lumberman’s Exchange.........................Booth 131 Lumbermen’s Equipment Digest ........Booths 25-26 Manac Trailer ..........................................Lot L 13 Manry-Rawls ............................Booths 228, 230 MASS/Bartlett Sawmill Services ...........Booth 612 Maxi Mill.............................................Booth 523 McDonough Manufacturing Co. ..............Booth 532 Mellott Mfg. Co. ........................Booths 616, 618 Metal Detectors ...................................Booth 233 Metropolitan Staple Corp. .....................Booth 407 Mid-Atlantic Stihl............................Lots C 1-2, 19

Morbark...................................Lots D 7-8, 15-16 M-Tech ................................................Booth 307 Multitek North America ........................Lots A 3-4 National Hardwood Lumber Assn...........Booth 614 National Wooden Pallet & Container Assn. ................................Booth 49-50 Nelson Bros. Engineering.......................Booth 212 Newman Machine Company..............Lots C 11-12 Nicholson Manufacturing ......................Booth 308 Noble Machinery Co. ...................Booths 127, 129 Northern Logger ....................................Booth 46 Norwood Industries................................Lot B 6-7 Nyle Systems.......................................Booth 617 Oleson Saw.................................Booths 705-708 Olofsfors .................................................Lot D 5 Opticom Technologies............................Booth 621 Outback Heating........................................Lot B 1 Package Research Laboratory................Booth 519 Pallet Machinery Group ........Old Dominion Building PANTRON Automation..........................Booth 123 Paul D. Camp Community College.............Booth 23 Paw-Taw-John Services........................Booth 609 Peerless Saw Co. ........................Booths 122, 124 Pendu Mfg. ...Booths 434, 436, 438, 533, 535, 537 Peterson Pacific................................Lots D 12-13 Piper’s Saw Shop......................................Lot G 1

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Precision Husky Corp.............................Lots F 4-5 Prentice Loader Championship.....Lots L 1-4, 21-24 Profile Technology ...............................Booth 125 PRS Group ..........................................Lot L 9, 16 Quadco ...................................................Lot C 10 Rayco Industries...............................Lots K 14-15 Rayco Manufacturing.................................Lot D 9 Redwood Plastics Corp. ........................Booth 423 Reimler Parts Mfg. ...............................Booth 121 Resource Recovery Systems .....................Lot L-20 Rotobec USA...........................................Lot D 10 Rotochopper ............................Lots H 1-3, 11-13 Salsco.......................................................Lot B 5 Sawmill Hydraulics ...............................Booth 624 Sellick Equipment ......................................Lot A 7 Sennebogen ......................................Lots L 7, 18 Sharp Tool Company .............................Booth 323 SiCam Systems ...........................Booths 600, 602 SII Dry Kilns ...............Booths 410, 412, 509, 511 Simonds International .........Booths 216, 218, 132 Simply Computing International .............Booth 331 Smart Products ...............................Lots J 4, 1-14 Smetco ................................................Booth 312 Stringer Industries .....................Booths 221, 223 T. S. Manufacturing........Booth 316-320, 415-419

Talladega Machinery & Supply Co. .........Booth 401 Taylor Machine Works.......................Lots M 1, 1a Tectronix Systems (ReamaSawco) .........Booth 606 The Knifesource .................Booths 428, 430, 432 Tigercat Industries ...................Lots D 1-3, 20-22 Timber Products Inspection....................Booth 134 Timber Ridge Equipment .........................Lot H 8-9 Timberwolf Mfg. .......................................Lot B 2 Titan/Goodyear Farm Tires.........................Lot I 6 TMS Machinery Sales............................Booth 401 Tree Services .......................................Booth 702 Trio Fasteners ......................................Booth 321 Truck Enterprises Richmond .......................Lot A 1 U.C. Coatings Corp................................Booth 701 Union Grove Saw & Knife....Booths 503, 505, 507 Universal Machinery Sales ....................Booth 231 Universal Tag.......................................Booth 420 US Blades...................................Booths 117, 119 USNR.........................................Booths 322, 324 VBS Material Handling Equipment ..............Lot A 7 VDACS-Ag & Forestry Development Serv. ..Booth 7 VDACS-Stop The Spread..........................Booth 37 Veneer Services.........................................Lot F 1 Vermeer Mid Atlantic...........................Lots M 4-5 Viking Engineering.......................................Arena

Virgina Tech CNRE................Booths 20-22, 28-31 Virginia Dept. of Forestry .............Booths 11-16 & Outside Commonwealth Bldg. Virginia Forest Products Assn. ...Exhibition Building Virginia Forestry Assn. ...........................Booth 32 Virginia Loggers Assn. ..........................Booth 619 Virginia Truck Center of Richmond...............................Lots C 4-5,16-17 Wallingford’s Inc. ........................Booths 802-803 WaneShear ..........................................Booth 232 Waratah Forestry Attachments...................Booths 301, 303, 305 Webster Industries ...............................Booth 424 Wellons Group .....................................Booth 333 West Plains Electric Controls & Automation.......................................Booth 637 Western Branch Diesel.............Booth 4 & Lot D 14 Western Trailer Sales Co..........................Lot M10 White and Company .............................Booth 635 Wilkens Trailers......................................Lot H 10 Williams and White ..............................Booth 604 Woodland Parts & Service ..........Booth 215 & 217 Wood-Mizer Blades ....................Booths 528, 530 Wood-Mizer ........................................Lots G 3-7

