Posted on 04/13/2017 10:32:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
GRAYLING, Mich. -- Arauco North America has broken ground on its $400 million particleboard plant. The new operation will employ more than 250 and will make both raw particleboard and TFM. The Grayling particleboard plant is reported to be one of the largest mills of its kind. When completed the new location will feature North America's largest continuous particleboard press.
Kelly Shotbolt, president of Arauco North America, said the upper Midwest is the largest consuming region of particleboard in all of North America. Shotbolt and Rick Snyder, governor of Michigan, spoke at the groundbreaking event. The plant is expected to be completed in late 2018.
The Arauco Grayling plant will create approximately 700 construction jobs and about 250 permanent jobs. Once complete, the plant will measure 820,000 square feet with an annual capacity of 800,000 square meters or 452 million square feet of particleboard, along with full lamination capabilities.
The company hired Amec Foster Wheeler for construction management services. In addition to Amec, Arauco has engaged multiple local and Michigan-based companies in support of the plant's design and site development. See http://www.arauco-na.com/.
That’s a big boost for my neck of the woods up here in northern Michigan.
Will they be recycling Christmas Trees?
Rick Snyder is he still around?
Yeah, he lives in Ann Arbor with all the other important democrats.
I think particle board is the main material in mobile homes. They even put it in bathroom floors. Get it wet once and everything warps. It is cheaper than other wood but it is junk.
They cannot find a rental there now and houses are rapidly selling. People are saying this will double the town population. Or more.
Our home, says the bank, increased in value by over half of our purchase price, because of the boom.
Just hoping this does not bring huge walmart type stores to the town. We already have enough of them in Gaylord.
This is 4 miles from my home. I don’t know a single person in this town was opposed to the plant coming in. I do know I’d be only too happy to sell my house.
Used mostly in furniture and cabinets. It also has a sound-deadening quality that audio speaker manufacturers find useful.
Home of the blue ribbon Ausable River. Trout, trout, and trout!
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