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Mill Machinery LLC is liquidating the assets of Blue Ridge Veneer and Plywood.

The assets being liquidated include:

Veneer Dryers and Related Equipment

• Babcock Screen Bed Jet Veneer Dryer
• Uroko 6 Deck Longitudinal Veneer Dryer
• Babcock 8 Bin dry veneer stacker
• Elliot Bay Moisture detector

Veneer Lathes and Support Equipment

• Meinen 4' Lathe with charger and stacker
• Uroko 8' Lathe with charger and dual stackers
• Gockel knife grinder
• Taihei knife hone

Presses

• Yamamoto 45 opening press with one man loader, charger and unloader
• Yamamoto 30 opening press with one man loader, charger and unloader
• Yamamoto Single opening hot press with 58" by 21' platen
• Takagi Single opening hot press with 24" x 12' platen
• Yamamoto Pre-Presses with 60" of daylight

Finishing End Equipment

• Taihei Saw line with first and second pass saws with single bin stacker
• Amitec Sanding line with feeder, roll case, 5 head Amitec Sander with 2 bottom and 3 top heads, Grecon Blow detector and three bin stacker

Lay-up Equipment

• Black Bros 110" glue spreader
• Taihei 56" glue spreader

Log Processing and Other Support Equipment

• Falcon bark hog with 300 hp drive
• Nicholson A-6 debarker
• Chop saw system
• Peninsula 30" veneer hog
• A.O. Smith silos with Laidig Unloaders
• Pneumafil and Mac baghouses
• Gardner-Denver and Kaeser Compressors
• Acrowood VCL 78" veneer chipper with Acrowood feed works
• Superior and Hurst Boilers

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The Hearst mill is built around a 2000 Siempelkamp eight opening 5’ x 24’ press with a capacity of 159 MCM per year.

Major Machinery components of the mill include:

PRE-DRYING AND REFINING SYSTEM • 1999 MEC 12 x 48 triple pass rotary dryer with dual fired burner (dust and gas), with cyclones, airlocks, dust fuel bin, fans and Electrostatic Filter Bed • 1999 PAL DP Screen • Two Champion Hammermills with 300 hp drives • Two Acrowood VIRO Fines screens

DRY SCREENING AND REFINING • 1999 PAL Screen • Two Hombak WKM face refiners One Hombak core refiner

POLLUTION ABATEMENT EQUIPMENT • Numerous Ducon, MacDonald Steel bag houses with Rosemount CEMS emissions monitoring system RESIN SYSTEM?• Two 1998 PAL CGD blenders • Two 1998 PAL continuous scales • 1998 PAL dosing bin • Berg 1998 50 ton chiller unit with circulating pumps, shell and tube condenser with holding tank • Three 1998 Vechem skid mounted dual configuration liquid additive delivery systems with pumps, flow meters and day tank

PRE-PRESS AND PRESS SYSTEM • Dieffenbacher pre-press • 2000 Siempelkamp cross cut and edge trim saw • 2000 Siempelkamp 5’ x 24’ 8 opening press system (pre engineered for 10 openings) with loader, Rexroth hydraulic, Allwieller thermal oil circulating system, spare loader tray and alignment device • Demets unloading system

BOARD COOLER/SAW SYSTEM • 2000 Globe 39 positions vertical wicket panel cooler • Globe 13A trim skinner saw • Anthon second pass saw system

SANDING AND SAWING SYSTEM • Durand adjustable sander feeder • Timesaver 6 head sander • Globe 16A Skinner saw • Globe 13A cut off saw • Durand panel turner • Durand Three bin panel stacker

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT • Large number of fans, cyclones, belt, screw, chain and bucket conveyors, Grecon Spark detection system,Grecon line board thickness gauge

• Columbia Forest Products, Hearst Ontario Particleboard Mill
• Ainsworth Lumber Company’s, OSB line one in Bemidji, Minnesota
• Blue Ridge Veneer and Plywood, Bluefield, Virginia
• Stimson Lumber Company’s Bonner Montana Plywood Mill

AL WEBSTER - 503-829-7756 (al@millmachinery.net)
TIM PETERSON - 503-829-3323 (tim@millmachinery.net)
DAVE COWAN - 503-730-4791 (dave@millmachinery.net)

Mill Machinery LLC specializes in selling New, Reconditioned and Used machinery to the forest products industry. MMC can provide individual machines to complete plants. Our inventory encompasses the MDF, OSB, Veneer, LVL, Plywood and Particleboard sectors of the forest products industry. Our staff of trained technicians provides complete reconditioning service on most items in our inventory. Our technician's experience, with an average of 25 years of service, is unsurpassed in the forest products inventory.

