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Timber tech
How the areas wood products businesses
are staying at the forefront of the industry

The Eugene Area Chamber Of Commerce: CelebratingPromotingInforming Business

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David Hauser, CCE

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Director Of
Communications
Katherine Movalson

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Cover story

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How some of the areas

longstanding wood products
companies are betting big on
the industrys future to the
benefit of our local economy.
Pictured: Todd Payne, Vice President and General
Manager at Seneca Sawmills, and David Eickel, Mill
Manager at Weyerhaeusers Bertelsen plant

Four Questions

Eugene Chamber
Executive Committee

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The wood products industry is poised to

lead a manufacturing resurgence in the
U.S. and the Pacific Northwest.

Columns/Departments

Chamber @ Work
What the Eugene Chamber is doing to
support and promote businesses in the
Eugene area.

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Learn more about local

businesses Northwest
Community Credit Union and
Random Lengths.

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Last Call
Dave Hauser on how our
local economy is built on
a foundation of timber.

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Potential.
We still see it in timber businesses passed down through
generations. In the sawmills whose materials are still
used the world over. And in those working to ensure a
future for our natural resources.
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In ten years, the local

wood products
manufacturing
industry is expected
to add 600 jobs and
logging is expected to
add 200 jobs.

Northwest Community
Credit Union President
John Iglesias talks
industry trends. Page 7

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Dave Bakke, Brian Erickson, Pat Duerr and Dave Hilles accept a gift
commemorating 60 years from Dave Hauser, CEO of the Eugene Chamber.
The August Business After Hours event was an incredible success as the Eugene
Area Chamber of Commerce helped Chambers Construction celebrate their diamond
anniversary. From the US Bank Tower and The Woolworth Building to Eugene Fire
Station No. 1 and The Moshofsky Center, Chambers Construction has been central to
many of the landmark projects in Lane County for six decades. Thank you, Chambers
Construction, for your continued dedication to the local community.

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Northwest
Community
Credit Union

name has changed several times, we are

still committed to helping families improve their financial future and providing
our employees an environment where they
can flourish just like the Weyerhaeuser
workers in 1949.

John Iglesias, President and CEO

Northwest Community Credit Union
recently moved their Support Center to a
new, LEED Gold-certified building at 8th
and Ferry Street, bringing 170 employees
downtown everyday. The credit union is led
by John Iglesias, a native of Guam and retired
U.S. Navy intelligence officer. He was pleasantly surprised at what Eugene had to offer
his company and his family.

Why did Northwest Community Credit

Union move to Eugene?

How did Northwest Community Credit

Union get its start in the area?

We have our roots deep in Eugene

and Springfield! It started in 1949 when,
during a dinner break at the Weyerhaeuser
Company, six friends put $50 each in a
lunchbox to help a coworker. Later that
year, the Weyerhaeuser Springfield Credit
Union made its first loan. Though our

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What trends are affecting your

business?

The banking industry has been dominated by big banks but interestingly, credit
unions have grown more in the last 10
years than they ever have in the past. On
a local level, the credit unions have created

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Lengths
Nancy West,
Marketing and Production Director
Random Lengths is a subscription-based
publishing company providing the forest
products industry with unbiased information
about market activity and prices. Nancy West
is an almost life-long Oregon resident who has
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When we were planning to move our

Support Center four years ago, we considered several cities in the fifteen counties we
serve. I was really impressed with Eugenes
plan for the future. I believe in the redevelopment efforts for the riverfront and along
Broadway. I support the citys vision for
downtown. I could see it all in my mind!
And I want Northwest Community Credit
Union to be a part of it.

How did the company get started?

Random Lengths first appeared in

John Iglesias

a more competitive market and forced the

traditional banks to lower their rates to
compete, which is good for everyone.
In general, Americans seem more aware
of where they entrust their money and
perhaps are skeptical of larger institutions
after the recession. Oregon consumers apContinued on page 8

by an affiliated lumber brokerage. Les Anderson (1921 2000) joined the company
in the late 1950s and hired Bill Dean, the
business editor from The Register-Guard. A
decade later the brokerage and the publishing company split as Random Lengths had
established itself as a price reporting service for the industry. Since then, we have
focused solely on providing independent,
unbiased reports on market prices, activity,
and issues in the industry.
Nancy West

What trends are shaping your

industry/business?

October 1944 as a monthly newsletter for

the lumber industry and it reappeared after
World War II as a pricing guide distributed

We are in the publishing business and

our industry is changing based on how
people consume information. Les AnderContinued on page 8

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Northwest Community Credit Union,
continued from page 7
preciate that 97% of Northwest Communitys deposits are reinvested locally in cities
we serve. They remember who made loans
when it was tough to get loans. They continue to bank with us. They speak highly of
the customer service they receive and they
refer their friends.
How has the Chamber impacted your
company?

We have been grateful to have Dave

Hauser (CEO) and the Chamber as a
resource in moving our Support Center to
Eugene. He reached out and welcomed
us while allaying any concerns we had
about business in Eugene. The Chamber
has helped Northwest Community Credit
Union advocate for important local initiatives and the Chamber has given us the
opportunity to participate in things like
the Local Government Affairs Council
(LGAC) as well as Business After Hours
and other networking opportunities that
build our community.
Eugene Area
Chamber of
Commerce

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son was a pioneer in the electronic distribution of subscription newsletter information,

utilizing the Telex machine in the early
1970s. Now we have so many devices and
formats to accommodate! We have a
subscription-based website where users can
create custom charts and reports from our
prices, and we are examining new services
and products, such as a texting service and
ebooks. We need to be nimble to adapt our
information and delivery methods based on
technology.
What might someone be surprised to
know about your company?

