Update: September 14, 2022
Ledinek will deliver the machines for Smartlam’s new glulam production facility. To be specific, the machine manufacturing experts from Slovenia received an order for a complete solution for glue-laminated timber, including the entire mechanization and all main machines. These include the H4000 finger-jointing machine, Superplan and Superles planers, the Z-Press for the automated production of split beams, the Flexipress 18 for glulam beams with cross-sections of up to 650 x 1,300 mm and for columns with cross-sections of up to 650 x 650 mm as well as the Rotopress 18 for glulam beams with maximum widths of 324 mm (14 inches).
September 12, 2022
As local US media report, Canadian company Peak Renewables plans to build a pelleting plant with an annual production capacity of up to 180,000 t right next to Smartlam’s future production facility.
According to Smartlam CEO Derek Rachtford, the future production site in Dothan/Alabama will make his company the biggest manufacturer of glue-laminated timber in North America.
Production is scheduled to start in October 2024. At full capacity, up to 200,000 m³ of glulam beams and columns are to be produced each year.