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TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS New talent, new technologies drive Lucidyne Technologies.

he future for lumber manufacturers looks more desirable than in recent years. Housing starts are consistently increasing and forecasts call for continued improvement. Lucidyne Technologies has been moving quickly to meet the new demands from lumber manufacturers. Lucidyne was able to maintain a steady position the last few years while the economy was poor. The company made several tough changes to become increasingly efficient but was still able to retain its entire engineering staff. Thanks to a strong focus on providing good service with its products, some of Lucidyne’s customers still kept the company busy with challenging projects. Developing an optimizer to grade Shop lumber was a good example; this is a first for the industry and has the potential to benefit several mills in the West. The primary focus for Lucidyne is scanning technology. It makes sense that the company continues with its successful line of Grade Mark Readers and control systems because both are valuable elements for a complete scanning project. On the flip side, staying away from building other machine centers has kept the company from being distracted or diluted by trying to master too many areas. Still, adapting to the increasing demand for scanning systems and taking on even more technologies can put a strain on any company, no matter how efficient.

GROWTH The positive financial impact of increased business has finally allowed Lucidyne to leverage the momentum and grow its staff. Besides adding technicians and fabricators, some of the most recent hires are experts in their field, with Masters and Ph.D. degrees. For some, the opportunity is like having all their dreams come true—it presents the challenges of applying a variety of technologies to real-time applications, and working on a medium (wood fiber) that is never the same. Each one of these new hires is dedicated and focused on wood science. In addition, they are young and current with all the latest tools and techniques, and excited to use 40

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Scott Fairbanks

Ian Lawson

Electronics/Hardware development engineer for OSU and as an Area Manager and Steel Fabricator for Country Coach Inc. His background in physics brings additional depth to Lucidyne. Shear is Lucidyne’s newest Software Engineer. He holds a BS in Computer Software Engineering from Oregon Institute of Technology. His employment experiences include Kiln Manager for Craftmark, Inc., where he was responsible for wood drying, and Software Engineer for Maxcess International. Shear was also a Control and Automation Engineer for Forest Grove Lumber Co. His extensive mill background and wood science knowledge make him a valuable asset for Lucidyne.

TECHNOLOGY John Elliott

Ryan Shear

their talents to partner with the experienced staff at Lucidyne. Some of these new faces include Scott Fairbanks, Ian Lawson, John Elliott and Ryan Shear. Fairbanks is Lucidyne’s new Senior Sensor Design Engineer. He holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cambridge University. His achievements include 16 U.S. Patents, 13 of which he was the primary inventor. He joined Lucidyne having 15 years in the computer industry at Sun MicroSystems, Oregon State University, and IBM Labs. Lawson is Lucidyne’s newest Mechanical Engineer. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a BA in Liberal Arts from Oregon State University and Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Mich. While finishing up his degree, he worked at Cooper Bussman as an ME intern. As a more recent college graduate, Lawson brings a fresh perspective to Lucidyne Technologies. Elliott is Lucidyne’s new Optical Physicist and Sensor Design Engineer. He holds a BS in Physics from Oregon State University. While at Oregon State University, he held positions as a researcher and lab assistant for the physics department. In addition, he worked as an

Lucidyne’s staff is not all that is expanding. New methods are being explored for looking at wood fiber, specifically in the context of lumber grading. This past year saw an increase in the resolution in Lucidyne’s GradeScan sensors. This high-resolution improvement shows up as a positive contribution to a mill’s bottom line by capturing more value from the wood. GradeScan’s ability to more accurately measure knot sizes results in a more consistent product, which in turn provides more opportunities for a mill to create and maintain custom products. At the end of the day, more borderline boards get into higher-grade packages because they can be more accurately identified as “on the line” but not “over the line.” Other benefits of high-resolution scanning include identification of Timberbreaks and other very small horizontal cracks, and being able to better scrutinize the grain of a board. Lucidyne achieved the Timberbreak milestone once it was able to also increase its resolution along the length direction of the board. This improvement, in combination with an increased understanding of grain characteristics, has resulted in quite accurate pith location estimates, plus certification by the ALSC to strength grade lumber. Lucidyne is quickly closing in on

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MACHINERYROW some other challenging defects. Two of its most recent developments have to do with characterizing a board’s absolute grain angle and classifying decayed fiber. Its patented Grain Angle sensor is capable of measuring both surface and dive angle directions of the grain. Consider knowing the three-dimensional make-up of a board, to the point where you know what is happening inside the board! This has direct implications for estimating strength and use applications for specific boards. Although decay can be identified with a limited degree of accuracy by most scanning systems using color and tracheid sensor technologies, these devices only can key on attributes seen as color variation and poor fiber quality. The results with just these sensors are inconsistent: minerals, location in the tree, and physical handling damage can cause color, texture, or other changes to the wood surface to make it look like decay. Lucidyne’s new T3 sensor uses a proprietary technique that looks for additional information to make its decision. It also offers other attributes that contribute to improved defect analysis that results in a major step-up in grading accuracy. Lucidyne is confident that the T3 sensor is a game-changer for the lumber industry and is now installing it into its new and existing scanner systems.