We are absolutely independent. All of

our reported prices are based on our editors
careful judgment after interviews with both
buyers and sellers, and are not based on averages or formulas. Editors also gather market
information via email and fax. To do that, we
have a very close knit team of 14 who live
in the Eugene area and work in the office
to have ongoing discussions and exchange
market information. We dont accept adver-

Make your employees

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tising in our newsletters or website. We dont

do consulting. We attend meetings but we
are not members of any industry organizations.
People might also be surprised at some of
our local history. Les Anderson served two
terms as mayor of Eugene (1969-1976) and
Jon Anderson won the Boston Marathon in
1973.
What element of the Chamber has
been most beneficial to you and your
company?

We are especially proud to be involved

with the Chamber. Its the best way to connect and work with other small businesses.
Together we elevate everyones interests.
Personally, the Chamber provided a
tremendous experience for me through the
Leadership Eugene Springfield program.
I had no idea how all the parts of a community work together and I discovered new
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Circuit
boards
Technology advances keep
Lane Countys wood products industry
among the forefront of its peers,
ensure its viability for the future

Todd Payne, vice

president and general
manager at Seneca
Sawmills, has seen
major improvements
to technology and
automation at the
companys mill on
Highway 99.

Story by Jim Murez

Photo by Steve Smith

Eugenes wood products industry is nearly as old as Eugene itself.

Powered by the millrace dug by Hilyard Shaw, the areas first sawmill was
producing lumber to build the citys earliest houses only six years after Eugene
Skinner built his log cabin near the Willamette River.
It didnt take long before dozens of sawmills were scattered around Lane
County from the Cascades to the Coast.
Since then, the industry has certainly weathered numerous challenges over
its roughly 150-year history. By some measures, its smaller than it was, due in
part to logging restrictions and housing booms and busts, although its also
leaner and more efficient than its ever been.
But now some of the areas longstanding companies are in the process of
placing big bets on the industrys future here to the benefit of our local
economy.
Seneca Sawmills, Weyerhaeuser and Roseburg Forest Products combined
are investing more than $110 million into major capital investments. Thats on
top of Swanson Group rebuilding its plywood mill in Springfield that burned
down in 2014, and International Papers proposed $100 million upgrade at its
linerboard plant.
Taken together, these projects are sure to keep Lane Countys wood products industry among the forefront of its peers as well as ensuring its viability
for decades to come.
I think the wood products industry is very much alive and continues to
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role in Lane County. It has a long and storied
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the best tree-growing area in the world.
The most visible investment will be seen at
Seneca Sawmills expansive plant off Highway
99. A $60 million project will upgrade and
expand numerous components of the mill over
the next two years.
In the Bethel area, Weyerhaeuser is spending $55 million on an upgrade that will keep
what was the first facility of its kind in the
nation on pace with the industrys newest
standards.
Roseburg wont be building a new sawmill
in Lane County, but its decision to relocate
numerous corporate functions from the
site of its founding in Douglas County to
Springfields Gateway area gives more cachet
to Lane Countys reputation as a major hub of
Oregons wood basket.
Most importantly, these moves lay the
groundwork to keep hundreds of well-paying
jobs in Lane County. In 2012, the industry
generated $290 million for Eugenes economy
representing roughly 20% of its manufacturing base. And when combined with the
forestry sector, they are a major but subtle
contributor to the areas overall economic
health. Today, despite logging cutbacks on
federal lands and a historic housing crash,
Oregon still produces more lumber than any
state in the U.S.
And veterans of the industry cant recall
any time a series of major projects on this scale
happened simultaneously in one area.
It shows that the companies here are
progressive thinkers, said Kevin Binam,
president of the Western Wood Products
Association, a Portland-based industry group.
They are looking long term. They have faith
in the construction industry and housing in
particular.
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At first glance, the wood products industry

seems to maintain a lower profile than it did
decades ago. But drive through parts of Eugene, Springfield and outlying communities,
and youll come across signs it is very much
alive and thriving.
Trucks loaded with logs and lumber are
visible every day navigating rural roads and
major highways. Strings of railcars carrying
bundles of 2x4s and other wood products

The wood products

industry is very much
alive and continues to
provide good, familywage jobs.
Todd Payne
Vice president and general manager
at Seneca Sawmills

rumble through rail crossings. University

buildings, museums and recreational facilities
bear the names of several prominent timber
families, attesting to their philanthropic efforts.
But travelers flying into Eugene immediately get the sense of wood products importance here as Seneca Sawmills 140-acre site
greets them as they drive east from the airport.
Stacks of lumber are clearly visible from
Highway 99 as you parallel Senecas plant.
Forklifts scurry about loading waiting trucks
and railcars. In the background, buildings of
all sizes house what is truly an elaborate and
impressively efficient manufacturing process.
As Payne takes a visitor around the facility, the staccato rat-tat-tat of chains pulling
rough lumber into a sorting area provides
a steady beat as workers pull and place each
board into one of several piles. A steady buzz
from ceaseless conveyer belts serves as the
background music. Intermittent pishes of air
blasts interrupt the hum, as machines hidden
deep inside the sites three sawmills transform
logs into pieces of lumber of various widths,
lengths and grades.
In all, 450 employees take part in the daily
choreography. And lately, a few dozen more
are on hand as work gets underway at expanding, upgrading and modernizing the facility.
Aaron Jones started the mill in 1954,
which cranked out about 18 million board feet
annually. Today, Senecas annual production
nears 650 million board feet. Since its inception, Seneca has continued to grow. In 1992,
the company added a timber arm to manage
165,000 acres of sustainable, managed tree
farms. In 2011, it branched out into western
Lane County when it acquired a mill in Noti.
Also in 2011, Seneca built a $65 million
renewable energy plant on the north end of its
Eugene site that generates electricity for the

