Market defines, rewards value added to products

Article Abstract:

Members of the composite wood industry gathered at Washington State University for the 32nd International Particleboard/Composite Materials Symposium to address a broad spectrum of topics, including the increasing need to add value to wood products. The state of the composite wood products industry in foreign countries was addressed, as various speakers presented overviews of the industries in Chile, Malaysia, China, Australia and New Zealand. Technological innovations involving products and processes were also discussed at the conference.

Wood products, not elsewhere classified, All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing, Misc Wood Products, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Waste management, Wood wastes, Wood waste, Wood products

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Renovation aligns plant with industrial markets: conversion to three-layer particleboard accompanies installation of 6X26-ft forming line and innovative panel finishing system

Article Abstract:

Willamette Industries Inc's Duraflake division particleboard plant near Albany OR, was converted from making a homogeneous board on three lines to producing a three-layer board with 10% more board face density on two lines. In the new plant, productivity has increased by 10% and resin consumption has decreased by 10%. The renovated Duraflake plant produces about 205 million sq feet a year, and the improved quality of the particleboard makes most of this salable to industrial markets. Additional details of the renovation are given.

Remodeling and renovation, Willamette Industries Inc. Duraflake Div.

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Wood process adapted to straw particleboard

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PrimeBoard Inc is commercially producing particleboard made from wheat straw at a Wahpeton, ND, plant. A single 30-million-sq-ft-capacity production line is manufacturing the product, sold under the WheatBoard brand name, but plans call for another production line and for output to double in 1998. Sweden's Daproma System AB designed the Wahpeton facility and provided some of its major components.

Innovations, PrimeBoard Inc.

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