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network with colleagues from all
over the industry in a setting where
we can see and discuss the latest
technology, and listen to some
insightful presentations about new
and developing topics such as the
emerging mass timber sector. It’s
well worth our time to attend each
time.”
Timber Processing magazine
also used the event to present its
2019 Person of the Year to Red
Emmerson, Chairman Emeritus
of Sierra Pacific Industries.
The ceremony was held at the
Hatton-Brown Publishers Media
Presentation Center on the show
floor. Emmerson is the 31st annual
recipient of the award.
A post-show survey of
exhibitors indicate that 83% of the
exhibitors felt their discussions
with customers at the show could
lead to an order or indeed already
has resulted in a confirmed order.
“This year’s TP&EE was very
successful for us,” says Jesse
Vigil, president and CEO of Metal
Detector Inc. (MDI). “We were very
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pleased to make new contacts
and touch base with existing
customers. We received excellent
feedback. The insight from the
show gave us good information
on the positive direction the wood
industry is heading.”
In addition to the action on
the expo floor, TP&EE hosted two
day-long workshops, one on Mass
Timber and the other on Lumber
Manufacturing.
Russ Vaagen,
CEO of Vaagen Timbers
Russ Vaagen, CEO of Vaagen
Timbers in Colville, Wash., spoke
about the in-progress construction
of his cross-laminated timber plant
scheduled to start up in 2019.
Vaagen detailed the changes his
family’s lumber operation has gone
through in the past 30 years—
adapting to small logs, less federal
timber, and ongoing retooling and
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reinvesting to stay competitive.
Looking to the future and
higher-value demand in the market
is a big reason he started Vaagen
Timbers. “I believe this is a time
that’s particularly exciting,” Vaagen
said. “Designers want new, greener
products and builders want to work
with new, environmentally friendly
products.”
In the case of CLT, Vaagen
believes, “The environmental
community is literally asking us to
produce more lumber products.”
Vaagen said he’s not sure the
industry as a whole realizes the
potential impact of CTL on overall
lumber demand. “CLT buildings
consume so much more lumber
than traditional construction,” he
added.
During the lumber
manufacturing workshop, several
BID Group representatives
spoke on the company’s turnkey
capabilities, which have enabled
BID to gain most of the new
southern yellow pine sawmill
turnkey business in the past couple
of years. They cited key benefits
such as reduced timeline for
construction, controlled startup
and controlled costs.
The next TP&EE will be held
September 30-October 2, 2020,
again at the Portland Expo Center.
(Much of this material originally
appeared in Timber Processing
and Panel World magazines and
appears here with permission.)
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