INSTALLATIONS Lucidyne is taking advantage of its staff and technology changes to generate an immediate value increase to its own bottom line. Its customers are also responding to the increasing health of the

High resolution Timberbreak images from color (left) and tracheid sensors

economy. Lucidyne has seen its GradeScan installations jump from a few systems a year during the slow times to triple that amount last year, with the market gearing up to potentially even double again in 2014. One of Lucidyne’s most recent installations was at Collum’s Lumber Products in Allendale, SC. Collum’s had been plagued by the challenge of producing excessive aboveand below-grade lumber for the past GradeScan’s first day in production behind Collum’s planer at Allendale, SC few years. Last July, Collum’s decided to install Lucidyne’s GradeScan in cently purchased two more GradeScan hopes that the new scanner would be able systems for their Chilco and to eliminate the problems. Much of the Grangeville plants. lumber produced at Collum’s includes Another new system is scheduled for high-quality appearance grades with very installation soon at Scotch Gulf Lumber little wane or small knots. Because of this, Co. in Mobile, Ala. Scotch Gulf’s rea small measurement variation in knots or cent purchase by Canfor did not slow some other defect can change the lumber the mill’s continuous process improvefrom one grade to the next. ments. The decision to buy a GradeScan The results thus far have been excelwas formulated from the need to imlent: no below-grade problems and prove production volume while not sacproven consistency in other products. rificing quality. Collum’s now looks forward to their inThe GradeScan will be installed in spector’s visits as they continue to “dial early summer 2014. Much of the lumber in” their new scanner to continually inthat Scotch Gulf produces includes high crease its grading accuquality appearance racy and are pleased grades with very little with the consistent wane and small knots. results. Included in the purchase Idaho Forest Group, were Lucidyne’s located in Lewiston, Strength Grading ModIdaho, made a bold deciule that will be integratsion to switch their mill ed with the existing from two complete planMetriguard HCLT, Lucier lines each feeding their dyne’s new T3 sensor own trimmer/sorter line for decay detection, and to using a single planer its Planer Merchandiser and feeding both sorters. to help manage some of This required IFG to step the “business” aspects of up from a geometric-only producing lumber. Gradgrading system to Luciing rough lumber is also dyne’s GradeScan autoan important requireGradeScan at IFG in Lewiston matic grading system. ment at Scotch Gulf. Much of what IFG produces is cedar, Lucidyne is acutely aware of the opwhich meant that Lucidyne’s GradeScan portunities ahead and is making aggreshad to be trained to grade the material—a sive yet conservative moves to position first for the industry. itself as the expert for lumber scanning. The Lewiston mill was quite satisfied It plans to continue its development efwith the results of its conversion and forts, building on staff and technology. IFG installed a second GradeScan this Throughout the challenging years, Lucipast fall at its Laclede, Idaho plant. dyne stayed committed to its expertise in Both of these mills require GradeScan scanning technology and remains focused to process a large cross section of apon improving scanning and the technology pearance grades and Dimension grades. that supports it. Keep posted for more on Each mill carries very different product Lucidyne’s latest technology developTP assortment, but GradeScan is flexible ments, challenges and successes. Article and photos submitted by Lucidyne enough to be configured specifically for Technologies. the preferences of each plant. They reTIMBER PROCESSING

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MACHINERYROW SODERHAMN ERIKSSON TRAVELS 150 YEARS

his year, Sweden’s leading manufacturer of sawmill machinery, Söderhamn Eriksson, celebrates its 150th anniversary. Since 1864, Söderhamn Eriksson has designed, built and delivered individual machines and complete systems for sawmills and today is a global supplier. In 1864, C.F. Jäderberg established manufacturing facilities and a foundry in the Swedish town of Söderhamn and delivered its first frame-saw sawmill soon after. Thirty years later, A. K. Eriksson started his manufacturing of saw benches in the south Swedish village of Mariannelund. The two businesses evolved in parallel and began a close cooperation during the 1970s. In 2000, Söderhamns Verkstäder and A.K. Eriksson merged to form Söderhamn Eriksson. The Group is headquar-

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tered in Sweden and has subsidiaries in Canada, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Poland and Russia. Its focuses on tailor-made processing plants with high availability and yield from every log processed. ”Söderhamn Eriksson is a technologydriven company. Our aim is to increase customer profitability by implementing solutions for optimum raw material utilization. Finding solutions for our customers’ needs is—and always has been— our first priority,” comments Söderhamn Eriksson CEO, Henrik Lefvert. Investment has intentionally been aimed at product development and is one of the main reasons for Söderhamn Eriksson’s successes. The company is behind many technical solutions that have assisted in the development of the sawmill industry worldwide. Historical

landmarks include the reducer bandsaw and the chipper canter. The Cambio debarker was launched in 1951 and remains a very strong and well known trademark. To date, Söderhamn Eriksson has delivered 6,500 Cambio systems around the globe. Söderhamn Eriksson keeps investing heavily in product development. A strategic decision to retain its manufacturing operations at its own facilities ensures complete quality and process control. ”Another success factor is our global presence with local competence and service,” Lefvert adds. “We are a long-term partner who is always at our customers’ side. Söderhamn Eriksson has a stable, reliable ownership, and our activity is characterized by optimism. We believe in the future of sawn timber!” TP

Cambio debarkers, 1965

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MACHINERYROW Edger Optimizer Setting Records

Bergene Holm in Norway has reached a continuous capacity of 64 bpm.

