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October 2012 Advertorial Page 31ANTHONY FOREST PRODUCTS CO.: Building For The FutureCarol Stream, Ill.–Anthony Forest Productʼs new Coastal planer machine comes fromWashington state and is capable of running over 2,000 linear feet perminute.El Dorado, Ark.–Anthony Forest is investing to the futurewith its 25 million dollar expansion and modernization of theUrbana, Arkansas sawmill. Our Southern Pine sawmill islocated 15 miles southeast of El Dorado.The three-phase project started in the first quarter and willcontinue through the fourth quarter. Phase one was thebuilding of a new dual path continuous dry kiln and theretrofitting of an existing kiln to a dual path kiln. The newkiln is producing and the retrofit kiln was completed in mid-September.Phase two of our modernization is a new planer mill andbuilding which started up on July 5th. The new Coastalplaner machine comes from Washington state and is capableof running over 2000 linear feet per minute. After planing,all lumber is measured by an in-line moisture meter andthen is hammered to determine its MSR rating. The MSRrating is then sent electronically to the Comact GradeExpert grading machine where a visualgrade is identified and lumber is trimmedto length by a Baxley trim saw. Grademarks are applied by a Signode ink jetprinter and lumber is sorted in a 60 baysling sorter and then packaged in twostations.Phase three will concentrate on thesawmill. We will add a third Corley headrig with two new high-speed Baxleyedgers. Production from the sawmill istargeted to 150 million board feet a year.The sawmill modernization will start inmid-July.Our overall goal with the modernizationproject is to provide our customers withhigh quality Southern Pine lumber invisual and MSR grades. We will squeezemore value out of each log by focusingon highly efficient computerized machinecenters, cost cutting, just-in-time deliveryand exceptional customer service.“In lean times in the building industryyou have to become more efficient andwhen the market turns, we will do betterin leveraging those efficiencies,” statedAubra Anthony, CEO of Anthony ForestProducts. Our customers started seeinglumber from our new mill in July. Ourproduct mix offerings have expanded tooffer the customer more choices, higherquality and more value throughout thesupply chain.•The accumulation chain at Anthony Forest ProductsPictured is the grading machine at Anthony Forest Products in ElDorado, Ark.Anthonyʼs planer operations control roomComputerized scanning is a technology utilized at Anthony Forest.Pictured are new grade marks on boards.Please Visit Us atNAWLA Booth No. 619