Mill Machinery’s Liquidation Services focus on maximizing the value of your client’s surplus machinery. Recent liquidations include Stimson Lumber Company’s Bonner Montana plywood mill, Temple Inlands Pineland Texas veneer mill and Columbia Forest Products Hearst Ontario particleboard mill.

• Reconditioned/Pre-0wned Machinery
• Magnum Line of Panel Handling Equipment (link to new Magnum Information and pictures)
• Liquidation Services

Using Mill Machinery’s extensive customer database, MMC presents our client’s machinery to buyers around the world. Our integrated liquidation approach is designed to maximize our client’s return on surplus assets. MMC can provide each potential customer with details about the machinery, develop dismantling, reconditioning and transportation quotations (both trucking and container quotes), dismantle the machinery, rebuild the machinery and arrange final shipment. Our scope of service is designed to simplify and shorten the sales cycle and to maximize the sales price. For additional information on MMC’s Liquidation approach  and current liquidations click on the links below.

• Current Liquidations
• Liquidation Services

Using Mill Machinery's extensive customer database, MMC markets our client’s machinery to buyers around the world. Our integrated approach is designed to maximize the return on surplus assets. MMC can provide each potential customer with details about the machinery, develop dismantling, reconditioning and transportation quotations (both trucking and container quotes), dismantle the machinery, rebuild the machinery and arrange final shipment. Our scope of service is designed to simplify and shorten the sales cycle and maximize the sales price of the machinery. Our approach is outlined below:

• Appraisal and Consulting Services – MMC will works with clients to better understand market conditions, how they impact pricing and to develop strategies to maximize returns. MMC develops a comprehensive list of major components to be sold and develops pricing for individual machines, machinery centers and the complete mill.
• Removal and Dismantling – MMC has extensive experience in removing and transporting machinery used in the forest products industry. We have moved plants across the world or literally next-door. No one in the industry has dismantled and moved more mill machinery than MMC.
• Rebuilding Used Machinery – MMC’s staff of lead professionals has over 190 years of combined experience in rebuilding machinery used in the forest products industry. Our list of customers include Georgia Pacific, International Paper, and Roseburg Forest Products domestically and Boral Hancock (Australia), Urupanel (Uruguay) and Forestal Alpha (Mexico) internationally, to name a few.

Mill Machinery’s web page receives over 5,500 visitors each month. Our buyer database is one of the most comprehensive in the industry with over 4,000 listings. In addition, we utilize the services of the world leader in Pay-For-Performance web search. This service drives customers to our web site, which results in greater sales of your surplus machinery.

Past Liquidations – Our staff has been involved in the successful liquidation of individual machines to complete plants. Our Staff has liquidated the following mills:

• Stimson Lumber Company, Bonner, Montana. Liquidation currently in process. To date, sales have exceeded the estimated high-end auction value by 50 percent.
• Kogap Plywood Mill, Medford, Oregon. Major components sold include, Lay-up Line, three Hot Presses, Saw and Sanding Lines, Baghouses, Boilers and all other related mill equipment.
• Temple Inland Veneer and Plywood Mill, Pineland, Texas. Major components sold include, Two Coe Veneer Lathes with Chargers, Lay-up Line, three 40 opening Presses, three Coe Jet Dryers, Saw and Sanding Lines and other related equipment.
• Collins Pine Veneer and Plywood Mill, Klamath Falls, Oregon. Major components sold include Lathe Charger, two Hot Presses, Veneer Composer, Saw Line, Glue Spreaders and other related equipment.
• Panel Products Veneer Mill, Rogue River, Oregon. Complete Lathe Line with log processing through the green stacker.
• Plum Creek Veneer and Plywood Mill, Winfield, Louisiana. Sold the complete Lathe Line and Plywood Mill.

Our fees are based on what we sell. There are no up front charges - MMC absorbs all marketing costs. Our commission percentage is based on the machinery being sold.

Our core sales team consists of Dave Cowan, Tim Peterson and Al Webster.Click here to review short resumes.

Why choose liquidation over an auction? Simply, liquidations bring more money. Click here to review a list of machinery sold at auctions in the last four years. We have provided the auction price and compared it to recent liquidation prices. The results speak for themselves.

