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24-26 ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDIES 



Rapidly changing costs make economic analyses of only short-term value, but 

 the economic feasibility studies listed below will give interested readers an 

 introduction to the many investment opportunities in manufacture of structural 

 flakeboards and composites from southern hardwoods; those with asterisk are 

 summarized in chapter 28: 



Products and references See section 



Flakeboard sheathing 



Koch (1978ab*cd; 1982) 28-27, 28-31 



Harpole (1978; 1979) 



Vajda (1978b) 



Springate and Roubicek (1981b)* 28-25 



Anderson (1981)* 28-32 



Thick roof decking 



Hoover et al. (1979) 



Hoover et al. (1981)* 28-29 



Thin flakeboards 



Briggs (1981)* 28-23 



Springate and Roubicek (1981a)* 28-24 



Composite panels with veneer faces over flake cores 



Roubicek and Koch (1981)* 28-26 



Fabricated joists with thin flakeboard webs 



Woodson (1981)* 28-21 



Koch (1982)* 28-31 



COMPLY lumber 



Koenigshof (1981)* 28-28 



Molded-flake pallets 



Koch and Caughey (1978) 



Haataja (1981)* 28-19 



Molded products bonded with foamed urethane 



Marra (1981)* 28-19 



The demand for structural flakeboards and composites has been studied exten- 

 sively. Figure 24-1 and table 24-1 describe plant locations and capacities. Figure 

 29-14 graphs growth of the softwood plywood industry, with which structural 

 hardwood flakeboard will compete. Readers needing further information on the 

 subject should find the following references useful: 



Reference Subject 



Guss (1975) Determinants of particleboard demand. 



Wilson (1975) Outlook for particleboard to 1980. 



Dickerhoof (1976) Production, markets, and raw material in the Unit- 

 ed States. 



Dickerhoof and Marcin (1978) Factors affecting market potential for structural 



flakeboard. 



Daar (1978) Export market for lumber and panel products from 



the South. 



Dickerhoof and McKeever (1979) Board plants in the United States — capacity, pro- 

 duction, and raw material trends, 1956-1976. 



Dickerhoof et al. (1980) Structural composite panels: Market outlook for 



the 1980's. 