local community using residuals from sawing

logs and planing lumber. The plant also produces
steam that Seneca uses to dry lumber in its kilns.
Seneca will tap into that steam even more
once the project underway is complete. New
kilns will allow it to better tailor its production
by addressing a shift in demand away from
green lumber and toward dry lumber.
In early September, workers were readying
the ground for foundations that will support
new kilns and covered storage space. Mammoth pipes and other gargantuan parts were
staged meticulously nearby.
This really started 10 years ago, Payne
said of the current project. We saw changes
within the dry lumber market, which is part
of the reason we invested in the renewable
energy facility.
As the company increases its capacity to
produce dry lumber, it projects a bump in sales
to more distant markets which favor that type
of product. To address an expected need for
additional loadings of rail cars, it is relocating
and expanding two rail sidings.
That will almost double our ability to hold
cars, Payne said.
Seneca also will build a larger sorter an
oversized Tinker Toy-like machine that carries different dimensions of lumber as they
come out of the mill and drops them into
individual bins.
Parts of the project will come online later
this year, with the rest being complete next
spring.
Like other companies in the industry that
emerged from the housing market crash in
2009, Seneca is capitalizing on the better tone
in the economy.
Its a strong statement by our owners,
said Payne of Aaron Joness daughters: Becky,
Kathy and Jody Jones, who felt the time was
right to make a major capital investment to
modernize the plant. They are following in
their fathers footsteps.
The lumber market and housing market
are slowly recovering, the signals are positive,
Payne added.
To keep pace with an industry-wide push
for greater efficiencies and to get the most from
increasingly valuable timber, Seneca is upgrading the technology that will let it maximize the
use of each log that comes into the mill. The
company will put to use every leftover from the
manufacturing process: from logging to debarking trees to milling to planing.
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board feet out of a log, Payne said.
Whats more, Seneca hired five local companies to carry out the project.
The money stays here, Payne said. Thats
important.
Payne said the upgrades reflect Senecas
strong belief in the local community and
health of the industry.
Were in the premier timber-growing region in the country, he said. We have a great
workforce, and good access to transportation.
I can see us lasting another 60 years. I would
say this wont be our last investment in these
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Weyerhaeuser

Weyerhaeusers west Eugene plant already

holds a prominent place in the wood products
industrys history.
The facility on Bertelsen Road was the
first to produce engineered lumber in North
America when it began production in 1972.
Veneer sheets fractions of an inch thick are
glued and pressed together to make highstrength, laminated veneer lumber under
Weyerhaeusers Microllam brand name.
Weyerhaeuser also assembles its widely
used Trus Joist TJI joists here. The joists
I-beams that are made of wood are widely
used to support floors and ceilings in home
construction.
Engineered lumber and engineered products floor joists and roof joists they are
here, they are the future, said We believe
builders view this as a solid product, a good
product.
While the plant was revolutionary 40 years
ago, it needed modernization. The roughly $55
million project will be spread out over about
five years.
About 210 local residents work at the facility, and Miller expects that number to remain
stable thanks to the investment.
This is a great place to grow trees, and we
have a fantastic workforce here, Miller said.
They are skilled in the trades, we have great
professional engineers and business managers
here.
The bulk of the investment will go toward
new presses that will use wider veneer that is
the new industry standard.
Roughly 95 percent of the products
from the Bertelsen plant go into new-home
construction. Miller said Weyerhaeuser is
also demonstrating with these upgrades its
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Weyerhaeuser Bertelson plant mill manager David Eickel has seen the company
invest in new veneer presses and other modernization upgrades.

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strong for years to come.

Our engineered lumber products are tied
directly to housing starts, more than any of our
other products, and we are well-positioned to
capitalize on the improving housing market,
Miller said. Thats why we believe modernizing and bringing a new life span to this facility
is the right strategic move. Were certainly
bullish on engineered lumber products. The
key thing to all this is housing starts, and were
seeing an improving housing market.
Roseburg

Roseburg Forest Products isnt building a

mill or any other production facilities in Lane
County. However, its decision to relocate
most of its corporate functions to Springfield
represents a major and symbolic shift for one
of the states iconic wood products companies.
Kenneth Ford started Roseburg Forest
Products in 1936, just south of Roseburg in
the community of Dillard. It now has mills
elsewhere in Oregon, as well as California,
Montana, Louisiana and Mississippi. Its
Dillard site is now home to one of the largest
wood products complexes in the nation.

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But its company headquarters hasnt

budged. That will change next year when
Roseburg relocates several key corporate
functions 80 miles north on Interstate 5 to
a refurbished office on Gateway Street in
Springfield. Among the departments that
are moving are finance and sales, its executive
team, along with other positions that will
result in about 125 jobs shifting northward.
Several factors led to the decision, said
Kellye Wise, Roseburgs vice president of human resources.
One of the first is our office is 60 years old,
and its overcrowded, said Wise. In addition,
one of the primary things weve seen over past
two to three years is attracting and retaining
technical and professional staff, especially
those just coming out of college, the millennials. They much prefer urban areas. Getting
that type of staff to want to live in a town the
size of Roseburg has been a challenge.
Wise adds that the issue is not specific to Roseburg its a national trend, with
20-somethings gravitating toward larger cities
where they will find more like-minded peers,
and access to certain amenities and opportunities that their age group doesnt believe exist
in smaller communities.
There are certain professions and skillsets
that are harder to attract, he said.
Theres no sign that trend is going to turn
the other way or stop, Wise added.
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in the Eugene/Springfield area, and focused
its search there. The metro areas size and
having the University of Oregon nearby were
pluses, as was its role as a transportation hub.
Roseburg purchased the former Northwest
Community Credit Union headquarters on
Gateway Street, near Beltl ine Road, for nearly
$6 million in 2014. The easy access to I-5 was
a bonus. Wise explained that the Springfield
location also matched the companys core
value of sawdust in the veins because of

the citys strong historical ties with the wood

products industry.
Wise expects communications between
the relocated departments and existing locations will continue to operate smoothly.
There always has been a high degree of
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weighed in favor of this area, too, said Wise.