In 2010 when Söderhamn Eriksson bought its competitor Catech Saw Equipment, two companies’ expertise and excellence merged, which further accelerated the development of edger optimizers. Söderhamn Eriksson reached its target to produce a fast high-performance edger optimizer after only two years. It has opened up entirely new possibilities of operating band saw lines at high speed with the highest possible timber recovery. The new edger optimizer is moduledesigned and comes in different capacity versions. The champion among them, Catech 4000, features a guaranteed peak capacity of 75 boards per minute and a one-shift continuous capacity of 60 boards per minute. “At Bergene Holm we obtained very quickly a surge capacity of as much as 78 boards and a continuous capacity of 64 boards,” states Ulf Bodare, who has been leading the development of the new edging program. “The Catech 4000 is extremely reliable, and the capacity levels we’ve seen so far can be called without hesitation a world record in edging”. Thanks to its module design, the machine can be adapted to each sawmill’s needs. Today there are 14 models to choose from, six with longitudinal and eight with crosswise measurement. The Catech edger can be completed with systems for quality measurement that determine how a board is to be sawn in relation to knots and cracks. In this way, each board will be value-optimized already in the edger optimizer. The first two Catech 4000s were part of new saw lines delivered to Bergene Holm in Norway and Volwood in Russia during 2013. Maderas Martin in Chile is also receiving new equipment. The name Catech is an abbreviation of “Computer-aided technology.” The very first machine was delivered in 1989, and Söderhamn Eriksson acquired the company in 2010. 44

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MACHINERYROW Morbark, Precision Tout Buddy Sharpener Morbark, Inc. has signed a contract with Precision Sharpening Devices Inc. to sell the Bevel Buddy Chipper Knife Sharpener through its authorized dealer network. Since 1988 Precision Sharpening Devices, Inc. has been manufacturing counter grinding/back beveling equipment for knives used by a variety of in-

dustries, mostly for the pulp and paper, sawmill, plywood, and whole tree chipping markets. The Bevel Buddy handheld sharpener allows the knives to be re-sharpened without needing to be removed from the machine. The knives can be re-sharpened this way two to three times, reducing customer downtime. “Partnering with Precision Sharpening Devices to offer the Bevel Buddy through

our worldwide network of authorized Morbark dealers gives our customers easy access to another tool to help them be more productive, and ultimately, more successful,” says John Foote, Morbark VP of Sales and Marketing.

Cut Tech Adds Gord Martens Cut Technologies has hired Gord Martens as a sales representative. Martens will be responsible for the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Martens has more than a decade of saw filing experience at Decker Lake Forest Products, Tolko High Level Lumber and Canfor.

Resolute Awards Planer Mill Order To USNR Resolute Forest Products is investing in a new planer mill at Atikokan, Ontario and has selected USNR as its major vendor. The complete complex will include a relocated sawmill, new dry kilns, and new planer line. The mill will process black spruce and pine studs, along with dimension lumber in lengths up to 16 ft. The planer mill operation will feature a host of new technology designs to outfit the process. USNR’s supply will include a continuous tilt hoist, TransLineator planer infeed and outfeed, Quad Cam board feeder, Multi-Track positioning fence, back-to-back multi-saw precision end trimmers, drag chain-style 35 bin sorter, low profile electric stacker, quad paper feeder and cutter, and associated planer line equipment. Additionally, the company has ordered a WinTally sorter management system, three MillTrak lumber flow systems, and MyMill wireless sorter control. This will be one of the fastest planer mills in the world, operating at speeds to 220 pieces/min, according to USNR. Resolute has chosen USNR’s newly released 4200E all electric high speed planer, which is able to run at speeds up to 4200 FPM. 46

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ALL ABOARD THE WFP SPECIAL! Weyerhaeuser’s 1922 cross-country mill tour uring the summer of 1922, a customized D Northern Pacific Railway

Company train called the Weyerhaeuser Forest Products (WFP) Special carried a group of salespeople and managers from St. Paul, Minn. to manufacturing mills in the Northwest. About 80 people were on board the WFP Special during the three-week journey. The purpose of the expedition was to inform and educate the salesmen about the manufacturing mills and products so they could better serve their customers. They documented their journey and what they learned in a newsletter called the Salesmen’s Log.

The route the train would take that summer.

