SFPA And Georgia World Congress Center Team Up For Expo

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October 2021

Photos by Terry Miller

Atlanta, GA–Since 1950, the Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) has sponsored the Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition – the premiere venue for equipment manufacturers to display their products and services to the wood processing industry. Every two years, an international audience gathers to experience the latest technological advances serving the forest products industries. The 2021 SFPA Expo was held here recently at the Georgia World Congress Center. Approximately 128 exhibiting companies were in attendance.

Additionally, a Timber Processing Conference was held. Discussed was productivity and efficiency. The SFPA sponsored the presentation, which featured 12 topical presentations for the lumber industry.

SFPA’s mission is to advance the Southern pine lumber industry, promote the use of member products in domestic and international markets, and facilitate the exchange of information and ideas. The organization is headquartered in Metairie, LA and was founded in 1915.

Learn more at www.sfpaexpo.com.

Travis Shepherd, Matt Tietz and Mike McAvoy, McDonough Manufacturing Company, Eau Claire, WI; Rich Mills, Hood Industries Inc., Hattiesburg, MS; Matt Frazier, McDonough Manufacturing Company; and Scott Hamilton, Hood Industries Inc.

Eric Michaud, Carbotech International Inc., Sarasota, FL; Jon Comber, Carbotech International Inc., Dover-Foxcroft, ME; Eric Faucher, Carbotech International Inc., Plessisville, QC; and Korey Harris, Sierra Pacific Industries, Shelton, WA

Jim Burris, Corley Mfg. Co., Chattanooga, TN; Jess Parton, Ben Parton and Dean McCurry, Gilkey Lumber Co. Inc., Rutherfordton, NC; and Chuck Boaz, Corley Mfg. Co.

Lee Hubbard, Bennett Lumber Company LLC, Piedmont, AL; Frances Cooper and Robert Cooper, Cooper Machine Company Inc., Wadley, GA; and James Bennett and Pat Biddy, Bennett Lumber Company LLC

Marcus Trisdale, Bob Bell, Kenzie Hand, John Rhea and Chris Cournyer, Lucidyne, A Division of Microtec, Corvallis, OR

Geoff Gannon, TS Manufacturing Co., Plymouth, NH; Joe Korac, Automation & Electronics USA, Arden, NC; Peter McCarty, TS Manufacturing Co., Dover-Foxcroft, ME; John Rees, Ram Forest Products Inc., Shinglehouse, PA; and Riley Smith, TS Manufacturing Co., Lindsay, ON

Barry Black, Taylor Machine Works Inc., Louisville, MS; Chris deMilliano, Steely Lumber Co. Inc., Huntsville, TX; Wade Amick, Big Red Inc., Chapin, SC; Patrick Ricks, Mission Forest Products, Corinth, MS; and Robert Taylor and Tim Gerbus, Taylor Machine Works Inc.

Lee Stiles and Casey Miller, A.W. Stiles Contractors Inc., McMinnville, TN; Kellie Reed, Associated Steel Corporation, Cleveland, OH; and Chris Taylor and Jessie Moore, Charles Ingram Lumber Co. Inc., Effingham, SC

Julia Milrod, Rachel Elton, Eric Gee, Alaina Hanson and Linda Patch, Southern Forest Products Association, Metairie, LA

James Morton, Tyler Stiles, Justina Smiley and Steve Johnson, Paw Taw John Services Inc., Rathdrum, ID

Chris Fehr, U-C Coatings LLC, Buffalo, NY; Tommy Battle, Battle Lumber Co. Inc., Wadley, GA; and Steve Anderson, U-C Coatings LLC, Portland, OR

John Hurdle and Jeff Hurdle, Hurdle Machine Works Inc., Moscow, TN

Henco Viljoen, Nyle Systems LLC, Brewer, ME; Jason Johnson, Winston Hardwood Inc., Double Springs, AL; and Jeremy Pitts, Nyle Systems LLC, Brewer, ME

Dan Mathews and Ken Matthews, SII Dry Kilns, Lexington, NC; Bob Pope, SII Dry Kilns, Montpelier, VT; and Jim Higgins, Ben Mathews and Brian Turlington, SII Dry Kilns, Lexington, NC

Chris Jacobson and Candy Hower, PLM, Philadelphia, PA; and John Hester, NHLA, Memphis, TN

Blake DeFrance, Michael Reutman, Brad Michael, Joey Nelson and Kelvin McDonald, JoeScan, Vancouver, WA

Gale Miller, Autolog Sawmill Automation, Tuscaloosa, AL; Gilles Gauvin, Autolog Sawmill Automation, Blainville, QC; Bruce Kicklighter, Autolog Sawmill Automation, Evans, GA; and Mario Godbout and Sylvain Magnan, Autolog Sawmill Automation, Blainville, QC

David Summerfield, ISK Biocides Inc., Augusta, GA; Terry Miller, National Hardwood Magazine, Memphis, TN; and Bob Bell, Lucidyne, A Division of Microtec, Corvallis, OR

Chad Smith, USNR, Hot Springs, AR; Alan Robbins, USNR, Jacksonville, FL; Sonia Perrine, USNR, Woodland, WA; Tracey Mitchell, USNR, Perry, GA; and Robert Wagner, USNR, Graham, NC

Standing: Patrick Godfrey and Nick Girardi, KDS-Windsor, Hendersonville, NC; and Seated: Michael Chen and Stuart Pinkerton, KDS-Winsor

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