PELICE Expo

PELICE Exhibitor Count At Atlanta Omni Up To 55 With Three Bronze Sponsors

Web Editor — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:51:57 +0000

Organizers of the 2012 Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) announce that three more companies have signed on as exhibitor sponsors for the event to be held March 1-2 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. PELICE, which is held every other year, is hosted by Panel World magazine and Georgia Research Institute.

The newcomers bring the exhibitor count up to 55, with only a few booth spaces still remaining. The conference features more than 50 speakers who will address a range of issues and technologies in the structural and non-structural wood products industries.

The three newest exhibitors, all of which have signed on as Bronze sponsors, include:

Limab North America—specializes in measurement systems and dimensional control for thickness, width and board measurement.

Metriguard—produces equipment for testing strength and other properties in veneer, panels and fingerjoints, as well as equipment for the manufacture of MSR, MEL, MGP, MSG and E-rated lumber and provides off-line quality control equipment, mounting hardware, accessories, parts and supplies.

USNR—manufactures a diverse range of machinery and systems, including lathe systems, veneer dryers, panel presses, gluing systems and handling equipment, for the panel, board and engineered wood products industries.

Joining PELICE as co-sponsors of the reception to be held on the evening of the first day of the event are:

Chem-Trend—makes mold release agents, casting lubricants, purging compounds, mold cleaners and more for use in manufacturing processes worldwide.

Matros Technologies—provides high-performance catalysts for a wide spectrum of chemical and air pollution control applications.

TimTek—is technology for the production of long-fiber structural engineered lumber with high-strength properties of select-grade sawn timber and produced in lengths and cross sections greater than can be achieved from the largest logs.

Forest Products Society Southeastern Section—represents public and private research, development, industrial management, marketing, education, engineering, sales, supply, and consulting interests to members in the Southeast U.S.

Visit the Agenda section for the full conference agenda.

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For exhibitor or conference information contact:
Fred Kurpiel, 678-642-1238; e-mail fredkurpiel@aol.com
Rich Donnell, 334-834-1170; e-mail rich@hattonbrown.com
Dianne Sullivan, 334-834-1170; e-mail dianne@hattonbrown.com

More Exhibitors Sign Up For 2012 PELICE In Atlanta

Web Editor — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:35:47 +0000

Organizers of the 2012 Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) announce the addition of five new exhibitor sponsors for the event to be held March 1-2 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The event, which is held every other year, is hosted by Panel World magazine and Georgia Research Institute.

Newest Silver Sponsors include Casey Industrial and Integrated Environmental Solutions.

Founded in 1947, Casey Industrial is a leading innovator in construction and consulting activities in the forest products industry and other industries.

Integrated Environmental Solutions emphasizes clean air and fan technologies in industrial settings.

New Bronze Sponsors include GreCon, Argos Solutions and PRD Tech.

GreCon specializes in spark detection and extinguishing systems, and online quality assurance measuring systems.

Argos Solutions’ core business is engineering, design and manufacture of surface grading systems and panel repair systems.

PRD Tech’s specialty is the design/build and installation of biotrickling filter systems for treatment of volatile organic compounds.

Casey Industrial, GreCon and PRD Tech are also exhibiting in the Bioenergy Fuels & Products Conference & Expo to be held immediately preceding PELICE on February 28-29.

The exhibitor count stands now at 53 for PELICE, which will feature more than 50 speakers addressing structural and non-structural wood products production, technologies, markets and issues.

Two Workshops Offered In Conjunction With PELICE 2012

Web Editor — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:22:35 +0000

Organizers of the 2012 Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) announce that two four-hour workshops will be held in affiliation with the March 1-2 event at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. PELICE is hosted by Panel World magazine and Georgia Research Institute.

On Thursday, March 1, enterprise risk management (ERM) expert Gary W. Patterson, the FiscalDoctor®, will present the How to Find Your Million Dollar Blind Spots workshop. Building product executives can learn a common sense, value-added approach to risk management that helps executives not only unearth key risk areas, but in the process, identify formerly invisible opportunities leading to growth and profitability.

