Structural Flakeboards and Composites 



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Table 24- 1 . — Location, type, and annual capacity of existing and planned N orth Ameri- 



can structural flakeboard plants using hardwoods, as of early 1982 



1.2 



Country and 

 company 



Location 



Board 

 type 



Annual 



capacity 



(318-inch 



basis) 



Million 

 sqft 



Canada 



Grant Waferboard^ Englehart, Ont. 



Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd."^. . . Thunder Bay, Ont. 



MacMillan Bloedel Industries, Ltd.'^. Thunder Bay, Ont. 

 (Thunder Bay Division) 



MacMillan Bloedel Industries, Ltd."^. Hudson Bay, Sask. 

 (Hudson Bay Division) 



Malette Waferboard"^ St. Georges-de- 



Champlain, Que. 



Normick Perron, Inc.'* LaSarre, Que. 



Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd."^ . . Chatham, N.B. 



Waferboard Corp. Ltd."^ Timmons, Ont. 



Weldwood of Canada Ltd."^ Longlac, Ont. 



Weldwood of Canada Ltd."* Slave Lake, Alta. 



United States 



Blandin Wood Products Co. #\^ . . . . Grand Rapids, Minn. 



Blandin Wood Products. Co. #2"^ . . . Grand Rapids, Minn. 



Diamond International Corp.^ Winn, Maine 



(or elsewhere) 



Elmendorf Board Corp.^ Claremont, N.H. 



Louisiana Pacific Corp.^ Corrigan, Tex. 



Louisiana Pacific Corp.^ Houlton, Maine 



Louisiana Pacific Corp."* Hayward, Wis. 



Martin group of companies^ Lemoyen, La. 



Northwood Panelboard Co.^ Bemidji, Minn. 



Potlatch Corp.^ Cook, Minn. 



Potlatch Corp."* Midge Lake, Minn. 



Weyerhaeuser Co.^ Grayling, Mich. 



•Based on data from Forest Industries (1979, 1980), Hickson (1980), and correspondence with 

 companies listed. 



^See figure 24-1 for map of plant locations. 



^In planning stage 



*In operation 



^Under construction. 



^Capacity increased in 1982 to about 256 million sq ft, 3/8-inch basis. 