The group left St. Paul-Minneapolis on June 29 after a visit to the Twin Cities wholesale distribution yard. They noted that the yard was “designed and constructed with two things in mind: reduction in handling costs and speeding up shipments.” The first stop was Cloquet, Minn., home to three affiliated companies: the Northern Lumber Company, Cloquet Lumber Company, and Johnson Wentworth Company. The Salesmen’s Log explained how the Cloquet companies took care of their customers: Of primary concern to more than 35,000 retail lumber dealers in the United States is the question: ‘Where can I find a mill that will give me what I want in the least possible time?’ If your order is for Northern Pine, the answer is ‘Place it with the Cloquet Mills.’ Thirty-five years of experience in cutting timber into lumber has taught them how best to meet the current demand. Heading west, the group spent two days in Yellowstone Park, after which everyone “settled down to two solid weeks of hard work.” By July 5 the group reached Idaho and visited four more affiliated companies. The Salesmen’s Log discussed cutting western pine: There is a lot to this business of manufacturing logs into lumber – a good deal more than most people suspect. Talk to a good saw-mill man about it and he will tell you that the real science of lumber manufacturing lies in producing from the timber the high48

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est quality and greatest quantity of merchantable lumber which when sold will net the greatest return on the log. The first mill visit in Washington was at Snoqualmie Falls on July 14. The plant was recognized as one of the “largest and most modern lumber manufacturing units on the Pacific coast,” with every operation driven by electricity rather than by steam. They noted: The use of electric donkeys in logging is the innovation of the Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company. They first experimented with this type of motive power when they used it in clearing their mill site. This demonstrated to them the practicability of using the engine in actual logging operations. The use of electricity has proven an economy. The chances of starting a forest fire, always present in the use of steam donkeys, is eliminated at Snoqualmie. On July 15 the group visited Weyerhaeuser Timber Company’s mills in Everett. Mill “A” was the company’s first manufacturing plant, purchased in 1902. Mill “B” was built in 1914 and was “unquestionably one of the largest mills in the world.” The salespeople were impressed by the mills’ foreign markets: Cargo shipping by the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company is a practice as old as Mill “A,” which has a dock on deep water and loading space to accommodate three of the larger type boats… Japan, Australia and the countries along the western coast of South America are all good customers of Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. Rough lumber sent to these countries approximated 30,000,000 feet in 1921, and would have been considerably larger had foreign exchange conditions been more favorable.

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Salespeople with F.R. Titcomb, Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company general manager

R.H. McCoy, Bonners Ferry Lumber Company manager, and T.J. Humbird, Weyerhaeuser Sales Company president; Northern Pacific Railway car is in background.

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The group then returned to Idaho to visit another affiliated company. Here the salespeople discussed grading: It would surprise you to see the infinite care and attention given to the matter of grading at the Weyerhaeuser mills. The graders here are all experienced, long-time employes. They’ve been grading Weyerhaeuser lumber for years, and they know the Weyerhaeuser standard of living up to Association rules.

Salespeople in front of lumber stacked for kilns at Boise Payette Lumber Company mill in Emmett, Idaho.

The last issue of the Salesmen’s Log, dated July 22, found the group homeward bound. One salesman summarized his impression of all the mill visits: I could sense that accumulation of experience in most everything I saw. In the way they routed the lumber through the mill, scarcely touching it by hand; in the care they used in grading it; in the various ways they seasoned the different species; even in the way they loaded the cars. Somebody told me once that all lumber was alike. Nature made it; lumbermen only cut it up. The man who said that didn’t know what he was talking about. I could prove to him that there are thousands of ways to make lumber better than the ordinary run of stuff. I saw our men doing it in each of TP our mills. This article was posted on the Weyerhaeuser web site by company Two cartoons from the journey’s newsletter. archivist, Megan Moholt. The article and images are credited to Weyerhaeuser Archives, and appear here with permission of Weyerhaeuser Co. TIMBER PROCESSING

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ATLARGE NAVY TO RESTORE O avy foresters and contractors from Naval Facilities Engineering ComN mand (NAVFAC) Midwest’s Public Works

Dept. (PWD) Crane (Indiana) began harvesting specially designated trees in preparation for the next planned dry-docking repair of USS Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat. PWD Crane forestry program manager Trent Osmon oversaw the cutting down of 35 of the nearly 150 GPS-located mature white oaks set aside for future use by Constitution. “Everything went smoothly,” says Osmon, who manages the base’s 53,000 acres of forest. “We have a limited window each year to harvest timber here because of weather conditions and also because Crane’s forest is a home for the endangered Indiana Bat.” The trees will be moved to a covered storage area on base, where they will remain until needed. The dry-docking and repair is planned for 2014 through 2018, and now was the time to begin the process of harvesting, milling and shaping the special wood to match Old Ironsides’ original white oak. Repairs will be done at Naval History and Heritage Command’s Boston Detachment, known as the Charlestown Navy Yard, a 213-year-old former Navy shipyard, now part of Boston National Historical Park, which maintains Constitution. Crane’s white oak trees will be used to replace deteriorated hull planking and supporting structures called “knees” on Old Ironsides, which was built in 1797 and was previously brought into dry dock for major repairs in 1991. Constitution earned the nickname “Old Ironsides” while engaging British ships during the War of 1812. British sailors observed cannon balls bouncing off Constitution’s hull and exclaimed her sides must have been made of iron. Even after more than 200 years, around

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Southern Pine Council Focuses On Exports

