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LOGGING & BIOMASS NEWS
Roseburg promotes Keith Eibel to Director of Chips and Coos
Bay terminal
As part of the recent restructuring of Roseburg’s
Resource business, Keith Eibel has been
promoted to Director of Roseburg’s chip
business and the Coos Bay Shipping Terminal.
“Keith has been instrumental in establishing
Roseburg as the largest exporter of wood chips
in North America,” Senior Vice President of
Resources Scott Folk said. “He has spearheaded
our strategy to successfully grow and diversify
our chip business, and under his leadership, we
have become a major player in the Japanese chip
market.”
Eibel joined Roseburg in 2008 as the
manager of Roseburg’s chip business. His
expanded duties now include the procurement
and sale of chips to both international and
domestic customers, the operations of
Roseburg’s Coos Bay shipping terminal, and
Finland: wood
pellet production
up in 2017
In 2017, in Finland, a total of 324,000 tonnes of
wood pellets were produced. That is one fifth
more than in the previous year and the third
highest result in history.
The production volume was highest in 2008
at 373,000 tonnes, reports Natural Resource
Institute Finland (Luke).
A new record was reached in the Finnish
imports of wood pellets. In 2017, a total of
87,000 tonnes of wood pellets were imported
to Finland, being 74% more than in the previous
year. Exports of wood pellets, 37,000 tonnes,
increased by 8% over the year before. The
apparent consumption (production + imports –
exports) of wood pellets in Finland amounted to
373,000 tonnes.
Deliveries by pellet producers based on
domestic pellet production grew by 15%
compared to the previous year, amounting to
349,000 tonnes, which is the highest volume
ever.
The amount of wood pellets delivered to
power and heating plants and large buildings
increased by 18% to 288,000 tonnes. The
amount of wood pellets delivered to small-scale
housing and farms increased by 6% to 62,000
tonnes.
responsibility for our western fiber business
including sawdust, shavings and woody
biomass.
Prior to joining Roseburg, Eibel spent six
years as chip manager for Weyerhaeuser and
managed chip procurement for the company’s
Albany and Springfield pulp mills. He worked
for Willamette Industries for 23 years, primarily
as fiber procurement manager. He graduated
from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Forest Products.
The new
easy2 controller
Rethinking
chipper operation.
New touchscreen and
multi-function joystick
New assistant functions
Individual customizing
of the work menu
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