Look back on 2023 and look forward to 2024 with the Christmas issue of National Hardwood Magazine. The issue also features stories on Lauzon Hardwood Flooring, Wolverine Hardwoods, the RTA Annual Symposium & Technical Conference, and much more.
INDUSTRY NEWS AN UPDATE
INDUSTRY NEWS AN UPDATE COVERING THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT HARDWOOD SUPPLIERS/VENDORS STOLTZFUS INSTALLS NEW RIPSAW AND WALNUT STEAMER Stoltzfus Forest Products, LLC, located in Lancaster, PA, recently installed a new ripsaw and Walnut steamer. These installations will allow the company to increase their ripped to width production and will eliminate unnecessary trucking when it comes to their Walnut production. Stoltzfus produces 10.5 million board feet of sawn lumber and 3.5 million board feet of kiln-dried lumber annually. They also offer green lumber, low grade lumber (railroad ties, pallet lumber, industrial blocking and mat timbers). They offer their kiln-dried lumber sorted to width and color, as well as ripped to width and surfaced. “The new four blade ripsaw has allowed us to speed up our production on the ripped to width and provide this product to more of our customers,” said Benuel Stoltzfus, owner of Stoltzfus Forest Products. “We handled the trucking that shipped our Walnut product to another facility to get it steamed and then bring it back, so we ordered a steamer back in the middle of last year,” Stoltzfus said. This investment in the new steamer has allowed the company to cut back on trucking costs. For more information, visit www.stoltzfusforestproducts.net. Brandon Clark CLARK LUMBER COMPANY INSTALLS NEW COVERED AIR-DRYING SHEDS Clark Lumber Co., headquartered in Red Boiling Springs, TN, recently added three more covered air-drying sheds, each capable of holding 500,000 board feet of lumber or 1.5 million board feet of new drying capacity, according to Brandon Clark, vice president of Clark Lumber Company. This brings their total covered air-drying capacity to 5 million board feet. Clark Lumber operates six sawmills, producing approximately 50 million board feet of Appalachian Hardwoods in 4/4-8/4 thicknesses. Species produced are: Red and White Oak, Hard and Soft Maple, Poplar, Ash, Cherry, Hickory, Walnut and Aromatic Red Cedar. The company has a drying capacity of 900,000 board feet. All lumber is dried to six to eight percent moisture content and marketed throughout North America and around the globe. For more information, visit www.clarklumbercompany.com. Paul Cleereman CLEEREMAN INDUSTRIES INC. MAKES SEVERAL LARGE INSTALLATIONS Cleereman Industries, located in Newald, WI, recently made several large installations at Park Falls Hardwoods, Rockbridge Sawmill/Granite Valley and Creekmore Lumber/ Kykenkee. Park Falls Hardwoods, located in Park Falls, WI, recently installed a Cleereman LP-36 Tilt Linear carriage, Cleereman Track-Frame, Cleereman sawyers cab, Cleereman 100 HP Hydrostatic Carriage Drive with Cleereman Dual Cable Tensioner and Mellott Manufacturing six-feet Slant Band mill, according to Paul Cleereman, vice president of Cleereman Industries, Inc. Rockbridge Sawmill/Granite Valley, based in Richland Center, WI installed a Cleereman LP-38 Linear Carriage, Cleereman Controls with 3-D scanning and a Cleereman sawyer cab. Creekmore Lumber/Kykenkee, located in Newcomb, TN, recently in- stalled a Cleereman LP-36 Linear Carriage, Cleereman Controls with 3-D scanning, Cleereman sawyer cab and a Cleereman 100 HP Hydrostatic Carriage Drive with Cleereman Dual Cable Tensioner. For more information, visit www.cleereman.com. Please turn to page 64 16 CHRISTMAS 2023 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE RealAmericanHardwood.com/industry RealAmericanHardwood.com/industry CHRISTMAS 2023 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 17
