Longtime Plywood Expert Delves into Lathe Systems

Longtime Plywood Expert Delves into Lathe Systems

Alan Knokey, vice president of USNR and before that one of the leading authorities on plywood technologies for Coe Manufacturing (which is now part of USNR), will deliver “An Honest Appraisal of Current Softwood Lathe Systems and Thoughts About the Future” at the...
Exhibitors From Across the Industry

Exhibitors From Across the Industry

In the year of perfect vision, the 2020 Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo will feature approximately 95 exhibitors from across the structural and non-structural wood panel and engineered lumber industry. You can view the entire current...
“He’s on everybody’s speed dial”

“He’s on everybody’s speed dial”

“He’s on everybody’s speed dial,” one panel industry participant says of Kaichang Li, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University, and who will deliver one of the keynote talks at the upcoming Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference &...
Arauco Gives Peek Behind the Curtain

Arauco Gives Peek Behind the Curtain

The plant of the future has arrived—Arauco’s monstrous particleboard and lamination plant in Grayling, Mich. is just the first of several new plants planned for North America. During a keynote presentation at the upcoming Panel & Engineered Lumber Conference &...
Who Will Be the Winners and the Losers?

Who Will Be the Winners and the Losers?

Changes in building regulations and overall the positive macro-economic outlook make the North American market attractive for new investments, in both wood-based panels and engineered wood products. Frank Goecke, senior principal with consulting firm Pöyry, in a...