Georgia-Pacific Names New Building Products Leader

Andy Konieczka, currently President–Structural Panels, will assume the leadership role for the building products business as Executive Vice President–Building Products. Konieczka will report to the company’s President and CEO Christian Fischer.

Konieczka has been with Koch companies since 1992. In 2006, he joined Georgia-Pacific, holding strategy, optimization and management roles in wood and fiber, and building products. He has served in his current role leading the panels business since 2019. Konieczka serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the APA–The Engineered Wood Assn.

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Georgia-Pacific Camden Plywood Invests $18 Million

It was in the late 1800s when the small community of Camden, Tex., welcomed its first forest products mill. What began as the W.T. Carter Lumber Co. is today one of Georgia-Pacific’s largest plywood operations. To ensure its longevity for years to come, Georgia-Pacific is embarking on a $18 million upgrade that will modernize the plant and help increase efficiency…

Roseburg Makes Major Decision

Roseburg Forest Products, which announced in April a $700 million investment over the next four years to expand operations in southern Oregon, including a $450 million MDF plant in Dillard, Ore., has selected Siempelkamp as the primary supplier of the MDF plant, including a 10 ft. x 42.1 m ContiRoll continuous press. The companies noted that in 1969 Siempelkamp supplied Roseburg Lumber with its very first composite panel press line…

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