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Study Group: Timber Experts(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 130

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as aerospace & defense, building materials, chemicals, construction, oil & gas, timber & forest products, utilities & power generation, mining, agriculture, industrial equipment and transportation, among others.

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

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Dave Hillman, Independent Consultant, Dave HillmanDave Hillman
Independent Consultant
Dave Hillman

Dave Hillman is an independent consultant providing consulting services in the pulp and paper industry. Mr. Hillman provides consultancy to pulp producers and producers of specialty papers. He has more than 35 years of experience in providing technical assistance to paper companies in producing recycled...

Dwight "Rick" Tomlinson
Consultant
Rick Tomlinson Consulting

Rick Tomlinson is the Owner and Consultant at Rick Tomlinson Consulting, a firm providing consulting services in the building materials sector. Mr. Tomlinson has more than 30 years of experience with Georgia Pacific/BlueLinx. He has experience in managing sales operations, and coordinating lumber and...

Russell Kennedy
President and Chief Executive Officer
Enap, Inc.

Russell Kennedy is the President and Chief Executive Officer at ENAP, a lumber and building materials cooperative. Mr. Kennedy is responsible for managing and developing building materials business to secure financing. He has experience in identifying and negotiating acquisitions for future growth in...

Dennis Shore, Director, DENNIS SHORE & ASSOCIATES PTY. LTD.Dennis Shore
Director
DENNIS SHORE & ASSOCIATES PTY. LTD.

Dennis Shore is Director and Principal of Dennis Shore and Associates; a firm providing strategic, operational, and marketing support services in the global forest products and related industries. Mr. Shore has more than 35 years of experience in providing technology and management services in the pulp,...

Jacob Rudisill, President, DAREnterprises, LLCJacob Rudisill
President
DAREnterprises, LLC

Jake Rudisill is President of DAREnterprises, a firm providing consulting services in the utility and power generation industries. Most recently, Mr. Rudisill has developed five solar PV projects in the Western US in the ranges of from 6kw to 999 kw. He served as a Senior Vice President for the Western...

Marcel Guay
President
Laué Guay Inc

Marcel Guay is President of Laué Guay, a firm providing consultancy services to the forest products industry. Mr. Guay is responsible for advising pulp, paper, and wood products companies on the strategic business development, valuation of assets, and acquisitions and mergers. He has more than 30 years...

Ron Musolino, President, RM ConsultingRon Musolino
President
RM Consulting

Ron Musolino is the President of RM Consulting, a firm providing consulting services on the forest products industry. Mr. Musolino has more than 37 years of experience in sales and marketing, product development, manufacturing, planning and various senior management functions in both paper and wood...

James Spitz
Independent Consultant
James Spitz

James Spitz is an independent consultant providing consulting services in the forest industry. Mr. Spitz has worked throughout the US, Canada, and Central America. He has more than 38 years of experience in forest management, forest management planning, certification of sustainably managed forests,...

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AbitibiBowaters: where is the bottom of this slippery slope? | 07-03-2008
Analysis of: Papers Facing Worst Year For Ad Revenue | www.nytimes.com
Author: Dave Hillman, Independent Consultant, Dave Hillman

There are 530 major newspapers in the US which are struggling with the highest newsprint prices since 1995.  They have already reduced the weight of the paper to 45 gsm and reduced the width of the paper. The NY Times instituted a waste reduction campaign that produced a 10% reduction in paper...

Oh My! Ableco is rejected, Wayzata now owns P&T's Halsey Mill | 06-18-2008
Analysis of: Willl There Be Layoffs at Harmac? | www.topix.com
Author: Dave Hillman, Independent Consultant, Dave Hillman

The Halsey mill was sold twice in one week.  First to Ableco for $24 million (but only $10 million in cash, the remainder was debt assumption).  Wayzata stepped up and bid $31 million cash but immediately refused to recognize the local Union.  Will this allow them to reduce the 180 man...

When will the sawmills come back? | 06-16-2008
Analysis of: Sawmills Falling Silent | www.nationalpost.com
Author: Robert Weinberger, Sole Proprietor, Bob Weinberger Forest Management Consulting

The article very dramatically portrays the plight of the wood products industry and its workers in British Columbia and raises the question: " When will homebuilding pick up to the point where all the shut sawmills will be able to restart? But, more importantly, will all these shut mills still be able...

Pulp mills formerly depended on sawmills for chips - what do they do now? | 06-16-2008
Analysis of: Sawmills Falling Silent | www.nationalpost.com
Author: Dave Hillman, Independent Consultant, Dave Hillman

It has been reported that fully half the sawmills in British Columbia are now down for lack of orders.  This means that all those pulp mills who formerly purchased great quantities of chips (in some cases, 55% of their total fiber supply) have had to resort to other means.....(1) additional...

Will Halsey be a goldmine for Ableco Finance or a money pit? | 06-16-2008
Analysis of: Company Purchases Pulp Mill in Halsey | www.registerguard.com
Author: Dave Hillman, Independent Consultant, Dave Hillman

The Halsey mill has a number of valuable assets - the ability to produce Unbleached Softwood (most mills have gone out of this grade), two tissue/towelling machines, a deinking pulping operation, a pulp grade (NBSK) that is in demand all over the Pacific Rim and SE Asia and a location right on...

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