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LIGNA 2027 Announces Guiding Theme: Woodbound Future

LIGNA 2027, to be held May 10-14, in Hanover, Germany, will be held under a unifying theme: Woodbound Future. With this theme, the organizers Deutsche Messe and the VDMA Woodworking Machinery Assn. establish a clear…

California County Advances Biomass CHP Project At Placerville Jail 

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors gave conceptual approval October 27 to move forward with planning and a feasibility study for a woody biomass combined heat and power (CHP) system at the Placerville Jail…

NWABF Secures Funding Partner For $3 Billion Woody Biomass-to-SAF Project

Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels (NWABF) has entered into a strategic funding partnership with private equity firm Black Gold Equity Partners to support capital deployment for a planned $3 billion woody biomass-to-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) biorefinery in…

Michigan State Research Explores Using Storm-Damaged Timber For Biochar

A Michigan State University researcher has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) to explore a new use for timber damaged by recent…

Senators Launch New Effort To Promote Woody Biomass

U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) partnered with U.S. Representatives Cliff Bentz (R-OR-02) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS-02) to introduce the Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act. This new bipartisan, bicameral legislation proposes to…

Golden State Natural Resources Reaches Project Milestone

Golden State Natural Resources (GSNR) has successfully completed hauling operations for the Grizzly Flats Cull Deck Removal Project, marking the first project implemented under its Pilot Biomass Transport Project. The initiative is designed to reduce…

Irish Panel Manufacturer To Replace Natural Gas With Biomass

Wood-based panel manufacturer Medite Smartply will replace natural gas with biomass for energy production using a Dieffenbacher 55 MW biomass firing system at its medium-density fiberboard (MDF) plant in Clonmel, Ireland. Dieffenbacher Energy will be…

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Bandit Purchases The Trelan Co.

Bandit Industries has purchased The Trelan Co. from the Schumacher family. Bandit will continue to produce Trelan chippers and related products and market them as Trelan machines produced by Bandit. Bandit will also supply parts…

Bandit Announces Major Expansions

Bandit Industries plans to build three new production facilities and expand an existing plant in 2022. That is in addition to four building expansions in 2021, one that is completed and three more that are…

Astec Consolidates Product Branding

Astec Industries, Inc. is launching a new modern look with a rebranding initiative to coincide with its business model. The rebrand includes a new logo, color palette and website. The launch comes while the organization…

New From Bandit Industries: Model 1425 Track Machine

Bandit Industries’ new Model 1425 track is a highly productive and compact horizontal grinder, equipped with many of the same features as the tow-behind version and adding tracks substantially increases the capabilities of this unit.…

Drax Satellite Mills Go With BE&E

Drax Group has chosen Biomass Engineering & Equipment to supply material handling, layout engineering, and mechanical installation for its three recently announced pellet plants in Arkansas. BE&E will manufacture bulk receiving bins, disc screeners, SMART…

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