Success Stories

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  June

  First Vacuum Kiln Drying System in Kentucky

  A small company in Lexington, KY saws lumber from urban street trees, which it then dries and makes into specialty goods such as live-edge (i.e., bark-on) full-width slabs, shelves, etc. They also mak...

  
  

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• 10

  July

  Stave Manufacturer Will Save up to $9 Million per Year and Bourbon Loss will be Decreased

  A bourbon barrel manufacturer has been having a problem with staves breaking when barrels are assembled. The company was breaking an average of 6 staves per barrel - in other words, they were breaking...

  
  

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