He added that company staff already frequently use the airport, and have to end each
trip with an hour-plus drive home, often on
top of a lengthy flight. Such close access to
a commercial airport will help Roseburg in
terms of cutting down drive times and making the company more attractive to potential
employees.
While Roseburg will move several whitecollar jobs away from its historical location,
Wise notes the company plans to keep the
current 1,800 operations-related employees in
place in Douglas County.
Ultimately, from a company standpoint,
we are relocating less than five percent of our
workforce, but the symbolic piece is tough,
Wise said. However, we will remain as Roseburg Forest Products. Our mills will remain
where they are.
Looking ahead

While the investments overall will better position mills for the future, challenges
remain. The industry, like others, has become
more global. Wood products from Russia,
Scandinavia, South America and other countries increasingly compete against those from
the Northwest on the open market.
Chinas recent economic turmoil has
dramatically reduced its appetite for North
American timber and lumber, particularly
from the Northwest. The result has been a
weaker market domestically for wood products. The exchange rate has worked against
U.S. mills, who battle against imports from
Canadians.
Despite those headwinds, the domestic
housing market continues to gradually improve. A push toward new uses of lumber and
engineered wood products in tall buildings
represents an opportunity for growth for the
industry, and offers hope.
Thats the way Lane County wood products companies are seeing it. The investments
by their owners speak to their commitments
for the mills futures, said Russ Taylor, president of International Wood Markets Group,
a British Columbia-based global consulting
company. And thats a good sign for Eugene
and Lane County.
Theyre spending the money, he said.
Theyre not putting it in the bank. Theyre
making money and putting it back into their
mills. Theyre telling their employees: Were
going to be around for a very long time.
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Employment opportunities could increase

The role of the wood products manufacturing industry in Lane Countys history is
well known. At its peak in 1973 it employed
20 percent of the countys workers. By 2014
that share had dropped to three percent
due to reduced timber harvests from federal
land combined with mechanization that
made the industry less labor intensive.
Despite the historic losses, the industry
is still an important source of high-paying
jobs in Lane County. In addition, opportunities for employment are expected to
increase in the near future.
Oregon Employment Departments
2012 to 2022 projections for the wood
products industry in Lane County reflect
a continuing recovery from the Great

Employment in Wood Products Manufacturing and Logging

6,000

Projected

Wood products projected

to add 600 jobs, logging
200 jobs in ten years

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

2005

2006

2007

2008

n Wood Product Manufacturing

2009

n Logging

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2022

Source: Oregon Employment Department

Recession. Wood products manufacturing is

expected to add 600 jobs for an 18 percent
growth rate, while logging is expected to add
200 jobs for a 32 percent growth rate. Although this may seem optimistic considering
the sectors employment history, the industry
is projected to still fall short of its prerecession
level over the forecast period.
Employment on an annual average basis
was 3,300 in wood products manufacturing
in 2012. It grew to 3,600 by March 2014, but
has since dropped off to 3,400, due in part
to the fire at the Swanson plywood mill in
Springfield.
Logging averaged 600 jobs in 2012,
increased to almost 800, and has leveled off
at about 700. So, two years into the forecast
period, we are a little better off than we were
at its start and remain optimistic about more
growth in the near term.
In addition to employment opportunities
from growth, retirements are expected to create as many or more replacement openings in
both the manufacturing and logging sectors in
Lane County.
Aside from the known jobs that Lane
County will see from the reopening of the

Exports have become an

increasingly important
source of demand for both
raw logs and finished wood
products.
Swanson Mill and Roseburg Forest Products
moving some of its administrative work to
Springfield, the wood products employment
forecast has more positive trends than negative risks to it.
U.S. housing starts data is often used to
measure demand for wood products. Starts
have increased steadily since 2009, reaching
a little over 1 million in 2014. The average
annual number of starts since 1990 is roughly
1.3 million units, which means that they are
now approaching a more normal level.
The more forward-looking building permit
data has also improved. The most recent U.S.
housing report shows 691,000 building permits were issued year-to-date through July, up
from 613,000 over the same span in 2014.
Looking a little further into the future, a

U.S. population wave, although smaller than

the Baby Boom, is in its 20s and will be entering the housing market in coming years, creating additional demand for wood products.
Exports have become an increasingly
important source of demand for both raw
logs and finished wood products. The value of
Oregons annualized exports of forestry and
wood products has stabilized at around $1
billion since the recession.
One risk going forward is Chinas slowing
economy, which could have a ripple effect
across international markets reduce global
demand for wood products. Another risk is
that the current economic recovery is entering
its sixth year. The longer the recovery goes, the
closer we are to the next recession, although
there are no immediate concerns.
All factors considered, there are likely
to be increased opportunities for employment in the wood products industry in Lane
County in the near future. There is still room
for improvement from domestic markets for
wood products as housing and employment
continue to recover. In addition, an increasing
number of retirements will create additional
opportunities for employment.
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Diversification, technology drive wood industry

