National Hardwood Magazine - August 2011

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News Developments WOOD CONVERTED INTO JET FUEL HEADRIGS WM3500 RESAWS HR1000 EDGERS EG400 MATERIAL HANDLING INCLINE CONVEYOR WM3000 TRANSFER TABLE SMALL LOG PROCESSING SLP HR500 EG300 WM1000 HR300 CONVEYOR SAWDUST CONVEYOR THREE-WAY CONVEYOR Wood-Mizer has a full line of industrial sawmills and wood processing equipment which focus on solutions for business applications. Whether you need a single machine or a complete sawmill system, every machine in our industrial line is engineered to reduce costs associated with labor, blades, energy, and maintenance. Wood-Mizer Industrial takes sawing to the next level. Plan now to visit our over 17,000 square foot working showroom. We make machines that make you money. 800.553.0182 WoodmizerIndustrial.com Canada’s Sustainable Development Technology Canada NetGen Biofuels Fund Project announced it would provide the funding for Los Angeles-based Rentech Inc.’s Olympiad Project in the Township of White River, Ont. Calling for up to 1.3 million tons of wood fiber annually to produce RenJet, a low-carbon jet fuel, the project is expected to create approximately 400 jobs. Composed primarily of forest waste and unmerchantable species, the project is scheduled to begin in 2015 and is being designed to produce approximately 23 million gallons annually of renewable and certified low-carbon jet fuel. The wood allocation is the largest ever awarded in the Provincial Wood Supply Competitive Processes administered by the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. ZERO PERCENT ANTIDUMPING—3 FOR 3 In a recent statement, president of Alliance for Free Choice and Jobs in Flooring, Jonathan Train, revised preliminary rates after correction of the ministerial errors on the calculations provided by Samling Global Ltd., Wanchai, Hong Kong. “Samling requested that the Department of Commerce (DOC) review their preliminary antidumping rate, alleging three ministerial errors,” he said. “Samling was the only one of the three Mandatories not assigned a zero rate at original preliminary finding. “It was confirmed that the DOC made significant errors during their original complex calculation process. Correct calculations have resulted in assigning a zero for Samling, 6.78 percent for the over 70 companies on the Separate Rates List and 27.12 percent for the small number of imports affected by the countrywide rate. These rates are in effect until October. “We are very pleased that the DOC has now recognized that there was zero dumping by all three Mandatories. Commerce had total discretion to amend the various other antidumping rates after the correction of clerical errors that sent the Samling rate down from 10.88 percent to zero— and they used that discretion to produce a result where almost all flooring imports will be subject to either 0 percent or less than 10 percent additional duties until the fall.” NORTHWEST HARDWOODS ACQUIRED BY AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS American Industrial Partners, headquartered in New York, N.Y., announced a definitive agreement to acquire the worldwide Hardwoods and industrial products business-Northwest Hardwoods from Weyerhaeuser Co. Expected to close later this month, the future business will operate as Northwest Hardwoods Inc., in Tacoma, Wash., with operations in the United States, Canada, China, Japan, and Hong Kong. With approximately 1,000 employees, Northwest Hardwoods is among 8 Hardwoods Have Workability

News about North American industrial Hardwood consumers and overseas updates, including mergers, plant expansions, association activities and personnel the leading quality Hardwood lumber manufacturers in North America. The firm manufactures and sells 15 species of Hardwood lumber including: Alder, Oak, Maple, Cherry, Walnut, Ash, and Hickory. SFI FOCUSES ON WOODY BIOMASS The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) recently initiated a pilot project to help bioenergy companies support responsible forest management through their procurement of woody biomass. According to the groups, the project will assist facilities that produce renewable energy or transportation fuels from woody biomass to establish a responsible procurement system. “Woody biomass can be a great source of renewable energy and offers an excellent incentive so landowners can maintain their forests as forests,” Chief External Affairs Officer Glenn Prickett of TNC said. SFI said fiber-sourcing requirements will be applied for the procurement system, and analysis will be conducted to identify gaps between existing procurement and SFI Fiber Sourcing requirements. HIGH QUALITY NORTHERN HARDWOODS SPECIALIZING IN HARD MAPLE & BIRCH GREEN AND KILN-DRIED LUMBER, S2S, S4S EASTERN WHITE CEDAR Capacity: 55 million MBF - Hardwood 8 million MBF kiln-dry annually 20 million MBF - Eastern White Cedar Certified Sustainable Products www.fsc.org FSC ® C081657 The mark of responsible forestry IMPERIAL SYSTEMS IMPROVES PNEUMATIC SLIDE GATES Imperial Systems Inc., based in Jackson Center, Pa., recently announced that their heavy duty Pneumatic Slide Gates are now engineered stronger. Heavy duty Pneumatic Slide Gates are used to control air flow and conserve energy. These gates deliver a positive shut-off to service machinery or to divert air. It operates using a compressed air cylinder. According to Imperial, new innovative safety guards reduce the risk of injury. Imperial Systems Inc. manufactures dust collection equipment that is designed and engineered to keep employees safe. For more information visit www.isystemsweb.com or call 800-918-3013. WEYERHAEUSER SECURES CONTRACT WITH KGRA ENERGY Weyerhaeuser’s lumber mill located in Greenville, N.C., and KGRA Energy LP waste heat recovery developer have signed a long term contract. KGRA’s subsidiary, Ayden HTP Partners LLC will design and construct an 800kW waste heat recovery system at the Greenville mill. The system, will recover waste heat from Weyerhaeuser’s biomass-based thermal drying system to generate 4.5 million kWh of CO2-free electricity per year. KGRA's system will displace the equivalent of more than 9M pounds of carbon dioxide each year. Weyerhaeuser Company, began operations in 1900. The company grows and harvests trees, builds homes and manufactures a range of forest products. At the end of 2010, the firm employed approximately 14,000 employees in 10 countries. With customers worldwide, they generated .6 billion in sales in 2010. • Tel: (506) 632-7777 Tel: (506) 992-9020 Fax: (506) 992-9021 AUGUST/2011 9