IFI Magazine Feb March 2019 International Forest Industries Magazine Feb March | Page 19

LaSalle Lumber
Company
joins Southern
Forest Products
Association
Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA)
welcomes LaSalle Lumber Company, LLC, a
joint venture of Hunt Forest Products and Tolko
Industries, as its newest lumber manufacturer
member.
Tolko Industries, headquartered in Vernon,
BC, has partnered with Louisiana-based Hunt
Forest Products to build a state-of-the-art
sawmill near Urania, Louisiana. Earlier this
year, Tolko announced plans to build the
new facility. The mill is designed to produce
200 million board feet annually, with three
Brad Thorlakson,
Tolko President & CEO
continuous dry kilns and a planer facility.
“This is our first venture into the United
States,” said Brad Thorlakson, Tolko president
and CEO. “And we are thrilled to be in Louisiana
with Hunt Forest Products, a family-owned
company like ours, and one that has played
a vital, reliable role in Louisiana’s forestry
industry for more than a century.”
Pino Pucci is the company’s manager and
will represent LaSalle Lumber on the SFPA
Board of Directors.
Progressive
kiln order
ULK Velsk Sawmill in Arkangelsk district has
recently ordered two 2-zone Progressive Kilns
type HFB from Heinola Sawmill Machinery Inc.
with annual capacity of ca. 120.000 m 3 when
drying spruce and pine timber to 18 % final
moisture content.
Progressive kilns are equipped with
pressure frames and HEINOLA New Drying Kiln
Control System. The new Progressive Kilns will
be taken into production this year.
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