Innovations allow
cross-laminated timber
to compete with steel
and concrete

Thanks to a federal effort and an engineering breakthrough that will enable wood to
better compete with steel and concrete, the
wood products industry is poised to lead a
manufacturing resurgence in the U.S. and the
Pacific Northwest.
Cross-laminated timber, or CLT, is an engineered wood product made of small sheets of

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plywood glued together into large sheets that

are then layered upon one another. CLT competes with steel and concrete as a structurally
sound building material in many applications.
The strength characteristics of CLT allow for lower-grade timber to be used in its
production. This reduces pressure on older
forest stands while increasing long-term forest
sustainability. Not only is CLT made from a
renewable resource, studies show that it has a
significantly lower environmental impact than
concrete and steel, sequesters carbon, and yet
meets the same fire safety code regulations.
Because it can be used to build taller, commercial buildings, demand for the product will
be independent of demand for lumber products traditionally used in the single-family
housing market. As a result, steady demand
for CLT may help insulate the industry from
swings in the economy that stem from shifts
in housing demands.
Canada and Europe already have CLT
manufacturing capacity and a presence in
world markets. However, as of yet, there are
no CLT production facilities in the U.S.

departments and agencies.

It is intended to help all types of manufacturing, but the Northwest partnership focused its
proposal on the opportunity to build on and
modernize the wood products industry, placing
an emphasis on the commercialization of CLT.
The steps being taken now will position the
Northwest to effectively compete with European
and Canadian manufacturers in this emerging
market. In addition, this effort will not only
increase the value of our natural resources, it will
also grow employment in relation to the amount
of timber harvested from our forests.
Several pilot projects are in the works in our
region: a two-story library on the campus of
Western Oregon University, a visitor center at
the Oregon Zoo, a parking structure proposed by
the City of Springfield as part of the Glenwood
Riverfront Redevelopment, and the Advanced
Wood Products Center slated for Oregon State
University to demonstrate this technology.
The Northwest Partnership is already leveraging the federal designation. It recently received
a grant from the federal Economic Development
Administration to fund a study of the market
feasibility of CLT. The study will assess natural
resource and manufacturing capacity, as well as
the barriers to developing domestic demand and
strategies to overcome them.

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Helping Put Families
Back Together!

In early July, the Pacific Northwest Manufacturing Partnership (PNMP) received a

federal designation as one of 12 regional
sites under the Investing in Manufacturing
Communities Partnership (IMCP) initiative.
The designation in the Northwest covers
a 16-county region stretching from Lane
County at the southern end, reaching north to
Clark County, Wash., and eastward to Hood
River County.
The IMCP initiative is intended to accelerate the resurgence of manufacturing in
the U.S. by coordinating federal aid to support communities development plans, and
synchronizing grant programs across multiple

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n For more information about CLT, we

recommend reviewing the information
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Promotions/
New Hires
Photos appear left to right from top. Names
in bold indicate Eugene Area Chamber of
Commerce members. If you are interested in
joining the Chamber, please contact Cedric
Rudd. cedricr@eugenechamber.com

Oregon Pacific Bank

hired Jeff Gusinow
as professional
banking team leader
and commercial
relationship manager
for the Eugene area. He has more than
two decades of professional and business
banking experience as the former senior
vice president of Siuslaw Bank.
Arnold Gallagher P.C. announced the
addition of John Roberts as an associate
attorney. His practice focuses primarily
on litigation, including complex trust
disputes, commercial landlord/tenant
disagreements, unfair trade practices
claims, and employment matters.

RE/MAX Integritys
Eugene office located
at 4710 Village Plaza
Loop announced that
Aaron Hamrick has
joined them as a Broker.
Hamrick has been licensed since 2013
and prior to real estate Hamrick had a
career drilling for oil & natural gas. John
Hoops joined the office as Managing
Principal Broker. Hoops is very active
in the real estate community and was
awarded Realtor of the Year by the Oregon
Association of Realtors (OAR) in 2014
and served as OAR President in 2012.
Robert Coleman also joined RE/MAX as
a Real Estate Agent. Prior to real estate,
Coleman had a career as a counselor.

George Rode has hired Chad Winkler as

assistant business manager and media
consultant for its three repair shops:
Autohaus, EuroAsian Automotive and
Stadium Automotive. He previously
worked for Lane Community College as a
media arts instructional specialist and IT
support/student worker supervisor for the
LCC library.
Financial adviser Kristin Kyle joined
Russell Financial Group.
Sports medicine surgeon Jeffrey
Tuman has joined Slocum Center for
Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. He
has experience in a variety of advanced
procedures and techniques to diagnose
and treat orthopedic sports medicine
injuries and conditions.

Don Lindsey joined GloryBee as the

Director of Sales and Marketing. With
more than 22 years in sales and marketing
and 15 years at the executive level, Don
brings extensive experience to GloryBee.
Don is also a long time youth coach,
coaching football, basketball and lacrosse.
The Eugene
Symphony hired
Mollibeth Cox as
its new Education
Director, responsible
for sustaining and
expanding education and community
engagement programs.
Quantum Health hired Chris Baumgardt
as IT manager. He brings 25 years of IT
experience and he is an Air Force veteran.
Steven Patterson has
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PeaceHealth announced the following

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Christa Danielson, Geriatrics team at
the Barger clinic; Sylvia Little, Family
Medicine at the Santa Clara clinic as
a nurse practitioner specializing in
pain management; Sean McElligott
at the University District clinic as a
dermatologist, and Kathryn Bradley
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at the University District clinic. Andrea
Childress joined the Geriatrics team at
the Barger clinic as a nurse practitioner.
Kirsten McCullough joined Oregon
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Court Appointed
Special Advocates
(CASA) welcomes
three new members
to its staff. Heather
Murphy joined CASA as
the Executive Director.
Heather most recently served as a Rural
Policy Advisor at The Childrens Institute
in Portland, Oregon. Before that, she
spent fourteen years as Executive Director
of the Family Relief Nursery of Cottage
Grove, Oregon. She is also a City Council
member for the City of Cottage Grove.
Michele Pound has been hired as Events
Coordinator and Kody Nguyen as Training
Coordinator.