OLD IRONSIDES 12% of Constitution’s wood is original. According to the ship’s caretakers in Boston, the keel, the bottom frames, and the bottom 13 planks of the hull have never had to be replaced. According to Osmon’s research, white oak trees at Crane were first approved to be set aside in November 1973, following work on Constitution with lumber purchased from the private sector, which proved to be very expensive, as white oak of that size is very valuable. “White oak is one of the more sought-after timber species for its attractive grain and color, and is mainly used nowadays for veneers,” says PWD Crane forester Rhett Steele. A grove of trees at Crane was officially named “Constitution Grove” May 8, 1976, during the United States bicentennial. This small ceremonial area of trees includes a few white oaks and provides visitors a representation of the base’s widely dispersed inventory of the species. Osmon says that Crane and NAVFAC have continued to support the ship over the years, including for its bicentennial. “In preparation for the ship’s 200th birthday in 1997, the ship was brought into dry dock for repairs in 1991,” Osmon says. “When they brought her up, she was in need of more work than originally thought, so Crane was contacted to see if any timber could be provided. Then-forester Terry Hobson located all the suitable white oak trees scattered throughout the base and chose the very best to send.” “We’re very proud to be part of this,” says Cmdr. James Stewart, commanding officer of NSA Crane. “The ship is such a big deal, such an important part of the Navy’s heritage, and Crane is very proud to have this tie to Constitution.” Article written by by Bill Couch, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Midwest Public Affairs. Visit navy.mil/local/navfachq/

The executive committees of the Southern Forest Products Assn. (SFPA) and Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. (SLMA) announced plans to reactivate their joint promotional program under the Southern Pine Council (SPC) banner. SLMA Chairman Chris deMilliano of Steely Lumber Co. and SFPA Chairman Joe Kusar of Tolleson Lumber Co. made the announcement following SLMA’s recent spring meeting. The first priority of the SPC is to improve export markets for southern pine lumber. The reactivated SPC will be managed by a Board of Directors consisting of the respective SFPA and SLMA executive committees. Kusar has been named Chairman of the Southern Pine Council, with deMilliano to serve as Vice Chairman. Bryan Smalley of SLMA has been named Director of the Southern Pine Council. “Both associations look forward to working as one voice for the global promotion of southern pine products,” Kusar states. “The Southern Pine Council is an established moniker and can serve our industry for additional areas of cooperation in the future.” For more than 30 years, SFPA has been a funded cooperator of the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, operating under the American Softwoods banner. Programs promoting southern pine are under way in Mexico, the Caribbean Basin and Latin America, South America, China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe, India, the Middle East and South Africa. A multilingual website— www.SouthernPineGlobal.com—provides a product locator and exporter directory to help importers source southern pine lumber from member suppliers. Publications in a dozen languages deliver facts on the proper specification and use of SP products.

Kessler Is New SFPA Exec Director Southern Forest Products Assn. appointed Tami Kessler as Executive Director. Kessler most recently served the association as corporate secretary and director of administration. Since she joined the staff in 1976, she has served in multiple capacities including accounting and twice as director of SFPA’s Forest Products TIMBER PROCESSING

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ATLARGE Machinery & Equipment Exposition. “Tami brings a comprehensive set of skills to the management of SFPA operations at our headquarters,” says SFPA Chairman Joe Kusar. “Knowing what she does about our daily operations, she is well prepared to manage the future progress of our association.” “I am looking forward to continuing to serve all SFPA members and further enhance the value of their membership,” Kessler says. Email: tkessler@sfpa.org.

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build a specialized wood pellet exporting facility on Bayou Casotte. Florida-based Green Circle Bio Energy Inc., which plans to build a $115 million wood pellet plant in George County, will use the site to export up to 500,000 tons of pellets per year to European utility companies. The export facility will cost $30 million, with $15 million of that coming from port bonds. The state has put up $10 million for the project, and the terminal operator will invest $5 million. The facility will look similar to a grain elevator or bulk commodities facility, with silo storage facilities, an unloading facility for trucks and rail cars and a conveyor delivery system to the ship loader. An additional $14 million from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Transportation Investment Generating Eco-

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ATLARGE nomic Recovery discretionary grant program will also work in conjunction with the project for intermodal improvements. That TIGER grant will relocate the railroad interchange in downtown Pascagoula and move it east of Miss. 611 and will reroute the Mississippi Export Railroad’s line after it crosses the bridge near the old International Paper Co. site.

Singleton Named SPIB President

The draft rule cites PFI’s Standards Program as the model for implementing industry-wide fuel standards. “Over the last 10 years, PFI has demonstrated its commitment to industry and consumers by cultivating a strong fuel standards program,” said Hedrick in her testimony. “It is the only North American organization that has both created and implemented a third party pellet

accreditation program based on industry best practices. PFI’s Standards Program showcases our industry’s commitment to providing consumers with a reliable, efficient and environmentally sound fuel.” Under the Pellet Fuels Institute Standards Program, outside auditing agencies—which themselves must be certified by way of a strict qualification process overseen by the program’s accredi-

Steve Singleton has been named President of the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau (SPIB), succeeding the late Jim Loy. “Steve has experience as a facility manager, and is knowledgeable in all aspects of the supply chain through marketing and sales,” says Chairman of the SPIB Board of Governors, Furman Brodie. Singleton received his bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina. Since 1987, he has worked in the wood products industry with New South and Canfor Southern Pine and most recently as wood procurement coordinator with Charles Ingram Lumber Co. He’s trained in sustainable forestry and is a member of various forestry organizations and was named “Man of the Year” for 2009 by Timber Processing magazine.

