Dry Mill Grading for Shop Products
The desire to automate the grading process to improve recovery for its Shop products, and the scarcity of qualified graders led Neiman Enterprises to invest in USNR’s Transverse High Grader (THG) for its operation at Devils Tower Forest Products, Hulett, Wyoming. With USNR’s experience grading for Shop and Moulding in the green mill, the company […]
Michigan Hardwood Producer Still Focused on Customers, Innovation
CLINTON, Michigan —
HMI Hardwoods was a leader in the industry when it began offering services to rip kiln-dried lumber to width for customers. It...
Paw-Taw-John Services, Inc. Continuing Affordable High Tech Systems
In this day and age, wood products manufacturers are tasked with producing more product, with less help, maximizing the fiber recovery of their resources,...
New Brunswick Sawmill Specializes in Lumber Products Exported to Markets in the Middle...
PENOBSQUIS, New Brunswick —
There are still business opportunities in the sawmill industry. Javed Mian is living proof that an entrepreneurial spirit and business savvy...
Innovative Valutec Kilns…‘Exceeded Our Highest Expectations’
Valutec, a leading European lumber kiln company, has delivered more than 4,000 kilns in its history. Supplying two more lumber kilns might not seem...
Trimble Expands its Forestry Management Software Solutions with Acquisition of 3LOG Systems, Inc.
California-based Trimble has announced the acquisition of 3LOG Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of timber management software solutions headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. According...
Proposed Changes Would Make It Easier for the Forest Service to Convey Small Land...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is seeking public comment on a proposed rule change that would provide the Forest Service greater flexibility...
Safety Alert: Knives Causes Equipment Damage
Background:
On a fair, summer day in the Appalachians, a logging crew started up their in-woods chipper on a new harvest site.
Personal Characteristics
Two crew members...
Forestry Systems Continues to Innovate with Log Scaling Solutions
The Digital Era Meets Log Scaling
Founded 32 years ago in 1987 by Patrick Jenks, Forestry Systems, Inc. (FSI) earned its spot in history when...
Mellott Slant Band at Soapstone Sawmill
Soapstone Sawmill, located in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, has installed a Mellott 6 ft. slant band headrig. Owner, Ben Stoltzfus, decided on a slant type...
Father-Son Firewood Business Thriving in Upstate New York
WATERTOWN, New York —
When Phil Clement added firewood sales to his sawmill business, little did he realize that one day firewood would be a...