Rand OLeary has been named president

of hospital services for PeaceHealth
Oregon, overseeing operations at five
PeaceHealth facilities in the area. OLeary
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Moss Adams announced the following

promotions: Jackie Merrill has been
promoted to Senior Manager. She provides
tax and consulting services to family-owned
businesses, specifically within the food
processing, agriculture, and manufacturing
industries. Kyle Hauser has been promoted
to Manager. He provides assurance services
to our clients within the financial institution,
wineries and higher education industries.
Kelly Purdy has been promoted to Senior.
She provides assurance services to
companies in a variety of industries. Kelly
also serves as a board member for the School
Garden Project of Lane County. Meagan
Rammell has been promoted to Senior.
Meagan provides assurance services to Moss
Adams not-for-profit and government clients.
The Long Tom Watershed Council hired
Sarah Whitney as the councils urban habitat
and stormwater specialist to work with local
business owners to install voluntary landscape
features that improve stream health and
habitat. Kathryn Rifenburg was hired in April
as an outreach and education specialist. Her
roles include cultivating engaging projects
and partnerships with local businesses and
conducting outreach to the local Latino
community on safe and effective pesticide
use. Clinton Begley has been hired as the
director of development and communications.
He has spent the last four years working on
the human dimensions of natural resources
throughout the country.
Chas. Horner has joined the Eugene law firm
Watkinson Laird Rubenstein as an associate
attorney in the firms estate planning group.
Previously he worked as the civil clinic director
and a staff attorney for the Lane County Legal
Aid and Advocacy Center and served as an
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welcoming
4,000 new
Ducks
this fall.
Umpqua Bank announced Jeff Singer,
Commercial Banking Center Manager, has
been promoted to Senior Vice President.
Gary Collins, Commercial Banking
Center Manager, has been promoted to
Senior Vice President. Scott Fagan has
been hired as Vice President/Commercial
Loan Officer. Jennifer Morrocco has
been promoted to Vice President/
Underwriting Manager. Randy Richichi
has been promoted to Vice President/
Private Banking Officer. Steve Ferry has
been hired as a Mortgage Sales Manager
in Umpqua Banks Home Lending division.

Shadow Hills Country

Club hired Melinda
Hoeye as Catering
Sales Manager. They
also added Ran
Berger as the Banquet
Manager and Hannah McDonald as the
Catering Assistant. The Banquet Manager
and Catering Assistant are new positions
that were necessary to handle the rapidly
expanding banquet business.
Restauranteur Maurizio Paparo joined
King Estate Winery as vice president
of hospitality. He continues to own and
operate the Excelsior Inn and Ristorante
Italiano in Eugene and will have complete
operational management of the King
Estate hospitality venue.

The following providers recently joined

Oregon Medical Group: Dr. Wade Huey,
family medicine at Country Club Road
Medical Center; Dr. Wesley Ramoso, family
medicine at Garden Way Medical Clinic;
Dr. Julie Much, pain management and
interventional medicine at Country Club
Road Medical Center; Audiologist April
Teehan at ENT & Audiology; Physician
Assistants Scott Wagnon, family medicine
at Crescent Medical Clinic and Karen Beer,
endocrinology at Gateway Medical Center.
Mike Lavender joined
SELCO Community
Credit Union as
Mortgage Manager,
where he will provide
leadership to SELCOs
mortgage loan officers and oversee the
credit unions mortgage operations. Mike
brings over 15 years of leadership and
expertise in the mortgage and financial
services industries.
Oregon Imaging Centers announced
the addition of two highly specialized
radiologists.Dr. Jerrell Ingalls brings
musculoskeletal expertise to OIC. He
attended Baylor College of Medicine and
completed his residency at Michigan State.
Dr. Chad Sarver completed his radiology
residency training and body imaging
fellowship training at USC. His fellowship
focused on advanced MR applications as
well as ultrasound and CT-guided biopsies
and other interventions. He received
additional training in mammography and
PET/CT. Dr. Sarver graduated from the Keck
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Cale Bruckner has been promoted to

president of Concentric Sky. In his new
role he will continue to lead the day-today operations, working closely with CEO
Wayne Skipper. Charles Augustine and
Asia Nugent, have been promoted to vice
presidents, engineering.
Jordan Brilhante has joined Kirk Martin
State Farm Agency as a customer
service representative. She is currently
finishing her undergraduate degree
online from Arizona State University in
Communication Studies.
Systems West
Engineers welcomed
Charlie Schaefer
to the team as a
Mechanical Designer.
Schaefer is a Lane
Community College graduate with an AAS
in Drafting and a recent intern at Systems
West. Schaefer will assist on the design
of mechanical systems and document
production for the firm.

Mike Magee has become a partner

and principal with Bergsund DeLaney
Architecture & Planning. His work with
the firm includes The Lamb Building in
Eugene, St. Vincent de Pauls Retail Store
in Junction City and the current master
plan for an Oregon Department of Forestry
facility in Springfield.