PFI Leader Testifies At EPA Hearing Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI) Executive Director Jennifer Hedrick presented testimony at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) public hearing on the proposed New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for New Residential Wood Heaters in Boston, Mass.

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ATLARGE tation body, the American Lumber Standard Committee—subject participating wood pellet manufacturers and their products to rigorous testing procedures. Only if the independent third party auditing agency determines that both the manufacturer’s wood pellet fuel and also their production processes consistently meet the quality stipulations outlined in the standards program, will the PFI program then allow an official quality mark to be issued for that pellet manufacturer and displayed on their product packaging. She also emphasized the need for parallel stove emissions requirements that are both achievable and affordable. “The EPA’s inclusion of the Pellet Fuels Institute standard in the NSPS demonstrates the understanding that it’s not simply the fuel or the stove, but the synergies of both components that contribute to optimal heating performance and a clean burning, efficient, and enjoyable product for consumers,” Hedrick said. Hedrick emphasized the need to get the NSPS rule right to ensure that the growing pellet industry is able to continue supplying a cost effective, efficient heating option for more than 1 million American households. Hedrick joined members of PFI and other contributors to the densified biomass industry at EPA’s day-long hearing which provided the opportunity to comment about the proposed rule.

SFPA Expo Set June 10-12, 2015 Southern Forest Products Assn. (SFPA) revised the dates for its 33rd Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition – Expo 2015. The show will held June 10-12, 2015 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, with the theme: “Your Show. Your Business. Your Success.” Plans call for a more spacious floor plan, an outdoor live demonstration area and several other refinements. E-mail show director Eric Gee: egee@sfpa.org

Long To Oversee International Sales Midwest Hardwood Corp. announced Bill Long as its International Sales Manager, overseeing export sales as Midwest Hardwood expands globally. Long’s experience spans more than 25 years in international hardwood lumber sales and sales management. 56

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The mill is using Tradetec soft20 ➤ ware to track log purchases, inventory and sales. “The data feeds directly into our accounting software so it is seamless. Tradetec also manages our lumber inventory, sales and shipping,” Godwin says. The mix of products and grades is intended to meet customer demands while maintaining flexibility to market demand and price. Primary products include 2x4 thru 2x12 and 1x4 material in standard lengths 8-16 ft. and custom lengths for truss parts; and timbers, 4x4 and 4x6 in 8-16 ft. lengths for industrial use; and specialty 5⁄4 decking. The mill is also producing FSC lumber. Franklin Lumber principals are also looking to realize a niche market in higher grade decking and lumber sawn on the carriage. A long-term contract is in place to send all chips to the next-door IP mill via conveyor. Sawdust and shavings go to area pellet mills, like Enviva’s three operations and Wood Fuel Developers in Waverly. Bark sells to Dominion Power in Franklin, as well as to some landscape and mulch companies.

MILL PROCESS The mill as it stands now was started up in late 1986 heavy to twin bands, and much of the equipment from the original construction is still in use, although there had been some upgrades

prior to 2009. Two cranes, a north and a south, feed two cutup decks. Logs flow to one of two debarkers—a Valon Kone for smaller logs and Cambio for larger diameter, up to 30 in. Large logs—70-90 per hour—flow from the Cambio to the USNR carriage where mostly grade lumber is cut. The majority of logs, however, go to the USNR sharp chain/twin band primary breakdown, which cuts around 400 logs per hour—the “workhorse,” as Godwin puts it. The sharp chain line opens up two faces, taking sideboards and sending the cant to the canter twin and the resaw. Sideboards will either go directly to the trimmer to reduce length or, if the LSI trimmer scanner detects any wane, will flow back to the edger first, then to the trimmer. USNR provides scanning and optimization throughout, all the same as before the shutdown in 2009. “We try to produce a really square board, without much wane,” Godwin says. “We think our treating customers especially like that, because we are making an appearance grade board, which is a more expensive board to produce.” That does mean less recovery. “You can make a board with wane and still meet certain grades of lumber, but we are chipping more of the side to get more of a square. So our recovery may be more like 4.7 tons to a thousand board feet, as

opposed to maybe only 4 tons per thousand board feet with more wane.” The green end features 72 sorter bays, due to the sheer variety of products the mill turns out. From the sorter bins lumber drops to a Lunden stacker, with upgrades by MOCO. Stacks are staged before heading for three Wellons kilns, two with the capacity to dry 150MBF each in 20 hours, and one smaller kiln that dries 100MBF in 20 hours (average). Variation in external temperatures and moisture content affect drying time, as does product mix—a charge of 4x4 and 4x6 takes slightly longer to dry than 2x material. Target moisture content is under 19%. Because the planer mill runs the same dimension all at once before switching to a different size, dried lumber is stored in a warehouse until the planer mill calls up that batch. The planer mill can run up to 300MBF per day and can easily keep up with the sawmill. Five lumber graders complement a Lucidyne grade mark reader. Any pieces removed by the LSI trimmer flow to a turntable and are sold to remanufacturing plants, so that nothing is wasted. Following the Newman planer the dry end has 28 sorter bays to cover all of the different grades that are pulled. A Signode strapping machine is the final stop for lumber packs before storage for shipment to customers. TP TIMBER PROCESSING

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P.O. Box 788 Hazlehurst, GA 31539 beasleyforestproducts.com Manufactures Kiln-Dried 4/4 Red and White Oak, Poplar, Ash and Cypress Contact: Linwood Truitt Phone (912) 253-9000 / Fax: (912) 375-9541 linwood.truitt@beasleyforestproducts.com

Pallet components, X-ties, Timbers and Crane Mats Contact: Ray Turner Phone (912) 253-9001 / Fax: (912) 375-9541 ray.turner@beasleyforestproducts.com

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■ North Carolina Cook Brothers Lumber Co., Inc.

