National Hardwood Magazine - October 2014

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TRADE TALK CONTINUED Buckman makes wood bright. Our new test kit makes you brighter. At Buckman, we are committed to helping you make the brightest wood in the industry. Our product range includes sapstain control, mold control, iron stain control, wood brighteners, and insect control. We also want to make your job easier, and that’s why we are introducing our new Prosan 18 test kit to help with your sapstain and mold control program. Find out how to get your test kit. Contact your Buckman representative at 1-800-BUCKMAN. © Buckman Laboratories International, Inc. All rights reserved. SERVICE PAIRED WITH INDUSTRY CARE We gang rip. We kiln dry. We run custom & stock mouldings. We surface and straight line. We deliver. We offer a comprehensive inventory that’s 3.5 million board feet strong. Among all the things we do, there’s one thing we don’t. We never say no. And that’s how you know we love what we do. GLEN ROCK, PA TOLL FREE 1.800.638.0296 WWW.OSHEALUMBER.COM McDonough Manufacturing supplies sawmill equipment, including band mills, resaws, edger systems, carriages, engineering and parts. The company was established by Frank McDonough in 1888. For more information visit www.mcdonoughmfg.com or contact (715) 834-7755. CREWE, VA—Trout River Dry Kilns LLC is scheduled to invest more than .5 million to open a major Hardwood kiln operation here. The company, which will dry lumber to be made into Hardwood flooring, will build nine new kilns and create 40 new jobs. In addition to the investment and jobs created, Trout River Dry Kilns will spend more than million to purchase from Virginia sawmills, approximately 34 million board feet of lumber or 85 percent of the 40 million board feet the company will need over the next three years. Trout River Dry Kilns will trim, dry and grade the lumber before sending it to its sister company, Trout River Lumber, to be manufactured into Hardwood flooring. “My company, Trout River Lumber, has been a large supplier to Lumber Liquidators for the past 14 years,” said John Barbe, Trout River’s owner. “The formation of Trout River Dry Kilns further enhances the vertical integration of Hardwood flooring production while providing Lumber Liquidators with Hardwood flooring harvested and converted in Virginia. I am pleased by the support we are receiving from Nottoway County and the Commonwealth that is helping us to make this further investment in the town of Crewe.” The Commonwealth of Virginia partnered with Nottoway County, the Town of Crewe, and Trout River Dry Kilns on this project through Governor Terry McAuliffe’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund. A 0,000 grant is being awarded to Nottoway County to assist the Town of Crewe with site improvements for a 5.26- acre parcel in the town’s industrial park, where the project is located. The parcel, valued at more than 5,000, is being donated to Trout River Dry Kilns and will serve as the required local match for the grant. 78 OCTOBER 2014 ■ NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE

WOODLAND, WA—Equipment manufacturer USNR, based here, recently expanded their panel team. Vice President and Manager of USNR Alan Knokey said, “Each one of these people brings a wealth of dryer experience and business knowledge to our group. Adding their expertise to our team will help USNR continue delivering great products and service to our customers. We’re excited to have them on board.” The new team members include: Dusty Burchfield, Trevor Wendt and Tim Davis. Dusty Burchfield joined the mechanical design team and will focus on jet dryer upgrades and repairs. He has 18 years of Finest Northern Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Left to Right: Dusty Burchfield, Tim Fisher, Trevor Wendt, Arne Nordstrand, Alan Knokey, Pete Volk, Tim Davis and Bryan Wolowiecki, USNR Panel Team Email: sales@ronjoneshardwood.com Web: ronjoneshardwood.com experience in the drying industry. Trevor Wendt will serve as a major account manger serving both regional and international accounts. Wendt has 18 years of experience in the wood products industry. Tim Davis is USNR’s new technical sales representative. As such he will focus on jet dryer upgrades and repairs. Davis has 30 years of experience in the drying industry. USNR was established more than 100 years ago. Today the company offers products ranging from single machines to complete turnkey solutions for wood processors in the plywood and panel, solid wood, and engineered wood sectors. For more information visit www.usnr.com. 2 East High Street Union City, PA 16438 Phone: (814) 438-7622 FAX: (814) 438-2008 WASHINGTON, DC—The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of wood products manufacturers that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must revise its approach to regulating stationary greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Thousands of new and modified facilities had been facing uncertain pre-construction permitting for GHGs, according to sources, despite the EPA’s 2010 Tailoring Rule stating that smaller sources of carbon dioxide, such as small businesses, are excluded from air permitting requirements. The EPA will now be required to use biomass to determine appropriate carbon dioxide emissions. Please turn the page OCTOBER 2014 ■ NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 79