Patterson has helped hundreds of companies in building products, manufacturing, technology, service and distribution. He is the author of Stick Out Your Balance Sheet and Cough: Best Practices for Long-Term Business Health. He is the author of the forthcoming 2012 book Finding Your Million Dollar Blind Spots.

On Friday, March 2, Professor Timothy Young from the University of Tennessee will lead the workshop entitled A Focus on Improved Productivity and Efficiency: Variation and Target Size Reductions Using Statistical Process Control. The training course is “practical” in that it focuses on variation reduction and target size reduction of key process variables, e.g., weight, thickness, resin usage, line speed, cycle time, etc. The emphasis is on improved productivity and enhanced business performance.

Professor Young is vice president of the Forest Products Society and is sought worldwide by companies to address issues in statistical process control.

Each workshop has its own pricing structure in relation to PELICE. Workshop participants can also attend the PELICE keynoters session on their respective mornings and participate in the PELICE food functions on that day.

To read more about the workshops, click here and scroll down to the workshops section. To register for the workshops, click on the “Register” section of this website, read through the information page and click on register to proceed to the pricing page, which includes the workshop registration fees.

To contact Patterson directly, e-mail Gary@FiscalDoctor.com or call 781-237-3637 or visit www.fiscaldoctor.com

To contact Young directly, e-mail tmyoung1@utk.edu or call 865-946-1119 or visit www.spcforwood.com

For exhibitor or conference information contact:
Fred Kurpiel, 678-642-1238; e-mail fredkurpiel@aol.com
Rich Donnell, 334-834-1170; e-mail rich@hattonbrown.com
Dianne Sullivan, 334-834-1170; e-mail dianne@hattonbrown.com

PELICE 2012 Exhibitors List Reaches Fifty

Web Editor — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:30:52 +0000

Organizers of the 2012 Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) announce the addition of four exhibitor sponsors, bringing the exhibitor count up to 50, still more than three months out from the event to be held March 1-2, 2012 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

PELICE, which is held every other year, is hosted by Panel World magazine and Georgia Research Institute. It will also include more than 50 speakers addressing a range of topics and issues in the structural and non-structural wood products industries. The conference agenda is viewable in the Agenda section of this website.

New Silver Sponsors are Westmill Industries, Venango Machine and Met-Pro Corp.

Westmill Industries has been serving the panelboard Industry for 35 years. It is a primary dryer parts supplier and dryer rebuilder in North America, and supplies new longitudinal dryers and jet dryer systems as well as offering consulting and engineering services.

Venango Machine Company is the world’s largest and oldest exclusive platen manufacturer. Since 1954, it has developed leading-edge platen technology that has set the stage for critical advancements in the rubber, laminating, plywood and particleboard industries.

Met-Pro Corporation is a leading niche-oriented global provider of solutions and products for product recovery, pollution control and fluid handling applications.

New PELICE Bronze Sponsor is Stratachem Solutions.

Stratachem Solutions provides process resolution solutions to the wood products industry, including chemical issues, productivity situations and costs reduction.

Stratachem Solutions will also be exhibiting at the Bioenergy Fuels & Products Conference & Expo, to be held immediately preceding PELICE on February 28-29, 2012 at the Omni Hotel.

PELICE 2012 Conference Agenda Released To Worldwide Audience

Web Editor — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:58:16 +0000

Organizers of the 2012 Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) have released the initial Conference Timeline Agenda for the event to be held March 1-2, 2012 in the Grand Ballroom North of the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The event, which was also held in 2008 and 2010, is hosted by Panel World magazine and Georgia Research Institute.

Approximately 50 speakers have been lined up thus far, addressing a range of issues, trends and technologies in the structural and non-structural wood products industries. In addition, each morning of the event will feature four keynote presentations. PELICE will also attract more than 60 exhibitors companies, which will set up immediately adjacent the meeting rooms.

“We will continue to juggle the agenda a little bit as we move forward, perhaps adding a few more speakers and topics,” says PELICE co-chairman and Panel World editor-in-chief Rich Donnell. “This is our third conference and I believe it tops the first two in conference content and keynote addresses. “I am always amazed at the generosity of these speakers to volunteer their time and energy, and offer their world class expertise and insights.”

