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**SMALLWOOD 2006** will be held May 16--18, 2006, at the Sheraton
Richmond West Hotel, Richmond, Virginia, USA. The objective of this
conference is to provide state-of-the-art information on small-tree
utilization and to foster peer-to-peer learning. Enormous quantities of
biomass are being generated from thinning operations, land clearing, and
hurricane disasters. These issues drive the need to create solutions for
using low-value and waste wood. The conference will include an
international slate of speakers, including researchers, material and
equipment suppliers, manufacturers, and end-users.

**SMALLWOOD 2006** will feature 2 full days (Tuesday and Wednesday) of
technical and poster presentations, discussions, and tabletop exhibits
on

-   Community Partnerships

-   Forest Health Restoration

-   Supply and Availability

-   Harvesting Systems

-   Processing and Manufacturing

-   Markets for Products

-   Energy from Woody Biomass

-   Workforce Training

The conference will also include a conference tour Thursday, May 18, in
the surrounding Richmond area of mill sites, biomass energy facilities,
and small forest products businesses, a state-of-the-art small log
sawmill, and related forest products businesses.

**SMALLWOOD 2006** is being held in conjunction with **Expo Richmond
2006**, May 19--20**.** Expo Richmond is the East Coast Sawmill and
Logging Equipment Exposition, featuring the year's largest collection of
sawmill, logging, pallet, biomass, and related manufacturing equipment
and supplies and services in the eastern United States. On May 18, Expo
Richmond will offer an educational session "Challenges and Opportunities
in Manufacturing and Marketing Lower Quality Material" that is also
available for SmallWood attendees. (See back page for more information
on Expo Richmond 2006.)

For more information on **SMALLWOOD 2006**, contact Julie Lang at the
Forest Products Society, conferences@forestprod.org.

**Expo Richmond 2006**

**30^th^ East Coast Sawmill and Logging Equipment Exposition**

**When:** May 19--20, 2006, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

**Where:** Richmond Raceway Complex (free parking), less than a
15-minute drive from the Sheraton Richmond West, the conference center
for **Smallwood 2006,** May 16--18.

**What:** Expo Richmond is one of the largest shows of its kind. In
2004, 329 companies exhibited millions of dollars worth of equipment,
supplies, and services for the sawmilling, logging, pallet
manufacturing, and recycling industries.

The most noteworthy feature is its true-to-life outdoor display, in
which equipment actually operates. Grinders grind! Chain saws saw!
Portable sawmills manufacture lumber! Pallets are either recycled or
manufactured anew! Firewood is processed! Static displays include trucks
and tractors, trailers, computer systems/software, felling and
harvesting equipment, safety equipment, lift trucks, dry kilns/supplies,
etc.

Both indoors and out, the newest, most advanced machinery, equipment,
and technology in the industry will be on display. Industry
professionals are on hand to provide you with first-hand information to
help you increase your operation's efficiency improve quality and hold
the line on production costs. It will be your best chance in 2006 to see
so much in one place -- equipment, machinery, new products, supplies,
services, methods, trends -- and specialists in every phase of the
industry.

**Contact**: Mike Washko (804) 737-5625, info@exporichmond.com.

**Here are just a few of the 329 companies that exhibited at EXPO
RICHMOND 2004**

**Advanced Recycling Equipment,**

**American Lumber & Pallet**

**American Strapping Co.**

**American Wood Dryers, Inc.**

**Automated Machine Systems, Inc.**

**B & C Truck Sales, Inc.**

**Bad Dog Tools**

**Better Built Dry Kilns, Inc.**

**BGR Saws Inc.**

**Brand X Sawmills**T

**Canadian Chains**

**Can-Am Chains**

**Coe Newnes/McGehee**

**Colonial Truck Sales**

**Commercial Cutters Direct**

**Construction Safety Products** **Continental Biomass Industries,
Country Saw & Knife, Inc.**

**Cramaro Tarp Systems, Inc.**

**Deere & Co.**

**Dinosaw**

**Fastening Technologies**

**Firestone Agricultural Tire Co.**

**Flying Dutchman, Inc.**

**Forest Products Equip. Mag.**

**Forestry & Construction, Inc.**

**Forestry Mutual Insurance Company Forestry Suppliers, Inc.**

**Forestry Systems, Inc.**

**Hale Trailer Brake & Wheel**

**Hanover Controls & Supply Corp.**

**Heartland Fabrication & Machine Hud-son Forest Equipment**

**Lggesund Tools, Inc.**

**Industrial Resources of Michigan**

**Industrial Supply Corporation Innovative Data Systems, Inc. Innovative
Trailers, Inc.**

**International Truck Sales**

**IPS Fasteners**

**Jackson Lbr. Harvester Co., Inc. Kenne-Saw & Supply Co.**

**Kiln Drying Systems & Components Kiln-Direct.com**

**King Kong Tools**

**Landen Strapping**

**Lane Recycling Machinery LLC**

**Lenox**

**Log Rite Tools**

**Low Grade Lumber**

**The Lumberman\'s Exchange**

**Macon Machine, Inc.**

**Magnolia Trailers, Inc.**

**Mid-Continent Nail Corporation**

**Minnesota Saw Works**

**Morbark Sales Corporation**

**Morgan Saw Co., Inc.**

**Mulch King LLC**

**Oleson Saw**

**Oregon Cutting Systems**

**The Original Lumberman's Exchange** **Pacific-Hoe Saw & Knife Co.**

**Pacific Trail Mfg. Inc.**

**Pallet Chief Mgf.**

**Pallet Repair Systems, Inc.**

**Peerless Saw Co.**

**Piper\'s Saw Shop, Inc.**

**Rayco Manufacturing**

**Roll-Tite Tarping Systems**

**Rotochopper**

**Round-Wood Systems**

**Salem Equipment, Inc.**

**Saw Buddy**

**Saw Service & Supply, Inc.**

**Sawmill Hydraulics, Inc.**

**Sawquip International Inc.**

**Sharp Tool Co., Inc.**

**Silvatech Corporation**

**Smart Products, Inc.**

**S I I Dry Kilns**

**T. S. Manufacturing**

**Talladega Machinery & Supply Co.**

**Tar Heel Industries**

**Taylor Machine Works, Inc.**

**The Knife Source LLC**

**Tigercat Industries Inc.**

**Timber Harvester Inc.**

**Timber Products Inspection, Inc.**

**Timberline**

**U\*C Coatings Corporation**

**Unimog / Virginia Truck Center**

**Union Grove Saw & Knife**

**Valley Machine Works Ltd.**

**Viking Chains Inc.**

**VDACS Gypsy Moth Program**

**Webster Industries, Inc.**

**West Plains Resaw Systems, Inc.**

**West Salem Machinery Co.**

**Western Branch Diesel, Inc.**

**Western Trailers**

**Windmill USA, LLC**

**Wood-Mizer Products**