Exihibitor Sponsors

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.

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

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:

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
3:00 Exhibitors and Attendees Drawings

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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