Exhibitors
American Green Business LLC
Shelburne, VT
www.americangreen.net
American Green specializes in Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody Certification for wood and paper products. The company offers complete services starting from the initial review of customer applications, serving as contact body for questions and conducting evaluations of FSC wood streams as required by FSC. This process leads to FSC certification of companies once they have successfully passed. Complete certification management by American Green includes follow-up assistance and auditing service throughout the regular five years term of certification.
Banks Hardwoods Inc.
White Pigeon, MI
www.bankshardwoods.com
Banks is a wholesale lumber distributor of northern and Appalachian hardwood lumber, imported hardwood lumber, moulding blanks, custom mouldings and more.
Henkel Corp.
Elgin, IL
www.henkelna.com
Henkel Corp., with the addition of National Adhesives, offers a wide portfolio of adhesives for woodworking and building construction uses, including profile wrapping, panel lamination, foam fabrication, window glazing and more.
Honeyville Metal Inc.
Topeka, IN
www.honeyvillemetal.com
For over 50 years, Honeyville Metal Inc. has designed and fabricated dust collection systems for clients from a variety of industries. Services include customized dust collection design, manufacturing and installation.
Laidig Systems Inc.
Mishawaka, IN
www.laidig.com
Laidig offers turnkey wood storage and reclaim systems. These custom-engineered material-handling systems offer proven performance and reliability. In 2009, Laidig completed another major expansion of its facilites, resulting in more than 100,000 square feet of heavy manufacturing floorspace and more than 20,000 square feet of office space. Included in this expansion was a state-of-the art blasting and powder coating facility allowing finishing & powder coating of components up to 80 feet long and weighing as much as 30 tons. Design, engineering, manufacturing, and finishing can now be done under the same roof; providing a seamless, integrated process from start to finish.
Lamin-Art Inc.
Schaumburg, IL
www.laminart.com
Lamin-Art,Inc., a U.S.-based privately held company, has supplied the commercial interior design and architectural professions with innovative design-statement laminates for more than 50 years. Its exclusive patterns can be found in high-profile retail stores, hotels, restaurants, showrooms, store fixtures, trade show exhibits and more. Most of LaminArt’s product lines are GREENGUARD certified.
Lexington Manufacturing
Minneapolis, MN
www.lexingtonmfg.com
Lexington Manufacturing is an OEM supplier of close-tolerance wood and non-wood components for multiple industries including, but not limited to: commercial and residential doors and windows, home and office furniture, fixtures and millwork, specialty and industrial wood products.
For nearly 30 years, Lexington Manufacturing has been providing innovative products and manufacturing solutions to some of the most well known names in the industry. Lexington is a FSC "Chain of Custody" Certified Supplier and is CARB Approved (phase 1&2) with several product lines.
Some of Lexington's most "green" solutions include: Response™ Agri-Fiber door components, Response™EC /Response™ ESR ( FSC alternative door core and components) and FSC profile wrapping.
O2 Filtration
Clemmons, NC
www.o2filtration.com
O2 Filtration is a provider of filtration and waste management systems and solutions. O2 brings 45 combined years of wood industry experience and more than 25 years of filtration system expertise to every problem. O2 Filtration is the exclusive U.S .distributor of Hocker Polytechnik products. Their filtration systems, waste management systems, and briquetting presses are used in industrial plants and small shops worldwide. They have designed, built, and installed more than 40,000 systems worldwide.
Lorchem Ivlack
Vaudreuil, Québec
www.lorchemivlack.com
Lorchem Ivlack offers finishes in water based, oil based, solvents, Polyurethane, and Polyester, and has the capability to formulate any custom design product to meet the customers' needs. All finishes are environmentally safe and health friendly.
Midwest Hardwood Corp.
Maple Grove, MN
www.midwesthardwood.com
Midwest Hardwood is a fully integrated hardwood lumber and distribution company serving secondary wood products manufacturers and hardwood distributors worldwide. Combined, Midwest Hardwood’s eight companies offer forest management services, logs, green & kiln-dried domestic & imported hardwood lumber, plywood & panel products, laminates and hardware. Many value-added services such as surfacing, straightline and gang ripping are available.
RUF U.S.
North Olmstead, OH
www.ruf-briquetter.com
RUF US supplies briquetting systems to industries both large and small in more than 100 countries. Making briquettes from production residues creates valuable products for the generation of heat and secondary raw materials.
Spectrum Adhesives
Memphis, TN
www.midsouthadhesives.com
www.cpadhesives.com
Mid South Adhesives recently merged with CP Adhesives to form Spectrum Adhesives. The company offers woodworking adhesives for the millwork and furniture industries, including PVA glues for assembly, doweling, edge gluing and HPL laminating; pre-catalyzed cross-linking PVA glues for RF, hot pressing, veneering and fingerjointing; liquid moisture cure PUR glues for waterproof and structural applications; VAE dispersion adhesives for paper and vinyl profile wrapping; and PU dispersions for 3-D membrane pressing.
Timber Products Company
Springfield, OR
www.timberproducts.com
Timber Products is a diversified company that owns SFI-certified forest lands, as well as hardwood plywood, softwood plywood, softwood veneer and particleboard mills that are SFI certified. The company also holds chain-of-custody certification through the Forest Stewardship Council and its panel products are CARB compliant.
Wood Education Resource Center
Princeton, VA
www.na.fs.fed.us/werc
The Wood Education and Resource Center is a USDA Forest Service facility with offices, training facilities, and a rough mill. The WERC’s mission is to facilitate interaction and information exchange with the primary and secondary hardwood manufacturing industries to enhance opportunities for sustained forest products production in the eastern hardwood forest region of the United States. WERC supports managerial and technical innovation to keep businesses competitive. It provides state-of-the-art training, technology transfer, networking opportunities, applied research and information.