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P.O. BOX 25 • 628 Jeb Stuart Highway Red Oak, VA 23964 Tel: 434-735-8151 • Fax: 434-735-8152 E-mail Sales: john@morganlumber.com Website: www.morganlumber.com Product Mix: ALL KD, HT STAMPED 1x4 D&BETTER, 1x6 D&BETTER, 1x4 #2, 1x6 #2, 1x4 #3/#4, 1x6 #3/#4, 5/4x4 PREMIUM, 5/4x4 STANDARD, 5/4x4 #2/#3/#4, 5/4x6 PREMIUM, 5/4x6 STANDARD, 5/4x6 #2/#3/#4, 6x6 #2&BETTER, 6x6 #3/#4

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PRODUCTSCANNER10 Measurement Software Laser Technologies Inc. (LTI) Log Deck Volume Solution instantly generates the deck length and area as well as calculates the MBF for specified log species and diameters. Dealing with an ever-changing mountain of log inventory stacked with extremely narrow spaces in between were becoming too difficult and hard to get accurate measurements. Laser Technologies Inc. recognized the challenges that mill operators were faced with, and developed Log Deck Volume Solution that takes just one person to operate. The system tracks “just in time” inventory as it comes in and out. A user guide provides simple stepby-step instructions, and illustrations take users through the process of producing accurate and repeatable results;

while the option of choosing between five different survey methods ensure users can pick the one that is best suited for the environment. Log Deck Volume Solution software integrates with Laser Technology’s Impulse/MapStar System and/or TruPulse lasers, providing streamlined, cost-effective, efficient and safer laser measurements while out in the field. Since all LTI lasers are able to acquire measurements to any non-reflective surface, using LTI’s system eliminates the need to occupy the pile or even having to stand near it when making measurements. Users can now save time, reduce safety liabilities and increase productivity because it only requires one operator. Log Deck is also compatible with Allegro, Archer, BAP and other data collectors. Visit lasertech.com 9677

Wastewood Grinder

Brunette BioSizer is a rugged, extreme-duty, high-speed, secondary wastewood grinder, specifically designed for production of a fine, consistent product. Built with a strong empha-

sis on low maintenance, this biomass grinder comes equipped with a high-inertia rotor and fixed strikers—four rows of staggered hammers which provide maximum bite with every revolution. The BioSizer allows for processing a variety of materials, including oversized “bush-grind” hog fuel, trim blocks, wood chips, pre-ground demolition materials and typical urban wood waste— all converted to a fine, accurate, consistent product size. The main frame is protected with internal bolt-on replaceable wear liners, and is equipped with an extreme-duty, swing-away anvil. The grate has a progressive rectangular hole pattern, and can be easily changed out to other hole patterns to suit required product size. Available in different models 40", 52" and 64" wide for varying production requirements. Visit brunettemc.com 1903 TIMBER PROCESSING

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MAINEVENTS 10-11—NELMA annual convention, Seaport Hotel, Boston, Mass. Call 207-829-6901; visit nelma.org. 22-24—American Forest Resource Council annual meeting, Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, Wash. Call 503-222-9505; visit amforest.org. 25-26—Southern Saw Filers’ Education Assn. Convention, Hilton Garden Inn, West Monroe, La. Call 936-254-3161; visit southernsawfilers.org.

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7-9—Forest Resources Assn. annual meeting, Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel, Virginia Beach, Va. Call 202-296-3937; visit forestresources.org. 9-10—Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo, Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, Vt. Call 315-369-3078; visit northernlogger.com. 16-17—Expo Richmond 2014, Richmond Raceway Complex, Richmond, Va. Call 804-737-5625; visit exporichmond.com.

JULY 16-20—2014 Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. annual conference, JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country, San Antonio, Tex. Call 770-631-6701; visit slma.org. 19-21—Georgia Forestry Assn. Annual Meeting, The Westin Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head, SC. Call 478-992-8110; visit gfagrow.org. 22-25—Southeastern Dry Kiln Club annual meeting, NCS University, Raleigh, NC. Call 919-515-5582.

AUGUST 20-23—International Woodworking Fair 2014, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. Call 404-693-8333; visit iwfatlanta.com. 26-28—Florida Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Sawgrass Marriott, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Call 800-222-5646; visit floridaforest.org. 26-28—Louisiana Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Shreveport, La. Call 318-443-2558; visit laforestry.com.

SEPTEMBER 5-6—2013 Lake States Logging Congress & Equipment Expo, EAA Grounds, Oshkosh, Wis. Call 715-282-5828; fax 715-2824941; visit timberpa.com. 62

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10-13—FMC China 2014: Furniture Manufacturing & Supply China 2014, Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, Shanghai, China. Call +86-21-6437 1178 * 153; visit expo.fmcchina.com.cn.

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