Stimson Lumber Company, Montana Auction

Coe Lathe with x-y charger, core drive and big bar.

• Auction price approximately $25,000.00. Two similar Coe Lathe with x-y charger, core drive and big bar were sold in April 2007 for $250,000.00 each during the liquidation of Temple Inland’s veneer mill

Skoog Veneer Patchers

• Auction price $1,100.00. Sold for $7,500.00 within one month of auction

Globe Glue Spreader

• Auction price $1,100.00. Sold for $10,000 within 6 months of auction

Geoenergy E-Tube Electrostatic Precipitator

• Auction price approximately $2,500.00. Sold for $86,500.00 in place within 4 months of auction

Roseburg Forest Products – Green Division Roseburg, Oregon

Coe 6 deck Longitudinal Dryer

• Auction price $10,000.00. Sold within three months in place for $85,000.00

Linton Plywood Portland, Oregon

Fjellman 10 Opening Press

• Auction price approximately $37,500. Similar 7 opening Columbia press sold for $120,000.00 in 2006

Superior Pre-Press

• Auction price $500.00. Sold within 5 months for $18,000.00

Weyerhaeuser Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan

New Surplus Globe Cut-Off Saw

• Auction Price $1,500.00. Sold within 4 months for $15,000.00

Click here for additional information on this line.

MILL MACHINERY LLC IS THE EXCLUSIVE AGENT FOR THE SALE OF AINSWORTH’S OSB – LINE ONE LOCATED IN BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA

OSB Line One is built around a Washington Iron Works 22 opening press with 4' X 24' platens. Major machinery components on the line include:

• Nicholson A-5 debarkers • CAE Flakers • Carothers Green and Dry Storage Bins • Coil and ACO Blenders • Leckenby Formers • Washington Iron Works Press Loader and Unloader • Geoenergy E-Tubes

This line includes all mechanical and pneumatic conveying, glue preparation, waste reduction equipment, hydraulic systems and motor control centers.

Below you can find machinery recently reconditioned by Mill Machinery or click here to view our complete inventory.

Al Webster – General Sales Manager

Al began his career at Multnomah plywood in 1962 starting on the green chain ultimately becoming the mill General Manager. In 1980, Al took the General Managers job at Alpine International's Washington operation for 3 years before being hired by Panel Equipment Sales (PES) as their Oregon and Washington sales manager. Within 5 years Al took over all international sales for PES covering Asia, Russia, Africa, South America and Australia/New Zealand. In 2002, Al went to Coe Manufacturing as a regional sales manager covering the Western States and Canada. Starting in 2005, Al came to Mill Machinery as the General Sales Manager and industry wide Consultant.

Tim Peterson – President

Tim began his career with Panel Equipment Sales (PES) working on the steam dock cleaning and painting machinery. Tim quickly moved into the dismantling and shipping department where he managed and worked on such projects as the Kogap liquidation, Weyerhaeuser’s MDF mill located in Broken Bow, Oklahoma that was dismantled and shipped 8 miles down the road and many other large dismantling projects. In 1997, Tim became shop Forman at PES, overseeing all rebuilding of used machinery and the construction and design of the Magnum line of panel machinery. In 1998, Tim was moved into the Sales office at PES, becoming the Southern Sales Manager. Within 2 years Tim became PES’s top salesman. In 2002, Tim joined Spar-Tek industries before moving to Mill Machinery as President in 2003.

David Cowan

Dave is a Graduate of the University of Idaho with a BS in Business Administration. A Certified Public Accountant who worked for Ernst and Young in Los Angeles and Portland, Dave’s focus was on large international companies as well as small private firms. Dave joined Panel Equipment Sales in 1996 as the Chief Operating Officer, becoming President in 1999. In 2002, Dave started Mill Machinery LLC. In 6 years MMC has grown from one small 1,000 square foot warehouse to encompass over 10,000 square feet of shop space and over 50,000 square feet of warehouse capacity in three states.

VIDEOS OF THE STIMSON MILL

• Stimson Plywood Coe 249 lathe - video
• Stimson Raute Scarf line - video

A partial list of the machinery still available at Bonner Plywood Mill:

• Nicholson A-1 Debarker
• COE 249 8' Lathe line with tray system, Durand clipper,Ventek scanner, Durand diverter and Durand five bin stacker
• COE 10' Lathe
• Veneer scarf system
• Globe Saw Lines
• Sweed Core Saw
• Automatic strapping Systems