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Koch Knight, Pöyry, PHG Energy, Spraying Systems Join PELICE 2012 Exhibitor Sponsors Program

Web Editor — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:40:40 +0000

Koch Knight LLC is the newest Exhibitor Silver Sponsor for the third Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) to be held next March 1-2, 2012 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia USA. The biennial event is hosted by Panel World magazine and Georgia Research Institute.

Newest Exhibitor Bronze Sponsors include Pöyry Management Consulting, PHG Energy and Spraying Systems Co.

PELICE 2012 will feature 60 speakers addressing technologies, trends and issues in the structural and non-structural wood products industries.

Koch Knight LLC is a leader in acid proof solutions, with capabilities in construction, engineering and services working with state of the art ceramics and plastic materials. It specializes in heat exchange media for regenerative thermal oxidizers.

Pöyry Management Consulting provides a range of assistance services to the wood products industries, including specific in-mill operations evaluation, work force and data integration programs.

PHG Energy provides alternative energy technology to customers seeking an industrial grade, renewable, cost effective solution that competes with traditional fossil fuels, such as downdraft gasification.

Spraying Systems Co. provides a wide range of in-line precision spray systems, nozzles and associated equipment to improve production of wood panel products.

Koch Knight and PHG Energy will also be exhibiting at the Bioenergy Fuels & Products Conference & Expo, which will be held February 28-29, 2012, immediately preceding PELICE at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta.

PELICE 2012 Releases Program Topics, First Wave Of Speakers

Web Editor — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:00:06 +0000

Organizers of the third Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE), scheduled for March 1-2, 2012, have announced the conference time frame, the list of topics to be addressed, and the first wave of speakers.

Hosted by Panel World magazine, the event will be held in the Grand Ballroom North of the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The event is expected to draw more than 50 speakers, more than 60 exhibitors and more than 500 attendees.

Topics to be addressed include:

• Veneer and Plywood Operations and Markets
• Resins and Adhesives Products and Equipment
• Energy Systems and Air Emissions Technologies
• Engineered Wood Products Developments
• Building Products and Markets
• Composite Mills Technologies and Systems Integration
• New Technologies in the Mill
• Operations Enhancements
• Machinery Performance and Controls

The conference begins each morning with four keynote speakers, and then breaks out into three simultaneous topical sessions.

The time frame on March 1 includes:

7:15-8:15 Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:25-10:15 Keynoters General Session
10:20-10:45 Time Out with Exhibitors
10:50-Noon Three Simultaneous Sessions
12:10-1:30 Lunch with Exhibitors
1:35-2:55 Three Simultaneous Sessions
3-3:30 Time Out with Exhibitors
3:35-4:55 Three Simultaneous Sessions
6-8 Reception with Exhibitors

The time frame for March 2 includes:

Speakers continue to be added to the conference. The confirmed list of speakers as of October 10 includes:

—David Baily, Market Manager, Composite Wood Products, Polyurethanes Division, Bayer MaterialScience LLC
—Greg Budarick, Principal, Pöyry
—Dave Bueche, Ph.D. Marking Representative,Hoover Treated Wood Products
—William Bolduc, Structural Engineer/Softwood Development, Keymark Enterprises
—Ashlee Cribb, Business Manager, North America Wood Adhesives, Georgia-Pacific Chemicals
—Christian Dieffenbacher, Principal, Dieffenbacher Group
—Pierre-Andre Gignac, Professional Engineer, Uniboard
—Rakesh Govind, President, PRD Tech, Inc.
—Rod Gravley, Technical Director, Tri-Mer Corporation
—Dr. Hans W. Fechner, CEO, Siempelkamp GmbH & Co.
—Dave Harmon, Technical Manager, North American Wood Fiber Forest Products Division, Momentive Specialty Chemicals
—Ed Henderson, Prinicipal, Hensortech
—Billy Hull, Marketing Manager, Georgia-Pacific Chemicals
—Tomas Joscak, CEO, Dascanova
—Tom Julia, President, Composite Panel Association
—Hauke Kleinschmidt, General Manager, Electronic Wood Systems GmbH
—Joseph Marcinko, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Advanced Biopolymer Technologies; Principal Scientist and President, Polymer Synergies LLC
—Brian Martin, General Manager, Westmill Machine Automation
—Jason McIntosh, Business Development Manager, Wood Products and Bioenergy, Hunt, Guillot and Associates
—Joachim Meier, Executive Vice President, Siempelkamp LP
—Dr. Lynn O. Michaelis, Executive Adviser/Senior Economist, RISI
President, Strategic Economic Analysis, LLC
—Martin Morrill, Regional Industry Group Manager for the Americas, Süd-Chemie Energy & Environment Business Unit
—Grady Mulbery, Vice President of Composite Manufacturing, Roseburg Forest Products
—John Murphy, President, Murphy Company
—Peter Nachtwey, President, Delta Computer Systems, Inc.
—Dustin Neumann, Principal and Consultant, Neumann Process Control, Inc.
—Bob Nurre, Vice President, Veneer and Panel Sales, Midway United Ltd BVI
—Jeff Otjen, Product Manager, Georgia-Pacific Chemicals
—David Parker, Managing Director, StrongWood Technologies, Inc.
—Rodney Pennington, Professional Engineer, TurboSonic Technologies, Inc.
—Patrick Schleisman, Regional Director, Eastern U.S., WoodWorks
—Rodney Schwartz, Business Director, Megtec Systems, Inc.
—Bijan Shams, President and CEO, Cogent Industrial Technologies
—Curt Stevens, Chief Financial Officer/Executive Vice President Administration, Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
—Pete Stewart, President and CEO, Forest2Market
—Mike St. John, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Pacific Woodtech
—Roger Tutterow, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Mercer University
—Scott Weatherford, CEO, ATCO Wood Products
—Timothy Woodward, President, Daqota Systems, Inc.
—Steve Zylkowski, Quality Services Director, APA—The Engineered Wood Association

Exhibitor Sponsors Pour Into PELICE 2012, New Gold Sponsor Is Ebner-Vyncke

Web Editor — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:22:57 +0000

A new wave of exhibitor sponsors have signed up for the 2012 Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) to be held March 1-2, 2012 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center Grand Ballroom North in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The event, which was also held in 2008 and 2010, is hosted by Panel World magazine and Georgia Research Institute.

Leading the charge is Ebner-Vyncke, coming in as a Gold sponsor. Ebner-Vyncke joins Dieffenbacher, Siempelkamp and RISI as Gold sponsors at PELICE. Ebner-Vyncke is well known for its boiler solutions and technologies, based on nearly 100 years of biomass combustion experience for energy applications with 4,000 installations worldwide.

New Silver sponsors include Hurst Boiler & Welding, Electronic Wood Systems, Ashland, Factory Sales & Engineering and Schelling America.

For over 43 years, Hurst Boiler & Welding Co., Inc. has been a major supplier of gas, oil and wood fired boilers. Hurst also manufactures a complete line of boiler room peripherals such as blowdown separators, surge tanks and pressurized feed water tanks.

Electronic Wood Systems (EWS) is an innovative company in the field of measurement, detection, quality and production management systems for the panelboard industry.

What began as a small oil refinery in eastern Kentucky almost 90 years ago has grown into Ashland Inc., one of the world’s leading specialty chemical companies, operating in more than 100 countries and providing innovative products and services.

Built on more than 72 years of experience, Factory Sales & Engineering specializes in solid fuel, field erected boiler systems, which burn a variety of biomass and renewable fuels.

Schelling America is the regional representation for international Schelling, which provides panel-dividing technologies, sawing, handling and storage solutions.

New Bronze sponsors at PELICE include Acrowood, Delta Computer Systems, Durr, Flamex, Hensortech, Process and Storage Solutions and WPS Industries.

Acrowood specializes in large and high capacity machines to screen and clean wood chips, sawdust and shavings.

Delta Computer Systems designs and implements programs and controls for the manufacturing processes in the wood products industries.

Durr provides technologies for air emissions purification and energy enhancement.

Flamex specializes in the protection of facilities that handle combustible dusts that utilize pneumatic dust collection and air filtration systems through its spark detection and extinguishing systems.

Hensortech provides bin level monitors and devices designed for controlling and monitoring dry bulk material storage and flow.

