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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 23 N OV E M B E R 2 8 , 2 0 1 6 Only two CLT manufacturing plants in U.S. e CLT used in Waugh istleton's projects is manufactured in Austria. ere are only four CLT manufacturers in North America and only two in the United States — in Oregon and Montana. Casey Malmquist, president and founder of SmartLam, Columbia Falls, Mont., came to Maine to speak at the Maine Forest Products Council's annual meeting, but also to check out possibilities for his company. "We look forward to the oppor- tunity to take a look at the industry here and a potential location for a plant," he says. "We actually are in the process of expanding and are doing some site-selection tours, so this fi ts nicely into that." Malmquist says in just three years the company has outgrown its 40,000-square-foot Montana facility, which produces up to 12 million to 15 million board feet per year of CLT products. It is evaluating options for a 120,000-square-foot expansion that would be capable of manufacturing 48 million board feet per year. e yearly economic impact of making 48 million board feet? At the council's annual meeting Malmquist off ered these metrics: Direct jobs, 264. Indirect jobs, 264. Worker wages, $21.6 million. Value of benefi ts, $2.16 million. Tax revenue, $6.27 million. e stored carbon and avoided greenhouse gas emissions resulting from 48 million board feet of CLT, he adds, equates to removing 20,620 cars from the road per year. "Small logs, in our world, equate to big opportu- nities," he says. E S TA B L I S H E D 1 8 7 1 Randy Creswell, Shawn Doil and Fred Bopp PerkinsThompson.bankruptcy.indd 1 11/4/16 4:32 PM C O N T I N U E D O N F O L L OW I N G PA G E » Economic impact of a 48 million board feet CLT manufacturing facility Facility size: 120,000 square feet Production output: 48 million board feet/year Direct jobs: 264 Indirect jobs: 264 Worker wages: $21.6 million Value of benefits: $2.16 million Tax revenue: $6.27 million The stored carbon and avoided greenhouse gas emissions of 48 million board feet of CLT equates to removing 20,620 cars from the road per year. The architecture of the 20th The architecture of the 20th The architecture of the 20th The architecture of the 20th The architecture of the 20th The architecture of the 20th The architecture of the 20th The architecture of the 20th The architecture of the 20th century was defined by concrete century was defined by concrete century was defined by concrete century was defined by concrete century was defined by concrete century was defined by concrete century was defined by concrete century was defined by concrete century was defined by concrete century was defined by concrete century was defined by concrete century was defined by concrete century was defined by concrete and steel. We believe we're at the dawn of the timber age and that the 21st century will be defined by buildings made from the renewable resource of wood. — Anthony Thistleton, a founding partner of London-based Waugh Thistleton Architects

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