Announcements
& Kudos
Trillium Community Health Plan has
been awarded a three-year accreditation
by the National Committee for Quality
Assurance (NCQA). This accreditation
meets the basic requirements of NCQAs
rigorous standards for consumer
protection and quality improvement.
The Science Factory Childrens
Museum & Exploration Dome has been
approved as an Oregon Community
Foundation (OCF) Endowment Partner
with help from major benefactors,
Professor Dave Moursund and the
Eugene Mineral Club. Museum donations

earmarked for endowment will be

administered and invested by the OCF as
a permanent endowment fund to support
Science Factory programs and operations.
The Walmart State Giving Program
made a grant of $182,000 to Lane
Community College to support the
Ready to Work project. Within one year,
Ready to Work will help 100 area residents
with barriers to employment build work
readiness skills and participate in effective
job search activities.

The Junior League of Eugene

announced their board members for
the 2015-2016 year: President, Rosey
Gording, Grants Hearing Center;
President-elect, Emily Secord, Ameriprise
Financial; Secretary, Erin Schindler,
K12 Inc.; Treasurer, Amy Londahl;
Community vice president, Kayla EnosMcCulley, Real Wood; Communications
vice president, Brittany Quick-Warner,
Blue Bus Creatives; Membership vice
president, Jen Henrikson, Berkshire
Hathaway; Finance vice president, Kristy
Langworthy, Goodwill Industries.

Rick Obst, Umpqua

Banks AVP Regional
Marketing Specialist for
Oregon and Southwest
Washington, was
named the Affiliate
of the Year by the Eugene Association
of REALTORS. Obst received this
recognition for leadership in the education
and golf event committees and his
participation in community service
activities.
Seneca Sawmill Company broke ground
on the upgrade of their Mill A facility.
Seneca is investing approximately $60
million in upgrades on technology and
infrastructure that expand and assist
the processing of their sustainably
manufactured lumber.

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The Lane Workforce Council appointed

Faye Stewart as chair and George Poling
as vice chair. Stewart is a Lane County
Commissioner and Poling is a Eugene City
Councilor.

The Eugene Family YMCA announced

the Board of Director officers for 20152017. Danielle Uhlhorn, President, of
McKenzie River Broadcasting; Chip
Radebaugh, President-Elect, Rainbow
Valley Design & Construction; Joe
Carmichael, Treasurer, Pacific Continental
Bank; and Fred Mohr, Secretary,
University of Oregon (retired). George
Evano of the University of Oregon has also
been appointed to the board.

Ballet Fantastiques board of directors

has elected officers for 2015-2016:
President, Scott South, business owner
and philanthropist; Vice President, Amy
Johnston, Oregon Cancer Foundation;
Treasurer, Michele Henney, CPA and UO
professor of accounting; and Secretary,
Andrew Clark, Looking Glass. Steve
Robinson, Decision Metrics, recently
joined the board. New members to Ballet
Fantastiques Young Professionals Board
include Giselle Barone, Jasper Mountain;
Kaitlin Hoffman, Jones and Roth; Katey
Finley, MECCA; and Megan Hobbs, writer
and journalist.

The Laurel Hill Center has elected board

officers for 2015-16. Tom Fauria, Ph.D.,
president; Dave Burtner, vice president;
Andy Dinger, treasurer; and Eduardo
Sifuentez, secretary. Laurel Hill Centers
board also includes directors Mary Jane
Mori and Jennifer Bills. New
directors are Amanda Walkup, a labor
and employment law attorney with
Hershner Hunter; Ryan Moore, policy
analyst volunteer with NAMI of Lane
County; John Patrick (Pat) Merrick,
M.D., a family physician at PeaceHealth
University District; and Joann Wu Shortt,
Ph.D., a senior scientist at Oregon Social
Learning Center.

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ShelterCare received grants for

multiple programs including funding
for youth activities, healthcareand
housingassistance.
Jason Evans of Trio Property
Management Inc. has been awarded the
Residential Management Professional
designation from the National Association
of Residential Property Managers.

Assistance League of
Eugene has installed
Kim Stevens as
president for the 20152016 year with Joanne
Soper, Marilyn von
Seeger, Maureen Smith, Chris Bales,
Jennifer McConochie, Maria Lara, Rosie
Hatleberg, Donna Perry, Linda Pompel,
Kathleen Turner and Shannon Allen also
serving on the board.

Court Appointed
Special Advocates
(CASA) announced
the election of new
Board officers: Sharri
da Silva, President,
PeaceHealth; Jane
Hoselton, Vice President, RBC Wealth
Management; Roger Cox, Past President,
Selectemp Employment Services; and
Brian Burns, Secretary/Treasurer, Moss
Adams. CASA has also elected five new
members to its Board of Directors: Mario
Conte, Hershner Hunter Attorneys; Pam
Hoepfl, Precision Capital; Debbie Leiken,
U.S. Bank; Katherine Movalson, Eugene
Area Chamber of Commerce; and Chris
Storment, Community Volunteer.

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SnoTemp Cold Storage broke ground on
its eighth expansion of its Albany plant since
1974, expanding the facility by 20,000 pallet
positions arranged in vertical racks. The
work will make it easier to accommodate
small to mid-size processors.
The Barn Light has opened its new
location in the Northwest Community
Credit Unions (NWCU) Support Center
at 545 E. 8th Ave. The new location
includes a banquet room for meetings,
parties, art shows, and events.
Pacific Continental Bank has been
recognized by Seattle Business magazine
as one of Washingtons 100 Best
Companies to Work For in 2015. Ranked
eighth in the Companies Headquartered
Outside Washington category, this is the
fifth year in a row the bank has received
such recognition.

