International Wood Composites Symposium

2009 Symposium

2009 Symposium Proceedings on CD-rom may be purchased from the Forest Products Society. For more information:
Forest Products Society
2801 Marshall Ct.
Madison, WI 53705-2295 USA
608-231-1361 phone
608-231-2152 fax
www.forestprod.org

Monday, March 30, 2009

43rd International Wood Composites Symposium
Emerald Ballroom, Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington

6:30 pm -
9:00 pm
Welcome Reception – Terrace Garden Restaurant, Fifth Floor
Full bar and hearty hors d’oeuvres

Complimentary bar & refreshments hosted by Flamex, Siempelkamp, and WMEL
Symposium Check-in/Registration available during reception

 
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
7:30 am -
5:00 pm
Symposium Check-in/Registration - Emerald Ballroom Foyer, Third Floor
Symposium Opening & Awards
Emerald Ballroom
8:30 am

Vikram Yadama and Robert Tichy, Symposium Co-Chairs, Washington State University
Opening remarks

8:40 am Robert Tichy, Symposium Co-Chair, Washington State University
Distinguished Service Award
9:00 am

Symposium Keynote Address:
Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher, President & CEO, Dieffenbacher, GmbH+Co. KG, Germany
The wood panel industry in crisis—Any optimism justified?

10:00 am
Break

Session I. Markets, Sustainability, and Biomass Utilization
Emerald Ballroom

Moderator: Robert Tichy, Washington State University
10:30 am

Lynn Michaelis, Market and Economic Research Vice President, Weyerhaeuser Company, USA
Global economy in crisis: Finding a cure

11:00 am

Shijie Liu, Associate Professor, SUNY-ESF, USA
Conversion of woody biomass to chemicals, energy, and materials

11:30 am

Jerry Winandy, Principal, Winandy & Associates LLC, USA
Integrated biomass technologies: A potential path to a sustainable global economy

12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Bruce Lippke, Rural Technology Initiative Director, University of Washington, USA
Importance of life cycle analysis to changes in design, material selection, bioprocessing and recycling

1:30 pm
2:00 pm

Steve Verhey, Technical Manager, TECO, USA
Formaldehyde emissions—Meeting CARB regulations

2:30 pm Rod Gravley,Technology Director, Tri-Mer Corp., USA
Multiphase & multiscrub biotreatment VOC control technology: Operational report and test results on three 2007 projects

3:00 pm Dirk Koltze and Joachim Meier, Executive Vice Presidents, Siempelkamp LP, USA
New technologies and products – Thin MDF and fiber insulation board

3:30 pm -
6:00 pm
Technical Forum Poster Session, Emerald Ballroom
Browse through poster displays and talk with vendors.

7:30 pm -
10:30 pm
Symposium Banquet
Ipanema Brazilian Grill featuring churrasco cooking—slowly roasted meat prepared on an open pit fire. ( 1225 First Avenue, 206-957-8444)

Hosted by Dieffenbacher, GreCon, Metso, and WSU
 
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
7:30 am -
5:00 pm
Symposium Check-in/Registration - Emerald Ballroom Foyer, Third Floor

Session II. Product & Process Innovation
Emerald Ballroom

AM Moderator: Dan Semsak, Pacific Woodtech Corp.
8:00 am

David Pierce, Director, Industrial Business Development, Evergreen Engineering, USA
Designing and building wood products manufacturing facilities in Russia from a North American perspective

8:30 am

Robert Tichy, Research Engineer, Washington State University WMEL, USA
Hygrothermal performance of wall systems

9:00 am

Shobhan Mittal, Director, Greenply Industries Limited, India
Specialty panels in India—Production, markets, and applications

9:30 am

Goran Oscarsson, Manufacturing Process Specialist, Flakeboard, USA
Cost saving opportunity by dry-resination system

10:00 am
Break
10:30 am

Warren Grigsby, Scientist Leader, Scion, New Zealand
Evaluating fiber-adhesive interactions in MDF processing: Implications for process improvement and resin development

11:00 am

Ken McFadden, Product Manager, Stiles Machinery Inc., USA
Lightweight panel technology

11:30 pm

Guenter Natus, Technical Director Business Unit Wood, Dieffenbacher, Germany
Save production cost by using alternative raw materials

12:00 pm
Lunch
PM Moderator: Ron Iff, Paneltech International LLC
1:00 pm

Tim Rials, Professor, University of Tennessee, USA
Extracting wood flakes for composite panel innovation: Assessment of process stream characteristics

1:30 pm

Costel Barbuta, Université Laval, Canada
OSB as substrate for engineered wood flooring

2:00 pm

Douglas E. Howell, Director-Polyurethane Product/Process Development, Daubert Chemical Co.,USA
Adhesively bonded wood composite structures

2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Jan Pippert, R&D Assistant, Electronic Wood Systems GmbH, Germany
New technology developed for online thickness measurement

3:30 pm

Ulrich Hilbers, University of Hamburg, and Joerg Hasener, Head of R&D Measuring Technology, GreCon, Germany
Ultrasonic inspection of wood composites: How process parameters influence the transmission signal

4:00 pm Matthias Gruchot, R&D Teamleader, Swedspan International s.r.o., and Joerg Ressel, Professor, University of Hamburg, Germany
In-situ investigations on vertical density profile development during hot-pressing

4:30 pm Trajan Sandweg, Manager Sales & Product Management, Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH & Co.KG, Germany

SicoScan technology: A move towards a fully automated panel board production line

5:00 pm
Symposium Adjourns

Flamex Inc Wood Based Panels International Siempelkamp Russian Forestry WSU Extension GreCon

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