Stiles Machinery Announces Mass Timber Project With Rosboro for New GLT Plant in Oregon
Stiles Machinery, in collaboration with Kallesoe, and System TM announced (3-18-24) that Rosboro—North America’s largest producer of glue-laminated timber (GLT)—has selected HOMAG Group members to deliver mass timber solutions for their new GLT factory in Springfield, Oregon.
The new GLT factory will utilize a highly efficient System TM Feeding System followed by a Finger-Jointing Line that is seamlessly integrated with two Kallesoe Radio-Frequency GLT Press Lines. HOMAG Group is excited to partner with Rosboro on this project and working together to grow the North American mass timber industry.
Commenting on the announcement, Brian Wells, Senior Vice President of Strategic Development for Rosboro, said:
“The distributors who carry Rosboro’s flagship X-Beam© stock glulam and other Rosboro Engineered Wood Products are the premier EWP distributors in their markets. They rely on us to supply a steady stream of high-quality, cost-effective framing solutions. We are making this investment to ensure that our partners can continue to grow their successful X-Beam programs for many years to come.”
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