BUSINESSNEWS
GloryBee announced it received a
Non-GMO Project Verification on all
its organic honeys. As the first major
honey processor to earn this verification,
GloryBee is able to offer all its organic
honeys in large volume. Most of the honey
varieties come from the Pacific Northwest
and are produced by local beekeepers.
Cascade Health Solutions has broken
ground on the new Pete Moore Hospice
House. The facility will be Lane Countys
first dedicated hospice facility, offering
a home-like facility to provide the best
in compassionate end-of-life care.
Anticipated completion date is late spring,
2016.
ShelterCare received the following grants
to benefit programs for homeless families,
children and adults: The Eugene Rotary
Club Children with Special Needs
Committee,$1,000 to fund its Family
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Programs;Union Pacific Foundation,
$10,000 to its Homeless Medical
Recuperation Program; and Thurston

High School Community 101 Program,

$800 to support its Homelessness
Prevention Program.

DJ Stoltz Records
www.djstoltzrecords.com

Emerald Executive Association

www.eeaeugene.com

New Members

FPW Media
www.fpwmedia.com

When you join the Eugene Area Chamber

of Commerce, you become part of a
vibrant and prosperous community of
creative entrepreneurs, forward-thinking
innovators and visionary business
leaders. Were pleased to welcome
these new members who have chosen to
take advantage of the Chambers tools,
resources and expansive network to grow
their businesses:

Full Access

American Hero Adventures

www.laughingcrowsalon.com

www.americanheroadventures.org

MacDonald Miller Facility Solutions, Inc.

As You Like It

www.macmiller.com

www.asyoulikeitshop.com

Maxim Healthcare Services

Business Services Group Insurance Advisor

www.maximhomecare.com

www.TheMaxProfit.com

McCollum Auto Body Eugene

Devote 30

www.bigbluem.com

www.devote30.com

Mid Valley Metals

www.fullaccess.org

InJoy Wellness
www.injoywellnessmassage.com

Kendall & James Homes

www.kendallandjameshomes.com

KeyBank Veneta Branch

www.key.com

Laughing Crow Salon, Inc.

www.midvalleymetals.com

Mighty Oregon Magazine

www.mightyoregon.net

Mosaic Fair Trade Collection

www.mosaicfairtradecollection.com

My Fathers Restoration LLC

We have great plans

for your business.

www.damagerestorationeugene.com

Oregon CPR
www.OrCPR.com

Oregon Marketing Group

www.oregonmarketinggroup.com

As a true community health plan

started by local doctorsTrillium offers
a popular range of comprehensive, lowcost health plans. Dial in the dollars, and
choose a plan thats right for you. Were
20-plus years old and 100,000 members
strong. Its a smart local call.

Oregon Process Service, Inc.

www.oregonps.com

Oregon Supported Living Program

www.oslp.org

Pemco Insurance Company

www.pemco.com

Senior Helpers of Eugene

www.seniorhelpers.com/eugene or

Spoor LLC
www.jssbusinessloans.com

Streamline Roofing and Construction

www.streamlineroofingandconstruction.com

The MAC Group / Pacific Image

hink well. Be well.

541-431-1950

www.discovermac.com

The Marcus Group

800-910-3906

trilliumchp.com

Terry Coplin, CEO &

David Cole, CFO
Trillium Community
Health Plan

U Haul Moving and Storage of Santa Clara

www.uhaul.com

The Very Little Theatre

www.thevlt.com
Eugene Area
Chamber of
Commerce

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New nonstop
EUG to San Jose

LAST CALL BY DAVE HAUSER

Connecting the Silicon Shire to the Silicon Valley

Seneca Sawmills is adding new kilns and storage space to their mill on Highway 99.

A foundation built on wood

ugenes economy is vastly different than it was 10 or 20 years ago. It is more diverse
with high tech, healthcare, higher education and other sectors all contributing to a healthy
economic landscape.
But go back as recently as the 1970s, and the area had one dominant industry: wood
products. It directly employed one in five workers in Lane County and paid family-wage jobs.
Without question, it provided the areas economic lifeblood, and its heart was in Eugene and Springfield.
The industry hit a few rough spots starting with the 1980s
recession. It absorbed another major blow in the 2009 housing
crash, but has since stabilized. And the current series of
projects will position it to remain strong for years to come.
Consider Seneca Sawmills $60 million upgrade of its
mill on Highway 99, Weyerhaeusers $55 modernization of
its engineered wood products plant in the Bethel area, and
Roseburg Forest Product relocating several of its corporate
functions to Springfields Gateway area. That comes on top of
Swanson Group rebuilding its Springfield plywood mill that
was destroyed by fire last summer, and International Papers
planned $100 million upgrade at its plant, also in
Springfield.
The investments will keep these facilities viable for years
to come by making them more efficient along with numerous
other upgrades.
Groundbreaking innovations in construction techniques
using cutting-edge engineered wood products play to
our strengths, and provide more reason for optimism. In

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September, Gov. Kate Brown announced a state effort to

support development of this new technology, which should
provide another avenue for growth in the industry.
Add in employment projections showing the wood
products manufacturing and logging sectors are expected to
add jobs over the next several years, and you have great news
for the health and stability of our economy.
All these developments will allow us to continue to tap the
renewable resource that grows all around us. Oregon produces
more lumber than any state in the nation for a reason.
Indeed, we should be thankful our economy is more
diverse than it has ever been. But we shouldnt forget that our
economic foundation was constructed on wood, and we can
expect this important and growing industry to play a crucial
role in our economic future.
Eugene Area
Chamber of
Commerce

Dave Hauser is the President and CEO of the Eugene Area

Chamber of Commerce a position he has held since September of
1991.

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Eugene, OR 97440-1107

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