Process and Storage Solutions provides process and plant feasibility studies, structural design, plant layout, equipment procurement and installation and site supervision and startup services.

WPS Industries serves numerous industries with its fabrication and installation expertise, and offers custom material handling systems, pneumatic and mechanic conveying systems, air abatement systems and proprietary custom fabrication.

Ebner-Vyncke, Hurst Boiler & Welding, Factory Sales & Engineering, Acrowood, Durr, Flamex, Hensortech, Process and Storage Solutions and WPS Industries are also sponsors for the Bioenergy Fuels & Products Conference & Expo, which will be held February 28-29, 2012, immediately preceding PELICE, and also in the Grand Ballroom North of the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta.

Keynote Speakers Announced For PELICE 2012 In Atlanta

Web Editor — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:39:02 +0000

Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) has announced eight keynote speakers for the event to be held March 1-2, 2012 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The event, which is held every other year and began in 2008, is hosted by Panel World magazine and Georgia Research Institute.

Four keynote speakers will address the entire attendance body each morning of the event. Following the keynote sessions, the conference breaks into three simultaneous sessions in the Grand Ballroom North of the Omni Hotel. Approximately 60 speakers will participate overall. Also, approximately 65 equipment exhibitors will participate.

The keynote speakers, in alphabetical order, and their topics include:

Christian Dieffenbacher
Dieffenbacher Group
• Fifty Years of Involvement in the North American Wood Industry

Dr. Hans W. Fechner
CEO
Siempelkamp GmbH & Co. KG.
• Diversification and Synergies

Grady Mulbery
Vice President of Composite Manufacturing
Roseburg Forest Products
• Composite Panels: An Industry in Transition

John Murphy
President
Murphy Company
• The Murphy Way

Dr. Lynn O. Michaelis
Executive Adviser/Senior Economist, RISI
President, Strategic Economic Analysis, LLC
• Housing Forecasts: A New Model

Curt Stevens
Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President Administration
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
• Maintaining Planning and Financial Focus

Pete Stewart
President and CEO
Forest2Market
• 2011: The State of Bioenergy Demand and Its Effect on Panel and Engineered Wood Manufacturers

Roger Tutterow, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Mercer University
• On the Economic, Business & Political Environment

The entire PELICE conference agenda will be released in the near future. The event draws professionals from across the spectrum of the wood products industries.

PELICE is immediately preceded by the Bioenergy Fuels & Products Conference & Expo on February 28-29, 2012.

Familiar Faces Joins Ranks Of Exhibitors For PELICE 2012

Site Manager — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:17:34 +0000

Eight more companies have signed on as exhibitor sponsors for the Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) to be held March 1-2, 2012 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. PELICE, which was previously held in 2008 and 2010, is hosted by Panel World magazine and Georgia Research Institute. The conference will feature 60 speakers, 65 exhibitors and several hundred professionals, addressing issues and technologies in structural and non-structural wood products.

Newest member in the PELICE Gold Sponsorship club is RISI, which dates back to 1985 as a premier source of independent economic analysis for the global forest products industry. Top executives throughout the industry have grown to trust RISI’s rigorous analysis to support their strategic decision-making.

RISI joins The Teaford Co., Dieffenbacher and Siempelkamp as Gold Sponsors.

New Bronze exhibitor sponsors include:

Raute, the worldwide supplier of veneer, panel and engineered wood products machinery and technologies.
Hunt Guillot & Associates, a multi-disciplined project management and engineering services company.
M-E-C Company, which designs, manufactures, installs and maintains industrial drying systems.
Süd-Chemie, a specialty chemicals company with Business Units focusing on Functional Materials and Catalysis & Energy.
AEWC Advanced Structures and Composite Center from the University of Maine.
MoistTech, a leader in moisture technology for online process and laboratory moisture instrumentation.
TECO, a certification and testing services body for the forest products industries.

RISI, Hunt Guillot & Associates, M-E-C and Süd-Chemie are also expanding their sponsorships to include the Bioenergy Fuels & Products Conference & Expo, which immediately precedes PELICE on February 28-29 at the Omni Hotel. They’ll be able to maintain the same booth location for both events in the Grand Ballroom North of the Omni Hotel at CNN Center.