Wisconsin Timber Product Output

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1 Wisconsin Timber Product Output March 15, 2018 Collin Buntrock Forest Products Specialist Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

2 ! Industry Snapshot! Primary wood-using industry consumption! Emerging markets in the spotlight

3 Wisconsin s Primary Wood-Using Industries

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5 Primary Mill Type Sawmills Veneer mills Pulp mills Composite mills Other mills ALL MILLS Wisconsin timber industry (2013), Resource Update FS-125

6 Mill Receipts % Change Saw logs Veneer logs Pulp mills Composite mills Other mills ALL MILLS Values in million cubic feet Wisconsin timber industry (2013), Resource Update FS-125

7 What products are harvested? Roundwood Harvested in Wisconsin, % 12% 53% 29% 2% Saw logs Veneer logs Pulpwood-Pulp Pulpwood-Panel Other

8 Roundwood receipts, Wisconsin Number of Firms Total Other mills Panel mills Sawmills Pulp mills Wisconsin timber industry (2013), Resource Update FS-125

9 Where does wood come from?

10 Where does wood come from? Origin of Roundwood, Wisconsin Mills 7% 1% 0% 7% 85% Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan Other Canada Wisconsin timber industry (2013), Resource Update FS-125

11 Where does our wood go? Wisconsin Roundwood Production by Destination, % 8% 1% 84% Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan Other

12 Wisconsin sawmill trends Number of Firms Roundwood receipts, million cubic feet Receipts 10+MMBF 5-9.9MMBF 1-4.9MMBF <1MMBF Wisconsin timber industry (2013), Resource Update FS-125

13 ! Value-added investments/vertical integration! Growing importance of exports Sawmills " 1 in 4 U.S. hardwood grade boards goes to China! Industrial product markets " Pallets and railroads move the world! Residue markets a concern

14 Sawmills (con t)

15 Sawmills (con t)

16 Sawmills (con t)! Across the wood industry, labor recruitment an ongoing challenge! Images of the past still linger.

17 Positive stories in Wisconsin

18 Wisconsin Pulp Industry

19 Pulp mill trends Pulp Mill Roundwood Receipts (Wisconsin) ~2 million cords Million cubic feet Softwood Hardwood

20 Wisconsin pulp/paper industry! Wisconsin has been the number one papermaking state in the US for over 60 years! The pulp and paper industry serves diverse markets/uses, majority of the industry is stable " Printing & Writing " Packaging " Hygienic papers " Specialty

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23 ! In general, pulpwood markets are tight! Changes in species needs and demand " Softwood example! Reductions in capacity impact entire supply chain! Companies positioning into stable grades (Maine example)! Wisconsin is faring better than other states

24 Some other positives going forward.

25 Photo: USDA Forest Service Forest Products Lab Mass Timber

26 Mass timber! Mass timber is a building system that uses panelized solid wood construction! Examples " Glued-Laminated Timber (Glulam) " Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT) " Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT)

27 Photo: ReThink Wood

28 ! Glue-Laminated Timber (Glulam) Photo: John Stamets Photo: CLT Handbook

29 ! Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT) Photo: ReThink Wood Photo: The Miller Hull Partnership Photo: StructureCraft

30 ! Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Photo: CLT Handbook Photo: LEVER Arcitecture

31 First CLT Structure in US Franklin, West Virginia

32 Photo: MSES Architects, City Construction Company

33 Promega Corporation Madison, WI

34 Why the push for mass timber?! Wood is strong and durable

35 Why the push for mass timber?! Efficiency in construction! Cost-competitive! Less energy/resource intensive to manufacture! Fire/seismic tolerance! Energy efficiency! Aesthetics and health benefits! Renewable!

36 CLT Manufacturing! North American Manufacturers: " Nordic Structures Quebec " Structurelam British Columbia " SmartLam Whitefish, MT " SmartLam Columbia Falls, MT " D.R. Johnson Riddle, OR " Sterling Lumber Phoenix, IL " International Beams Alabama " SmartLam Maine " LignaTerra Maine

37 A local project DLT

38 Products Resembling Mass Timber Photo: Sentinel Structures, River Road Bridge, Lake Tomahawk Photo: Bell Lumber & Pole Photo: Smart Lam

39 Timber bridges Photo: James Wacker, USDA FPL. Photo: AASHTOTransportation.org

40 And a few others.a little farther out

41 Super Wood UMD Researchers Create Super Wood Stronger Than Most Metals

42 Energy-Harvesting Wood Floor

43 Photo: Yei Hwan Jung, Wisconsin Nano Engineering Device Laboratory) Biodegradable computer chips made almost entirely from wood

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45 Questions?

46 Collin Buntrock Forest Products Services Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry