March 2020

Cover: Manthei Veneer Goes Forward

PETOSKEY, Michigan – Like many have before, and likely many will in the coming years, Manthei Veneer had a fire. The green end of the rotary face veneer mill in picturesque Petoskey was a total loss in August 2017.

Article by Jessica Johnson, Senior Associate Editor, Panel World

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Taking Stock: Where Plans Take Shape

From the looks of it going in, the Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE), which is scheduled for March 12-13 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, is offering up its best lineup of speakers and sessions since the inaugural PELICE in 2008. That’s saying something, because there have been some good ones.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial profiles are of companies that have placed advertisements in this issue of Panel World and that are also exhibiting at PELICE 2020:

Altec Integrated Solutions; Cogent Industrial Technologies; Con-Vey; Custom Engineering; Dieffenbacher; Durr Systems; Evergreen Engineering; Electronic Wood Systems; Fagus GreCon; Hexion; IMAL-PAL Group; LDX Solutions (Geoenergy); Mid-South Engineering; Matthews; Paratherm; Raute; Roo Glue; Samuel Coding and Labeling; USNR; Westmill Industries; Willamette Valley Company; Timber Automation

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Article by Richard F. Baldwin, PhD, Managing Partner, Oak Creek Investments, and Richard W. Baldwin, MBA, CFO/Treasurer, Oak Creek Investments

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Manthei Veneer Goes Forward

Article by Jessica Johnson, Senior Associate Editor, Panel World

PETOSKEY, Michigan – Like many have before, and likely many will in the coming years, Manthei Veneer had a fire. The green end of the rotary face veneer mill in picturesque Petoskey was a total loss in August 2017. After squeaking by during the downturn, focusing on getting as lean as possible while still providing top quality products, the fire caused President (and third generation family owner) Jeremy Manthei to question whether it was going to make sense to rebuild.

“We had to take some time to figure out if it was time to call it good,” he explains of the gut reaction to the fire. The business, built by his grandfather and his grandfather’s brother more than 75 years ago, is in an industry that has faced some challenges over the last number of years.

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